Let'sGoZips94

I hate our help defense. Give them the 2 down low. Stay on the perimeter of your man doesn't have the ball in the paint.

Miami is shooting 60% from 3 and 50% from the field. Need to get this under 10 by halftime.

2 on Suder. He can't make em if he's not in the game.

Miami needs to start missing.

Need to turn up the intensity a bit on offense. Otherwise, not a bad start.

95-78 Akron.

Go Zips

I caught that. We need to get Hibbert into the Wentz Financial Factory with Okonkwo and even Lyles and the freshman.

It's 100% on Tod. They had 6 guys. Unless one of those 6 is LeBron James, they were bound to struggle to stay in and win games at the end. In game coaching aside, his roster construction deserves the most blame. It's similar to 2023 & 2024 when Groce failed to surround Freeman with legitimate shooters; we criticized him for the ceiling that was automatically put on the team. Toledo fans aren't thrilled with Tod right now, and I bet Utah State is ecstatic they ended up going in another direction.

Oh wow you're correct. Thought that was a semifinal game for some reason. So all 4 participants made their conference final at the very least.

I hear he's asking every girl on Kent's campus if they have any boyfriends that play basketball. He's trying to summon the Sincere Carry magic.

Almost is the key word here.

Their length is quickly neutralized by our athleticism and their lack thereof. Miami is a one trick pony and that's only good enough to be competitive. Kent shot 35.9% from the field and 29.2% from 3, yet that game came down to the wire. Miami shot 36.7% from 3 and was barely able to win that game. The only team that can beat us is ourselves. If we execute, we're going dancing.

Pinky miserable is exactly how the world is supposed to be. What a quote. The new look is probably losing by less than 27. From what I've seen, they haven't changed much. Their semifinal game vs Kent was pretty much what they've been doing all season. They shot just well enough and Kent shot just poorly enough. They need to shoot the ball extremely well and have Akron be off to have a shot. Speaking of new look, since the last time Miami played Akron, we've spent a month in Groce boot camp learning a whole new non-3 pointer based offense. That's not something Miami saw as much of and I'm curious to see how quickly we deploy it to get some of their guys in foul trouble.

Clock didn't start on time, then this. Heartbreaking. Cedric spent every day in the gym shooting free throws after this game.

Do you know about 2007?

Ball game. Time to avenge 2007.

Because it was the officials' fault Tod only recruited a 6-man team?

Why do so many people overvalue Kent? They are the most average 22 win team in the country.

Sideline reporter during the second game said Sullinger transfered because of a rocky relationship with Pinky. No idea what happened at Furman that allowed him to come back, but Barnett went to Pinky and requested he allow Sullinger back on the team.

Smart. She definitely didn't go to Kent.

What a crowd. Well done Zips Nation.

C120/121 (adjacent to the Akron sections) are the best tickets remaining at the moment for those not caring if they sit in the Akron sections. ARizzo code brings them down to $35 a pop + small fees. Under $200 for 5 tickets at half-court with that view is not bad. It'll be both my daughters' first MAC Championship game.

SEE YOU ALL IN CLEVELAND TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!