clarkwgriswold

Utomi 1 of 10. Good thing Roscoe is balancing it out to some extent.

"One of the best 3 point shooting teams" Groce has had. "They'll eventually start going in" (in April).

Pass out from under the basket...make a three...miss a dunk...ugh. It doesn't help if he's Ben Wallace on defense when he's George Wallace on offense.

It's just had that smell...

Appreciate the reasoned discussion 1981 grad. With each minute they play, the more that reason will fade. Hopefully, these are all experiences that will benefit them in the future.

I'm no longer giving them the benefit of being young and inexperienced. Utomi is a junior second year starter and played a lot in his freshman season (89 career games); Ivey is a senior who has started at least two years (125 career games); Riak is a junior who played regularly as a freshman and sophomore at E. Carolina (63 career games); LCJ played regularly at Long Beach (59 college games); E-man is a junior who has played 73 games; and Banks and Cheese each have two years of post- high school basketball. Thin yes, inexperienced, not so much, at least now.

They'll have to establish some momentum first as they'll have none coming out of Ball State.

If he wore "some sort of long winter Nike jacket" to Akron Muni Court, he was overdressed.

Kind of what I was thinking. I just didn't want to hear myself say it!

Looks like he pled and is headed to Tampa- https://www.ohio.com/news/20190218/former-ua-basketball-player-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-teammate-during-practice

Blast from the past!

I will agree that their bottom is ugly (cue the pep band with "Fat Bottomed Girls"), but teams like Northern Kentucky, Wright State, Oakland and UWGB would be regularly competitive in the MAC.

I'd also take me some Northern Kentucky, Wright State, Oakland, Canisius, Dayton, Valparaiso, Indiana State, Evansville... How about the Horizon League, or do we think we're above that?

I get that they're not a big name but they've been competitive games against a similar opponent- a 4 point win and a 3 point loss. They also have a signature win against a P5 opponent.

Even without "challenge" with another conference, I'd love to see more games against similarly situated regional teams. I'd much rather see games against like Marshall and IUPFW than teams like UT-Martin, Tennessee State, Alabama State, etc. From a fan perspective they are more entertaining. From a team perspective, I think it prepares the team better for league play.

I just took a look at the MAC individual stats leaders. Oh well, at least Ivey and Utomi are in the top 10 of average minutes played. Is that "team-ism"?

Turner is 3rd in MAC scoring while Joltin' Joe Dimajeo Wiggins is first in rebounding.

The Zips head to 18-7 BUGS this Tuesday to meet the Falcons. The Falcons are 10-2 in the MAC, having lost only to Toledo and Miami. They were picked to finish LAST in the MAC East pre-season poll with 6'10" senior forward Dimajeo Wiggins making the all- MAC East team. 6'4" redshirt sophomore guard Justin Turner leads BUGS scoring at 18.2 ppg while Wiggins leads rebounding at 11.2 rpg (while scoring 13.2). The team that received the fewest number of total points in the MAC pre-season poll has shocked the MAC. They are 12-1 in Stroh Center.

GT pretty well sums up today's misery- https://www.ohio.com/sports/20190216/university-of-akron-mens-basketball-zips-come-up-cold-on-offense-again-in-57-56-loss-to-ball-state

I would give that award to the DeKalb crapfest of January 12th.

Too little composure and poor fundamentals down the stretch. We are too far into the season to blame anything on a lack of experience. I am beginning to think LCJ is a shooting guard trapped in a (high school freshman's) point guard body. They shot 30% against a team giving up 42% on the MAC season. Just another day in our love/hate relationship with the Zips.

Grrrrrrrr.............damn Zips. ...and that's why it's nice to have a TO at the end...

The highs and lows of LCJ...

Hope you don't need them.

Feels even worse.