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LCJ came to play. I like that we're driving and trying to get the ball inside, not just settling for deep balls. Eastern blows.

I'll take It's All Relative for 500, Alex. You can simply tell watching this team this season that they will be competing in the upper echelon of the MAC this year. They have the talent and depth to overcome their road-game shortcomings of years past, which has single handily torpedoed their seasons. The MAC is wide open for the first time in I don't know how many years, and we'll be right in the thick of things come March. _____________________________________________________________________ Since this is a catch-all thread, here are the opening weekend matchups for the MAC. FRIDAY Toledo @ Balls 61-57 PCCC @ BUGS 79-61 SATURDAY Akron @ EMU 69-45 NIU @ Canada 73-72 Sweaters (OH) @ CMU 93-82 Bobkittens @ Inebriated Horses 77-65

Is John Thompson IV back for his 10,000th year of college ball?

Groce said post-game something to the effect of, "Keep shooting. It's when you quit shooting that I'll bench ya." I believe that was in regards to the 3 pt. lull we went through. Agreed on Tribble. That dude just has it. He has no fear and the game isn't too big for him. Tons of other MAC/mid-major squads get these ready-to-go freshman, and we finally have our own. Agreed on Banks deserving the T, but the UMASS coach apparently also deserved the T. Jackie mentioned in game that he had been warned prior, and apparently was in the extended coach's box, which is strictly meant for coaching, no ref discussions. The timing may have been more coincidental. How about that interview? Super annoying, and quite frankly, I didn't give a crap. I have no idea who Phil Bova even is. Promote your book elsewhere. I want to watch the game. Well, when you play a team from a conference that's as competitive as the A10 is, at home, and are on the rise as a program, I expect nothing less than a "tourney-like atmosphere." I hope the schedule continues to feature teams like UMASS in future seasons, especially at home. The JAR needs filled with more than just North Carolina Alphabet Soup (we need more JAR puns on the board, by the way).

Outstanding close to the game by the Zips. High energy, 100% effort, head-down-eyes-up finish. Took care of business against an A10 squad. Way to have the guys ready to play, Groce, after 10 days off. Onto MAC play!

Frenchy mentioned late in the game it looked like Banks was limping or battling some sort of injury/pain. I don't know if he ever specified the potential area of injury, but if it's back, that MIGHT just mean back spasms which could be from dehydration or something. If that's the case, hopefully he got his fluids in over night and is good to go for today. He almost single-handily lost us the game offensively, then made a clutch defensive play on Tulane's last possession. No matter how bad of a day he had, he fought til the end. That's admirable. I am also expecting a bounce back game from Cheese today. The 2 teams worth playing in this tourney are the 2 teams we get to face. How rare is that?

AKRON WINS! AKRON WINS! RIAK WITH THE BLOCK AT THE END!

X! HUGE 3! 1 PT LEAD WITH 18 seconds to go! 62-61 Zips!

Scoring droughts... Missed free throws... You would think that... Nevermind. I won't go there.

53-52 Akron with 4:30 to go. Akron has been in a pretty deep scoring drought.

French just announced Mikal Dawson is officially on the Akron roster. Not sure if he's going to play due to needing to learn so much of the system (not sure if he's referring to today or this season).

53-48 Zips with 7:57 to go.

Not a good day for Cheese to say the least. Banks is carrying this team this afternoon.

45-39 Akron, 12:32 mark.

31-27 at the half, Akron's lead.

22-12 Akron. Just under 9 minutes to play in the first half.

10-9 Akron at the 14:21 mark. Sloppy on both sides for the most part.

"Damnit FLO, you tricked me. But I'm going to get my $150 worth. Lady Zips on at 11, DIII Men's Volleyball at 1. That should carry me to the Zips/Tulane game at 2:30 unless GoZips.com screwed up and it's actually a 3:30 tip. Hmmmm... Ah! NAIA Grass Growing & Paint Drying simultaneously at 2:15 just in case. Perfect." - @Blue & Gold (probably)

That's the answer I was looking for. Thank you. Looks like it's Frenchy for me. I would contact FLO and let them know your error, see if there's anything they can do. This is why we can't have nice things.

Did you mean to do the monthly? So the yearly locks you in for the full $150?

