Zippy87

What is the "new look" he speaks of?

Sullinger, Davis, Hornbeak, and Bekelja all participated in Senior Night, so they're gone. I'm assuming Safford and Barnett have eligibility left. But either way, they're losing a lot. Also:

Cochran didn't play a game for Minnesota after transferring from Toledo and suffering a foot injury in the preseason.

Toledo's a weird team - before beating Ohio today and last Friday, they had lost 6 of their last 7, including Buffalo and BG and a 40 point loss at Kent. They actually beat Ohio 3 times total this year, but went 0-5 against Akron/Miami/Kent. They have the 4th best offense in the MAC but ranked 11th in defense- only Buffalo was worse. They ranked dead last in opponent 3-point percentage and in made threes per game. On paper, it's a good matchup for us. But we still need to take care of business.

Gave us fits when we played them in Athens. Definitely a guy who can take a game over.

We shouldn't lose to either team if we play the way we are capable of.

AJ Brown is not playing for Ohio today.

LOL at MAC officials calling Tavari for a foul there.

I'm not sure I've seen Groce more heated.

Bowling Green has played a 7-man rotation over their last 5 ganes. Trey Thomas, who led BG with 19 vs Akron in our regular season matchup, was hurt against Kent State and hasn't returned. They lost two other rotation players earlier in the season, too. They get almost all of their scoring from Marcus Johnson, Javontae Campbell, and Derrick Butler. They haven't been very good offensively, but did have the 4th best defense in the MAC. I think they can keep it close for awhile, but our superior talent and depth should win out in the end.

MAC-related - Reggie Bass is on the move again

Akron Out: Josiah Harris, James Okonkwo In: Evan Mahaffey Ball State Out: Juanse Gorosito, Jermahri Hill, TJ Birch In: Kayden Fish (Iowa State) Bowling Green Out: Marcus Johnson, Javontae Campbell, Jamai Feit, Braelon Green Buffalo Out: Brayden Jackson, Ben Michaels, Anquan Boldin Jr., Tyson Dunn, Lloyd McVeigh, Kavon Bradford, Bryson Wilson, Frederiks Meinarts, Eric Kenesie, Sam Akot Central Michigan Out: Jakobi Heady, Damarion Bonds, Bryan Ndjonga, Cayden Vasko, Ugnius Jaruševičius, Kyler Vanderjagt, Armani Mighty Eastern Michigan Out: Christian Henry, Trey Pettigrew, Dillon Tingler Miami Out: Kam Craft, Reece Potter, Mekhi Cooper Ohio Out: Elmore James, Ben Nicol, AJ Brown In: Javan Simmons (Toledo), Jalen Breath (UNC Greensboro) Toledo Out: Seth Hubbard, Javan Simmons, Sam Lewis Jr., Ka'leel Stillman, Bryce Ford, Xavier Thomas, Grgur Brcic, Jaylen Murphy In: Kyler Vanderjagt (Central Michigan) Western Michigan Out: Markhi Strickland, JaVaughn Hannah, Tijan Saine

Ohio State gets bounced by Iowa. You love to see it.

Odds released today: Akron -10.5 over BG Ohio -3.5 over Toledo Miami -5.5 over EMU Kent -9.5 over WMU

I've been told 103-107 are the Akron sections.

Ryan Prather Jr. is headed to the NCAA Tournament with Robert Morris

Since 2007, Akron has appeared in 11 of 17 MAC Championship games. We've never won back-to-back tournaments (time to change this!). Incredibly, we have only faced 4 teams in the championship game: 3-2 vs Kent State 1-2 vs Ohio 1-1 vs Buffalo 0-1 vs Miami

https://x.com/KieferMedia/status/1898209064380707221?t=gV8lIuYiNYfD6wJSGJbznA&s=19 If Brown is out, it's hard to see them making a run.

What are some examples of this?

It definitely sounds like that is their plan.

ICYMI, Miami is building a new arena.

I think that to win over the average student/fan, you have to achieve results that are being the norm. For basketball, the norm is a top 3 team in the MAC and contending in Cleveland each season. We are lucky that is the norm, but people start to get complacent after awhile if that norm doesn't change. I think part of what drew fans to Enrique Freeman - beyond his greatness and how amazing of a young person he is, of course - is he went beyond our norm in getting drafted and playing in the NBA. For Akron basketball to go beyond their norm, the next step is needing to win a tournament game. That will get the community's attention because it's a level of success they haven't seen before.