1981 grad

We were up 7 when Tavari pushed the ball up to Hankerson and he slipped and called for a walk. We gave it up after that travel. Hankerson missed a layup, Freeman had a turnover 60 feet from the basket, and Tribble missed an open J. Not only did Tavari shoot the ball well, he had some great passes to Freeman. He is a player. I believe we are looking at a really good team if Tavari can play this well during the season.

Against pressure defense we really faded in the 2nd half just like against Miss. State. You need somebody other than X man to make some baskets. They did a great job bottling up Freeman.

It seems to me that Hunter seems to be rushing his 3 ball. He made a couple when wide open. However, when he comes off a screen he seems to be shooting quicker with no success.

Groce off the timeout made a great sub getting X in and Clark out. X has brought us back

Did not like the sub to let Clark run the point when we are struggling. Castanada and Clark are both struggling to run the offense. Need somebody to step up and score.

Like the way Clark is pushing the ball up the floor. Sammy Hunter is playing his best game as a Zip. We have not gotten the ball into Freeman but are still playing well. Tavar is playing really well. Can't wait to see him play more.

That is an understatment

And it was the most difficult three he has taken all season. Go figure.

Wow! Freeman is just eating up the 7 footer. He is just too quick. The last time they doubled and we scored a three.

No, I just can't type. (lol)

Good to see the team hit some 3 pointers. Hankerson is playing his best game despite the last turnover. Clark still seems to dribble too much when he plays the point. However, good to see him hit a 3. However, he needs to improve his foul shooting. He has missed a lot of free throws early in the season.

I read the Flosports information on our game and they talk about how we had UCLA on the ropes with a 7 point lead when Freeman fouled out and the game turned on that call. We should have won that game without Freeman but it made me wonder whether the refs have any bias against the underdog and want to call fouls against Akron in order to keep the name programs in the tournament. I know everyone on this board will agree it was a BS call.

I just watched a few minutes of the first game and it is weird because they are obviously playing in a high school gym. There is still 8 minutes left so I don't see our game starting till 1:30

Clark, Tribble and Hunter are a combined 2 for 28 from the 3 ball line. Hankerson is 5 for 19 so he is the best of the worse. I know it is very early in the season but I think everyone would agree that Hunter has been a major disappointment thus far. I am looking forward to the tournament but if our 3 point shooting does not improve we are going to have a tough time winning games against good competition.

FloHoops screwed me last year. I cancelled and they charged my credit card for 2 more months. If you subscribe it might be best to use a store bought credit card with a certain minimum. If you charge it and cancel, make sure you get a confirming e mail.

I remember Freeman stating that he thought Aziz was going to be a great player. Looks like he might be right.

Nate Johnson is the only new member of the team that has impressed me thus far. Hankerson was 0 for 10 before he hit his last 2 three pointers. I do not see him do anything but stand on the perimeter and shoot threes. Sammy Hunter is 1 for 18 from the 3 line. Once again would like to see him do something else other than whiff on the 3 ball. He did have a great dunk but not much else. Tribble had so many open 3 pointers and kept passing up on the shot and driving to the basket. Considering that everyone else could not hit the side of the barn from 3 point land, I would like to see him attempt an open 3 ball. He could not do much worse than Hankerson and Hunter. Clark had an okay game but not nearly as good as he was playing at the end of the year. I think this team was stuck on 42 for at least 7 minutes. We have to play better and shoot better from the outside or this is going to be a long season.

After being critical of the commentators, I have to say that they were right. Akron looked tired in the second half. We played high tempo defense the first half and the first part of the 2nd half but we looked tired after that and we got killed after the first 5 minutes of the 2nd half. We could not shoot the 3 ball and in our defense floundered after we got tired. It is way to early to determine how the new additions to the team will fit in. I was really hoping to see improvement from Clark and Tribble and thus far Tribble has struggled with his shooting. I would love to see more arc on his shot but I think that ship has sailed. Clark also cannot find his shot. And when you consider that Hankerson and Hunter also have not been shooting the ball well we are going to lose by 20. Lots of time for these players to find their shots.

Hankerson has been very unimpressive tonight. He throws the ball away and then watches a guy make a layup. I would give him a ticket to the bench.

We are shooting 25% from 3. In the first half we were missing open threes. Now we are missing contested threes. Freeman has had almost no space to work down low. Not our best effort tonight.

Thanks, my bad. I thought it was Clark

Okay, I must admit I turned the sound on and I am enjoying the commentary. It was great hearing Groce give commentary during the game and it was not coach speak. I feel like I am watching the game with 3 compulsive gamblers. When Akron missed the open layup that would have won them the over bet their reaction was hilarious. I am really disappointed with Clark. After making his first 3 I think he missed his next 4. He also gave up an offensive rebound. Of course all of the team is struggling from the field.

Our defense is much better than our offense. Great to see Clark make a 3. Also, team looks good even with Freeman on the bench. It seems like whenever Freeman gets the ball he has somebody in the paint to double. he has turned ball over. Need to get better spacing. He needs to get more open looks.

Thanks, that makes sense. I do not bet on sports but I am glad that they are giving Akron the exposure. Wish I made the trip to Philly so I could watch the game without seeing these guys on TV on picture on picture.