NWAkron

Ok...enough of this Zips...I'm having PTSD flashbacks.

Yuck. That was a bad stretch.

Just saw some individual stats during time out.

Groce running the guys in and out. This aggressive play certainly brings the fouls.

I know we were 75% from floor but don't know how many points Malcolm has. Ok with that. Whoa...a lot going on. T on Lamont and Kostelac in.

New uniforms? Gray/blue...hint of gold?

Go Zips! Kill the Mockingbirds!

We have hijacked this thread but it's painfully obvious that the NCAA doesn't want a final four consisting of a Cinderella. The fans at home might like it but they aren't the ones filling up the seats in a football arena obnoxiously converted into a basketball court. And Akron team coming out of an East region facing a St Mary's out of the West region would be a tragedy for the NCAA based on their out-dated thinking. These schools are now seeded to maximize the elimination of mid and low majors.

At-Large!

Right. I only hope that Northern Illinois becomes massively successful.

Kreed5120 wins the prize for first using the dreaded "at large" in 2017-2018 basketball thread.

Yeah, don't want to have another player who makes me cringe each time he shoots.

Ugh. Remember the drama a few years ago when Akron thought it was going and some players didn't have passports or couldn't get them.

If Malcolm had gotten hot, it would have lessened the pressure on JImond. Jimond seemed to fall back into what the Zips would do last year. As we've seen before in our teams and our opponents, when you only have one player hot from 3, the others have to press to make something happen. (I have a firm grasp of the obvious) They posted that "21+wins" graphic last night. I don't think hitting that is a Groce priority this year.

My cousin is head of graphic design and marketing (or something like that) at UT Chattanooga, so he has to work with Scrappy the Mockingbird quite a bit.

The Mocs...short for the Mockingbirds. Scrappy the Mockingbird is the mascot. But I like Choo Choo, too.

Gotcha. UD much better team. I've made a lot of ill-advised shots. I want to like the guy, but he's a bit hard to figure out at the moment.

Looking like the first half of the CSU game. Zips get shut down any move to the basket. Still the Kostelac mystery.

Blech! Some missed open 3s by Malcolm and Jimond really hurting us. 15-0 run by U.D. Ouch. They made some adjustments.

Little tough on the line tonight, but it's the first away game. Team keeps it's cool.

Right. But isn't that when you should take them? I remember that about him

Hmm. OT...Groce wearing awesome tie.

I really appreciated that podcast. Thank you for posting. I liked the forthright nature of the commentary. Akron so far is doing some things really well but is horrible stopping points in the paint. I also didn't know the entire Utomi recruiting story. Kudos to the prior coaching staff for snatching him up! I gather we all don't know what to expect tonight

So are there 4 guaranteed MAC bowls and then a few others which are like semi-guaranteed? Toledo and NIU are definitely locks. Would think we would get preference over Ohio and Buffalo. I just think we will go to Idaho again. Toledo probably sent to Quick Lanes. I think those prognosticators don't realize Toledo is so close to Detroit and can bring a lot of fans.

I think it will be even more "sickening" to them if they win today and are left with the ugly reality and "what ifs" losing a tiebreaker to Crakron.