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Hoops are still 10' high there

Considering our budget restrictions, is there an off-brand Red Panda...maybe a Pink Koala? On a tricycle, with paper plates? Could we get the Blatz Light Daredevils to perform some antics on pogo sticks?

Agree to disagree. Okonkwo gets 20 minutes a night, Lyles 12.. Not sure Enrique runs at this pace for the 33 mins a night he got last year. Anyway enough of this hypothetical because it comes off like I'm knocking Rique which is definitely not the case lol

That elusive ACC bid would finally come.

Two words to increase attendance- RED PANDA.

I'll update this post as we continue forward to the tournament. Final Bracket: 1-Akron 8-Bowling Green 4-Toledo 5-Ohio 3-Kent State 6-Western Michigan 2-Miami 7-Eastern Michigan

The Zips head off to Central Michigan Saturday for a 7:00 p.m. game against the 11-13/4-7 Chippewas. The Chipps are coming off of am 91-83 loss in Brimfield (where I had the Chipps +8.5). The Chipps were decimated by the transfer portal after a 12 win MAC season where it looked like the program was coming around. They were able to retain All-MAC guard Anthony Pritchard but lost 6 of their top 7 scorers to the portal. 6’10“ junior forward Ugnius Jarusevicius leads the Chipps in scoring and rebounding at 14.6 ppg and 7.3 rpg.

Yeah you are probably more right than I am, but I'm even seeing 3 stars take the scholarship and keep getting passed over. It's sad.

Search committees don't make the ultimate decision.

I do not know that but I was hoping that the people on this board had more sense than to hire Rob Ianello or Tom Arth. I did know a faculty member and was surprised to learn that was he was on a search committee for a coach. During the process he told me that Akron had found an amazing coach and used every superlative in the book about how this person was going to lead Akron to success. The coach was Caleb Porter. Not only was Caleb a great coach, but my kids played soccer and he was amazing with the kids and took time to speak to the parents at his summer soccer camp. Not surprising that the great coaches are people who relate well to others no matter the context of the relationship.

We absolutely would with this type of supporting cast. As Captain said, we had virtually no consistent shooters last year; Freeman was our only consistent scoring option. Could you imagine being able to go inside-out, with Freeman's passing vision, with these shooters this year? Opponents would be forfeiting halfway through games because their players would get motion sickness from having to keep their heads on a swivel so much. 63% from the field is closer to our season average than the 44% from 3 that WMU shot (before the final few chuck and pray possessions) was to their season average. I like our chances to replicate our offensive superiority in Cleveland more than any other team.

39 of 62 on field goals for 63%. That will be hard to do in RMF/Cleveland.

Maybe they had to go study. 😉

I completely agree. Would I want to have a chance to see Freeman with this team? Sure, but now that we're not dumping it in to the low post so often, the spacing for guys like Nate, Tavari, Shammah and others has opened up and I think this is a big factor for how much we've improved "finishing" at the rim this year. Having said that, we will remain vulnerable to taller teams if (hopefully) the situation presents itself again.

I think UA should establish a Red Panda residency like the Vegas venues do with the big stars!

I don't think Freeman stymied Castenada's development? Tribble went from 8.6% to 35.7% from behind the arc with Freeman last year. We had zero threats from the perimeter last season. Sammy Hunter was streaky at best, and he was the best shooter we had. We really had no option but to ride Enrique night in night out. Give me an NBA caliber low post player + the guards and wings we have today any day of the week.

Cool, how is this not cool?