kreed5120

Where are you getting that? I didn't see any reputable bracketologist have us higher than 12th.

Yep, people say this every time Akron loses a game. We weren't going to go 18-0 in the MAC. The last team to go undefeated in MAC play was Cincy 70 years ago.

You aren't going to win many when you allow the other team to score 90+. We went 0-1 today. Let's try to go 1-0 Tuesday.

I'd also like to see us push the ball after misses. We have the athleticism advantage and they can't get setup into a zone when they're forced to play in transition.

Toledo is passing the ball faster than we can rotate which is leaving wide open 3 point shooters. We may need to quit doubling Knapke in the post as we keep getting burned from 3 when we do.

Knapke is nearly a 40% career 3P% shooter. Teague I was questioning why Riak was guarding him 20 feet away from the basket. Against Knapke you better not give him any space to shoot or he will burn you. For that reason I feel Reece, despite being undersized, would be the better option to guard Knapke.

For being 6'11 he kind of plays small. 39% of his shot attempts are from beyond the 3-point line.

I didn't really want to create a new recruiting thread for 2023 already and wasn't exactly sure where else to post this. I'm surprised Akron hasn't offered him yet given the connection LeBron has to the program.

Kind of funny considering how often Dambrot said "not even Bob Huggins would come to the JAR" over the years. Duquesne certainly is no WVU. Kind of a shame for them they didn't schedule us. Had they won that would have been a huge boost to their resume. Now given how weak their OOC schedule was, they probably need to finish at least 3rd in the A-10 to have any chance of an at-large.

NIU must use the league website to develop their game plan. I thought it was a bold strategy to leave LCJ completely unguarded for the 1st 5 minutes of the game, but NIU must not of thought he was a threat because he hadn't recorded any stats to date ?

I know I'm in the far minority, but I'd like our next AD to be a basketball first guy. We keep investing money into football and not seeing any results. We keep just throwing bad money after bad money.

We're certainly a completely different defense and rebounding team when Xeyrius isn't on the floor. In the WMU game WMU could barely get a shot off until Xeyrius got into foul trouble. Early in the 2nd half against NIU he picks up his 4th foul and sat out most of NIU 18-2 scoring run. I don't think it's any coincidence the margin ballooned back up when Groce decided to put him back in. If I'm an opposing coach I'm going to try to scheme ways to put him in a position to commit fouls whether it back trying to isolate him on the perimeter with a quick guard or try posting him up down low.

I agree an at-large realistically isn't feasible. I just keep bringing it up because I know how much it makes @clarkwgriswold cringe hearing.

We got the struggling to win at DeKalb monkey off our back. Now lets get the struggle to beat Toledo monkey off our back as well. We seem to be playing Toledo at the right time. I'm not sure what's going on with them. They should be playing much better than they are. Hopefully it takes them at least 1 more game before they figure it out, especially since Cheese and Reece may be a little banged up for this one.

Akron is up to 37 in NET rankings. Last season NC State was the highest rated NET team to miss the tournament. Their NET ranking at the time of selection was #33. https://tenor.com/view/witch-witches-brew-cauldron-stir-the-pot-gif-12978168

I haven't watched any of videos and I'm by no means an expert on evaluating how a high school players talent will transfer to the next level. That being said, right now Akron is as good, if not better, than any other offer he has outstanding.

Even our open shots we're missing bad.

We always play worse defense in the 2nd half.

Miami is pissing away the game. They were up by as many as 16, but now only up 1.

It looks like the NIU board finally got around to creating a game thread about 30 minutes ago. Just in general their board looks relatively dead compared to here. https://csnbbs.com/thread-892426.html

Akron is 3 point favorites. The spread on the surface doesn't seem like enough given the way these 2 teams have played this season. I'd bet the game, but I've seen just as good Akron teams lose to even worse NIU squads in that arena.

I was expecting LCJ to get MAC East POW this week, but it went to a different Zip. https://gozips.com/news/2020/1/13/mens-basketball-williams-tabbed-mac-east-player-of-the-week.aspx

20th in Mid-Major Madness. This poll includes the 10, MWC, and C-USA. https://www.midmajormadness.com/2020/1/13/21064518/college-basketball-poll-the-other-top-25-rankings-mid-majors-and-so-many-atlantic-10-teams

We climbed to 14th.

I'm surprised to see he left for anything less than a head coaching job.