MAC Tournament- Game 1- BGSU

[Captain Kangaroo]

3 hours ago, AkronAlumnus said:

Groce is known for having mediocre regular seasons but excelling in the MAC tournament. Here's hoping history repeats itself. 

We should be loaded for bear in this MAC tournament then, because this season rated several notches above mediocre.

[NWAkron]

9 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

We should be loaded for bear in this MAC tournament then, because this season rated several notches above mediocre.

And not to dispel the myth but the OU 2010 team was mediocre on paper and just came out of nowhere.  2012 was a 3rd seed.  The accomplishment was getting those NCAA tourney wins...and the 2012 draw was...well...not at all like the gauntlet Buffalo had to run when it reached the Dance.  But if any coach can motivate them he can.

[LoyalZIP]

Just win Thursday. See the ball go in the basket. See on the scoreboard you have more points than the opponent at 2H 0:00. In LCJ and Groce we trust. 

[clarkwgriswold]

9 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

We should be loaded for bear in this MAC tournament then, because this season rated several notches above mediocre.

 

I think the general lack of enthusiasm about this team is caused in part by how damn spoiled we were by last year's squad.  That team, from performance to team camaraderie, was special and I think we expected teams that followed it to have that same magic, which is an unreasonable expectation.  It was a fine season under any objective analysis.

 

I think our altered perception from last year's team, the late season slump and the inability to watch them in person have combined to temper our collective enthusiasm. 

[clarkwgriswold]

 

[NWAkron]

MAC awards

 

LCJ First Team MAC

Trimble  H.M.

Freeman all defensive team.

[MDZip]

I do like to give credit to others posters when they come up with something funny. The Ziggy Zoombas were lamenting the absence of any tournament success (have never won it since the tournament was implemented in 1980 and haven't been to the NCAA tournament since 1968). Anyway they listed the number of times each of the other MAC schools have won the tournament and then stated even frickin' COVID-19 has claimed more tournaments than BG. 🤣 Here is to that streak continuing tomorrow. 🥂

[NWAkron]

1 hour ago, MDZip said:

I do like to give credit to others posters when they come up with something funny. The Ziggy Zoombas were lamenting the absence of any tournament success (have never won it since the tournament was implemented in 1980 and haven't been to the NCAA tournament since 1968). Anyway they listed the number of times each of the other MAC schools have won the tournament and then stated even frickin' COVID-19 has claimed more tournaments than BG. 🤣 Here is to that streak continuing tomorrow. 🥂

That's some serious negative energy coming from their board.  Tomorrow we  pit Groce's success v BG's failure.

[NWAkron]

Odds for the game:  It's a toss up!

 

Bowling Green

(14-10, 10-8 MAC)

Akron

(14-7, 12-6 MAC)

 

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

Cleveland, OH

Line: EVEN

O/U: 153

 

 

Edited March 10, 2021 by NWAkron

[LoyalZIP]

GAMEDAY!!!!! Woke up feeling dangerous!! I'm really looking forward to this game. I wonder if anyone's out for Akron?? Anywell, I'm ready to see the Groce magic we're all ready to see in Cleveland!!

[zippyfan34]

18 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said:

GAMEDAY!!!!! Woke up feeling dangerous!! I'm really looking forward to this game. I wonder if anyone's out for Akron?? Anywell, I'm ready to see the Groce magic we're all ready to see in Cleveland!!

I got free tickets for Saturday so hoping we can pull out a couple wins to get there!

[NWAkron]

I guess the line moved to -1 in favor of the Zips.  Whatever.  Zips are the underdogs for this tournament.  Hopefully, they catch everyone by surprise.  Glad it's not the 11am game.

[kreed5120]

It's going to be important for Trimble to find his shot again. I'm not feeling as good about our chances as I was a month ago, but we still have the best player in the MAC so we will have a fighters chance no matter who we face.

[zippy5]

Let's go Zips!

[zipsrule]

This is when the real season starts.  Who is going to step up and be that #2 and #3 scorer?  And please.... somebody guard Metheny so he doesn't hit a bunch of 3s.

Edited March 12, 2021 by zipsrule

[clarkwgriswold]

6 minutes ago, zipsrule said:

This is when the real season starts.  Who is going to step up and be that #2 and #3 scorer?  And please.... somebody guard Metheney so he doesn't hit a bunch of 3s.

 

I think that's the key.  You can't let Matheny be a strong third option.

[Let'sGoZips94]

When is tip? 

[AkronAlumnus]

LCJ is going to feast!

[clarkwgriswold]

Tribble on Matheny.

 

Now LCJ.

Edited March 12, 2021 by clarkwgriswold

[LZIp]

Tribble over Dailey is interesting. Not because Dailey should be starting, but because I see Tribble as mostly a disappointment this year too. Must be his defense.

[Spin]

Nice start!!!

[clarkwgriswold]

2 minutes ago, LZIp said:

Tribble over Dailey is interesting. Not because Dailey should be starting, but because I see Tribble as mostly a disappointment this year too. Must be his defense.

Dailey hasn't started since the OU game.  Tribble was in the staring lineup for Buffalo and BG.

[LZIp]

Enfreak-ay beasting on the boards early!

[MDZip]

4 minutes ago, LZIp said:

Tribble over Dailey is interesting. Not because Dailey should be starting, but because I see Tribble as mostly a disappointment this year too. Must be his defense.

And he has had a strong start on defense but he's adding some offense as well. 

[Spin]

That was a dunk for the highlight reel. ROFL!!! Let's see some more of that.