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Pregame anxiety setting in

Good call. Updated.

Need to add: MAC Addition NIU to the Horizon League

Go Zips!! You got this!!

https://x.com/i/status/2034993574857564166 WMU closing in on UTRGV HC.

This is a man on a mission.

Today will show if Miami OH truly benefitted from the sequence of events, or if Enfield is legitimately the worst coach in the country. Frank Martin out-coached Steele. If they give Tennessee a game, I'll be impressed.

Hang close, make free throws and don’t get 3 happy. Texas Tech is good but not deep. Don’t let them off the hook with forced quick shots. I would love to see the second half of the championship game blueprint early. Drive drive drive All we can ask is for a chance with three minutes left. These guys have shown they can win those games. Go Zips!!

Pretty good showing if Zips fans at the pregame.

NCAA March Madness app shows a condensed game replay…around 10 minutes long or so

Scott Cross reportedly accepted Georgia Tech job.

I unfortunately have to work right through the game. I will be trying to sneak a peak at the score. If anyone comes across a way I can watch a replay I would greatly appreciate it. I know it’s on TruTV so I’m thinking not.

I feel more nervous today than I have any of the previous tourney games. Maybe it's seeing a single-digit point spread. Maybe it's knowing how much we are losing next year. Maybe it's the outside noise about Groce getting offers to go elsewhere. But this feels like a pretty gigantic game for our program and its future.

I feel all of this is true. I also feel Bettiol was probably the most skilled traditional center in the MAC. He both had the size and fundamentals to eat Miami alive in the low post. Miami didn't really have an answer for it. SMU had bigs, but they seemed much more raw offensively. They didn't have the same footwork or ability to finish near the rim that Bettiol did.

Great counter point! They showed on the preshow yesterday for Ohio State that Texas Tech was also in the top 5 for % of points from starters. They were around 86%. The bench doesn't do a whole lot.

After watching Miami struggle against MAC teams that we beat by double digits and then lose to Mass I was very surprised that they pulled the upset. However, maybe losing the Mass was not a bad thing in that the pressure of an undefeated season was gone, they did not have to play 3 games in 3 days which is a grind and were well rested, and they got to play an NCAA tourney game an hour from campus.

With Toppin out I don't feel their bigs are particularly skilled and they have plenty of warm bodies to run out there if 1 gets in foul trouble. It's going to come down to limiting Atwell and Anderson. They seem very thin at guard as both only get a couple minutes of rest each game. If Anderson gets in foul trouble or aggravates his groin injury that would be a massive boost. He's more important to Texas Tech's offense (post Toppin) than Tavari is to ours.

Please let today be our day. We are so due.

Somebody needs to get hot. Bowen, Tavari, Shammah, Sharron idc. Just someone needs 30 and someone else needs 20+. Make your free throws. Get Texas techs bigs in foul trouble. And our bigs need to avoid foul trouble. (I still remember freeman getting fouled out against ucla to this day). Under 10 turnovers. Disciplined ball with some hot shooting. And even then still might need more. To quote Optimus Prime “Now all we need a little bit of energon, and a lot of luck”

They're getting ripped in the comments. "Most Ivy Leaguers I've met end up working for Public School grads with better personalities."

I would expect Ivy leaguers to be more original.

All of this history is probably why Groce is underrated nationally. Still, given UA’s status as a MAC dynasty, it would come as no surprise if Groce were to receive another shot to lead a major program. Speculation has already been swirling about Groce, whose contract with Akron is scheduled to run until June 30, 2035, becoming a candidate at Cincinnati, Butler and Boston College. Groce called his Akron predecessor Keith Dambrot “a legend” when Dambrot announced his retirement as Duquesne’s coach in 2024. Groce inherited an excellent program from Dambrot. Since then, Groce has elevated it and surpassed Dambrot’s three trips to the NCAA Tournament with the Zips. If this iteration of March Madness proves to be Groce’s last hurrah with Akron, it’s been a great run, one worthy of love from Zips fans.