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Minnesota has several players out tonight for rest and minor injuries, so I'd expect Enrique may see some time tonight also.

I don't see how any players could get poached, there is no transfer portal until after the season. So unless I am mistaken the rational of closing it to the public for fear of some other school poaching players is nonexistent.

Briscoe and Barre saw the court a lot more than a regular season game as well. It was an exhibition and Groce got everyone out there.

I think a full off-season of work on his defense and strength would have gone a long way for Oggie. Unfortunately, he didn't get here until late August or early September as I recall.

Oggie aka the Big Stank started playing more and more hero ball when he got his runs. There were more than a couple bad 1-on-3 takes or no look passes out of bounds that had Groce just staring at him in disbelief. Bad defense and not running the offense means take a seat kid. I would have liked him to stay b/c he does have a lot of upside but the portal will tell us a lot about his true value.

I was there and he played but I do not recall him starting.

I'm already getting antsy waiting to see who our first signing will be.

Holy blast from the past. His Jackson Polar Bear highlights are still playing on loop somewhere to hype someone up.

Same with Josh Egner

Not as odd as the Halligan experiment.

I disagree. We are talking about a 6’8” guard from Serbia who at one point would have been brought along and developed and, who knows, could eventually be all-MAC. I vaguely remember extreme excitement when he was successfully recruited.

We've spent way too much time talking about this guy and I suspect if he was from Mogadore we'd be talking about how he was encouraged to transfer out and will end up at Walsh

I used to look forward to the Blue & Gold Spring Game every year. More of a benchmark of getting through another tough NE Ohio winter & it's always fun to see which players stand out as by this time every year I'm already looking forward to Zips football. But it's been a dud since JoeMo's taken over. If they're worried some of our player will get poached before next season then okay. I trust JoeMo & Co. But I'm still disappointed. Anyhow, go Zips.

I think he looked solid offensively in the first few games he played, and was a pretty good rebounder. Very raw as a player, but no reason he couldn't have played more and developed over the course of the season.

@clarkwgriswold weren't you at the YSU preseason scrimmage? I was there but my memory is fuzzy. I believe Oggy was in the starting lineup for that scrimmage, wasn't he?

I think a full offseason with the team would have done him well. I'm not sure what others saw that made them think he deserved more playing time, but he looked a bit lost out there at times. Being out of position defensively, trying to make a pass that wasn't there. I think there is potential there. He just needed more than 2 months (or however long it was) to adapt to the American game. In reality he probably should have redshirted as he clearly wasn't ready to play.

I think Oggie's shortcomings on defense cost him time. Groce also always emphasizes how the guys practice and I suspect this did not bode well for a kid in a new country and new system. The Zips system is much more up tempo and physical when what he was likely seeing in Europe. Also, Groce's rotations tend to shrink as the season wears on and he ended up as the 10th or 11th guy in a 9 man rotation.

Legitimately one of the oddest usage patterns during the Groce era. Played quite a bit early and then just got completely buried on the bench.

I actually went to the final Spring game last year and it was disappointing. They were so pleased with the previous scrimmage it became a "thud" practice and they just wrapped up. Kept the players safe which was good for the program but wasn't what I expected and there really was not excitement about it anyways. I'm not hating on this team yet, I don't want to be mr negative in april.

Triple header today: 2 more softball games at Can't today at 1 and 3 followed by baseball at 6.

Right. Speaking of, a few MAC schools are having Spring "Scrimmages" on a weeknight - didn't bother enough to see if these are typical spring games open to the public, but either way my sense is traditional spring games are going away gradually

I believe OSU Is having one this year. Our recent Spring games have been glorified practices. They used to be a fun Spring event with the surplus equipment sale but they've become nothing special. Last year's event in the fieldhouse was a snoozer.

That would be great. We are long due for a draft pick

Look at our budget to see what we're spending on coaches, staff, travel, recruitment, etc. Next look what we're spending relative to our peers in NIL. We quit trying many years ago. You don't need a spring practice to confirm that.