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Kretzer is smoking it!

Betancourt needs to take a seat.

Cheap foul on Zeke! Frustrating.

Bang! Zeke with the slam...best of all, he heads back on defense smiling. Having fun is important to staying loose and playing to one's potential.

Akron opponent Penn St. up 4 on #4 Michigan with under two to play. If it holds, that should help the RPI quite a bit. Oklahoma State playing and winning tonight too.

Zeke back in...I hope he doesn't get foul number 4. We are hot on the game for 3...7-11. That won't continue either.

Lead. 46-45!!! NO FEAR!

See how easy this is. Zeke under the basket...all the difference in the world...good job, KD.

See, OU goes cold from 3 and we catch up. That easy. Rarely if ever does a team stay hot from 3 for an entire game.

Exactly. You can't beat a team that doesn't miss, especially when they are extending the floor by making 3's from 3-5 feet behind the line. Keep it close enough to take over if/when they cool off. If they don't, you get them next time. All of OU's offense is driven by hot shotting. When they can't shoot, they are a terrible team...see the Belmont game as a perfect example.

I agree. There is nothing you can do to beat OU on the road when they are scorching hot from deep like they are now. The trick is to play well enough to keep it close and to catch up if/when they cool off. The turnovers and dumb fouls are the biggest difference. However, having Zeke away from the rim isn't helping either. OU has gotten too many easy rebounds and buckets inside off quick pass, and having Zeke away from the rim has not limited any of the hot, deep shooting. We are getting out rebounded by a smaller team too. KD needs to show me he can coach and correct for these couple of deficiencies. This is still a winnable game.

I will never say this is a good thing. Remember the three he took 5-8 feet behind the line and on the move with the shot clock expiring after great defense by the Zips in the waning minutes of the MACC last year? That was the difference in the game. Sickening. For me, it was like Doug Penno The Sequel.

And what accomplishments allow OU to claim such a title? National Championship? No, UA Soccer 2010. BCS Bowl appearance? No, NIU 2012. MAC Football Championships? No, UA 2005. Success in NCAA Tournament baseball? No, Can't 2012 (as much as I hate to say it). Success in NCAA Tournament golf? No, Can't every year (as much as I hate to say it). Other schools have accomplishments that fill the MAC ledger as well or better than anything OU has done. I'll give you women's volleyball and and a couple good years in men's basketball (that end this year and perhaps tomorrow night) and that's it...hardly worthy of "flagship" status. Have fun rebuilding next year and watching us with another banner season. I don't mean to feed the troll, but this guy needs put in his place with facts. Hopefully tomorrow night and later in March will be additional reality checks for him.

Here's a guy that is from a different vintage who has never seen a Seattle Sounders home game. If I won the lottery, I'd buy an MLS team as an investment in a heartbeat! The MLS is here to stay.

+1, and I bet LP makes it +2. I go to med school outside of Ohio with a couple guys who are from large, distinguished universities around the country. When they found out I went to Akron, they commented how great it must have been to go to a "soccer school" and they were familiar with the Rowdies and their chants from youtube. Soccer does matter.

I don't think this is true. DiG?

These two games concern me as well. We always struggle at OU and UB. We will have to play well to win at OU, but UB we should be able to beat with just talent and depth. Making the Top-25 is awesome though! If we finish with the streak intact and the MACC in hand, we deserve an 11 seed or better. Nonetheless, I hope the players stay focused on one win at a time!

We are ranked higher than Kentucky and North Carolina...wow...never thought I'd see the day.

We should be rooting for every MAC team in their Bracketbuster matchups. This is the last opportunity to slightly improve the conference's RPI, which in turn will make our RPI stronger. Keep an eye on Creighton and Detroit today as well...they both have very tough road games.

I love Frenchy for all the reasons you cited as negatives. I wish more of our alumni were homers like he is!

I completely agree! This holds true for the palaces that professional teams play in and use a couple handfuls of times per year. How much did Browns Stadium cost? It is used at most, 12 times per year for football. Other events at the stadium are limited. What a waste! Meanwhile, urban schools are severely underfunded and students attend class in outdated dungeons. The priorities are wrong. The owners are worth billions, the players make millions, and the public supports their infrastructure. This is a dream business where expenses beyond payroll are minimal.

And what are those? Do you know first-hand? Getting back to the topic...renovating the JAR is a huge waste of money. The JAR is/was sufficient for a mid-level MAC team, but is an embarrassment to a nationally prominent program.

Did Cincy switch conferences without my knowledge? I see the need, but thought they were still in the Big East.

Where are the other teams of this league getting funding for a stadium? If a new stadium is so important, why wouldn't the Fire sign a lease for the The Big Dialer?