Blue & Gold

I'd be shocked if Keene didn't win POY.

Blessing on top of blessing.

Watch Jimmond Ivey closely. He starts celebrating a split second before the ball even goes in the basket.

So was the crowd and the camera angle was great!

This is where I'm at. The one team that beat us, OU, doesn't worry me at all. We laid an egg in Athens and if we play like we did that afternoon even Miami would beat us. Buffalo is the team that truly worries me. Winning the MACC with Big Dog as the nucleus of the team is going to be a challenge regardless of who we play on Saturday night. 3 games in 3 days is really tough on Dog.

B...I...N...G...O ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beacon: Zips look to extend home winning streak to 29 Tuesday against Ball State “I’ve challenged our guys in the last eight regular-season games, the MAC Tournament, the NCAA Tournament that we need to become the best defensive team in the league,” Dambrot said. “It’s how we built the program.” Dambrot’s plan is to go deeper into his bench. For the most part this season, the veteran coach has played seven in his rotation — well below the nine or 10 players he’s used in past years. “We’re going to play harder in shorter intervals,” he said.

Interesting, especially considering we just signed Suggs on Wednesday, can expect Marquise Bridges in the fall, and already have RFr. Oregon State transfer & St. Thomas Aquinas product Deltron Sands on the team. We're really beginning to look good at the position.

Great link! They didn't have any of the offers we know about, but have a lot that I wasn't aware of. The three East kids we've offered are: OL Ramon Fields RB Devanier Floyd WR/S Daishawn Brimage

Is it on ESPN3?

True. 24/7 now has Jabari Taylor ranked as a ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Prospect even though he and STVM's Eric Bentley are like twins. I still think we should have offered Taylor earlier in the season. But, to give Bowden the benefit of the doubt, I'm extremely biased toward the local guys.

Beacon: Bobcats snap Zips' 12-game winning streak “We just had a rough night,” Dambrot said. “Shot selection in the first half wasn’t very good, but we got a lot of open shots in the second half. We just didn’t make them.” Games like this happen. Whatcha gonna do. Simmons led all scorers with 38 points on 10-of-16 shooting. A 29 percent 3-point shooter coming into the game, he was perfect from behind the arc, connecting on 5-of-5. A fluke. Again, it happens. Whatcha gonna do. Oh well.

Oh, and it was good to finally see Big Mike back out on the floor, though it looked like he was winded after 20 seconds of action. It's gonna take him a while to work his way back into game shape. If we want to do anything significant this season, including, IMHO, winning the MACC, we're gonna need Big Mike as our #2 big.

Over the last few years I've notice this development as well. I believe I'd go with 3. But like you said... maybe 4. OU used to be the #1 team I loved to hate, even more so than Kant, but now they're kinda... meh. (They're not quite at my Ball State level, but I hope they kick their program back up a few notches because the rivalry is not what it used to be.) Considering the officiating on Dog in addition to Kwan being under the weather, I'm not even too disappointed we lost (whereas losses to Kant keep me up at night). Whatever. Had to happen eventually; we weren't gonna run the table. At Buffalo, at Kant & even at EMU will be tougher games, if not equally as tough, than the game yesterday - so we'd better be ready. Edit: P.s. I just read that Simmons had 38 points?! I watched the game & it didn't feel like that. Well, now I'm not worried in the least; Big Dog & Kwan were almost completely MIA & Simmons had a career game & it was still competitive... in Athens?! Noooooo worries.

I was thinking the same. This isn't THAT big of a surprise.

If I wasn't a HUGE Akron fan I would have turned the channel long ago.

That was a nice move & shot by Poke.

Hughes has to be SO out of shape.

Well, Hughes didn't look very good there on D. Lol

MIKE HUGHES!!!!!!

I think we'll win. We played like utter ? And we're only down 5.

We look like we're sleepwalking. We look like 5 Josh Williams out there. Wake up! Look sharp! Play with passion!

That first half we played like the 300th best team in the country.

Poke has a loooooooooooooong way to go to contribute at the D1 level.