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I’m just repeating what Groce says I was fine with the crowd too. He just really loves his guys I’m sure he just wants the world for them

Groce didn’t sound very happy with the crowd in the radio interview. He was grateful for all that was there but he believes this team deserves way better and challenged the zips to all show up next week for Buffalo

I’m so sick of these slow starts man you can’t go down 8-15 every single time someone comes out hot. Look at EVERY gameday post except for Heidelberg and I’ve complained about the slow start

Just walked in time to watch Toledo and Miami during warmups

Ik we’re on tv but I hate the 9pm start. I’m a morning person😴

https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/N5MRV5OgrT I decided to post on r/college basketball about the MAC and here was the community result. Lots of Akron and Buffalo for the memes lmao

Just a college kid with not enough friends who like Akron sports. I love local sports 😁

He’s like the green dot helmet linebacker of this team. He will be missed next year more than most people think

I am bored at work so I've decided to breakdown this years Out of Conference schedule and see how the zips opponents are playing. Will try to update this after the season as well. This was a highly touted schedule before the season and I want to see how that view changes throughout the season Rankings are as of the morning of January 3rd. Best win is based off of NET ranking and best loss is determined by me. I usually pick the closest loss to a higher ranked opponent vs a blow out to a way higher ranked opponent. South Dakota State University: NET Ranking: 189 Record: 7-7 (1-0 in Summit League play) Conference Rank: 2nd Best win: 10 point win over Wichita State (NET Ranking of 108) Best loss: 2 point loss to UCF (NET Ranking of 70) Its been an up and down start for the Jack Rabbits. Some strong showings against the teams above and some very poor ones like against Kent State. 3 of there wins are also against schools with Grey shields on ESPN+. They have played a gauntlet of a schedule against Us, Kent, George Mason, UCF, Kansas St, etc. I think SDSU will fair a lot better in conference play and contend for a AQ to the dance through the Summit League Southern Miss University: NET Ranking: 275 Record: 6-7 (0-1 in Sun Belt play) Conference Rank: 9th Best win: 3 point win over UAB (NET Ranking of 206) Best loss: 2 point loss to Utah Valley (NET Ranking of 197) This was the first of two games in the MAC-SUN Belt challenge and matchups were based off of last years net rankings. It seems like Southern Miss is not the same team as last year and seem to not be very good going into conference play. With 2 wins against non D1 and a win against the 2nd worst team in the country (Northwestern State) Southern Miss doesn't have a lot on the resume outside of a very beatable UAB team. Maybe they get hot during conference play but its not looking good. Looks like we will have to root for whoever we face second in the challenge Heidelburg University: Net Ranking: NA (D3) Record: 8-3 (4-1 in conference play) Best win: #19 Marietta Obviously nobody will care about this win. But I thought it was neat they are actually pretty good in there conference. Florida International University: NET Ranking: 291 Record: 5-10 (0-0 in CUSA play) Conference Rank: Last Best win: 8 point win over Maine (Net Ranking of 228) Best Loss: 6 point loss to Akron (Net Ranking of 92) This might end up being our worst win of the year. FIU has one non D1 win and none of there wins are very impressive. They'll probably finish towards the bottom of conference play and might be our worst NET win of the year outside of conference play. Utah State University: NET Ranking: 26 Record: 13-1 (1-0 in Mountain West play) Conference Rank: 2nd Best win: 1 point win over San Francisco (NET Ranking of 39) Best loss: 6 point loss to Bradley (NET ranking of 126) Juggernaut in Mid Major Play. If Akron won this game the outlook of the season would look completely different. Utah State looks very good but still have there best wins in front of them. If they can beat Colorado St (NET ranking of 17) at least once I think they have a good argument to be an at large bid if CSU wins the Mountain West. Drake University: NET Ranking: 67 Record: 12-2 (3-0 in Missouri Valley play) Conference Rank: 1st Best win: 19 point win over Nevada (NET Ranking of 34!) Best Loss: 24 point loss to SF Austin (NET Ranking of 152) Drake is extremely puzzling. They have some dominant wins against Nevada, Akron, Oakland, Missouri St, Saint Louis, etc. They have got blown out by SF Austin and a one point loss to UAB. If it wasn't for those Drake would be up there with Utah State and look to be a clear favorite in a very good Missouri Valley conference that might be a multi bid league if someone takes down Drake in the conference tournament University of Nevada Las Vegas NET Ranking: 115 Record: 7-5 (0-0 in Mountain West play) Conference Rank: 7th Best Win: 15 point win over Creighton (NET ranking of 14!!) Best Loss: 2 point loss to Saint Mary's (NET ranking of 52) UNLV is a dark horse in the Mountain West. I think Akron should of beat them if we had Ali Ali or this game was played anywhere closer than Las Vegas. However they had a gauntlet of a schedule which should prep them for a tough Mountain West. They started slow with a random lost to Southern but have been hot for a little bit. This could be a sneaky good loss later in the season. Bradley University NET Ranking: 126 Record: 8-5 (0-2 in MIssouri Valley play) Conference Rank: 9th Best Win: 6 point win over Utah State (NET ranking of 26) Best Loss: 8 point loss to Indiana State (NET ranking of 33) How the mighty have fallen. Bradley came out in November hot and beat some teams I do not think they would beat if they faced them again (Utah State, Vermont, Tulane, etc.) They had a nightmare of a time in NE Ohio and haven't really recovered since. I hope they can rebound and some how beat out Drake for the AQ and have Drake be an at large but right now Bradley will not make it far. Northern Kentucky University NET Ranking: 227 Record: 7-7 (2-1 in Horizon League play) Conference Rank: 6th Best Win: Literally none of them Best Loss: 1 point loss to Akron (NET ranking of 92) I figured Northern Kentucky was pretty good when they kept it very close to us but man they have zero good wins. Eastern Kentucky, IUPUI, Long Island, Corpus Christi? It's really rough for them especially in a stacked Horizon conference. Don't think Akron will get much value out of this win Miami Hamilton University NET Ranking: NA Record: 5-9 We knew this was a bit of an ugly game but a 40 point win after finals week was fine. The harriers lost to a team in there own league by that much recently. Moving on... Gardner-Webb University NET Ranking: 213 Record: 5-10 (0-0 in Southland play) Conference Rank: 8th Best Win: 1 point win over Weber St (NET ranking of 81) Best Loss: 4 point loss in OT to Akron (NET ranking of 92) This teamed is ranked so high for there record. Lets see if it is shown in conference play. Great wins against Weber St and Western Carolina but a whole bunch of random losses. The Southland Conference has a really good Radford team and a decent Longwood team. Outside of them it looks pretty wide open. We shall see St. Bonaventure NET Ranking: 65 Record 9-3 (0-0 in A10 play) Conference Rank: 8th Best Win: 1 point win over Akron (NET ranking of 92) Best Loss: 10 point loss to FAU (NET ranking of 21) This team I feel can be a really fun Cinderella team. The oldest team in college basketball could be a fun underdog story in the A10. The A10 is stacked and will easily be a multi bid league. If the bonnies can get far in the tournament then they could easily sneak into an at large bid if the cards fall right. Mid-Major Basketball has been awesome this year with plenty of good candidates. I am very glad Groce gave Akron a deep schedules of some of the best in the NET rankings and overall a good mix of different levels of talent. I definitely think some of these teams will make the tournament at large or via AQ. Plus we probably will get James Madison in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge which win or close loss will cause our NET to skyrocket. This helped prepped us for the MAC which I hope we can win and go back to the tournament with a team of seniors. LETS GO ZIPS! Will update on this in March.

