clarkwgriswold

The City hasn't had an arena since the Akron Armory. At the time the Armory met the wrecking ball in the early 80's, the flourishing Coliseum was in nearby Richfield and gave those in the area a false sense of security relative to a nearby arena. When Infocision was built, the leaders should have seized on the opportunity to fund a new arena or a revamped JAR. I'd have much preferred a scaled down Infocision with some monies directed at basketball. I think this one of Dambrot's frustrations, him thinking that he built a good program to play in an outhouse while football was able to produce crap in a castle. I think the JAR could be okay with some modifications, primarily in reconfiguring the seating. Most importantly, they need to get rid of the damn track and bring the upstairs seating towards the floor. There are some decent basketball arenas on worse footprints than the JAR. A good college arena is about sightlines and crowd enthusiasm and involvement not about pretty lounges and technology.

He sweated like NWAkron does when the t-shirt cannon comes out!

He was runner-up for Indiana Mr. Basketball as a senior.

I thought at one point there was a 4 or 5 game limit of actual play but that goes back to early Dambrot and Eggers. I think 4 games is the football limit. I recall something more recent of 30% of games and a first half of the season injury being the requirements.

That was a women's game. OU beat NIU in their men's game on January 25th.

The Zips head into lovely DeKalb, Illinois Tuesday to face 6-14 Northern Illinois on what may be the MAC’s ugliest basketball court. NIU is 3-7 in the MAC with wins over PCCC, Eastern Michigan and WMU. They are 1-6 in their last 7 MAC games. The MAC coaches projected NIU to be the worst team in the MAC in the preseason poll. They stand currently in 10th, ahead of EMU and WMU. 6’3” sophomore guard Keshawn Williams leads the Huskies at 15.9 ppg. 6’8” senior guard Anthony Crump (Helen Crump’s nephew) leads rebounding at 5.2 ppg. NIU is last in the conference in scoring offense at 63.5 ppg.

I don't know the redshirt rules but I wonder if he is up to the limit that if he plays he is over it.

Whew, had the under on a 133.5 total.

I prefer-

Wynn putting in minutes as a big today.

Some ugly possessions. I'm glad I took the under.

They obviously scouted Ali.

Freeman getting worked over by the refs.

Somebody should tell McCartney that the white tights and white shoes make him look like a nurse from the '60s.

KD is still having an impact in the MAC with guys like Insincere Carry and Lamar Norman 5th and 1st in MAC scoring! KD had an opportunity to make more money at a school at which his family had a historical tie in a conference that doesn't depend on a single game in March to get into the NCAA tournament. He also escaped a stagnant athletic department and an awful facility for a place that was to build a whole new facility for his team. In hindsight, I am glad he moved on. His time as a coach, due to his age, was winding down and the program had reached its limits under him. I appreciate all he did for UA. He made basketball relevant and fun but I am just fine as to how things have worked out. My only regret was that he was a part of the gutting of the players in the program.

The under/over on game time is 4:00 p.m.

Buffalo perplexes the hell out of me. They have one of the best guard combos in the league (Williams and Segu) along with one of the top big men (Mballa). If they can ever get their heads out of their collective poopers they could be dangerous at MAC tourney time.

If Trimble is out today we need Tribble and Clarke to step up and play strong at the point so that X can play off of the ball and concentrate on his shot to make up for Trimble's loss. On defense, let Precious beat you!

Perfect analogy LoyalZip.

One more in the books! As for Wynn, I'll be happy with 10 quality minutes a game.

Good time for a timeout. A last blow before the final rush, get the starters back in.

Enrique with another double double.

Supply chain issues. They're in a cargo container off of the Pacific coast.

Outebounding them 31-21.

Wynn with 2 steals, 2 boards, a block and a basket in 8 minutes.