clarkwgriswold

Sharron's minutes coming at the cost of Tavari.

Momentum lost. Need another run, and fast.

Not impacting the game as they are bad both ways. They've called 11 fouls in 29 minutes.

Please Amani, no more 3s. Nate with a rough stretch there. Two blown block outs and a turnover.

He's bigger through the chest and shoulders. He obviously hit the weights in the offseason.

These refs are awful, though they're bad for both teams.

6 fouls called so far.

I think we're going to like this Gray kid.

Some defensive lapses by the Zips. They're going to need some serious minutes out of Lyles this year.

There's no risk of the refs wearing out their whistles tonight.

Have to love the early ten man rotation. This new fast pace is going to take a little getting used to.

Zips need to pick up the rebounding.

Looks like he's grown mentally and physically. I'm ready to see Hardman.

Sloppy, but it is game 1. I guess we've learned to answer to the question of whether Sharron Young would see much time as a freshman. 9 guys with with time in the first 5 minutes.

Looks like starting 5 is Tavari, Gray, Nate, Harris and Okonkwo.

It's on DraftKings. Zips +6 at -112. Over/under is 150. Zips +195 on the money line.

I can see it now, the University of Akron Captain Kangaroo Center.

I see it as a scrimmage/warmup to make sure we're firing on all cylinders for the Ohio Wesleyan matchup.

The good news is that Zips basketball starts tomorrow.

Zips basketball TOMORROW!

Agreed. The up side is that Arkansas State also has a number of new faces. They also had a tough time in an exhibition against Trevecca Nazarene last week.

I had to laugh the other night. Groce spoke about how these ranking mean absolutely nothing but then later told us how strong the schedule was citing the rankings of our opponents. I trust in Groce and this team to prove these rankings wrong.

one of those decades... one of those programs...

Groce commented on the difficulties in scheduling at the reception and laid out the strength of mid-majors on the schedule. I took a look and the following schools are all one or more mid-major top 25s- Princeton (ranked as high as #3); St. Mary's (ranked as high as #4); OU (ranked as high as #11); Yale (ranked as high as #13); Arkansas State (ranked as high as #17); and Toledo (ranked as high as #19).

I'm curious to see how it is once the season starts. Michael Beaven was at the Tip-off Reception front and center. Anything is an improvement over the disinterested George Thomas we had there for a while.