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I mean it might not have been provoked in that moment, but do we know the history between the two? I mean for someone to literally and continuously beat someone unconscious without any ill-will towards them in the moment or from previous altercations is disturbing and I agree with @akronzips71 that he should have been deported - if it was truly unprovoked.

O-BooWho should be a butt whooping again. They are awful. Miami is a coin toss, and tonight will be a difficult challenge. Buffalo is what it is, and Can't is a rivalry game on the road. Tonight is key to maintaining confidence/momentum.

That's the most detail anyone has mentioned as far as to what took place. Glad Gueye is gone. Not buying the unprovoked part, but the striking multiple times is alarming. I hope the Tampa basketball coach has some common sense to not let him play ball there. And please tell me Gueye didn't wear some sort of long winter Nike jacket to the courtroom instead of a suit...

First time those words have ever been spoken.

I would love to see something setup with the A10, American, CUSA, MVC, OVC, or CAA. I'd be a hypocrite if I wanted an annual late-season "challenge" with the Southern Conference after making fun of teams like Wofford for years.

Banks is terrific in the passing lanes. Has been all year.

Love this KJ Walton kid. If we could pluck him and put him on every opposing team we face, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Well, we have the lead.

Muncie Half Court Shot Makes - 1 Akron Half Court Shot Rims/Backboards Hit - 1 Just in case anyone was keeping count.

Would someone please teach MAC refs what continuation is? Cheese has been hosed two games in a row now.

It'd be a more glaring issue if we were a better shooting team. Hard to get an assist when the guy on the receiving end doesn't make the shot 65-70% of the time.

Double team Ivey out of the gate? Or just face guard him?

Will Freeze still be there?

I will that Crew scrimmage was open to the public.

This makes too much sense. I would also have to imagine due to the short trip that the cost for Akron would be significantly less than paying Howard or Morgan State. I'd prefer a 2nd or 3rd pay day with a bigger school, but this is as good a FCS game we'll get.

I didn't think it was a negative interview at all. I thought Groce nailed it. We didn't play well last night offensively, but our defense kept us in the game. He said the teamism was bad, which I couldn't tell but I'm sitting in the upper level, not down behind the bench. I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting guys to be better teammates and lead by example. The only other negative he mentioned was frustration with Utomi's mistakes I believe. He also made a quick comment about the 12 free throws Massinburg had, and said, "We'll leave it at that," when it comes to the refs. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a full interview worth of material, ripping the officiating. He talked about the positives of Cheese and I believe Jackson, too. Can't remember how the interview concluded, but he typically leaves it with getting back to work and getting ready for the next game. Nothing wrong with that.

- We had opportunities in the first half to build a lead but couldn't capitalize. With another shooter, that's a couple possession lead going into the half instead of being down by 2. - Ivey is the most impressive player to me this year. 2 years ago, he was an out of control 6th man. Now he's a controlled leader. His growth has been fun to watch. - Cheese & Banks need to quit shooting 3s, but their ability to drive and finish has been a blessing. Cheese needs a little more touch around the rim, but he has been fantastic. It's a shame we only had Duvivier for a year. Duvivier on this team would be amazing. - The tape of the game needs to be sent to the commissioner's office for review, and then to the NCAA to keep the commissioner honest. That was by far the worst officiated game I have ever seen in my life. The first half was brutal both ways, and they corrected it in favor of the MAC/Buffalo in the second half with blatant bias. - Utomi was mentally absent last night. Not moving on offense, pump-faking 62475 times, and not having awareness when dribbling. He is very, very frustrating at times. - As long as we stay committed to playing defense, this team can make a run at The Q. I really want that 4 seed, too. We can't possibly shoot the ball any worse than we have this season, so getting to a neutral court with odd depths and sight lines might even the playing field on offense. I thought he was rotating the guys in and out last night quite often. There is only so much you can do to give guys rest with only 8 players, but I noticed a lot of subbing. The depth is an issue, but when you look at the scholarship chart, that should hopefully be solved very quickly.

They were given around 20 more chances to make 82%. Not saying that's the reason we lost, but man...

I would like to rescind my earlier comment about this being called poorly both ways. Wow.

Buffalo doesn't want to win this game. And I thought I told someone to disconnect the phone in the ref's locker room that is a direct line to the MAC commissuoner's office? Buffalo only has 4 - 4! - team fouls this second half.

And baskets.

The commitment to defense is amazing with this team. They get punched in the mouth by Buffalo and their own offensive woes, yet still hustle their rear ends off. We HAVE to be better offensively to win this game.

They choose in the middle of an Akron possession to practice the T-shirt cannon, then proceed to launch them into the rafters during the timeout. Oy vey... Great game so far though.

MAC officials are the absolute worst. And this goes both ways tonight.