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Kowalchoke will probably bribe for more votes despite the result today.

Barring an epic collapse from Kansas State, our 3rd game will be against one of Nevada (MWC) or Kansas State (Big 12). This is the best OOC we've ever had (that I can remember), and we've done well to handle our business against the mid-majors. Would love to knock off LSU tomorrow. I truly believe the Mississippi State game is different if we didn't play an OT game against a great opponent 4 days prior. The blowout result was most likely due to fatigue and dead legs more than anything. Having to play a very scrappy Morgan State squad 4 days later did not bode well, either. We saw today what we're capable of with fresher legs. I would imagine tomorrow is much closer than the Mississippi State game was in the second half. Geaux Zips!

Will the Beacon get it right this time? Big win. Did WKU really have preseason top 25 votes?

17 point lead with 1:20 left!

32-30 at the half, Akron leads.

Or if you want to be someone else, be Reggie Miller.

10 pts already for Freeman.

We are rebounding well given the size difference.

2 fouls on the human skyscraper.

Another 3! WE FOUND THE OCEAN THIS TRIP!

Speaking of sound, compared to the WWII Fireside Chat TV audio, we've finally made our way into the Vietnam War era radio sound. Quite the improvement.

NATE JOHNSON! 3!

Akron going right at the big man early so far.

https://www.iheart.com/live/640-whlo-3520/

Our game isn't supposed to start until 1:30 anyways. Anybody know if FloSports offers a New Big East Member discount? 😉

If this were Akron's football team, the ball would've bounced off that backboard, defied physics, and landed inside Michigan's hoop (to contrast the difference in luck).

Ohio loses by 4 in OT.

Ohio and Michigan going to OT after Ohio, down 2 with 2.1 seconds left, threw a full court pass off the backboard that bounced straight to their player who missed the layup but another Ohio player followed it up. Unreal.

Easy, Noel. One team was gifted a goal to start the match. Not saying Akron shouldn't have been more disciplined and mentally tough, but claiming emotional superiority on the back of that officiating is pretty empty.

Simple solution for the refs: be better. This happens in every sport. Working the refs is gamesmanship. If the ref(s) can't handle it, don't officiate.

Talent wise, yes. They need to become stronger mentally, though. The officiating was awful, but after the 1st PK (like I said, one of the worst calls in the history of sport), nothing changed in our intensity.

I turned it off. Are they largely on Akron?

Thanks to one of the worst calls in the history of sport.

Did the NCAA tell the officiating crew, "We need to keep our precious ACC in this"?

I'm a diehard both. A break from the heartbreak isn't the worst thing in the world. I know wins are coming (for the Zips; I have zero faith in Stefanski).