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Groce have him what looked like a " what in the hell was that?" on the way out.

Groce have him what looked like a " what in the hell was that?" on the way out.

I do like how the Ball State staff dresses old style in suits.

The line is now down to 13 with an under/over of 156.5.

And here we thought their main issue was Stan Heath.

Sparks has been on a little bit of a tear, averaging 23 points and 15.5 rebounds in his last 2 games.

Having the number 11 offense in the MAC is a real resume booster.

I fixed it for you.

I believe he's had a problem with turnover and not replenishing to extent he's lost.

Mike Lewis started off with a bang at Ball State two years ago, winning 20 games in his first season and I thought he was building them into a contender but since they're essentially .500.

I don't know. Beating the #147 team in the KenPom rankings can really give you a boost!

You meant top 25 mid- major, right?

As much as we'd all like to contribute to the GoFundme for PCCC's basketball funeral, they'll make it to Cleveland. They have better than average MAC talent. Pinky just hasn't figured out yet how to get them to play together. Even if he doesn't, there are so many really bad MAC teams that they'll end up in the mix as a .500 team.

Jeff Boals thinks he was fouled (like he does EVERY time a Bobcat misses a shot).

Just watched Miami try to give away a double digit lead and Ohio refuse to accept the gift.

I don't blame him for trying to motivate the administration. I'm just not a fan of the analogy to what are for all intents and purposes the "evil empires" of MLB who win in large part because of their superior budgets.

It just all sounds like a strange unhinged rant. PCCC doesn't have an alum who will step up and help their head football coach to avoid embarrassing the school. It's unlikely anyone is kicking into the NIL pot. Oddly, their sports forum is down today. Maybe it's imploding like their mens athletic program.

Highlights from the Mr. Pinky whinefest for those unable to access the Ohio.com article: "When I watch them, to me, I equate it to Major League Baseball," Senderoff said. "This is something that maybe people don't quite understand. They are right now in this conference, like when I grew up it was the New York Yankees or nowadays like the Los Angeles Dodgers." "They have great players. They get in what's free agency. They get the best free agents in our league. They have an unbelievable coach who does a great job. I refer to John Groce as like Joe Torre. He is a great coach. They are undefeated. "The free agents they get, they develop their returning players, they got Joe Torre as the head coach and you are just sitting there saying I am trying my best to compete and right now my team, we did not play great tonight," Senderoff said. "I gotta credit Akron for that to some degree. They played really well." Free agents? Dodgers? Yankees? Those are clearly criticisms and/or jealousy of Akron's NIL status. Unfortunately, Senderoff doesn't recognize that PCCC exists on a level playing field to UA. It's not the Dodgers and Guardians. The only difference is that Groce's approach and success attracts top talent and has gained the loyalty of alums and fans.

The Cardinals of Ball State come in to the JAR Tuesday night to face the Zips. Going into Buffalo today the Cards stand at 9-11, 3-5 in the MAC. Jermahri Hill, a 6’5” junior guard, leads the Cardinals at 16.2 ppg, while also contributing 5 rpg. 6’10” senior center Payton Sparks is back with the Cardinals after his venture at Indiana and is second in scoring at 12.1 ppg while leading the team in rebounds at 7.8 rpg. Sparks doesn’t see to have developed much since his outstanding freshman season when he was MAC Freshman of the Year and averaged 13.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg. He is still one of the top MAC big men and will be a challenge for Okonkwo and Lyles.

Yep, they do everything but play the Beach Boys "Be True to Your School" in the background.

Senderoff's comments in the Ohio.com article were a little odd and clearly a veiled whine about Akron's NIL advantage. What a whiney puke. How about we revisit actual NCAA recruiting violations like your inability to master the recruiting calendar and making it easily provable through phone records.

He was sick. He gets a reprieve!

Good enough to hang on, not good enough to move on, too good to can...the Mr. Pinky curse.

I'm going to start selling subscriptions! Lead pipe cinch winners at ClarkieBets.com!

Seth Wilson with great D tonight with the primary responsibility on Davis, per Groce.