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Murray State is a quality mid major. Akron isn't going to beat anyone worthwhile without effort and intelligence on D. That's just a fact. Giving up 97 to Yale was a red flag. Allowing Murray State to put up 115 in 40 minutes is flat out embarrassing.

Darlington Nagbe is joining Ohio Premier Soccer Club as a Staff Coach. https://www.instagram.com/p/DSOLS9HEWz8/?igsh=b2R6Zm12a2M4cTl3 I’m certain Darlington will be excellent at helping develop soccer talent. 👏👏👏

Stan Heath brings his 6-5 EMU Eagles to the JAR Friday night to face the Zips, coming off of exam week. Like many other teams, EMU had to completely rebuild, returning only 7.9% of their minutes from last year. 6'9" redshirt Central Michigan transfer Mohammad Habnad leads the Eagles with 14.9 ppg and 8.1 rpg. 6'7" redshirt senior guard Addison Peterson, who's on his 5th college team, averages 11.5 rpg and 5.1 rpg. They have wins over Georgia State, Cincinnati, Detroit Mercy, Oakland, NJIT and Cleary. Their losses are to Pitt, UPFW, Louisville, Butler and and IU Indy. Stan Heath, the John Wooden of Ypsilanti, will have them ready.

I didn’t see the live action, but it sounds like Barre is improving which would help with drives to the hoop. But the wide open perimeter, poor free throw shooting and rebounding (second chance points) are whole team issues. The good news is we still have time to figure it out. The bad news is we are now likely to get another lousy seed if we make the Tourney.

Groce has said again and again that the way this team gets being just being good is by improving defensively. Clearly, they're still just good.