Zips girls are back tonight against Ohio. Excited to see how the new staff handles conference play this year. Also unrelated Caitlin Clark is insane 🔥

I feel like that loss to Utah State is helping too. They’re about to be ranked any day now

^^^

Bolts win. Seems like they’ll be just fine even with injuries. Toledo beats Ohio to rebound from an underachieving conference play. Western Michigan wrapping up an upset against Miami. Eastern and BG having the game of the year. Weird opener for the MAC🤣

This has to be some sort of record right?

Geez NIU had ONE offensive rebound

NIU can’t do anything. Part of it is our defense getting in there heads and part is bad luck. Glad Akron is getting on a run rn to pull away

Very happy with the defense. I was happy when they held the Bonnies to 61 and it needs to carry over. Gotta make these teams very frustrated. Shooting will get better… eventually?

Not really shocked with any result so far. Ball State and Bowling Green had very soft schedules. Even the Buffalo game I’m not really surprised

Happy MACtion everyone! The zips have there longest trip remaining of the regular season as they face NIU. I’ll be watching this game as well as the Kent Ball State game. NIU is always a tough draw on the road so I wanna see how the zips conquer this. Everyone is back to 0-0. Just win baby

Very tough non conference as planned by Groce. I think it definitely challenged the team as well as Groce himself. Nobody in the MAC had that many battles like we did. We will see how the guards perform and check back in February.

Gotta say this was a really cool event. Every game was close and felt like a conference tournament or March madness game. Really wish Akron would’ve won but overall a pretty fun day of CBB

So many close ones this year 😮‍💨