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Kent has figured out the defense. Enrique a pair of bad misses.

Toledo answering every OU punch. Huge TO and foul by OU there may be the end of this one.

Toledo crowd decent, Ohio crowd still smaller than usual. But they are loud.

Kent has guarded X well this year. The difference from game 1 was he made every single open look. Last week, he hit 1 and missed quite a few. If he’s on, do we win that game? Can’t say definitively. But he missed a wide open left wing 3 that would’ve swung momentum. Sometimes you’re just off. We need him tonight. I believe in him.

Let’s do it again! I’m not sure how to feel about this game. Instead of going on and on about matchups and tendencies and blah blah blah, I just want to enjoy this day as much as possible. I can’t wait to watch this Zip team suit up once again. If you’re able, get your hands on some tickets and get up to Cleveland tonight! This team deserves all the support it can get. And let’s show Kent what Akron basketball continues to be all about. Go Zips!

As I typed that, he stuffed 3 shots at one end, ran the floor and caught a lob the other way

Perusing the interwebs reading up on the games from today and watching Aziz and Utah Valley in the WAC quarters. He is a BEAST.

Excellent performance tonight, all around. I would say X was still cold, but he got hot and made it look really easy. It looked easy for everyone, as a matter of fact. I'm proud of these guys. They've come a long way this year and I'm really proud of them. Groce has put together yet another team that is just a joy to watch and to follow. As for tomorrow, in the 4 halves against Kent, Akron has been the better team for 3 of them. Were bad in the OT period last week so you can throw that in too. Watching the teams today, Kent played well and was able to avenge their worst loss. However, they were less than stellar offensively, especially early, missing a ton of shots at the rim and struggling to get the 3 to fall. Defensively, though, they were the best of any team to play at RMF today. Akron must continue to be aggressive against them and draw fouls. Kent plays good D, they also foul a lot. As for Akron, X cannot lay another egg shooting the ball. When he's on, we are nearly impossible to beat. When he's off, we have to rely more on Sammy and Hank, which can be pretty scary. Another big factor last week was the lack of rebounding. The shot making was bad, and the Zips weren't rebounding. Throw in terrible interior defense, and they dropped a game they should have won. Tomorrow should be epic. We can't beat them by 20 in Cleveland two years in a row, right? Right? Go Zips!!!

Zips have won a MAC tournament game every year they’ve played one (2020) since 2005. We are so damn lucky.

How bout that. F Kent!!!!!

Poor Jim Whitesell

Can’t complain. Keep it up!

Good crew. Chad Barlow, Bryan Anslinger, Alfred Smith.

Not a huge Zip turnout, Buffalo’s far smaller. Go Zips!!!

This has been bad basketball today, one of the worst Thursdays ever

Anyone at Pizza 216? Haven’t seen many Zips fans at RMF yet.

50-26 Kittens at the U4 timeout. Wowzers.

May be the smallest Ohio crowd I’ve ever seen in Cleveland

Josh White, who blew those calls for the Toledo game at home, is the alternate at the table. Zips may have him today and moving forward.

Joe Moorhead: “we’ve got a high quality opponent” every week Groce: “They’re really good” when getting ready for CMU Michael Lewis: “Castaneda is so good I’m going to party now that I don’t have to play him anymore”

I think the way the MAC does it is more fan-friendly. However, they are competing with the big boys for TV eyes. And I’m not sure what the teams prefer either. It is a pretty quick turnaround if you win the MAC and wind up playing a Thursday tournament game. That’s an interesting question for coach.

Well, we’ve made it. A long 6 days.

Had a couple chances in the 2nd half but were just completely overmatched. Played hard but can’t be too surprised by the outcome.

Solid first half undone by a couple mistakes at the end. Instead of a 5 or less deficit it’s all the way to 10. This team does the small things poorly.

I kept waiting for UB to blow it for Toledo to pull away. Bulls had a shot at the buzzer to win it but missed. Onto OT.