clarkwgriswold

He's (GT) back- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2022/01/04/akron-zips-nearly-steal-one-but-fall-ohio-bobcats-69-63-college-basketball/9035583002/

If Trimble is not back I'd like to see Dawson in the starting lineup rather than Bandaogo. Bandaogo made some sense against OU with Carter and BVP but against a team with a smaller front line I'd rather have Dawson and his outside shooting in the game to start.

He does that, but he needs to get his 3 point field goal percentage up. Last I checked, he was 2nd in the MAC in attempts but 15th to 20th in percentage.

The Zips head off to Oxford Saturday to face the 7-5 Redhawks. The Redhawks will not have played since December 29th due to Covid postponements of games against CMU and Bowling Green. The Redhawks were voted to finish 7th in the MAC preseason poll, placing 6-1 junior Dae Dae Grant on the All-MAC second team. Grant averages 16.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 4.3 apg. 5-8 senior guard Mekhi Lairy averages 14.8 ppg. 6-7 5th year forward Dalonte Brown leads rebounding at 7.3 rpg while scoring 11.8 ppg.

Need to stop digging these early holes.

Ali just gets out of control sometimes. Nice job of coming back but they needed to be more composed in the last 2 minutes.

Carter with 4 fouls.

Wow. Just wow.

Boals returning the favor of Groce's technical!

It stopped after a minute and a half when I was watching. All I could see is that he is large. Nobody did him any favors with that tape.

I have an extra two tickets for this one if someone can use them. Shoot me a PM.

I'm a little concerned that I'm not seeing any Ohio Athletic Conference or Southern Conference experience.

I heard he's going to be an unpaid grad assistant at Clemson.

I'm jus happy to see assistants with D1 FBS coaching on their resume.

Stat comparison going into the game: UA OU FG% .459 .418 3PT% .355 .324 PPG 74.4 72.3 RPG 38.3 33.8 The OU fans are complaining about the team's shooting slump. You can see why from those numbers.

There's a thread for this conversation- How 'bout that MAC?

Arth may well land a decent position in football and be very successful. Being a D1 football coach was just not right for him. Wherever he ends up I wish him well as he does seem to be a good guy.

I'll weigh in since this thread has nearly completed a full swirly at this point. I have my vaccine and booster and regularly mask. I am confident I could survive the virus, but I don't do these things for me. I do them for my immune compromised spouse, my co-worker battling cancer, the senior that volunteers for me.... Like NWAkron said, there's a middle ground. Also, I opt to rely on the scientists as opposed to talk show hosts, grandstanding politicians and internet whackos. To get us back on topic, the current MAC Standings: Ohio 1-0 Akron 1-0 Miami 1-0 Ball State 1-0 CMU 1-0 Toledo 1-1 Brimfield 1-1 EMU 0-0 N. Illinois 0-0 BG 0-1 Buffalo 0-2 WMU 0-2

We got teased with Ashley Bastock last year at the holidays. She is now with the PD. I'm not holding my breath.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2022/01/01/mac-mens-basketball-akron-buffalo-ali-ali-enrique-freeman-xavier-castaneda-six-game-winning-streak/9027276002/

The 10-2 Bobcats visit the JAR Tuesday night at 6:00 to face the Zips. Their losses came to LSU and Kentucky. 6-1 sophomore guard Mark Sears has stepped in well for Jason Preston and leads OU scoring at 18.5 ppg. 6-8 5th year forward Jason Carter returns as the Bobcats’ main big man averaging 13.6 ppg and 7.4 rpg. 6-8 redshirt senior Ben Vander Plas is scoring 12. 4 ppg while pulling down 6.6. rpg. SVSM’s Lunden Mcday who looked to be a major part of the OU rotation has only played in 5 games, missing considerable time for personal reasons. OU was voted to finish 2nd in the MAC preseason poll and placed Vander Plas on the first team and Carter on the second. A win by the Zips would give them wins over the top two teams in the MAC preseason poll to start the MAC season.

Hell of a win, especially after the slow start. It's easy to see how the preseason MAC favorite is struggling now. If they can get any semblance of discipline on offense and stay healthy they will still be a threat at the end of the season.

Or Clarke.