NWAkron

Reese dressed and hasn't been in. Toledo's Jackson owning Riak.

After three miscues, Sayles in for Riak. Almost all Toledo points given by Riak screwups.

Even so, excitement is still building!

Ugh. I still do that now. Nothing is scheduled that week of March. As for the following week...

(Above)Some good KD memories. Was that the last time the Zips beat Toledo? Zips had #5 seed and faced the last seeded Rockets in the Tuesday night first round in Cleveland. I think this was the late night game. Was a lot of fun when all the teams went to Cleveland. Zips went on to win the Championship. That wasn't a strong MAC year. 1st seeded BG was only 19-14. And Ball State with an overall losing record was the 2nd seed as the West Champion.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/sports/20200116/university-of-akron-basketball-team-showed-resilience-in-win-over-northern-illinois Nice article. Good quotes. Good philosophy. Earning respect.

Rockets are always a mystery to Zips fans. I can only remember meeting once in Cleveland and that was an overtime thriller late at night many, many years ago. And the Zips always seem to play them at Toledo. There was a big game at the JAR number of years back: at Noon on a Saturday, maybe on ESPNU...and Pearson and the Rockets embarrassed the Zips. Don't think that will happen this time.

Apparently, the drunk Ball State guy thought the Akron game was Saturday and missed it, disappointing much of his family.

All these "pot shots" at KD. Groce out-coached him twice in MAC finals and had "luck" something KD was lacking. On a side note, DJ Cooper suspended in Europe in 2018 for doping. He submitted urine which had a pregnancy hormone in it. And didn't make the Bosnian team

There is something wrong with his stats. Yesterday, he wasn't included at all.

Even better... go to the MAC Conference web page and look at the conference only stats. There's a stat for margin of victory. Zips are at 19.3. next is Ravenna at 7.0. also Cheese is over 20ppg and is 2nd ranking scorer in MAC. Lots of good stuff

People like to think they "know" stuff. If you look at KDs and President Millers CVs and background, there's no connection or relationship that one can find between them that would make me believe such a stupid rumor.

Zips won first four MAC games by total of 77 points! Did Zips regroup in second half without Reece and Williams on the floor?

Considering what's going in is a surprise to all of us, we all are reasonable in our expectations. So cool to have a coach who doesn't whine about such things as rankings, scheduling, and tourney bids. Enjoy it while we can.

The AK Rowdies need a few obnoxious leaders. There were 3 back in the day who were totally nuts and brutalized the opposing coaches. This year the male cheerleaders are picking up some of the slack. As for marketing, the athletic Dept is short-staffed. There's Williams, VanHorn, and a new guy. Franky, I'm not opposed to letting this team be a "best kept" secret for awhile. And while the Zips had two off seasons, the last few years of KD weren't that hot either.

Watching replay, after NIUs run they scored 9 points in final 13 minutes. Popular coach leaves? That makes my blood boil. Those losers who used to sit near me who were apparently only there for the coach...they can drive to Pittsburgh and play "Where's Duquesne?"

Yeah. The Miami player fumbled the most important inbound pass of their season. Also, Ohio had a chance to win at Canada and threw the ball away

Those KD people all sat in front of me. Don't miss them. And those who only show up now when team is winning...grrr

That JAR better be packed Saturday. Toledo lost tonight

Doing the same.

Thank u Illini Zip. You stepped up when we needed you!!

I knew NIU had a run in them. They almost made MAC finals last year and have played really close games all season.

Holding my breath. NIU will make a quick run I'm sure. Sad night for Kittens and PCCC.

Regarding defense, there was a brief back and forth between Groce and French about BSU making that last 3 and getting to 60. Groce said that shouldn't have happened. Looks better.keeping opponents under 60!