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I think Jim Christian must be making a difference. They obviously respect each other's roles and can work together to develop a team.

And they are showcased quite a bit on social media...excellent quality videos and pics.

Thank you for the positive and helpful post of the day. Thank you!!

Who the hell knows.at this point? Unfortunately they just need to be better than three teams on three nights in March.

That is total B.S. about last year. Not sure why you would even write that or try and denigrate what they did...especially a year later. Akron was playing exceptionally at that moment. If anything Kent took this year's run out of Akrons playbook...defense.

Masochistic tendencies.

and Payton. Santiago can come back. He and Tribble must have started the same year.

To-le-duh!

And we don't have to see him or Payton or Jacobs in the JAR ever again. Although, Im sure Christian and Pinky have a few ingrates lined up for next season.

Agree. Looking for Dennis to bolt. if he leaves, Coach Tod will be back to square one.

Toledo hasn't been challenged since they lost to Kent in January. they clearly didn't know how to handle the pressure.

From 2008 onward, only Kent, Akron, Ohio, and Buffalo have won the tournament...except for Western Michigan in 2014 who, ironically, beat Toledo.

they ripped the band aid off. It wasn't going to get any better.

if Toledo couldn't get it done this year, when will they? Dennis and Maddox stick around?

Especially, at this level. CMU basically lost its whole team today.

Prayers and respect for all of them. God bless

God told her not to play for Akron. Got it.

Tribble has too many turnovers?

Save yourself some brain cells and block Dre. He's only here to disrupt from a recliner in his mom's basement

I'm for whatever Groce and company think is best for the team.

Another way of looking at it: this is a one bid conference with 4 or 5 quality programs. How does Groce stop Toledo from becoming the next Buffalo who runs over the Zips for 3 or 4 years. Looks like Kent's team is mostly seniors...tonight is their moment. Toledo only loses Milner and Shumate.

Very hard to get a good read on Tavari. I would like him to stay. Like others have said, LCJ and X took a season to get going but Tavari doesn't seem engaged in the team. As for Clarke: Akron has one guard who can't shoot or make a lay up: Tribble. Do the Zips need two?

I will take great pleasure in hearing that either Kent or Toledo lost tonight. Whitesell had no control over his team this year and was especially evident in the Q Final game. That Hardnett guy is a poor man's Emoni Bates. He was chewing out his teammate heading into the locker room at halftime and many times Whitesell was trying to calm him down. The same 4 made the semis as last year, and they are the traditional powers in the MAC (minus buffalo, ironically).

Save yourself some brain cells and block him.

I added to my comment. Agree. And they aren't getting respect.