Let'sGoZips94

These thumbs in stripes are just pathetic. Who knew so many zebras could go bald; they didn't show that in Madagascar.

These refs have been atrocious. That phantom late call on the missed Toledo layup/bunny was pathetic.

As a coach he has to be. But it's also his fault for not recruiting a viable big to clog the lane. A couple Toledo possessions ago, we doubled the ball at the top of the key with Lyles and Evan M. Toledo passed out of it and left Scott and another guard as the lone defenders in the post. Defensive game plan was clearly executed, but Toledo played out of it and the obvious flaw was found. Toledo is playing extremely well offensively and I just don't see how we're supposed to stop them with the personnel we have. It's up to our offense to produce and Toledo to cool off.

He has also had the hot hand offensively. Hardman-lite tonight.

I disagree with the bad defense. The turnovers were way worse than the defense. Not saying the defense was perfect or even good, but I didn't see bad defense. We had 7 takeaways and the majority of their scoring came from hot shooting, not defensive breakdowns. Most of the time we can't physically play better defense without risking fouling. I also don't understand our defensive scheme. We actively look to double then people get pissed when there is a man left open. Our personnel just doesn't lend itself to shutdown defense and we compound that deficiency with the doubling scheme. Unless there are rotations not being executed, we're gonna have to live with a few open shots here and there.

Ding ding ding! Our issues right now are our turnovers and our turnovers.

We are Kowalchoke's regular season Super Bowl. The only numbers that matter for Toledo are 1 9 8 0.

The bigger question is will the NCAA allow Whaley to play with an oxygen tank? He's going to need constant oxygen dragging his fat rear end up and down the court all night. Gillespie got in foul trouble the other night vs Miami. Fully expect that to happen again with our athleticism.

Much like everything else in Minnesota, the Timberwolves are frauds. Somebody needs to save Enrique and get him out of that organization.

Why do you think I said Friday will be fun? 😏

All of their MAC games have been decided by 10 or less. Next Friday is going to be fun.

If Balls can get going, they're going to make that 7/8 seed race very messy. The MAC is very much improved this year, but the separation between the top 3-4 and the rest of the conference is as vast as it has been since the Oats Buffalo days.

It's a wonderful read. Shoutout to the announcers tonight. Miami OH fans watching the game had to be pissed hearing them essentially say Akron is still the class of the MAC despite the Sweaters being undefeated. Cleveland will be fun.

Boals wanted nothing to do with that handshake at the end there.

20-0, yet only 6 spots ahead of Akron in NET who has 4 losses. They've only played 1 top 100 team all season and it was at home after a 2 week break from D1 basketball for said opponent. Does anybody remember when Tiger Woods handed Justin Thomas an item on the course as a joke? If you look closely, it was actually Miami's 2025-26 basketball schedule rolled up.

Kent is very undisciplined.

Kent is +19 on the boards going into OT. What a choke job.

Miami isn't Top 25 good. They'll falter to others. I don't want anybody in PCCC to have a smidgen of happiness. Kent choked. OT in Portage County.

Screw NIU for making the MAC schedule lopsided so we don't get 2 cracks at Miami. Their inevitable downfall is going to be sweet to witness.

Yeah there was a lot of hype about the mystery QB and this falls very flat with me. Hard to get excited for a shorter Undercuffler who hasn't seen legit action since 2023.

This is the intensity and focus I've wanted to see on offense. Fantastic start.

The part where I'm somehow calling for Groce's job with an aggressive undertone related to my dissatisfaction with JoeMo in the football section? I am very, very frustrated with the result of Saturday's game in Miami. Part of the reason I've harped on maintaining the offensive prowess we've exhibited thus far is because it's a controllable. That game was there for the taking given Miami's lackluster offensive numbers and high turnover rate, and we didn't take it. It's the first opportunity all year vs. a quality opponent where they didn't shoot lights out vs. us and we didn't take it. Need to figure things out vs. CMU. It's a long season, I get it, but we have 2 months now to send a message that the Miami game was a fluke before Cleveland/Selection Sunday (God willing). In Groce I trust, as I always have. Just tired of so many close losses in 20 years after promoting that I'm an Akron fan publicly and having to deal with the aftermath when people say, "Tough loss," after the few Akron games that garners more views than usual. Simply venting a bit on the Akron forum. Pardon me.

Huh?

We scored over 20+ pts less than our average, shot 15% worse from 3P than our average, and had 15 turnovers which is 5 more than our average. We're now 0-3 vs. Q1 and Q2 mid majors with potentially zero opportunities left on the schedule, and we didn't show up offensively in a game we should've won by double digits (based on Miami's numbers). That was an embarrassing performance. Edit: Let me add that I don't have a very favorable view of Miami. I think we will see them lose games in the MAC that make this loss look worse than it may currently. That is a large reason why I view the loss and our performance as embarrassing.

Would love to see us get back to a pedal-to-the-metal offensive mindset. Embarrassing performance vs. Miami and back to back performances vs. DI opponents where we've shot under 30% from 3P.