clarkwgriswold

I thought Roberto Duran was "hands of stone" until tonight.

I like the new CMU coach and the way he interacts with his players. He's "roster disadvantaged" but is doing a nice job.

Miami had a man closely on Bowen even when the ball was on the other side of the court. To his credit, he is contributing in ways other than being a shooter this year. He's just streaky. My opinion is that his accuracy is directly related to his form. When he has time, squares up and is steady, it goes in. When he rushes and is drifting to one side or the other his shooting suffers. As for Evan, he's not in the lineup for his shooting. You can see now that the opponents know it and are almost daring him to shoot when he's on the perimeter. I think Pete Suder could tell you why Evan is in the lineup.

Zips legend Jim Dennsion has passed. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2026/01/05/jim-dennison-died-obit-akron-zips-football-coach-walsh/77733069007/ https://medina-gazette.com/news/453612/college-football-wadsworth-native-jim-dennison-dies-at-87/ https://gozips.com/news/2026/1/5/general-akron-athletics-mourns-loss-of-hall-of-fame-football-coach-and-athletics-director-jim-dennison https://www.beaconjournal.com/obituaries/pwoo1374962

If you feel daring, you can get CMU at +2200 on the moneyline.

This is a well-timed "get well" game. Get the offense tuned up, get Sharron back on the beam and his confidence back up and start the team off on the right foot for the rest of the season.

I heard today that there are currently more players in the portal than there are players in the NFL.

Eastern gave up 53 second half points to OU, which had scored 15 first half points, to give the Bobcats a last second win. Their forum was a fun read. PCCC tried to give the game away against NIU but held on.

They were on the floor together a lot today, especially in crunch time.

The 4-11 Central Michigan Chippewas come to Akron Tuesday night to face the Zips. They are coming off of a three point lost to Toledo. The Chipps wins have come against Adrian, Coppin State, Olivet and Appalachian State. 7-foot senior center and Ferris State transfer Nathan Claerbaut leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 12.8 ppg and 6.5 rpg. They average 72 ppg while shooting .453 from the field and .281 from three point range.

Shammah's 3-pointer that didn't fall was really good look too. They made the plays down the stretch. The Zips didn't. On to CMU.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Blown opportunity.

Jesus Amani.

Time for the senior leaders to bring it home.

..and doesn't like it when Evan bangs him back.

Suder has seen enough of Eric.

I don't begrudge the refs letting them play. The issue is that Tuesday they'll be calling every damn ticky tack foul. I'd just like to see consistency.

Keep it close and let your senior leaders take it at the end.

Zips need to guard Byers like Miami is hounding Hardman.

They really need to get Sharron rolling.

He's not a bad defender but he went to the bench when they switched up the lineup for better defense and replaced him with Halligan.

Need to stop giving up offensive rebounds.

I think when they see an improvement on defense he'll see more time.

Marvin with some meaningful minutes today.

Even doing a nice job on Suder.