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I thought the effort was really good today. I saw a good team play, some unselfish passing and some really good effort. Unfortunately, this team folded in the last 5 minutes at the same time Kent got hot from the 3 line. I think if this team shows this effort the rest of the season we could still get some wins. I thought that Groce made a bad sub in the last 5 minutes taking out Parish and putting in Smith. Having Smith play forward and Klac playing center puts us at a disadvantage offensively since neither can score with any consistentcy. (They had a total of 2 points with one shot between them) Parish made a big 3 the last 5 minutes and was playing well. As soon as Smith came in a Kent player blew past him and made a layup. I would like to see Klac post up his man. This team does not get him the ball in the post. I did like how we spread the floor when Utomi was playing center. It opened up the paint and Duvivier and Jimond had some nice drives even though Jimond could not finish. This team may stand a chance at Bowling Green with this effort. Go Zips!

Like I said, 6'1 Cotton taking the 7 footer underneath. Priceless

This is the kind of schedule WMU and NIU would have in their big years. All winnable. Really like it

There is a lot of truth to this, but Wood, Treadwell and Romeo could all rebound and defend in the paint. What they lacked in height they made up with athleticism and high basketball IQ's. We have nobody who can do that right now. Our interior defense is nonexistent and we give up a lot of back door cuts due to inexperienced players and no rim protector. I am continually amazed that more MAC schools do not feed the ball into their bigs like Ball State did against us.

Wood: 6-6 Tree: 6-7 Rome: 6-7 Since I stand a whopping 5-8, I consider the above heights pretty close to 6-8. Lol

Define not anywhere close to 6'8".

It's called development. I said he has a foundation of moves (referring to his post moves), which he does. Did you see him split the double team for the layup yesterday (I still would like to see a replay; I don't believe he traveled)? We have never had a freshman big man with offensive post moves like he has. He doesn't quite play up to DI speed yet, but again, he should continue to develop and I think he will be a force. He peeves off every single big man he plays against, and you don't do that unless you have some sort of physical ability and talent, raw or developed. Poke might not be the answer long term, but he plays hard and gives us another body to spell KLac. Sayles is the one I have my eyes on to be a star PF, with Riak hopefully being a stud center. Let's see what Groce brings in this year and next year.

Haven't you figured out Skip that some of us like our rose-colored glasses. And being honest with ourselves isn't any fun either.

I agree with most of this, but aside from a big freshman, our next tallest guy is 6'6" right now. I think by saying, "we need some tall guys," that could be referring to anybody taller than 6'6". We have two 6'9" guys hurt and a 6'10" transfer that's sitting out. That will definitely help. We need the depth inside. KLac commits some stupid fouls, but I also wonder if his game is altered by having to play less physical due to our lack of depth at his position right now. He can't play as freely. I also wouldn't says he'snot helping us at all. He had two big blocks yesterday that helped keep us in the game. His offensive production leaves something to be desired, but he has the foundation of moves to be a force in years to come. We definitely just need more skilled depth. We're throwing out a makeshift, majority-freshman roster game in and game out, hindered even more by injuries. I fully expect to see a big step taken next year with the transfers, a full year's worth of recruiting, and current player development. We've been blown out in a couple MAC games, but have given the majority of the MAC everything they can handle. We have to keep everything in perspective this year. Most of these MAC squads are in their 4th+ year of their coach and system, and we're everything they can handle most of the time with a decimated roster and in the first year of a new coach/system. It sucks to lose to Can't, but it's promising that we were a couple baskets going our way from knocking off the team that returned 95% of its MAC Finals roster, a roster that beat us in those finals, with what we have at the moment. Great effort yesterday, and we'll get them at home. Go Zips, and be thankful every day that you aren't a Can't fan/grad.

It would actually be noting new to play Kent the last game of the season, and then play them again a few days later in the Tournament. Unfortunately, those games were always in Cleveland, and not at Kent. I don't know. I just like the idea of being able to go to the game in close proximity in the middle of the week. And Kent is certainly not unbeatable.

I believe the tie breaker after head to head, is winning percentage against conference opponent ranked 1 thru 12. In other words, both us and ou are winless against Buffalo Toledo and Ball State so we hold the tie breaker for having a win against BG.

It would appear that more Miami loses are our only chance of still having a shot to finish outside the Bottom 4, and we still have a remaining home game against them. Does anyone know what the tiebreaker is between Akron and OU? If we end up in the 12th spot, I actually like that we'd be able to take some of our own fans right down the street and play at Kent again.

It's gonna be HUUUUUGE.

I was watching College Gameday and the talking heads were trying to make it sound like this investigation is ridiculous. They were saying how this has been going on for a while, and that in a billion dollar business, more people should be getting paid, yada yada yada. I'm not holding my breath, but I hope the NCAA destroys all of these major programs, and the feds tell them they're not allowed to jump ship to create their own league. Make College Basketball Great Again.

Win them all and go to a BCS bowl. ?

I really like our 2019 schedule: 08/31 - at Illinois 09/07 - UAB 09/21 - Troy 09/28 - at UMass Also Kent, Buffalo, and Ohio all at home.