Let'sGoZips94

It's a guards' league, and OU has better guards this year.

That's a heck of a program. Tony Romeo's alma mater.

Can't play interior defense more straight up than the Zips have all night. The refs are just calling contact, not the rules by the book. Not having a shooter is killing this team. Also, not nearly enough off-the-ball movement tonight.

The key matchup in this game is our inside presence vs OU's perimeter athleticism. We should dominate down low, and if Ali/Wynn/Tribble/Dawson can play stellar defense on the perimeter, we should win this game.

My dad and I ran through the MAC last night. It blows. OU, Toledo, Buffalo and PCCC are all question marks. Akron is, too. The door is wide open for us to make some noise in March.

Arth most likely will end up with a decent position in football. He has a laundry list of connections and aside from his performance at Akron, nobody has a bad thing to say about him.

He was a clipboard holder for Trace McSorely in Happy Valley. He knows JoeMo's offense probably as well as anyone.

Excellent win. Canada was missing a few players, including Mballa, but they played a game more recently. Akron was missing Trimble AND had not played in weeks. Williams and Segu still played and brought more experience between the two of them than all of Akron combined. This was Groce's best coaching job since 2019-20. Hats off to him and the team for getting the job done.

ALI ALI! SO NICE YOU HAVE TO SAY IT TWICE!

10 pt lead. Wow.

Can't wait for Aziz to get stronger. The raw ability is there, he's just a little timid at times. Kicking it out 2 feet from the basket instead of going up strong - that will develop.

7 fouls on Buffalo. 14 minutes of bonus time.

2 pt lead with a chance to make it 3! LET'S GO! This is a heck of a coaching job by Groce. He had conviction in the aggressive game plan, let his guys iron out the issues, and trusted that it would eventually come together.

What a weak T.

Segu is awfully annoying. He's like a bra-less DJ Cooper.

Ali Ali figured out how to make a positive impact on this game on the offensive end. 4 pt deficit at the half. I think we'll all take that, given the middle stretch there.

Ok refs. Ok. If anyone knows how to contact the scorers table, tell them to give Freeman the block anyways. Ball doesn't lie. 2 missed free throws off of that garbage foul call.

Nice little run here. Finish the And-1, and let's keep the foot on the gas pedal into the half.

I don't consider Trimble a shooter. He's a streaker.

We have zero shooters on this team. Zero.

Joe Akron - proud of you. Packed house. No Mballa for Buffalo. Their HC is also not there. Akron is without Trimble.

Does anyone know what exactly the roster outlook is for this game? Was the team able to practice much during the 2 week 'Vid hiatus?

Updated. I'll take that BOGO Mickey D's coupon, as I don't think I can personally accomplish the first page of this thread goal. Maybe @akrzips2012 could copy and paste that to his thread-starting comment?

I've been updating this and reposting it every few pages or so. It includes conference experience in their backgrounds. HC: Joe Moorhead; Big East, Big Ten, SEC, Pac12 ST: Allen Tucker; SEC OC: (Moorhead?) QBs: Billy Fessler; Big Ten, SEC RBs: Terry Richardson; Big East, ACC, SEC, NFL WRs: David Gilbertson; AAC, Pac12 TEs: Reno Ferri; ACC, MAC OL: Joel Rodriguez; ACC, CUSA DC: Nick Toth; PAC12, SEC, MWC, CUSA DL: Winston DeLattiboudere; PAC12, CUSA LBs: DBs: Tre' Bell; SEC, ACC

When are we going back to Xi? Toledo at PCCC on Saturday at 2pm. ESPN3. That'll be one to keep an eye on.