Blue & Gold

Some great prizes this time 'round.

Nice article by GT. Kato sounds very mature.

Very true. By today’s neo-math standards it sounds like he’s definitely on the fence about it.

Probably. But we have fun with this sort of thing. Lol That's why I was pushing Dawson, as opposed to Tribble, to start in place of Dailey. I appreciate Tribble's hustle and athleticism, but I'm still surprised he started over Dawson. I like Dawson's size and 3-point shooting. I think with another off-season of work, he's going to be our breakout player next year. And yeah, with the departure of Marshall we don't have a stretch 4. I'm surprised he chose to transfer. I mentioned this last off season, but think Ali could play the stretch 4 role? That'd give us a lineup looking something like: PG: Clarke....... Johnson... Mitchell(?) W: Trimble..... Tribble..... Edwards(?) W: Dawson..... Wynn P: Ali.............. Salle P: Freeman.... Bandaogo I kinda like that staring 5. Doesn't leave much 3-point prowess coming off the bench, but I guess we don't live in a perfect word.

Disappointing losing out on him to Tulsa.

Our post players are going to be young next year Freeman - sophomore Bandaogo - freshman Salle - freshman (true freshman) With Cam Reese graduating I thought Marshall would be in line for significant PT next season. Especially considering it normally takes true post players a year or two longer to acclimate to the D-1 game than it does wings and guards. and our 3-point shooting is going to be shaky Clarke - shaky Tribble - very shaky Trimble - dead eye Dawson - streaky Ali - shaky Wynn - shaky Johnson - shaky (true freshman) Mitchell - dead eye (but only a true freshman) I'd take a transfer G who has a nice, confident 3-point stroke.

Adante Holiman is making his announcement tonight around 7:30.

Marshall's decision to transfer likely came after his post-season meeting with the coaches, ala Taylor Currie. So, though I'm disappointed and surprised by this one, it's probably not that big a deal. And I agree with @Captain Kangaroo, that the coaching staff's doubling down on Dailey ever snapping out of it was at the expense of Dawson's development.

I always like playing Ohio State. But not this year. We're far from ready for competition like that. I don't want to get humiliated. As far as Auburn? When we schedule other P5 schools I prefer playing lesser P5 teams instead of the elite. Give me Ole' Miss, Miss St., or Arkansas out of the SEC West. Avoid Auburn, LSU, and Alabama. I still vividly remember that NC State game! That game gives me hope for Joe Akron eventually having some self-respect and rooting for their hometown team. I went with a couple friends to a sports bar near Chapel Hill to watch the game. We were having fun & the place was half-full, with probably 10 other Zips fans. Ohio State played on t.v. after the Zips game, and during the 4th quarter of the Zips -v- NC State game a lot of red-and-silver-clad OSUcks fans came into the bar. They didn't even know Akron was playing. But at a couple tables around me you could hear guys saying, "Oh, look, I think that's Akron playing." Well by the end of the game the whole bar was cheering for the Zips and high fives were going all around. So that was pretty cool. Gives me hope.

I was wondering that as well. The only thought I have is that with an academic scholarship you have to maintain a pretty high GPA to remain on scholarship. An athletic scholarship probably allows for a "C's get degrees" approach to academics so that the athlete can have more time to focus on his sport; e.g., spending time in the gym as opposed to the library. Playing D-1 sports is a pretty huge time commitment. If Enrique has a new goal of playing professional ball, he may want that athletic scholarship option.

I think you're right.

Yeah, I guess you're right. Unless someone else moves on. And this is assuming Freeman is put on scholarship.

Due to the COVID year who can know exactly how the current class designations are going to pan out, but here is an updated (as of 3/15) scholarship chart:

Good for him. I can't imagine practicing every day & never setting a foot on the court. Though with his attitude I liked him being around the team, ala, LePear Toles.

...still so confused... 🙃

*cough *cough Maishe Dailey *cough

I believe he got even less PT than Currie? Idk. But I don't have him in my hypothetical 2-deep because something must be up w/ him.

🙏🙏🙏

I agree. If none of our soon-to-be-juniors - Ali, Dawson, or Marshall - becomes a team leader (legit consistent scoring threat) we could have a sub par season. I think Greg Tribble, our other soon-to-be-junior, simply is who he is: a fantastic athlete who gives 100% and can play lock-down D... but who has rather shaky handles to run the point & isn't able to stretch a defense with his outside shooting. I don't anticipate a big jump, skill-wise, from Greg. Bryan Trimble & Michael Wynn are going to be our only seniors next year. (Actually, due to COVID they both may still be classified as juniors. Idk.) But anyway, they'll be our veterans. I still don't really know what to think or expect from either. Here's my projected 2-deep: PG: Clarke......... Johnson (uber stud incoming freshman; I think he'll be backup PG after Christmas) W: Trimble........ Tribble W: Dawson........ Wynn P: Ali Ali ........... Marshall P: Freeman...... Salle or Bandaogo I'm picking Kobe Mitchell to redshirt, though he will likely be the 2nd best 3-point shooter on the team as soon as he sets foot on campus. But watching his lousy, and I do mean lousy, competition in high school makes me think it'll take him a year to adapt to the D-1 college game.

Glad he wasn’t sugar coating it. Wake up call?