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I by no means am a fan of Kent, but if you don't want opposing teams celebrating don't choke away a late 17 point lead.

I like that Troy has one less day for rest.

I don't have any analytics to back it up, but I watch a fair amount of college basketball outside of just Akron games. It seems in those charge/block scenarios blocking is always called now. It seemed before at least once or twice a game a charge would be called. I'm not sure if its being officiated any differently or if defenders have lost the art form.

Ugly, ugly, out of body experience. Even with the terrible effort, execution and decision making you could still see them dig deep to muster one last run starting about 7-9 minutes out. It’s all they had in them. Kent State almost got their win a game late. And this was a true road game. We were getting hacked and bumped plenty which also makes running your offense more difficult. They survived thank goodness and hopefully they find their legs, minds and shot before Troy on Saturday.

The MAC/Sun Belt Challenge resumes this Saturday with the Zips heading to Troy for a 6:00 matchup on ESPN2. Troy is 15-8 going into Wednesday’s game against Georgia State. They are in first place in conference the Sun Belt at 8-3. They are first in scoring offense at 83.7 ppg and ninth in defense 75.7 ppg. 6’8” junior forward Thomas Dowd leads the Sun Belt in rebounding at 10.4 rpg and is second on the team in scoring at 14.9 ppg. 6’7” junior forward Victor Valdes leads Trojans scoring at 16 ppg.

until the last two games, Akron won the rebounding battle in just about every game. Not making excuses for the last two but Kent missed 22 3-point shots. Lotta long rebounds. Last night was a zombie performance but they still managed to win. Groce will get into these guys and clean it up.

This game magnifies fundamental weaknesses in the Zips this season. I do not believe they can get any W's after the MAC tourney. Here's why: 1) Turnovers 2) Turnovers 3) Rebounding 4) Refusal to play physical (Take a God damn charge once in a while rather than say ole) 5) Inconsistent focus (No team is good enough to turn it on when needed and win against good competition. Hell EMU was bad and they took us to the buzzer)

I guess they've just grown complacent with having a winning record. Although they're even cutting it close on doing that this year.

I hope you did not bet on this one.

You would think a fan base that hasn't seen legitimate March basketball in 46 years would be chomping at the bit for somebody to take them Dancing.

Toledo fans I see on the internet are Kowalchoke stans. They come up with any excuse to justify his underachiements. No complaints on my end since as long as he's at Toledo it's one less team that I have to worry about in March.

It was actually a let down road kill, which is even easier to accept.

Peak MACtion

Groce said on Saturday this game will be a let down game. So I won’t lose sleep over it. I’ll take a let down win

Akron, Miami and Kent all escape close ones tonight. Wild!!

We're usually up 20 by then

Kowalchoke might be sitting on a hot seat.

Omg Toledo had 2 free throws to tie the game with 6 seconds left and missed the second one. Total choke job

Toledo just choked away the lead, went down by 3 with under a minute to go, made a 2 to get it back within 1 at ~30 second mark, stole the ball, missed the layup.

Looks like they have a hangover also. Will they be able to pull it out in the end?

Habnab appears to employ Michael Phelps' cupper.

Our three typical leading scorers had 17, 4 and 3.

Give Hardman credit for a game winner. I cannot remember an Akron game winning shot in the last 10 seconds this year. I really thought it was going to be a Tavari drive or pull up jumper for the last shot. Give Groce credit for the game winning play.

What’s the over/under Groce uses the word “putrid” in the post-game? Edit: Nope.