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Quite a turn of events.

Well, again, Ohio better. ZIPS make small run and Ohio answers. Groce T'up.

Time to call it a night. Out-played by a deeper, tougher, smoother team. As bad as Ohio at Akron in 2019.

Down by 5, Freeman gets 3rd foul and Aziz comes in and all goes to crap

Then off to Oxford on Saturday. Brutal start to mac

No easy shots. Just think Ohio will be able to sit on this lead

Zips get within 3 then busted defensive coverage. Just feels like Ohios going to keep a lead throughout this game

Prescient

Not much of a crowd either. It's picked up a bit

I see Garvin but no Trimble. There's some little guard dressed who I don't recognize. Can't see his #

The first one of us who shows up at the JAR will have the answer for you

Well, what kind of attitude is that? 😀

Wynn made a few unexpected steals. They will need that quickness Tuesday night

The only time I watched the Hocking Hills team was when they played Kentucky. They were shooting lights out from 3 until KY locked down their defense. I can see the Zips having a 7 or 8 point lead going into the last few minutes and then one of their guys starts making NBA 3s. Isn't that how it always goes? (or it seems like it does)

I hate to say it but Nelsonville looks like the best so far, but many years the Zips looked the best at this point. Toledo flamed out last year and I wonder if that was because they ended up playing many more games than a few others

Our funny friends in Muncie are so excited by Whitford's come from behind win last night.

I might as well weigh in on this while we nervously await the Nelsonville Kittens. There's a middle ground. I'm all for vaccines. I always get a flu shot and never get the flu. I don't want covid so I got my vaccine and booster. Is there a chance I can still get it, sure, but I like my odds better with the vaccine. But now that we know what to do to protect ourselves and can get vaccines I'm done with restrictions. Now that we know better hopefully we will all do better. I'm not personally offended by the unvaccinated. If they want to risk getting very sick and or die that's on them. I see them in the obits every day...anyone who dies "at Akron General" or after a "in the hospital" probably was a covid case. This virus can't be contained so we have to live with it.

i watched the replay and our friend Jackie Windon said those Ts were the right call. Regghi was like "no, let them have play." Jackie, who is smarter and has the ref experience, said it was important to send a message to the player and to the bench that this won't be tolerated. she said if you let it pass, it gets the bench agitated and the fans on the Bulls site were predicting the game would come to blows. You could kinda see Groce was like...hey the plan is working...every time Bulls would foul when Akron drove the lane. Aziz, though, is a liability in that situation since he misses 80% of his layups and free throws.

That was close entire game but Toledo couldn't overtake them.

Much anger at the refs from the folks in Canada. Apparently, the refs are all from Ohio an favor Ohio teams: skrabukes Posted 3 hours ago Every time we start to cut the deficit, they make a BS call. Typical Erie County Posted 3 hours ago In a game where everything has been called. Akron has committed TEN fouls. Ohio refs outright favoring a team Tee4three Posted 3 hours ago What do the refs just want ub to have akron run lay up lines all game

The last MAC game Akron has was against Buffalo in Cleveland. OT. Win gives Zips a tiebreaker. Only bummer was it wasn't the traditional Zips/Canada game...

Why do teams always make crazy shots at the JAR in the final minutes

Huge 3 by Xavier

Come on Zips. Don't let up.

Smart time out by Buffalo. Followed by TV timeout. Zips were rolling.