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Article from the Beacon on the Spring game - https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/akron-zips-football-coach-joe-095601341.html

Kent seems to like these PGs today that can distribute the basketball, but can't shoot the 3. Still an upgrade over Medley as Willis is better at getting to and finishing at the rim.

Senderoff lands Chansey Willis, who scored 28 at the JAR when he played for WMU. He always reloads, despite the odds.

He has impressive film, that’s for sure. We might’ve gotten a steal. If Duncan stays at LB, then I think we’re done there. If not, I imagine one more will be added.

6'5" G from Oregon. Didn't play last year it appears.

6'5" G from Southern Illinois.

6'4" G from NIU

5'10" G from Richmond. 6 ppg and shot 39% from 3P.

EMU, BUGS, Balls, and Akron are at the top of the MAC Portal classes (not in any particular order).

That's terrific for EMU. I saw a week or two ago a P4 team (can't remember which) met with him. EMU must have found some NIL.

On the defensive line regarding the high school players that they brought in last year that sat and were not allowed to get any reps "to develop" going into next season ... Brown - Demery is 6'4 about 330 lbs had a sack/force fumble Saturday and is going to be hard for anyone to stop at the zero gap; Watkins is about 6'4 240 and looks raw but has been getting a lot of reps, he returned the fumble that Brown-Demery forced for six; Bivens is listed on the roster at 6'0 255 although I think he is much heavier; and Kavals is listed at 6'5 265; he is 6'6 and is between 275-280. Not sure if they are going to move him to tackle or leave him at end, (last year on scout team he played both and did well; he has long arms and is quick and athletic) he played end in high school and qb so he is athletic. Should be interesting to see if these guys can contribute right away this year.

I saw on Twitter that Habhab is withdrawing from the portal and returning to EMU.

UMass wasn't good defensively. Perimeter defenders were often beat off the dribble and out of position, which led to many fouls. They were both a bad perimeter shooting team and they weren't a good defensive team. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive. You can still win with bad shooting. Bennett was very successful at Virginia doing just that. You just have to make up for it with defense, which UMass couldn't do. Either way they spent the most amount (by a sizable sum) and came away with an 8th place regular season to show for it. I know some here think Frank is a great coach, but I think even they have to concede last year was a huge failure for UMass. If UMass finishes 5-10 in the MAC standings next season I think Frank is out of a job.

If they had better shooters, I would totally agree. However, I think the physicality was their way of attempting to win ugly because they knew they didn't have the shooters.

Very true, I guess I should have said, ONE of their biggest issues.

Shot-making and scoring points are very important. Those issues have plagued MAC teams outside the top 4 seeds.

Their biggest issue was shot making. 46.9% FG and 34.6% 3P isn't going to get it done. They blow Miami OH out in Cleveland if they shoot better than 3-15 from 3P.

Regarding UMass, their biggest issue is/was they are fouling machines. If they simply cut down on that, their win total likely goes up quite a bit.