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Yale shot 14 of 19 (73.7%) from the line against Green Bay and 11 of 18 (61.1%) against Charleston. They’re good, but we caught them on the wrong night. And there is a little bush league in that ivy. The fact that the refs let them get away with that hook and hold crap was driving me crazy. We do need better defense. There is still a lot of season left for everyone to improve, including hopefully Barre.

Dumb shot.

Yes, most teams don't have Jokic on their roster.

Milwaukee, Murray St, and Tulane will all be solid opportunities, plus the 2nd SBC game. If we only have a few losses come March and 2 of them are this game vs Yale and the Purdue game, that's a heck of a resume.

Evan never has been great offensively in the half-court. Where he thrives is when he's able to get out in space or when cleaning up misses. Akron wasn't really able to create turnovers nor were we missing many shots so his opportunities were minimal.

This is going to sound strange, but bear with me. Yale's shooting percentage was a plus for Akron as there were relatively few rebounds to be had ... and rebounding is where the bulk of fouls usually come from. I still think the Zips are lacking on the boards. To Akron's credit, the Zips shoot it well enough to overcome it and not get guys in fouls trouble. But as the season wears on I think this could be where the Zips are exposed,

Overall a good tournament experience, and hopefully one that will pay off down the line. Tavari and Shammah were incredible. Lyles had a solid 2nd half after a pretty rough 1st. Evan played solid defense but struggled to contribute elsewhere. Rare occasion where I think we got outcoached a bit. Doubling Townsend just wasn't working, and we stuck with it far too long. Yale shot really well, but we also allowed a ton of easy looks. Asking MMK to play the 5 against this team was questionable too, IMO. Probably the most concerning takeaway from this game was Yale outscoring us 26-13 in bench points, with 9 of the 13 coming from Hardman. I'm optimistic that depth will show up more as the season progresses. Overall, proud of our team and looking forward to seeing them continue to grow over the course of the season!

At-large was never going to happen anyway. Biggest issue is it's likely Yale will make the field of 68 and this could keep them seeded ahead of us. Could be the difference between an 11th or 12th seed.

Congrats to Yale. They were clutch in the pinch. They are the most disciplined and efficient team the Zips will play.

I thought Tavari took too long to make that drive.

Why Amani?

“No that’s a terrible shottt OH YEAH”

THERES THE BIG TURNOVER

Our guys are fighting like hell. I just can’t believe this Yale team. They can’t be perfect all of the time. Geeez.

Hey does anyone know if the Virgin Islands are naturally in rhythm?

Man has Tavari turned into a weapon

Ask and you shall receive.

Our lack of bigs is really showing tonight.

I see why Yale is the most efficient offense in the country.

10 is limping really bad and is still hooping on us

How did the game ever survive without the refs being able to go to the monitor?

Probably good to face some adversity, guys may have been feeling themselves a little too much. The first five minutes of this half will tell us a lot

You mean "yells" that. I swear he cranks his microphone up to 11 before talking.

Ass

Time to give Barre a real chance. Lyles isn't playing well at all and you're going to get destroyed inside if we are too undersized. Barre has his flaws but motor/energy hasn't been one of them.

I agree, place Evan on him and then play man. He'll score some, but we need to stop their cuts to the hoop.

So the guy who's been Yale's head coach for 27 years has their record for all-time career wins. Who'd have thunk it?

Rewatched the Evansville game and here’s a random observation. Barre, for a guy his size has a nice touch at the free throw line.

Remember 1986!!! Current Duke coach John Kerr was the star of that team. I think he scored the lone goal in the final. Another prominent player on that 1986 Duke championship squad was Ken Lolla.

Halligan's contribution is that he's a good defender, works hard and doesn't hurt you when he's on the floor with turnovers and bad shots. He's Marvin but on the perimeter.

All the more reason to smash Duke and send them back to Durham with their butts hurt. That and 1986.

…”Students admitted free w/valid Zips ID courtesy of President Nemer and AkronZips donors” … 👏👏👏

Look at Tavari...he was pretty underwhelming his first 2 seasons, and he's been lights-out ever since. Lyles was a 5 mpg & 5 fouls per game center. Now he's dominant. Lots of examples of guys who get better every season.

I do support a MAC vs MVC challenge like we are doing with the Sun Belt. A major difference between the 2 conferences is in the MAC when a coach has success he leaves for greener pastures. In the MVC that successful coach takes his school to greener pastures. Believe it or not, Kansas, Louisville, Missouri, Nebraska, Wichita State, Creighton and more were all members of the MVC at one time ages ago. So for ISU to leave would be par for the course. I just don’t want it.

I've had a decent chuckle every time I watch this team dominate D1 competition or think about how we have 5 guys on the bench that would probably be starting or significant role players at the very least on most mid majors. What a job Groce, his staff, and Bud Wentz have done at building this program back up.

I believe the ACE fund was created as a result of the settlement that allows schools to pay players directly. I understand it was created to help to pay for that. I think the Zips circle is more geared towards funding operations.

Women lose to Xavier 64-57, ending Xavier's 35 game road losing streak. 😳