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Realizing that Akron has gone under in every game as of late. It's a toss up. Lean BG with crazy home crowd and their desire to expel the Zip demons. On the other hand, X gets his 3 stroke back and Zips win by 12.

https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2020/02/24/bowling-green-basketball-ready-for-anticpated-round-2-with-akron/stories/20200224121 tension is building. https://orangeandbrown.blogspot.com/ Generous comments about LCJ

This is cool with a John Groce reference even.

https://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35889i Not much to say up in BG world. One good post about the game.

Eugene German may replace Cheese. Similar type of slashing player. M Jackson from Toledo may not help his team out of a first round away game so he's out

You can look at it that way, too. Lots of nervous energy today. Feels like the Saturday morning before a MAC Championship.

https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2020/02/24/postseason-scenarios-for-bgsu-vs-akron/stories/20200224095

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2020/2/24/mac-announced-mens-basketball-players-of-the-week.aspx Tyler Cheese is MAC co-player of the week. Agree with a much of what Captain has to say. Although, I think the Zips didn't "show up" v. Tulane, Liberty, and EMU. X saved the Zips from disaster in two of those three. Looking at the stats, BG doesn't excel in any category. They are tied for first place yet are negative in the margin of victory stat where as the Zips are in first with 9.2. Such a huge game for the Zips. Of the two games this week, this is the one I'm more confident about. And this: https://www.beaconjournal.com/sports/20200224/university-of-akron-menrsquos-basketball-zips-will-have-to-split-focus-against-falcons

This is helpful ? You mean like all this letting teams hang around, X's shooting slump, and rebounding issues could catch up with them at a sold out Stroh Center?

Occasionally, I thought he popped up on those stats but maybe I was only looking at the overall. Either way he's a phantom player.

As of today, LCJ is no longer included in the MAC Conference only stats although he is included in the overall season stats.? X is the leading FT shooter at 93%.

Zips lost a close one at BG last year and in KDs last year the Zips lost by 1 at BG. Groce's first year Akron beat them twice. Akron has dominated the series.

My opinion isn't one that matters. I like whoever Akron recruits until I don't! But I think we all appreciate some new activity on the board. Everyone's a little on edge coming down the homestretch

I need to get through the next 3 weeks before I can think about all of this

I clicked around on the tournament simulator and can only find one extreme scenario that puts the Zips outside the top 4 seeds. Eastern Michigan and Ohio look like locks for 8 and 9.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/sports/20200223/zips-need-to-learn-to-keep-pedal-down-during-seasonrsquos-final-games Zips did seem to coast a bit in the second half. Allowing offensive rebounds, gave Miami 5 points in the last minute.

My buddy goes to their games. He was going to give up his season tickets for next year. I told him to keep them...support the team. I guess the players come into the stands after the game to shake hands with the fans who show up. Also, they get dibs on tickets to the NCAA tourney games in Cleveland. As for Zips, I guess floating under the radar somewhat isn't a bad thing. Seats that have been empty in front of me and behind me were occupied yesterday.

Bob Dyer offers nothing to the community. He's a jack ass and a curmudgeon. If the Zips win the MAC Championship, I look forward to sending him a nice email reminding him of the nasty article he wrote about Groce and the university after Groce's hire. He ripped on the program but never attended a game.

The first place Zips didn't merit a photographer or a quote from Groce in the ABJ coverage. However, the women's team got the full treatment.

According to AP, X carried the team! Williams Carries Akron Past Miami (Ohio) 75-65 By The Associated Press Feb. 22, 2020, 7:05 p.m. ET AKRON, Ohio — Xeyrius Williams recorded 17 points and 10 rebounds to carry Akron to a 75-65 win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

Championship teams win these games! Falcon Road Kill.

Would have been nice but still have to win Tuesday.

CMU choking in DeKalb. Top 4 separating themselves

And the idiot announcers say that a potential MAC player of the year basically deserves to get those calls from the refs

BG just got a gift from the refs. Then OU missed a FT. Can't count on anyone to help out the Zips