NWAkron

First few minutes of half should tell the tale.

Whitford is a poor man's Bobby Hurley

Back in it. Should have taken the 3 at the end. Crowd was on its feet

Oh god. The cannon

Scoring at will. No inside game. Long night. Game over. There goes that at large bid. Zips played two crappy MAC teams. This is real.

27% shooting. 6 turnovers.

Zips aren't ready for this higher quality opponent. That's for sure

Which unfortunately Canada is winning. Average to above average crowd at moment

would be nice to have this type of crowd tonight.

Not sure the po Not sure the point if all this discussion other than we are all bored waiting for 9pm to come around. I can only go on his words that he offered in post game interview with Frenchy in which he said he wants to take over his father's school when he leaves. Sounds like he sees his future in coaching. Hes part of Groces leadership council. If he wants to go that route hes in a good spot here. He appeared to not get along with Ivey but didn't pout and leave because the coach made him share playing time with Jimond. Hes a mature guy who can be the leader and star next year and bring along Tribble. Eman and Utomi didn't fit in and no other decent program was going to take Ivey and his ego.

Saving all my "Reactions" for later. But, unless Akronzips71 tells me differently, I really like our chances for an at large bid!!

Funny that while inebriated he knows difference between "too" and "to" but not "there" and "their."

http://overthepylon.boards.net/thread/3073/akron What they are saying in Muncie. The last post is rather funny.

Do you have a side job raining on parades?

At the risk of sounding like a horrible rationalizer, if the Zips were going to have a basketball "recession" 2017-2019 was the time to do it. There wasn't a MAC team that could legitimately compete with Canada. I think KD knew that when he called it a day, and Groce (Remember Groce's first year meltdown and ejection from Canada's arena?)knew it as well and used that time wisely to install his will on the program. With string and glue, he got the Zips to Cleveland both years and got a first round home game last year albeit with the worst seeding possible. As I've said on here before, I learned a lot more about basketball watching the Zips struggle and rebuild the last few years than I did watching the same program and the same method makes its way to Saturday night in March. I'm realistic that as this grind moves on that there are going to be some ugly nights on the road and probably a shock at the JAR before this is over.

Zips need to be 3-0 leaving this first week. They got a break on the front end of the schedule but in February the schedule is unforgiving.

I would be there at 2am but I know a few who have issue with time and won't be there.

Looks like a punch to me. Did Nate earn an Oscar that day...maybe? I do know that on video especially when it's slowed down punches don't look as bad as they might feel to person on receiving end.

Taking a punch. All you ever need to know about PCCC basketball. They will show you who they are

Oh. So big game tomorrow night!

OK, I have to jump in. Not even close. X has much better attitude and can actually make a 3 pointer on more than an occasion.

Around cyber space (not having much to do) I found the following: On the PCCC blog a member wrote this brilliant post: "Post: #4RE: Toledo @ Kent State 0-1 MAC teams always concern me." From Canada's Bull Run AKA Stages of Grief: Since the championship years UB started getting the best game against every team. Well UB is a big target and can’t handle the best game even from bad teams. Going to be a tough year unless they ever put it together. AND I get a feeling that our guys have bought into the hype from the past couple years and just don’t think they need to be on every game. This is just pathetic play and other teams are shooting the lights out on us every game From Kitten Attack where hope always springs eternal: Serious note: This team is going to continue to get better and better. Only question I have for them is when the size issue begin to show through after enough games in-league. Otherwise, guard play wins tournaments, and I think we got the legs in Cleveland to raise some havoc In Sweaterville the focus is naturally on football with some waxing nostalgically for Coles: Just checked and found that Charlie Coles had 11 straight seasons at .500 or better in conference play (2000-2011). Since then, we've had 8 straight losing seasons in conference play (1- Coles, 5- Cooper, 2- Owens), and we are well on our way towards our 9th. Ouch.

Cards, Chips, Flashes, and Zips undefeated in MAC play. From the MAC Conference website, Four big stats popped out to me: Zips are #1 in: (even after the Michael Flowers second half show last night) Free Throw %, 3 point FG % 3 point FG % defense. FG % defense. Ball State is in the top 5 in most categories other than Free Throw % for which they are 9th.

I think we all know how this goes and are having fun. First opportunity in a few years. It all ears through Cleveland. Even the best MAC team ever from Canada got a suckers deal in the NCAA last year and are now back on earth with the rest of us. USA Today and CBS This Morning like a Loyola and a Nun story but the NCAA does not.

And then the humiliation to VCU. Nothing was right after that.