RealRedSteve

So what...The 7 fouls in 5 minutes to start the game is the difference. You were given at least 6 unearned points on Ft's and extra possessions and we were handcuffed the entire first half defensively, which also impacted getting easy buckets offensively... And the same thing happened during your run in the second half. Make no mistake, MAC officials are bad, and part of the reason they are bad is because they inevitably try to even things up. Again, during your run you were the beneficiary of a number of bad, bad, bad calls, one of which sent Peavy to the bench for an extended period of time -- just in time for Akron to make their run. Welcome to life in the MAC. And from our reports, we got one foul in the first half at your place as much because we were playing passively as we were the beneficiary of bad calls.As for the "up 15, not down 10" comment, you obviously were not in attendance last night. If anything, Miami should have been up even more, had they made their shots early on. Our defense was stiff, and Akron couldn't solve it. Yet, we went 2 for 7 in the first six minutes. Good defense my ass. It's that awful brand of offense where your slow stiffs take 35 seconds off the clock every time to shorten the game, so obviously there are fewer possessions and less scoring....Funny; I didn't think that Miami's offense could take credit for forcing Akron into 3-4 shot clock violations, or making the Akron offense launch hurried shots on a number of other occasions because they couldn't find the shot they wanted. Miami's DEFENSE forced Akron to play their way -- except for a stretch in the second half when Akron realized the stripes weren't going to call any contact on UA and made their run. And Akron wasn't the one serving up four point-blank blocks -- five if the non-goaltending goaltend had been called correctly. (And there are two points served right back to you...there's your ticket to OT, my friend.) Of course, where our offense did help us out -- despite our freshman PG's second half meltdown -- was having an assist/turnover ratio of >1, as opposed to UA's .9So what? My point is this: the zebras didn't win that game for us any more than they lost it for you. They sucked ass, to be sure, and there are no worse officials in the land than in the Mid-American Conference, but they didn't cost you the game.

Agree completely...Miami is a glorified high school team....and Charlie C. and his bs brand of basketball should be outlawed. They win at home with all the calls, and stink on the road.....While we obviously had our chances and blew it and should get the blame!....I am curious if anybody else agrees on how the league/officiating impacts the outcome? The ridiculous calls the first 5 minutes changed everything! It gave MU at least 6 unearned points at the line, while taking us out of rythum on D for the entire first half. Furthermore our good D is negated by the foul calls which also impacts our flow and possible extra possessions on offense..... The same could be said for the two free gifts at the line to open the OT period. Enough with giving the home team two easy points, make them make a basket......and we obviously aren't good enough to overcome any adversity on the road.....MU is a far cry from the WS days...Why anyone would want to play for CC is puzzling? I was going through the radio if I heard one more time how MU is turning it around. You can give that team a two day bye at the Q and they still don't make the finals...With a hat tip to my colleague Devil Grad at MHT, I'd like to point out that Akron is 10-3 in the MAC. You're 7-0 at home and 3-3 on the road, with road wins over EMU, NIU, and BUGS. Miami is 9-4 in the MAC. We're 7-0 at home and 2-4 on the road, with road wins over EMU and CMU. We still have a road game at BUGS left to play. If Miami stinks on the road, what does that say about Akron? I mean, besides the fact that Akron will be a 20+ win team with no chance at an at-large bid because their OOC schedule rivals that of the College of Wooster.As for the officiating, you guys got the short end of the stick early, but the roles were completely reversed in the second half; you could do no wrong, and we were getting ticky-tack fouls left and right. As someone else on our board pointed out, the total fouls -- even after some game-end, clock-stopping fouls by UA -- were Miami 23, UA 21.Finally, I'm sorry Charlie's band of white stiff GCL all-stars is anathema to what you think a basketball team should be. However, the last time I checked, there were no style points given to supplement your point totals, and we can't help it if your team gets frustrated when faced with a competent defense that keeps your offense 13 points below its season average. The overall goal is to score more points than your opponent -- and part of that occasion is to keep your opponent from scoring more than you.That said, I've had enough Zips for one year. Since we've played to a draw during the regular season, I don't care to see you guys at the Q; my heart can't take another game with you guys!

We'll worry about OU/CMU first. Then we'll think about how we get to the, um, rubber game so to speak. ;-)

Interesting. I came on here looking for opponents' viewpoints about the upcoming tournament and was interested to find that, despite never registering for an account here, I've already been banned. Searching for my generally accepted nickname, I found that in fact, someone had registered with that nickname -- RedSteve -- and has done a very poor job of imitating me.Now, there may certainly be the possibility that another Miami fan named Steve happened upon your board and registered using my name. There is also a possibility that you've been trolled. Either way, I did want to clarify that the RedSteve who registered last month on your board is not me. Your moderators should be able to look at the registration information from that character -- as well as compare his posting IP addresses to mine -- and verify that we are not the same.Am I the RedSteve who runs MiamiHawkTalk.com? Yes. Am I the RedSteve registered on NCAAbbs and Sledge's board? Yes. Am I the kid who registered for this site in study hall and ran his mouth pretending to be me? Absolutely not.Mods, if you care to get in contact with me via PM to verify, I'll be happy to assist in verifying.Best Personal Regards,RedSteve