1981 grad

When Halligan came in, he stood out defensively and the Zips went on an 8-0 run. And nobody else stood out defensively today. He deserved the time.

Does anyone know what the record is for the most points scored against the Zips. We might be approaching that number.

They hit 100 already. They will go for 120. They are just red hot from the 3 line in the past 5 minutes. Murray State is just playing lights out from beyond the Arc.

I cannot remember the last time we hit a three and they are drilling open three pointers. We collapse in the paint leaving guys open for 3 pointers.

The Zips are just not helping themselves on defense. They need to move quicker to the ball on both defense and on rebounding. I do not think the refs have been one sided. We are 6 of 12 from the foul line.

Murray State has been called for about 6 offensive fouls on moving screens. It is helping us to stay in the game. This is not Eric's best game. Groce took him out early in the half.

Halligan came in and spurred the Zips rally with some really good defense. He was fighting through the screens and would not let his man drive to the basket. Groce was switching him in for defense. With Barre and him on the floor at the same time you could see the difference in defense. I would like to see them get more playing time in the 2nd half.

They have been able to drive the ball on us. And when they get the ball underneath, we have doubled leading to open shooters at the 3 line. We can play with anyone but need to hit our open shots.

We are getting beat up on the boards. Need to be tougher under the rim. One good thing about the feed, no commercials. Maybe we will not have so many stops in the action

I just bought access to the game. I thought it was an app I could watch on my tv but it looks like I need to watch through the computer. Arena looks empty for the first game. Picture looks decent.

Looking forward to this game. The great Akron teams always had great guard play. Johnson and Scott have been playing very well. Our defense and rebounding has been our weakness and in our last game we rebounded the ball very well. This team has gotten better as Barre has improved and has received more minutes. I like Marvin's hustle and game but he is undersized at the 5 and just not strong enough against opposing centers with height. Would love to see another blowout win.

I did not realize this was a one game event. I thought it was a tourney where a team would advance. Glad we get a good opponent but disappointed the Zips only get one game.

Although he is with the team, he was still inactive for tonights game.

Great discussion on whether this may be Groce's best team but we will need to wait till the end of the season. I have been wrong on so many things. I never saw Lyles developing into a scorer after his first year. I also was not happy with Scott because he did not penetrate his first year and missed layups if somebody was close to him. The progress these guys made under Groce is amazing. I always thought Tavari would be a player but took a bunch of criticism for people on this board who wanted him to transfer. The point being is that it is impossible to predict how this team will do this year but everyone should be happy on what we have seen thus far. If we can improve our rebounding, (like yesterday), toughness, and defense, maybe that elucive first win in the ncaa tourney may be in our future.

After the Tulane game, I think that Akron's 2 losses to Purdue and Yale were probably 2 of our better played games. I thought we played OK against Tulane but we played much better against Purdue and Yale. In other words, this team can play ok basketball and win on the road against a decent team. It is very early in the season but this might be one of Groce's most talented teams. Time will tell.

Tevari currently playing as well as any Akron guard that I have seen in the past.

Love the effort on the boards by the Zips. It seems that with the zone it gives us numerous opportunities to hit the boards. We seem to be the more physical team which I am sure pleases Groce. Tevari just continues to play well making the open shot and finding the open man. Marvin needs to make them bunnies!!

Just went from my app to the TV and the movie just starting: Titanic,

Just too many mistakes!!! The own goal, the weak Pk, the red card putting us down by one, the hand ball in the box and a defender got faked out on the last goal.

Great header but terrible defense. Nobody was marking him when he scored the goal. Go Zips!!!!

On the app search menu type in Akron. Or go to the soccer and it is listed. I am streaming it now.

I knew the Zips had been shooting the ball well but I did not know that we were 52% from the field and 40% from the three line. Tevari is having a breakout season averaging 18 points a game and Lyles is averaging 15 and Scott 13. The shooting has just been off the charts this year and if we can maintain those averages we will be tough to beat especially with our speed of play. We just need better defense and better rebounding. We do not have anybody averaging 6 rebounds per game. This team is built for speed and we lack both height and girth in rebounding. I think Barre may give us more under the boards and he also has a few blocks in limited play. I hope he stays healthy and starts clearing the boards for the Zips.

It is a complete mystery whether this is good or bad for Freeman. He is a starter for the Iowa Wolves and will get to play instead of just sitting the bench in Minnesota.

Thanks for the updates!!! I guess they are giving him an opportunity to practice with the team to see how he is progressing and where he fits into the future. The Timberwolves have not had any injuries so they have had no reason to call anybody up from the G league to place them on the active roster. They have 3 two way players, Juzang, Freeman and Zicarsky. Juzang has been with the team but hardly playing while Zicarsky and Freeman have been starters in the G league. I wonder if they will rotate the 3 way players and now send Juzang down to Iowa and keep Freeman on the Timberwolves.

Can anyone give me an update on Freeman. I went to watch him on espn for the Iowa Wolves and he was not playing. When I look at the roster for the Timberwolves for todays game he is not listed on their roster. Anyone have an update?