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I think that's one of the reasons Carney seems a better fit. He's no introvert. Not that introversion is bad...I'm an introvert haha. But head ball coach isn't necessarily the best role for an introvert.

Good post. I just want to launch a conversation off of it. We have had a few centers at Akron during Groce’s era similar to Barre. Tall, mobile, shot blocker type; Riak, Aziz and briefly Gueye. The other type of center we are accustomed to obviously is the Freeman type. Very versatile, athletic and skilled with more of a power forward frame. You can add Sayles, Lyles and now Marvin to that list. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Oggie play the 5 spot in time as well. But the last center type we are not too familiar with at Akron is what I call the “earth mover” center. I witnessed it with Illinois. They are big, strong and weigh about 250lb. They typically range between 6-8 and 6-10, but have a low center of gravity. They are immovable objects. The only guy that has fit this description was Kostelac. They are less versatile and athletic, but can be highly skilled and effective in Groce’s system. They don’t run the break as fast as the others, but they do run the court. Brisco is an earth mover. We have had other MAC teams use earth mover centers against us recently. I don’t remember their names, but the Zips recruited one of them. Any way it will be nice to have a big body to throw out there during those match-ups especially. Personally, I would like to see Brisco cut his teeth with some time against the 6-11 big for Purdue. And I would play Barre get some time against their 7-4 center. The rest of the time I would play small with Lyles and let them chase us.

That stinks. Assuming they'll be still be seeded?

Really sucks that Jose is not available for the next game. I was getting a bit concerned near then end that we were going too all out in this game and risking more player availability for the next one. Put this behind us and get ready for the NCAA Tournament.

Purdue vs Alabama right now on ESPN2.

Pathetic 2nd half.

Sucks

The Huskies just had our number this season. A rare program that we have now played five times and never beaten.

There are points when the possession game is overrated and unnecessary. When you are dominating the game and not winning is one of them. At some point, you just have to let it rip and hope that chaos is the tool of the soccer gods.

Too bad.

Red card on Akron for a rip down on a break away with 2 minutes to go.

We look atrocious on offense in this second half.

UCONN 2 1 with 19 minutes left

2-1 UConn with 19 minutes to go. Awful defensive breakdown around the box.

Now down 2-1.

Devan Christion- 6'9" F - Vegas Where in the world did this come from? Had offers from George Mason and others, but can't find too much on his recruiting. Looks long and smooth.

UConn tied it 10 minutes ago. 1-1 Chippy game now. Akron with lots of chances. The quality of the chances is questionable. Need to get better at creating quality shots.

I know someone who was in the administration when Tressel came to U of A. The collective expectation was that he was going to be a lazy figurehead easing into retirement. To their surprise and pleasure, he worked very hard and did well in the job. The school could use a guy like that now to help make up for their introvert head coach.

What a pass!

GOALLLLLLLLL

GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLL! 1-0 Zips

That might be the best defensive half of soccer that the Zips have played this year. I have to give tremendous credit to Thomas O"Rourke. I can't recall a player in the last 10 years...who has improved more than O'Rourke over the course of the season. O'Rourke had several key takeaways and was dynamic on offense. Let's get a goal(or 2 😁), Zips

How much if your own money would you be willing to lay on a bet that JT would have reeled in LBJ? Before saying, define "reeling in".

I don’t get what we were doing at the end there. When everyone has finished their runs into the box and all the defenders are in the box as well why just pass the ball around the back line, just let one rip and try to get the deflection