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Awesome slam by X.

To say the least. The effort and pace are still there, though, which is nice to see. We aren't becoming stagnant.

NCC.

Taylor Currie is a very fluid, versatile 4 that stretches the floor. Here are his HS rankings when he committed to Wisconsin. He also had offers from Michigan and Xavier. Some of his highlights from 2017. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Garvin is going to be a true freshman, and has been turning heads for the past year or 2. Multiple Cleveland-area articles on his rise. Here are his recruiting rankings according to 247Sports. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When Groce was at O-Who, he ran a guard-based, athletic front court system. His "bigs" were more stretch 4s, and his guards were all combo guards. Kellogg & Cooper ran the back court, Keely & Baltic ran the front court; that system got them 3 tourney wins. That is what this team is starting to look like. Athleticism at each position, and matchup nightmares. These 2 guys fit the mold perfectly I think.

You would be surprised. There's a reason the NBA is cozying up closer and closer to China - these international leagues are paying very well from top to bottom pretty much. Basketball is way bigger internationally than it used to be.

Guys transferring out that were fringe players these last 2 years to begin with, should point to the program moving in a positive direction. Directional Carolinas get me almost as excited as Directional Michigans, but NC Central is actually a decent OOC opponent with all of their recent tourney experience.

The Roo on the thumbs is awesome. The field is coming along very nicely as well. Wow.

This is one heck of an effort by the Zips.

Back to double digits after a couple quick buckets by WVU. Damn.

Every time I hear the WVU announcer say Sherman, I can't help but think...

Great, aggressive start to the 2nd half.

33-47 at the half. Not bad. Make a few more shots, cut down on the turnovers, and this is a game.

3 fouls on their McDonald's All American.

1350 on the radio is airing the Akron game. 1350 on iHeart is airing the Hoban game. Listening to the WVU radio on their website. Reece had a block then scored. The WVU announcer, "Blocked from behind, RUDELY, by Reece."

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Outstanding comments from Alford. Very respectable.

This is about as accurate an assessment as you can make. Well said. When you look at the past couple of seasons, we've been a couple made shots away from flipping the records. The biggest thing I appreciate from Groce's teams thus far is their commitment to the defensive side of the ball. I think we took for granted last year what it meant to have a top 25 defense IN THE COUNTRY. It's an aspect of basketball that is quietly disappearing as AAU continues to promote offensive stat sheets over basketball fundamentals. Hopefully the shots fall this season as we continue to commit to high-intensity defense. We'll see tonight pretty quickly if this team has bought in from the get-go, or if we'll need 2 months of OOC basketball to develop the commitment to the fundamentals we've seen in recent seasons. If WVU doesn't get you amped up, sheesh. Wow. Thanks for that insight. I wonder if other coaches trust previous players to stay through a coaching change when they take over the program. I'd have to imagine Parrish was one of the key pieces.

It's about damn time.

Since you brought it up, let's spread some good vibes and listen to the joy in Frenchie's voice.

Speaking of which...

Quite the program Simon has built at Medina.

3 words will define this game. Conditioning. Composure. Effort. I'm assuming West Virginia will continue to roll with their Press Virginia defensive scheme, meaning we need to be composed enough to not turn the ball over a gazillion times. On top of that, I'd like to see us truly push the ball like we supposedly did against Malone and have done all off-season. We can't afford to get tired out; that will only lead to mistakes and mental breakdowns. Lastly - and this basically goes without saying - we need to out-effort WVU. Loose balls, rebounds, etc. The little things are a product of effort, and the little things are what lead to couches being burned on porches out of anger. X, Cheese, and LCJ are going to be MASSIVE key players. Get er done, Zips!

There really wasn't much on him. Very little-to-no recruiting activity, limited press, and his highlights were largely from earlier in his high school career. I think the general census on the board was that he might be a diamond in the rough, but that he was raw and would need developing - both physically and skill wise.

Who is standing out?

"Excitement is building." - @NWAkron (probably)