Josh Williams

[Blue & Gold]

For threeeeee!!!

 

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-men-s-basketball-freshman-josh-williams-making-himself-at-home-with-zips-1.660589

[Blue & Gold]

I've been tremendously excited about Josh since he gave a verbal to the Zips before his junior year of high school.

After Josh received 2nd Team All-Ohio D-1 as a freshman at Barberton I was crossing my fingers he'd end up a Zip.

It took a bit longer for him to adjust to the speed of the D-1 college game than I thought it would, but man, the way he's played the past two games has surpassed even my highest expectations!

 

Go Zips!

[LoyalZIP]

While I love what Josh has provided on the offensive end, his defense is getting much better as well. He's probably won't shoot the three at 80% every night, but he doesn't need to. He fits perfectly on this team.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Josh's shots hit the center of the twine better than about anyone else I've seen at UA. He's a pure shooter. 

 

There's a lot of variables that go into assembling a MAC team that can make an NCAA tourney run. One of those is having three guards that can kill you from behind the arc. Kent had Mitchell, Shaw and Huffman. Maybe even Gates at times. OU had some combination of Taylor, Bassett, Kellogg and Cooper that shot the ball at an elite level.

 

Josh's emergence gives us that X-factor guard that can out-shoot a Power 5 team in the tourney, and Jackson and Robotham are deadly too.

 

Big Dog, Kwan and Pat (can he get at least 85% healthy?) inside gives us the beef to match up with the big boys. And Reggie and Jake give us deadly perimeter scoring and defensive length.

 

I watch a lot of Wichita State basketball, and they are running roughshod over the MVC. It's time the Zips do the same in the MAC. If the Zips are as good as I think they are, tonight is a double-digit win. Maybe even a 20-pointer. It's time to start flexing our muscles against the weaker programs.

 

With Josh getting 20+ minutes, all things are possible!