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  1. Not our greatest game, but I find myself in a similar situation to last year. Leaving a WIN and saying "Oh boy we are in trouble if we play like that against a real team". John Groce leads the mid-major version of the Tony Bennett Virginia Hoos. Ugly, Ugly, Ugly wins, but we win! 

     

    They'll figure it out from three as long as Greg Tribble can keep passing like he was tonight.

     

    I would LOVE more Tavari Johnson.

  2. I really would love to see a nice bounce back game. Morgan State is not a bad team at all. They pushed a fantastic VCU team to the point where they were leading at half. But in all honesty, we clearly are not an at large team. So, I just want to see that the offense is working a little smoother. Specifically Greg, who was HIGHLY touted out of HS. I saw some comments about his commitment and he was very heavily recruited out of HS. Only came here due to the Asst. Coach being his old head coach at Huntington Prep. He has extreme athleticism and I would imagine that Groce will find ways to free him up. The problem is that we cannot hit water from a boat right now. Why would they guard Sammy, Garv, Greg, from 3? They can smush enrique out of the paint and then we are in trouble. Need to see progress tonight.

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  3. 13 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

    Anybody who has seen the team in practice - thoughts on Ryan Prather getting time as a freshman? He was pretty highly touted with offers from schools like Wichita State.

    I doubt Prather will see the floor this year. Him and Prince appear to be getting the John Groce freshman treatment.

  4. Barstool is great, controversies or not I love that we are aligning ourselves with up and coming media companies. We can only benefit from this! 

     

    I will be there with about 6 other students, we are pumped to go in person!

     

    I am also worried about their size vs our pseudo-bigs. I have faith in Groce ball tho. Pumped to watch.

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  5. 9 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

     

    8 man rotation... Any idea who could step up to make it a 9 or 10 man rotation? 

     

    Prather Jr., Mosengo, T Johnson - any of these 3?

    I really like the idea of Prince, but seems like he is too young right now. Getting the John Groce freshman treatment it seems. Ryan Prather Jr. I would LOVE to see blow up. Would be a great Mikal Dawson filler. 

  6. On 10/28/2022 at 1:13 PM, kreed5120 said:

    I've heard absolutely no talks about a secret scrimmage or anything of that nature. I have to assume we had one as we do pretty much every year. Anyone have any news about that?

    I can confirm that we beat IPFW 2/3 halves that we played.

     

    We were away this weekend but cannot confirm the opponent or outcome yet.

     

    Rumor has it that it will be X-Garvin-GT2-Rique-Sammy with Trendon, Nate Johnson, Amani Lyles coming off bench. 

     

    I'll try to find out who we played this weekend and deliver updates.

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  7. Just now, LZIp said:

    Don't you dare......

     

    Dawson is a glue guy in the purest sense there is. I would hate to lose him no doubt as he's valuable, but would be surprised if the opportunity to move up is there.

     

    Trust me I would hate it to, just trying to spread news to jinx the situation. I dont know where the hell he would go thats clearly a step up, but look at Aziz. Who the hell knows.

  8. Also, I feel like this is all doom and gloom regarding the transfer portal. 

     

    It is what it is. Basketball and especially college basketball is a living organism that changes over the years. Instead of the bitching I have full trust that John Groce and co. will take advantage of the portal more than any other coach in the MAC. We are not the only teams getting destroyed. UB has lost SIX players. SIX! OU lost Sears AND a 5 year player. It is brutal all around. We just need to take advantage of it as much as it hurts us.

     

    All due respect to Ali and Aziz, if you dont wear the Akron jersey, you're as good as a walk on to me. I don't care who you are or what you've done for us. Clearly they thought they had better chances elsewhere. Good luck and dont let the door hit you on the ass when you leave.

  9. Bad news to share, but I have heard rumors spreading that Mikal is next to the portal. This source also told me about Aziz before it happened. Nothing is 100% and I would LOVE to be wrong. But I would be really bummed if this were true.

     

    Losing Ali and Aziz are one thing. Yes it does hurt, but both had GLARING weaknesses that I can spin zone in my head that we will be okay. Losing Mikal would be brutal. Having him and Greg be here for all 4 years would be absolutely incredible. Lets hope he stays!

  10. IDGAF about any of the stats to be honest, this team fights hard, but they arent as good as years past. Sure, we know that.

     

    Last time I checked, nothing matters until Cleveland. Kent can win 100 times until then, knock yourselves out.

     

    March is where champions are made

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