Pardon the potential KSUcks-level question here, but has anyone looked into the FloHoops subscription for these 2 games? If I do the "Yearly" plan, is it a monthly payment of $12.50 until I cancel? Or am I locked into paying the full $150 no matter when I cancel? From the website... "4. Payment By providing a credit card or other “Payment Method” accepted by FloSports for your subscription, you are expressly agreeing that we are authorized to charge you a monthly or yearly subscription fee, any other fees for additional services you may purchase, and any applicable taxes in connection with your use of your subscription to the Payment Method. If you want to use a different Payment Method than the one you signed up to use during registration, or if there is a change in your credit card validity or expiration date, you may edit your Payment Method information by logging in on the FloSports Site and clicking on your profile > Account > Subscriptions > Manage. When you provide a Payment Method to access a subscription, including in connection with a free trial offer, our system will attempt to verify the information you entered. We do this by processing an authorization hold, which is a standard practice. We do not charge you in connection with this authorization hold. If your Payment Method expires and you do not edit your Payment Method information or cancel your account, you authorize us to continue billing, and you will remain responsible for any uncollected amounts. As used in these Terms, “billing” shall indicate either a charge or debit, as applicable, against your Payment Method. The subscription fee will be billed at the beginning of your subscription or expiration of your free trial period, if any, whichever is earlier, and on each monthly or yearly renewal date thereafter unless and until you cancel your subscription or the account or service is otherwise suspended or discontinued pursuant to these Terms. To see the commencement date for your next renewal period, log in on the FloSports Site and click on your profile > Account > Subscriptions > Manage. We automatically bill your Payment Method each month or year on the calendar day corresponding to the commencement of your subscription (each such month, a “Monthly Period”, or year, a “Yearly Period”). In the event your subscription began on a day not contained in a given month, we bill your Payment Method on the last day of such month. For example, if you became a paying subscriber on January 31, your Payment Method would next be billed on February 28. If you change your Payment Method, this could result in changing the calendar day upon which you are billed. You acknowledge that the amount billed each Monthly Period or Yearly Period may vary due to promotional offers, changes in your subscription, and changes in applicable taxes, and you authorize us to charge your Payment Method for the corresponding amounts. If FloSports changes the subscription fee or other charges for your subscription, we will give you advance notice of these changes by email. However, we will not be able to notify you of changes in any applicable taxes. Very rarely, if there are special circumstances where FloSports determines it is appropriate (e.g., your subscription Service is unavailable for days due to technical difficulties), we may provide credits to affected subscribers. The amount and form of such credits, and the decision to provide them, are at FloSports sole and absolute discretion, and the provision of credits in one instance does not entitle anyone to credits in the future under similar or different circumstances. Ongoing Subscription and Cancellation. Your subscription will continue in effect on a month-to-month or year-to-year basis unless and until you cancel your subscription or the account or service is otherwise suspended or discontinued pursuant to these Terms. You must cancel your subscription before your monthly or yearly renewal date in order to avoid the next billing (each Monthly Period or Yearly Period). We will bill the monthly or yearly subscription fee plus any applicable taxes to the Payment Method you provide to us during registration (or to a different Payment Method if you change your account information). If you cancel your subscription, cancellation will be effective at the end of the current Monthly Period or Yearly Period. This means that you will have continued access to your subscription for the remainder of that period, but you will not receive a refund. You can cancel your account at any time through your account settings. These account settings can be accessed by scrolling over your profile at the top right of the home page. On that drop down menu, you will see “Account”. You will be able to access the “Subscription” tab and from there you will have the ability to cancel or modify your subscription by clicking “Manage”."

Damn good work, detective. I guess this is the kind of agreement you can make when you don't have a 30,000-seat mound of debt to pay off.

Not to mention their first 3 games were against non-DI opponents. Murphy decided to schedule tough this year, I see.

I'm always leery of ranking systems created by committees in charge of essentially delivering cash flow for the NCAA. Then again, any system that has Can't falling 32 spots... I might reconsider. ?

I don't care what time of year it is. I wish we could get a P5 school to come play us at the JAR. I'd even fill the student sections with cardboard cutouts; make it look like Madden fans. Rudolph the Red Nose Clown Show - AKA PCCC's coach - eeking one out against North Carolina Alphabet Soup is sad, but a beautiful thing at the same time. BAD loss by Toledo to UMKC. CMU lost to a 4-8 Robert Morris team.