clarkwgriswold

I'm confident we'll see one or two impactful portal players. I think some of the team's success will depend in Nate's development. Hopefully, with the loss of the veterans he'll have the confidence to step up and be more impactful. I think he has it in him but I don't know that he knows it yet, if that makes any sense.

I worried when they brought him on that they would get back to being competitive really fast and overcome the years of Saul but it hasn't happened, at least yet.

Amen, and another shame in it is that they took away what may have been to absolute highpoint in Tavari's basketball life.

I just watched the tech on Tavari again multiple times and I see nothing. He must have said something to Sullinger but whatever it was had to have been pretty low key and I am surprised a ref could hear it with the crowd noise. The technicals on Ali and Tavari were clearly very weak. The one against Tribble against Ball State was also very weak. That being said, it's seems that the MAC officials are out to set a tone on even soft taunting/celebratory behavior. It's also apparent the Zips have a target on their back as the presumed league favorite. As such, I guess the lesson, if any, is to be extra careful not to give some hypersensitive ref an opportunity to make a potentially game changing call.

The Ohio University Bobcats come to the JAR Tuesday night to face the Zips. The Bobcats are 8-9 heading into a home game tonight against Eastern Michigan. Ohio enters the matchup with EMU with a 2-3 mark in MAC play after defeating Central Michigan on Tuesday. The Bobcats average 78.6 points per game, while shooting .455 from the field, .341 from three and 70.8 percent from the line.. Bobcat scoring is pretty balanced with 4 players averaging between 11.7 and 13.5 ppg, with Jaylin Hunter leading scoring at 13.5 ppg. Their top player, second team All-MAC preseason second teamer AJ Brown, is out for the season with a shoulder injury. The natives in Athens are getting restless with the lack progress in the program since Jeff Boals arrival. Thus far, he has been 86-56 at OU.

Canton Repository/Beacon article on the game - https://sports.yahoo.com/still-perfect-akron-mens-basketball-104537328.html

I'm all for Groce picking up a monetary sanction from the MAC for post-game comments about the refs and the chicken$h!+ technical calls. I'll start the GoFundme for us all to contribute to pay it.

Groce won't "let the win be a deodorant for what stank" (the bad defense) in the second half. Shorthanded win over your arch rival and the refs in their barn. Priceless.

Whew.

More for D.

Refs finally get one right (with video to help).

Sigh. Dawson missed block out.

What a bunch of unadulterated $h!+.

Stop switching off of Freeman.

I remember this color guy when he played for Michigan and all around the NBA as a big man journeyman. He apparently had numerous concussions.

You knew they were going to make a run. Now play smart and have a run of our own.

I just learned Sammy went to Butler.

Clock is too damn slow!

Keep penetrating Tavari.

Need another contributor down the stretch.

Block on one end and the layup at the other by Freeman, beating Payton up the floor.

You guys are missing the 17th, 18th and 19th time they've played the Mr. Hero commerical.

Now they need to come out of the half step on their necks and put this game away.

What a soft damn T.

Haven't mentioned him or Nate buy we got a graphic of the PCCC injuries.