Let'sGoZips94

It's almost like you grew up in Akron. 😉

This is such an odd matchup. Miami is a high IQ, quality shooting team that lacks athleticism and strength. Kent is an athletic, strong team that is low IQ and not a great shooting team. Low IQ is proving to be the fatal flaw.

As sarcastic as my reply was, that is also the how. They are one of the best 3P shooting teams in the country.

During halftime of the Toledo game, they had a full segment talking about Akron and Groce.

Because they've scored more points than their MAC opponents 10 times.

I will tweet at ZipsMBB to confirm their graphic. Not sure which one is correct. ESPNU at 6pm on a Saturday makes way more sense, but it would be awesome if this were on ESPN2.

Just so people are aware, this will be on ESPNU.

Zips named among teams listed by CBS as potential Cinderellas.

The one highlight missing, unless I missed it, was his game winning dunk at Northern Kentucky. Identical silhouette.

Through some conversations with those in the know, I'm starting to gather a sense of the group behind the renewed energy. It is certainly a collective effort, but it's a small collective. I won't name names, but hats off to those who are involved. Akron needs warriors who are willing to do whatever it takes to move UA forward and ascend to new heights. They also need our help as fans to continue to show our support, and last night Zips Nation did just that. Fantastic night.

For those who don't know, Nolan works under the name AO1 Creative. He is the entire package behind our sudden explosion of social media content in the last year or so. Truly a special talent and I'm glad we're partnered with him.

I was admittedly wrong about both Tavari, Lyles, and Shammah. In previous seasons, we had too much turnover to truly see the impact of Groce & his staff. We saw Freeman, we saw Tribble, and I feel like the collective thought was "these are simply special guys that put the work in to get better," somewhat dismissing the extent to which Groce & his staff are able to develop players. We didn't get a chance to see the development in bulk. Tavari, Shammah, and Lyles have really opened my eyes to what this staff is capable of development wise, and I cannot wait to see where Akron ascends to with them in charge.

High Point (ranked 2 spots higher than us in NET after last night) received a vote last week for the AP Poll from some random Cedar Rapids Gazette voter. Couldn't find a single connection between him and High Point that would explain this. At Kent will still be the biggest road opponent challenge, but in terms of how we're playing and showing we can flip the switch on the road at OU, I agree. We have given Nate his flowers a lot during MAC play, and deservedly so. However, echoing and adding onto the above sentiments, I think Shammah Scott is our MVP. As Hilltopper said, he's the leader of the second unit which contains a true freshman guard, a defensive liability shooting guard, a streaky shooting guard, and 2 less physical post players. Our depth has needed Scott to be that glue that holds all those odd pieces together. His shooting is much improved along with his decision making. He has become the complete package and should be the front runner for 6th Man of the Year.

No, the only GOAT in attendance was Freeman. 😂

Finally someone who mentions we've been missing what was supposed to be a top 2-3 player on this team.