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No problems from me either, on windows lap top using bing and chrome.

And, like Moorhead, perhaps Groce's experience at a big program like Illinois made him believe its not all its cracked up to be.

With Whitford gone, Payton Sparks at Ball St has entered the portal.

My thoughts likely would have been different maybe even a week ago, definitely when we lost to Kent, NIU, and WMU..but the way the team came together post Trimble and the way they performed in the tournament really makes me hesitant to make any changes. We're young and have arrived a year early. These guys are going to be hungry after getting a taste of the tournament. The only noticeable area I'd want to improve is backup PG, but Clarke has improved throughout the season and the freshman have the talent to challenge him, so I think that will take care of itself. I've talked about about not having that DJ Cooper/LCJ type of guard, but X has shown we can win even if that isn't him. He's tough, plays good D, and shoots pretty solid. Everyone is really excelling in their roles right now. It's tough for me to support bringing somebody in to mess it up unless its a can't pass up type of player.

One play in game for 11 seeds and one for 12 seeds should be why they are 54.

I didn't necessarily think so either, more so just pointing it out.

247 is probably going to have the best list outside of the official one, which I don't believe us peasants have access to. https://247sports.com/Season/2022-Basketball/TransferPortal/ Edit: Actually VerballCommits is probably better for basketball. https://www.verbalcommits.com/transfers/2022

Well to his credit, Groce did win the MAC regular season in 2020 and 3rd in the conference (would have been 2nd in East) in 2021.

Yep. What would John Groce do? Sure as hell not that.

Nice read from everybody's favorite - Terry Pluto. A couple stats I wasn't aware of - Akron has the best MAC winning % in the conference when you look at the last 3 seasons, yes better than Toledo. Enrique is the most efficient shooter in the nation and 6th in rebounds in the nation. https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2022/03/how-did-akron-reach-the-ncaa-tournament-here-are-some-stories-terry-pluto.html

Really wish we could get the Ball In shirts the teams were wearing during the tournament.

He's got the frame and athleticism. Agree on adding weight and improving ball handling skills/decision making. I'd probably throw in that I'd like him to be more aggressive as well. He is prone to some unique decisions (which IMO mostly stems from indecisiveness). FWIW - I don't remember anyone talking about Preston prior to the year he left and I barely even remember Richaun Holmes at BG, but looking at stats, he really didn't even break out til his senior year. Ali's size, athleticism, shooting efficiency, ability to create, and ability to hit LBJ-type turnaround fadeaway shots gives me the thought, but then again I thought Zeke was a near lock to have an NBA career so...

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Anything can happen, but I'm quite confident we don't lose by a margin of 46 points. Portland on Thursday really just sucks. Just about any other combination and I probably could have made the game.

Hilltopper nailed it again..

Agreed. Easy to dislike someone who is a coach of your rival who is having success you’ve always wanted, but we’ve found that’s all it was. Coach Groce has been 110% class in every way since he’s been here.

The core will have 2 more years after this. The sophomore designation is accounting for the extra year with Covid for the likes of Freeman, Tribble, Ali, and Dawson. X and Wynn would be seniors next year.

I’ve been down on Clarke all season, and I think there is still some silly stuff to clean up, but have to give him credit for hitting some BIG shots last night. I hope he carries the improvement to the tourney and into next season. We need it.

Well Yale is going to knock off Princeton.

Reading the KSucks message board this lazy Sunday while I wait for the selection show. Comments are all over the place, but they mention us, as Akron fans, throwing ice cubes at players and blowing whistles during play. Has anyone ever heard of this? Another item re the video even though the suspension didn't really make a difference considering the final outcome - I do wonder how it got out there. The first place I noticed it was the Zips_United twitter account, but don't know if he grabbed it elsewhere or what. Regardless, all of this just adds to the rivalry and I love it.

Anyone got a link to the full presser? I don't see in on Akron's youtube channel. Edit: actually they just put it up 3 minutes ago. Ha

Not much else to say about last night and this season. Incredibly proud of this team. Staff and players both did an amazing job handling adversity. It feels like not only the basketball program, but the University itself got the monkey off its back last night. Its been too long, but the future is bright at Akron! Buffalo, Toledo, and Kent to go dancing. Incredible on its own, but this is John Groce...we aren't done yet!! And whenever this journey does end...we get the same team back next year with an offseason to develop and more scholarship players coming to boot!

He isn't allowed to leave until we get some tourney wins.

Don't you dare.

Yep. Avoiding a slow start is imperative. He'll have fresher legs in the 2nd and be ready to go I'm sure.