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Bullshit foul.

Massengill goes cold.

Hoo boy.

Where was the foul?

Nice 3 by Massengill.

I love Ivey. He makes layups.

"Action Jackson knocking it down."

Nice shot selection.

Maybe Noah is distracted by the Buffalo Dance Team.

Yes. That was a nice play a minute ago.

Let's just say there isn't anyone on this team who has a Dennis Rodman-type desire to rebound.

Thanks for providing me a little nostalgia on this fine Friday.

Getting the start?

Not always.

Well, I guess y'all's without sin since I see y'all casting stones.

This is the best analysis of last night so far. The only thing that could have made it better is if you could have described the previously mentioned unhappiness on your couch. When we walked the ball up, stalled, threw it into Big Dog and turned it over at the end of the game, my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3™ very nearly got flung across the living room. Luckily, cooler heads prevailed.

That will never fly. This is a family friendly forum.

Picture of LZ after he broke his arm patting himself on the back.

Good for him. He came up to our tailgate in the early morning of a Spring Game and shook my hand and thanked us for coming out. I was always a big fan of his after that. Go IW56!

Stalled success? I don't think so. Akron had never won a regular season title until 2011 and I think they have done it twice since then. Unless the wheels completely fall off, they should win it again this year. That is not stalled success. What is lacking is the breakthrough season that finally puts the program on the map. I still hear (from time to time) people still referencing George Washington University in bracket buster conversations. They went to the Sweet 16 in 1993. Their overall record in the tournament is 4-11, but even one successful Sweet 16 can mean something. I think all Zips fans want to experience that thrill and are getting pissy waiting.

MDZip, I hear what you are saying and I agree on a certain level. All of us should keep things in proper perspective and I think most of us try to do that. This thread's stated purpose was presented as a vent thread and people were venting. Very mildly, in my opinion though. If you wanted to see real venting, perhaps we should start a thread where we post screenshots of out text messages during last night's game. Anyway, you are right. Balance is the real secret to happiness in life, but it's so hard to achieve. I try to remember what my wife's grandfather used to say that nothing is ever as good as it seems or as bad as it seems. However, give me passion over apathy any day of the week. There are 459 threads on this board bemoaning the fact that not enough people care about Akron athletics and thousands of opinions of what needs done to remedy that problem. People complain because they care. There's some real value in that. At the end of the day, even the posters who are judged as being the most negative are active in this forum because they love the Zips.

I just posted about leadership on the other thread. There is nobody filling that role right now and if BD or Kwan isn't going to, who is? There's no Demetrius Treadwell on this team. Perhaps, if Aaron Jackson was a better performer, he could lead. Noah? Nah. The freshmen? Don't think so. So who's that leave? Antino or Ivey need to take the reins.

What I saw last night was a team sleepwalking and just going through the motions. Akron had beaten BG 17 times in a row and in that streak, some less talented Akron teams than this one had beaten some more talented BG teams than that one last night. BG truly sucks. They are a ragtag bunch of losers. So, I am chalking last night up to disinterest, which brings me to my next point. . . Where's the Senior leadership? These 2 guys could have gone anywhere in the country and wanted to play their Senior year at Akron to take care of some unfinished business. Where's the leadership coming from these two guys? The number of half-hearted, lazy, unfocused passes that were committed last night was a perfect time for our two 6'10" big men to be up someone's ass with a size 18 sneaker. Instead, I saw very poor body language out of those two last night with Kwan bordering on full-blown crybaby reactions. Also, as the season has worn on, Big Dog has become an absolute liability on defense. Any player he is defending with any quickness blows right past him for an easy basket. I love the guy, but the book is out on his defense.