zen Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9206478Akron at Can't State: Akron's only chance at an at-large NCAA bid is to dominate the MAC -- but Can't State won't go away. Both teams are 9-1 in league play, and this is the first of two meetings. Akron better sweep. Pick: Dirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosAngelesZipFan Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 This isn't looking good....49-45 cant...Zips are stone cold this half...the post earlier this week about the 2nd half lull the Zips go through is prophetic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljc Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Dammit! When did they put that lid on the basket? See you all March 4 at the JAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Great big giant sucking sound - can't win if you can't score. VERY weak (non-existent?) inside game and the 3s just weren't there today. Gotta regroup and take care of business against Western. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 has anyone seen nate linhart? and mark smith sucks! how much did Can't pay him?GO ZIPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip37 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Defense & rebounding win games; offense sells tickets-- Can't won, do you want to know why? If you do, read the first 5 words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thos ill advised shots were due to defense.With ball ammunition lock and load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 It always seems to me that good basketball teams have a fifth gear in the second half of a game. K-ent had a fifth gear today and Akron did not. I'm not certain that Akron does have a fifth gear. KD is getting all he can out of this team the entire game. I hope I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fear the brown roo Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 i gotta admit, it was just a flat out ass kicking in the second half. i agree we're missing that fifth gear. allowing teams to get back into the games in the second half finally caught up with us. falling apart with turovers, missed shots, no rebounds hurts. i remember losing in football to army and thinking the season was over. hopefully the basketball team can learn from this loss and finish strong. this was bad but it ain't over! don't give up the ship! still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UADavid Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Nice second half by Can't. Our guys executed poorly, rebounded badly and still kept it from being a blowout. Part of the problem was Can't turned it up a notch and the rest in my opinion was our play. Our guys will regroup and return the favor Mar. 4 with interest. We seemed to have a short bench too. I never saw Rybak or Mraz and DP must have been hurting because he wasn't out there much. And as always, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Again, I'm not real knowledgable on basketball but here's my thoughts.-Excellent first half. We had the crowd out of it and it seemed like Can't was at a complete loss for words. Couldn't have hurt when all the students from the "Stark Campus" started chanting AK-ROWDIES.-Came out in the second half and just never figured it out. Cedric and Romeo seemed to be trying to force a lot of shots that just weren't there. Dials was guilty of it too. Very few open shots and we weren't making them when they were there. Hats of to S.U.K. for making the necessary adjustments at halftime.-Refs absolutely blew goat nutz but they did it for both sides so I guess that makes it ok -Preston getting into foul trouble and then Futch tweaking his knee hurt big time. We were already hurting for an inside presence and weren't doin much on defense. Being forced to go with Dials, Joyce, Middleton, Linhart and Romeo for a while definitley didn't help things.-Seemed to be a lot of mental errors. Passes to noone, traveling calls, turnovers. Stuff that I'm not used to seeing much of.And ohh yeah. :macc: See you at the JAR for your payback flusherheads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 they destroyed us in the inside game ! the 3s were falling in the first half but they won't keep falling all the night. You got to score some inside points and for god's sake know how to defend your zone. Our guards did a hekuva job defending the perimeter but inside !!! we had 4 3 points plays (basket in with a FT) 3 from Preston and one from Milum. And for god's sake somebody tells Futch not to shoot 3s anymore i know he can make 1/20 but so does my grandma. It seemed to me that whenever we shoot the ball, no body, (well except Nate Linhart), tries to even reach for an offensive rebound ... what the hell !!! they are not bigger than us nor more athletic. Why can't we get offensive rebounds ?We lost one but the 22-win season is still achievable ! and still especially that they can't guard their student section and that idiot was welcoming he fans from stark county Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Zips Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 WAR AK-ROWDIES AND LONG LIVE AKRON INVASION 2.4.06! THAT WAS SO FUN. I CANNOT BELIEVE THEIR STUDENTS WERE SO DUMB. IF IT WASN'T FOR ONE OF OUR OWN FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS WE WOULD HAVE REALLY SCROOD (HAHA) THEM OVER. YOU ARE THE MAN MATT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I hope I am wrong, but I think we are in trouble for the tournament. Is there anyone on this board who thinks this team can play at least three games in a row? And that is assuming we get a first round bye. I think we are going to run out of gas and thus our season goes down the tubes. Boy I wish Conyers was playing. That would be our fourth guard and I bet he would be a really good one. Ditto for Wood I hate losing to Can't and, if anything, I hope this amplifies the nation's hatred for Can't State and make them wish they never set foot in the JAR in March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msopher Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Don't hit the panic button yet. If Akron wins out at home and can beat either Miami or Nevada on the road, they should get a shot at an at-large bid for the tourney. 23-6 is awfully tough to leave at home.Of course, Akron would also need a strong showing in the mAC tourney to also garner attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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