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Playing the bench guys in the first half is really making a difference. These guys are closing out games because they are getting some rest in the first half. Groce has found a great rotation. Reese has really been playing well. We often wondered how good Akron would be with a dominant point guard and Jackson is that guard. I can't recall a player improving so much from one season to another. HE is doing everything right from not turning the ball over to shooting the ball well, hitting shots in the paint and shooting the ball from 3. Adding that runner to his game has really made him almost unstoppable at times. Fun game to watch.

Riak is making some good defensive plays/stops. He redirected a few if their lay ups. On another note, what a lame crowd for an ESPNU game. Zips sucked the life out of that arena. CMU likely gets more fans to their women's games. And those announcers sounded like two guys watching the game at a bar. Jackie Windon is a treasure

I laughed when the CMU player made fun of LCJ’s height after he made a layup over him. Sure looked like a tool talkin smack to the best player on the court who was embarrassing your team.

Oh. It's not me. I was a different person before the T Shirt Cannon incident.

Duquesne stinks

One game at a time.

That Jackson kid is pretty good

Reece should play 25+ minutes a night. Convince me otherwise

Just a sampling of this year's games. Taylor's been putting up amazing stats.

I want both the #1 seed and tournament win. https://images.app.goo.gl/ZZMazWQiCvRvAtqs5

They are "up" by 1/2 a game, but we beat them so we own the tiebreaker at this point. Advantage Akron.

LCJ is amazing. We're spoiled to watch him in an Akron uniform. Big road win. I'm stoked to see this team come back from their couple-week-lapse and put together several strong efforts in a row. They might not always shoot the best, but man are they just a great TEAM. Aside from LCJ, someone is always picking someone else up when their down. If one of Cheese/Banks/X is off, at least one of the other 2 are pulling the extra weight. If Riak is struggling, Reece is picking up the slack. Even Tribble is starting to be able to spell LCJ without it being a huge detriment to the flow of the game (not saying Tribble is the player LCJ is, but he's not a liability). This has been a fun season. Excited to see where it ends.

"...paired with particularly strong free throw shooting is why the Zips will pose a significant threat to many potential opponents..." Music to my ears.

You were saying? Well BG did almost blow a 20 point lead which they had with 4 minutes left. Lesson: don't ever count on Whitford and Ball State to get the job done.

https://gaffer.online/features/football/deandre-yedlin-crystal-ann-rod-on-sharing-clothes-the-culture-and-becoming-a-creative-power-couple/ ... Crystal: There’s a long list! One of the most amazing things is that we read a lot now. I didn’t really start reading books until I met him. We now go through three books a month. It’s making me smarter, a better person. What books are on your shelf right now? DeAndre: It’s a mix. There’s a lot of self-help, mental health books to help us keep our minds right. A lot about goal setting. It goes under the radar, especially when you talk about athletes. So much of the game is mental but we only train 100% physical. Which doesn’t really make any sense. It’s very important to have refreshers on self-happiness, there’s so many things we go through as humans that it’s important to be able to clear up your mind. It’s a really good skill to have. I say skill because we’ve learned to beat ourselves up, talk ourselves down, when we don’t need to. If you can re-learn the skills of positive thought then it can do wonders in life. Crystal: Goal-setting is another big thing which DeAndre has taught me. I knew it was a thing before but he sat down with me and walked me through it. It’s another amazing way which I’ve changed; mapping everything out has helped me grow as a person and achieve things. ...

If Reece is to be a starter, he has to play smarter. I love his motor and his effort. While undersized, he generally holds his own down low. However, he commits way too many fouls to be on the floor for extended periods, at the clip of a foul every six minutes. To put that in perspective, Cheese has the same number of fouls (65) and has played a whopping 351 more minutes than Reece. NWAkron is right on in his assessment of Jackie Whindon. Surprised she's still just on the Zips ESPN+ broadcasts.

Starting is overrated IMO. If he's getting 22-25 minutes off the bench, he's still playing the same number of minutes you're proposing. If Reece comes in off the bench after the 1st media tv timeout he's probably going to be our #3 scoring option. If he starts, he's going to be the #5 option. Riak being an offensive liability isn't that big of a deal when we have the big 4 (Xeyrius, Cheese, LCJ, and Banks) on the floor. He becomes more exposed when he has to share the court with multiple members of the freshmen 3.

There is a scene in Semi-Pro where Will Farrell's character makes a basket and after the make the entire team starts high fiving one another. Meanwhile, the other team inbounds the pass and just runs down the floor for an uncontested layup. This reminds me of Toledo this year. They're one of the best offensive teams in the MAC this season. Kenpom currently has them #2 in the MAC for offensive efficiency. Their issue is they don't play defense. Currently they're rated as the 3rd worst MAC defense by Kenpom.

And v. Tulane. Was there for them both. But, yes, his % is way down.

Zips -3.5 was free money

If the tournament started today, the Zips are the #1 seed.

He made two this year that really counted

I would say Akron's chance of being in the NCAA tourney is much better than Duquesne's.

I wish Akron was this clever on social media. Students might actually find them humorous enough to follow, which might actually lead to them knowing when games get played.

Zips by double digits tomorrow. Book it

Congratulations to Jake Fenlason.

A bad call against Banks.