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I said the same thing about Freeman. This is only Halligan’s sophomore year and we lose five of that 10 man rotation after this year. So there could be a role for him going forward. We do need to maintain cohesion. Not making a prediction, but his size and skills say a physical guard is possible to me anyway.

Unacceptable!! I guess we will just have to win big enough tonight to get it back.

Rewatched the Evansville game and here’s a random observation. Barre, for a guy his size has a nice touch at the free throw line.

I thought the same, but Groce has hinted at a larger role for him during radio interviews. And he played during the course of the game yesterday. Not just at the very end.

Correct.

This was a really good question and it stuck with me because I didn’t have the obvious answer. I once suggested he might be the next Hardman, but I hope we use one of the open scholarships to bring in another sharp shooter. My best guess is Halligan is still a work in progress, but could fill the role of strong, big-bodied guard. Think Mikal Dawson or Isaiah Gray.

MVC might not like it for this reason, but it would improve our strength of schedule as a league. I’m in, even if it was just select match ups.

I see Cody Head stepping into Shammah Scott’s role for the next 2 years and then Jashawn Ladd after him. And let me say we often talk about Freeman being the poster boy for skill development at Akron (and rightfully so) but Shammah Scott is a man on a mission out there. I’m so proud of how much he has improved and the way he plays.

I’ll just add that I wouldn’t be surprised if JMU has a season similar to us last year where the OOC schedule is brutal, but they figure out in conference play and come storming back. So they might sneak onto this list too by the end of the season.

I do support a MAC vs MVC challenge like we are doing with the Sun Belt. A major difference between the 2 conferences is in the MAC when a coach has success he leaves for greener pastures. In the MVC that successful coach takes his school to greener pastures. Believe it or not, Kansas, Louisville, Missouri, Nebraska, Wichita State, Creighton and more were all members of the MVC at one time ages ago. So for ISU to leave would be par for the course. I just don’t want it.

Nope!! As an ISU alum I want no part of this. I have been to games obviously, but I don’t follow them like I do Akron. Still, I don’t want my loyalties clashing. I will say Redbird arena is pretty sweet and rivalry games against Bradley are always sold out and raucous.

I think everyone is right on this one. I am going with answer (D) All of the above.

The more teams we get to play on this list the better.

Is that Buffalo ranked above Miami and Kent State? 🧐

Turnbull didn’t play much for Evansville tonight, but Hughes did. Yet Barre didn’t get much playing time again. This seemed like the perfect matchup for him. Also, I hate to say it, but when Brisco doesn’t see the floor at all, even for the garbage minutes it leads me to think he might not be here next year. Just not a good sign.

Townsend really carried the load for Yale today. He’s good.

Yep!! 👍

Me too. 🤯🤯🤯

Akron just moved up to 55 on Kenpom!!

💯

It took a while to figure them out, but once we did, good night.

We want free tacos!!

I think the refs are just trying to keep tempers from flying and Clark here wants more hustle!! Ha!!

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