Copley Don

At least our coach isn’t wearing heels!

At this point I’m certain I actually am just talking to myself but in case you missed it last night, yep, another 20 point loss in conference play… BG -80 Zips - 62

For anyone who still cares, the home crowd was treated to another 20 point loss in conference play last night….. Directional Michigan 74 Zips 53

There's a coach with proven ability to recruit in Northeast Ohio that has her squad in 2nd place in the Horizon League currently. Think we could ever get someone like that to come to Akron and bring us a MAC Player of the Year and trips to Cleveland?

I talk to myself a lot and am an optimist in life, but even I’m not talking myself into a win today. Sounds like Fairlawn Franks been spending a little too much time at….Franks.

That was a rough one to watch…Western 55 Zips 48 Had a nice run to start the 4th and had our chances but very poor execution down the stretch. Interesting note: Western down 4 key players due to injury so had to go to the volleyball team for a body similar to us last year.

Bobcats 73 - Zips 56 With that 17 point loss to a fellow bottom feeder of the MAC, I was looking ahead and while obviously it will be a rough climb regardless, we only face putrid Buffalo and NIU once each as well.

2022 RPI/NET 112/148 2023 RPI/NET 163/191 2024 RPI/NET 269/253 2025 RPI/NET 303/295 2026 RPI/NET 295/311

22-9 end of 1Q. We’re going to get run out of our own gym by the coach ole Chucky ran out of town aren’t we.

No Monique Mitchell? Anyone know what’s going on there?

Reagan would have been the women’s participant last year (and easily 1st team All-MAC) but she hit the portal the first chance she could. As for this year it was definitely going to be a new face considering the huge amount of turnover. Not sure if this is just a sign of the times/the new norm or if this is going to a revolving door roster with Gensler here.

Vikings 76 Zips 55 Not sure what my expectations should have been coming into the third year of this regime but it’s very apparent we are a not making progress. Not sure what to attribute it to but hopefully with all the new players some cohesiveness and improvement will be seen throughout the season.

Having the bodies alone should be enough to get us over the hump in some of those close games we didn’t have the depth to pull out last season. Let’s hope the squad has a solid summer to gel as we go into year 3 of the Gensler era. Feel like this will be a very telling season on the direction of the program.

Potential new recruiting strategy here?

Any idea if there has been any utilization of the Women’s NIL coffers here with Shelbee? If not, then why not? Seems like the exact kind of situation where it should be implemented in the program.

Shelbee Brown has entered into the portal…

-If we apparently have a NIL program for the women’s team, what the hell is it going toward? What’s our portal plan? -Did anyone even try to talk to Reagan last off-season before she walked? No, they did not. -There’s no pressure on Gensler? I would certainly hope there is right? Halfway through his contract, has a new boss, and MOST IMPORTANTLY is: 21-39 overall, 10-26 in conference. -Charles is gone now guys, you don’t have to defend his “culture changing” hires anymore.

Alexus Mobley hit the portal. https://x.com/taliagoodmanwbb/status/1901702430246818173?s=46&t=fAyoMi31YFB6KG8DnxKteA

So what’s the deal with next season? I know we have a couple redshirts that will be in the mix but who are we looking to add? Shelbee needs to be the focal point of the offense and I feel we need to add a solid PG at the very least. Watching the girls in Cleveland the past couple days we are not even close to that level currently.

24-23 good guys at Half. Kent is beatable if they aren’t hitting 3’s.

We made it to 3rd base on the 7th date. Just looking for any kind of fire from the gals today, a good crowd, and a free t-shirt.

We’re flirting with a winless February…

Today’s our chance for a win in February. I would certainly hope we can take care of this Bobcats team. Hopefully we get a nice crowd as well.

I highly doubt it. The MAC is much weaker than in years past. The conference NET rating is currently 15th out of 32 D1 conferences, behind even the Big Sky, Sun Belt, and Summit Conferences, when just a couple years ago the MAC was in the Top 10.

I view tonight as a must win game and will be a good barometer of where the program is at overall. This should be an auto-win but given our circumstances let’s hope to see the girls rally tonight and end the 6 game slump.