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Exactly why he isn't a PG. Your eyes have to be up there looking at the clock. He had a full second, and should've dunked it. Oh well. He stopped a 3 going up with 3 seconds left. Let's get em in OT!

Are you kidding me...

March Madness in November. GREAT season opener.

These refs need to learn what playing straight up means on defense. My goodness.

X FOR THE LEAD!

Freeman is a man among boys.

They left the court sound on during the timeout. TShirt toss. @NWAkronyou ok?

X for 3 and the tie!

6 pt sequence from X!

Welcome aboard. Nice surprise consolation for losing Jackie.

No way?! How did we get him?!

LET'S GO ZIPS! 1960s sound quality but that's ok!

At least the Playstation 2-esque sound put my daughter to sleep.

Tragic. Speaking of others, can we get Air Force at the JAR since they'll go to BUGS?

Unbelievable. Thanks Disney!

Is the pregame ceremony still taking place? My stream hasn't started yet.

I don't know if we know how deep we are - or aren't - yet. Guys on scholarship wise - we're deep. Actual contributors - we'll find out. Groce ran a 7-8 man rotation at best during our special run late in the season last year. We don't need to be deep to be successful. We need 7-8 guys to buy into Groce Ball.

Matches the excessive stupidity from the MAC.

Put me in the camp of "the conference with one of the most respected and successful college soccer programs should not be a revolving door with AQ pending year in and year out, and the member school that is one of the most respected and successful college soccer programs should take their ball and find a new conference that will properly support them."

Congrats on winning the MAC Regular Season, Akron! Your prize is to play one more game against WMU because we're a pathetic conference that, instead of just sending our regular season champion to the NCAA Tournament, we're playing a 1 game playoff. I didn't even realize they ditched the MAC Tournament, and that this was for the MAC Title Game. I. Hate. The. MAC.

PCCC and Detroit Southwest Campus in Kevin Connors' Mid Major Top 10 to start the season. 7. Kent State Golden Flashes Let's face it, the end of the 2021-2022 season at Kent State was ugly. A profane social media post leading to the suspension of four players prior to the MAC championship game -- which ended in a 20-point loss at the hands of Akron -- was not the way anyone drew it up. Coach Rob Senderoff called his player's actions "really, really, really dumb." Nevermind failing to get up for a game at Southern Utah and losing by 4 in The Basketball Classic. Pinky is leading his clown car full of clowns exactly how you'd expect in Clown Town. Never change, Pinky.

Throw them on the football schedule instead. Give me some OVC/MVC/A10/CUSA squads instead.

LOVE THIS! FINALLY A MID MAJOR CONFERENCE CHALLENGE! Here are the Sun Belt members... App State Arkansas State Coastal Carolina Georgia Southern Georgia State James Madison Louisiana Marshall Old Dominion South Alabama Southern Miss Texas State Troy ULM While the Sun Belt has a better track record on the gridiron, their growth has also created more appeal on the hardwood. We're all familiar with the Blundering Turds. Georgia State, IIRC, played Gonzaga tough in the Tourney last year. The conference added Old Dominion this year, which used to be a CAA powerhouse (VCU, ODU, George Mason, etc.) before going to CUSA and now the Sun Belt. The Sun Belt, I believe, has the 2nd largest mid-major conference media contract, behind only the MAC. This was prior to their expansion and additional success in football. The Sun Belt will most likely overtake the MAC during the next media deal negotiations, and should only see an increase in athletic success. This is a good conference challenge for the MAC, as the MAC's top basketball schools should beat the Sun Belt's best basketball schools, but the middle and lower tier schools will be very evenly matched.

This is the million dollar question that I think we're all asking. There are so many unknowns with the supporting cast, but I at least feel much more confident in the core of this team going into this year compared to the start of last year.

- Clarke seemed to find a groove in the MAC Tournament/NCAA Tournament. He had some insanely clutch moments and nice performances. We need that to continue, as X being off the ball helped open up the offense. - The Dakotas have treated Akron and the JAR well. NDSU as the Bracket Buster in 2012-13 was awesome (still should never have been a T on Zeke), and now the Jackrabbits coming to Akron after a nice NCAA Tournament appearance last year. Their success is so well documented, I thought they had at least one NCAA Tournament win (they've just come close like Akron). Safe travels for the Jackrabbits, and good luck this season regardless of the result. Thank you for coming to Akron. - Groce and March is an underrated love story. What he accomplished with last year's team was nothing short of miraculous.