kreed5120

I think Groce will survive financially without it.

What's crazy given the SunBelts absurd bracket is Georgia Southern has won 5 games in 5 days, which the announcers said has never been done before. They still need 1 more win to advance to the tournament.

Well, looking back through my email now and I'm not even seeing that. Perhaps my order didn't go through 😅

I think UMass fans would be thrilled if Frank Martin went to BC. Frank is by far the highest paid coach in the MAC and UMass has more NIL than any MAC team, but the best he can do is an 8th place finish.

Technically they are in the MAC until July 1st. Edit: That day can't come soon enough.

Kind of what I'm seeing in Marvin as well. If he can develop a perimeter shot like Freeman and Amani did their senior years I can see him getting a slightly more expanded role in getting minutes at both the 4 & 5 positions. Finding someone to replace Evan IMO is what will be the biggest challenge. He's kind of the glue that holds everything together.

Barre is already getting a few minutes this year and he's playing behind someone who is most likely going to be 2nd Team All-MAC. He has some heart health issues that the team has to monitor so I doubt he can ever be a 20 minutes a game player. An offseason of growth and I think he could give us 10-15 solid minutes next year. Briscoe I'm not as sold on. Even when Barre was injured he still didn't see the floor. I can't imagine Oggy came halfway a crossed the world just to be burried on the depth chart. I would be surprised if he's on the roster next year TBH. IMO we go into the portal to add 1 big (replace Amani), 1 wing (replace Evan), and 1 guard (help absorb loss of both Tavari & Scott)

My best guess is we target 1 big. MMK and Barre still have eligibility and I just don't see us starting 2 traditional bigs. More likely playing a SF at the 4 like we've done with guys like Mahaffey and Ali in the past and attempted to do with Harris before he got injured. Bigs are very expensive in the portal since there are so few. Okonkwo who put up pretty pedestrian numbers last season got a bag. When you're like a school like Akron, but hope to compete with high majors like Dayton or mid tier P5 programs like a Oklahoma you have to take a money ball approach to roster construction. If they're over paying bigs, but undervaluing undersized guards, like Tavari, you spend your money their instead. That's a big reason why I think Akron has gone to a 3 guard, 1 SF, 1 big lineup. It's the most cost efficient way to build a competitive roster. There is a surplus of 5'10"-6'3" guards. There is a shortage of 6'10" bigs who can move the court and aren't liabilities on offense or defense.

That's not who I intended to direct the insult, but I can see how it could come off as a stray. I'll be more mindful moving forward.

Earl Grant was just fired from Boston College and I think he would be another solid option as well. He had a nice run at Charleston prior to taking the Boston College job so he has shown he can win and compete at this level. Boston College is a tough place to win. No shame in not being able to cut it at the P5 level.

TBF Burno wasn't really canned. His contract expired and NIU elected to not renew. Firing and paying a buyout would require them at least pretending to care about their program. They instead treat it like an Olympic sport.

You're going to upset dozens of people with that comment.

It appears Buffalo will likely be without both Freitag and Pocknett. Hopefully we can build a nice cushion and are able to rest our starters for final the ~5 minutes.

I'm actually not as hostile about UB regarding that game as some. I've seen some ridiculous late game come backs in my time. UNI a decade or so ago blew a 12 point lead with <1 minute against Texas A&M in the Big Dance. We all know of Reggie Miller's infamous 8 points in ~10 seconds against the Knicks. IMO it's better that we're prepared for those scenarios now so that we're not taken by surprise in March.

TOS to WMU