kreed5120

You forgot score more points than Buffalo.

My keys to victory. 1) Limit fast break points 2) Limit Buffalo to 1 shot per possession 3) Don't miss every open 3 like we typically do

Personally, I'd like it and I feel it makes a lot of sense for both programs. Both teams seem to have trouble attracting decent quality teams OOC to their respective home arenas. The cities are also two hours apart so it makes for an easy bus ride and wouldn't require a hotel stay, saving both teams money. Dambrot won't agree to it as I imagine he still wants to recruit the Akron area hard and one of his selling points would be that the A-10 is a better conference and that Duquesne is therefore a more elite program. Scheduling a home and home would be a sign that both programs are on equal footing, which they pretty much are, but Dambrot won't admit that.

If they win @ Toledo Friday, I feel that affords them the opportunity to lose another game somewhere along the way in the regular season plus once in the tourney.

What's hurting Buffalo is the quality teams they beat OOC are beginning to look not so quality. What was 3 really great wins now looks like 1. WVU - 2-9 in Big 12 Syracuse - Is actually still doing quite well at 8-3 in ACC USF - Lost 3 of last 4 games, including losing by 30 to Gonzaga

I would be much more concerned if it was a reoccurring leg injury. I'm by no means a medical expert, but I wouldn't see why a broken wrist would cause long-term issues. What I'm more concerned about is that he appears to be sidelined the remainder of the year which kills our depth. Also, I'm not sure when he'll be able to resume full practice. I think he has displayed some decent footwork near the basket. His issue has just been his inability to finish once he gets into position. It's kind of hard to get a feel for touch when you can't practice shooting.

How bad of a driver do you have to be to get pulled over 8 times? That's insane.

Eugene German of NIU, the 2nd leader scorer in the MAC, has been suspended indefinitely. Apparently he's been arrested on two different occasions in 2019 for driving on a suspended license. https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/02/09/niu-basketball-with-german-suspended-indefinitely-huskies-fall-at-eastern-michigan/dempipr/

Doesn't every team control their own destiny? Even 0-10 WMU, however improbable, could still win the MACT and punch their ticket to the big dance.

It was good PR for him too. His reputation got drug through the mud do to that rebate scandal his company faced and his meddling reputation as a Browns owner. Buying the Crew to keep them in Ohio helped establish him as a person who cares about Ohio even though he's not from the area. Much like how Dan Gilbert has been adopted by the city for helping the revitalization of downtown.

There are only 8 teams and outside of the commanders each conference is bunched. I imagine a lot of this has to do with them limiting travel costs. I wouldn't be surprised is they eventually expand into Ohio as (if) the league grows. The city they would add a team would be Columbus and the stadium they would play in would be the new Columbus Crew stadium once it's built. Akron is too small of a city and Jimmy Haslam owns the Columbus Crew and many speculate the reason he bought the Crew is because he wants to grow the Browns presence in the area, including maybe moving spring training there. Having a Browns affiliate in Columbus for him is a no brainer.

I'm a fan of whatever gives Akron a 1st round bye and has us avoiding UB until at least the final.

Eubanks was too. Apparently Antino and Eubanks gave the players a talk before the game.

Not to mention he flew from Italy to New Mexico then flew from New Mexico to Akron to be at this game.

Against Buffalo it's going to be key to not turn the ball over in the open court. They have great athletes and love to get out and run. I feel it's important to attack the basket. Perkins is really the only imposing force they have in the post. Getting him into early foul trouble would be ideal.

Rebounding is a team effort. If you look at the box score you will see Ken+ had 9 players with a rebound, 6 with 4+ rebounds, and their leading rebounder was a guard with 6. We talked about Riak stepping up to help clean up the glass, but Cheese ended up finishing with a game high 8 rebounds. I love the way he has developed this season. He's stuffing all the stat categories. Ivey 2.0

UB up 11 and Larry Austin fouled out. This game is over.

He did around the 4 minute mark. I'm guessing he just rolled it.

All the Ken+ fans clearing out

Kent now has as many offensive boards as we have total rebounds...

We shot 46% from the field and 38% from 3. Kent already has 9 offensive boards. Everyone needs to box out.

Too many turnovers and missed free throws.

Well that bites. It really kills our depth.

I feel the opposite. I want fans to get rally towels, thunder sticks, or whatever else that improves the game atmosphere. It's the one game we can get casual fans out. Lets make it so they have a great time and want to come back.

I have to imagine it's the Zips sponsors purchasing the shirts, towels, etc. The quantity available I'm guessing has to do more with how many the sponsors are willing to pay for.