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That might’ve been the best transition D I’ve ever seen on that Young/Scott breakaway

How was that a foul on Amani

Too many fouls.

These refs suck.

Damn. 2 on Evan early.

Evan, no!!

Zips getting homered already. No way the refs let Akron keep this close, let alone win.

We’re winning. I think we have then nervous. 😄

Pathetic job by the announcers time not mention that Loyer's dad played for Akron in the 80s.

Purdue fans feel like it’s March madness too. They have so much PTSD 😂

Not to trigger GP1 but my $5 says we will hold the first half score under 76.5 🙏

Tavari and Lyles have been around to experience Mississippi State, LSU, Creighton, St. Mary’s and Arizona. Shammah Scott played in the last three. Evan should not be overwhelmed at all. Eric is the only starter to not have played against this level of competition. I just hope they play well.

It feels like a March Madness game.

Hoping today will be a good lesson to show how much better a team can be. I feel like part of the reason we’ve gotten beat up the last two years in round 1 is cause we only face mid majors and never get a true test against a significantly bigger more athletic team. Let’s see how this goes

What a nice post in lieu of the CSU game. I watched that game and saw nothing but disgusting basketball. The mistakes were constant and never corrected. CSU did not press or play 94' of basketball and yet we had 20 turnovers by the middle of 3Q. Last year it was all the injuries. In year three we were supposed to be turning it around with culture, talent, recruiting, schemes, etc. Everyone I know on campus who knows coach Gensler says he is a great guy with a superior basketball mind. They believe in him. But I look at the results and scratch my head. How can we be so bad in year three? I hope he is a miracle worker.

Yesterday against Michigan she had 12 pts on 4-21 shooting and 7 turnovers in a 93-54 loss. Obviously a much higher quality opponent, but a really bad day for a really good player.

5 pt 1Q. Still hungover from ND?

Vikings 76 Zips 55 Not sure what my expectations should have been coming into the third year of this regime but it’s very apparent we are a not making progress. Not sure what to attribute it to but hopefully with all the new players some cohesiveness and improvement will be seen throughout the season.

NET factors in who you play and margin of victory. There is more to the formula as well, but it's not all publicly known. If you play a UNC or Purdue, but lose by 40 it doesn't help you as you performed as or worse than expected. If you play a Purdue or UNC and lose by 5 then it benefits you as you performed better than expected. If you play NIU and win by 40 it can help you. If you play NIU and only win by 5 it will hurt you. It's not a simple SOS formula like RPI was. RPI was a much easier system to game.

Sometimes, the metrics overwhelm common sense. Being 0-3 head to head to Miami should have been the primary factor.

Well deserved / earned.

Not RPI, but I distinctly remember Kent being ranked higher better than Miami last year in NET (which seemed to play a part in NIT invite). Playing Alabama and another big program seemed to play a part in that.

And the really sad part of that story is that blue blood Indiana was 5-5 in that league. did not even qualify for conference tournament but yet, the blue blood Hoosiers will probably be seeded 9 or 10 overall in the NCAA tournament

Oakland has a tradition of "playing up."

RPI is obsolete. Oakland is just trying to collect paychecks.