1981 grad

I am trying to figure out why we are getting outrebounded and it seems to me Lyles is very slow to the ball on the rebounds. He is playing defense and when the ball goes up he just does not get into a good position to get the ball. That is what made Freeman so good. Quick to the ball. It looks so ugly when we cannot grab a rebound.

Yale have missed a lot of shots around the basket and then picked up the offensive rebound for a layup. Not sure what is going on but we are getting killed on the offensive boards. Very little flow to the offense. Scott hit 2 long threes but very few easy baskets. Grey has not done much and Hardman has gotten more playing time.

We are taking a lot of 3 point attempts. Scott just made a long one. Hardman, our 3 point specialist, is now 0 for 2.

I am watching on my tv and the faces are a little blurry but otherwise the camera angles are decent and no replay after every basket. I will take it.

I think there might be 50 people in the stands. Yikes!! We all the offense we have been seeing, I thought we were done with slow starts. Surprised to see Hardman get the start. Not a great defender and was 1 of 5 from 3 in last game.

It makes sense for him to play for the Ants. He is not getting any time with the Pacers. This is the life of a two way player. I hope he kicks butt in the g league.

Enrique Freeman was inactive for the Pacers last game. Not sure if this means he was sent down to play for the Ants: Inactive - G League - Two-Way

We gave up the rebounding war, 46-28 and our defense was terrible giving up 100 points. Bad defense and bad rebounding is not a recipe for success.

Sorry. Just started watching and now see everyone else has complained about this all game.

Worst broadcast ever. They replay every basket. The Zips play so fast we miss the score while they are showing the replay. Ridiculous!!!

I have been a season ticket holder longer than I can remember and I love watching Akron Basketball but I am not going to this game and have no desire to watch Hardman score 30 points against division 3 athletes. Even Clarkgriswold "can't put a positive spin on this one." ESPN which broadcasts just about any sport, won't broadcast this game. I love coach Groce and he stated how much he appreciates Akron fans attending the games. I hope he would show his appreciation by only scheduling one division 3 team next year early in the season. And if he wants to grow the Akron fan base, scheduling this game was a mistake and does nothing to bring Akron fans to watch this team.

This game makes no sense. I understand playing Ohio Weslyan 3rd game into the season but why are we playing another D3 team, a bad one at that, the 8th game in the season. I enjoyed that game because we were still sorting things out. But now it seems like we know what we have and playing a weak team is not to moving forward. The crowd sucked for Northern Kentucky and will be even worse for Saturday.

Hardman struggled tonight. He is a 3 point specialist and missed every 3 ball and I think only scored one point. I remember one play where he drove the lane and had a open lane to the basket and then passed it into the corner to Tavari leading to a turnover. I think he is at best an average defender.

Is he injured or ill?

Excitement building for tonight's game! (LOL)

And I would have sworn it was a 3 ball. Must have been a deep 2.

Great thread!! My memory sucks so I cannot remember the opponent but the opposing team had the ball with 3 seconds left and the game is tied. They throw the ball down the court and nobody touches it, Akron Ball. No Akron player gets open and we throw the ball into Big Dog who turns and drains a three pointer at the buzzer. ( I am certain not the play KD drew up.) First time all season he shot a 3. Akron has had some dominant centers including Zeke, Big Dog and Freeman. Also, last years game against Kent and it was Kent's third last possession. Kent player gets a rebound and goes to score to take the lead and Freeman blocks it from behind. It was an amazing block!!! Kent then scores on the next possession and then the Kent player fouls Tribble because he thought they were behind. (You can't make this stuff up) Tribble makes both free throws for the win.

Not only was it an all out blitz, everyone played press coverage and did not let Toledo receivers off the line of scrimmage. What a dumb call by the Toledo coach to call a pass play on 3rd and one when their quarterback has been gaining 2 yards on contact on almost every run. We will take it.

Never thought that would happen. First time in 8 years we have won 2 games in a row. Great call on an all out blitz!!

Can we stop them on 4th down just one time?

Can we please take a gift one time. Lets win this in overtime.

This thread is 5 years old, 27 pages, KD has been retired from coaching for 6 months, and the last 10 posts do not even mention KD. This topic will just never die. (LOL)

The whole game they were using a wide shot of the field. On the replay of Indiana's first goal, it was a close angle and the replays showed the Indiana player in an offside position when the ball was in the air. I just wonder if the ref had a wide shot to show whether or not he was in an offside position when the ball was played.

He is a wide body and looks really strong and he had some great box outs when he was on the floor. I always wonder when somebody transfers from a big program whether he thought minutes would be given and not earned.

A win last night in basketball and the streak continues. Today is the big day. Zips need a win in Indiana in soccer and a win against Alabama State who also won their first 2 games. Will watch soccer and then head over to basketball. Hoping the Zips win in regulation so that I can hopefully see the tipoff in basketball. Great day to be a Zips fan. Go Zips!!!