NWAkron Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 "Akron gives Groce contract extension through '26" The bloom is off this rose. Hey, if you can't be the best team, try and be the worst. Keep it under 40 guys. Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 This feels like the 18-19 year. Amazing on D, nothing on O even with a lot of skilled guys. Trimble is Utomi. That’s all there is to it. Just totally unreliable. This team is straight up bad right now, there’s no way around it unfortunately. Quote
GoZips88 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 It would be interesting to know how much time each player invested in themselves over the summer by spending time at a free throw line somewhere and shooting short-, medium- and long-range jumpers from various spots on the floor. I can't believe what I'm watching. Quote
1981 grad Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 I feel like I am watching an Akron football game. I have had enough of Trimble firing away from 3. I am glad he made one but that has to be 2 for 25. Groce wants him to shoot out of his slump. Great, but I am done watching it. Quote
kreed5120 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 I don't think I've watched a group of guys struggle this hard to score since I went with my friends to a bar back in college 3 Quote
RowdyZip Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 Looks like another half of less than 30 points. Quote
RowdyZip Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 Well, we'll play tomorrow to try and avoid last place in a tournament of (what we thought) were a bunch of scrub programs. Pretty depressing start to year 5 for Groce. Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 I fear that this could be another team that struggles on the road no matter the opponent. But at the JAR, could beat nearly anyone in the country. Back to back games with offense like this isn’t something that a lot of D1 teams will do. I wasn’t too worried yesterday, but this is starting to really bother me. Quote
NWAkron Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 1 minute ago, RowdyZip said: Well, we'll play tomorrow to try and avoid last place in a tournament of (what we thought) were a bunch of scrub programs. Pretty depressing start to year 5 for Groce. His teams have not done well in these "tournaments." Hawaii and Cayman Islands were bad. They didn't play that well in DC, either, losing badly to Liberty and beating Tulane by 1. Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 Evansville at 11:00am tomorrow to try and right the ship, somehow. I don’t know if I’ve ever been as disappointed with back to back games in my entire fandom. These games have been like pulling teeth, especially when playing such good defense still. The Zips are in dangerous territory now and need to figure this s*** out. Quote
dirtyolcrowe Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 Team loses back to back games by double digits. this team blows. pissed I spent $$$$ on season tix. AGAIN!!! I’ll be donating a lot of these tix this year. Not worth my time. WIN SOMETHING other than cupcake batter opponents. I’m out!! Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted November 23, 2021 Author Report Posted November 23, 2021 5 hours ago, LZIp said: Zips -1.5...i'll take teamism. No way we can shoot as bad as yesterday. This is all your fault. 👍 1 Quote
zipsrule Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) We shot 18-59 for 30.5% - OUCH. What's worse is that if you take away Freeman's 7-10 (15 point 10 rebounds), everyone else was 11-49 for 22.4%. Edited November 23, 2021 by zipsrule Quote
RowdyZip Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 I was worried about the absence of LCJ as a scorer and a facilitator coming into this season. Thought Castaneda would help ease that issue but he's been just about invisible averaging more turnovers (1.6) than assists (1.2) and 9.9 points. This team does not have enough offense to win outside of getting hot from the perimeter. Freeman is the best player on the team, and it's not particularly close. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the offensive skill (yet?) to be able to run the offense through him. Might be a long season ahead. Quote
zippy-claws Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, dirtyolcrowe said: Team loses back to back games by double digits. this team blows. pissed I spent $$$$ on season tix. AGAIN!!! I’ll be donating a lot of these tix this year. Not worth my time. WIN SOMETHING other than cupcake batter opponents. I’m out!! Really? This early, you know how they looked vs. the Suckeyes, don't quit yet.... 1 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted November 23, 2021 Author Report Posted November 23, 2021 Post game interview- Groce thinks they played better today but didn't capitalize on opportunities. Says they just didn't make enough shots. Lots of focus on Brian Trimble and how he'll come around. Happy with the defense. Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) At what point do we see one of the freshman guards start playing for the potential scoring boost? Edited November 23, 2021 by Let'sGoZips94 Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 For all the Trimble talk, which is important, Castaneda and Walton have to contribute. Castaneda looks to just be going through the motions without creating much. Walton has been completely invisible this week. That one is shocking to me, he’s been a productive college basketball player for a long time and his archetype fits in on this roster perfectly. It’s just not there. This is all just baffling. Maybe my expectations were way too high. I don’t know. But I’m quite upset right now. 2 Quote
kreed5120 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 24 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: This is all your fault. 👍 In his defense we shot bad, but it wasn't as bad as yesterday 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) 45 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: For all the Trimble talk, which is important, Castaneda and Walton have to contribute. Castaneda looks to just be going through the motions without creating much. Walton has been completely invisible this week. That one is shocking to me, he’s been a productive college basketball player for a long time and his archetype fits in on this roster perfectly. It’s just not there. This is all just baffling. Maybe my expectations were way too high. I don’t know. But I’m quite upset right now. I feel the Zips players will need to make 3s to open up lanes for Walton to drive. Teams are just going to pack the paint until we show them that they need to guard the perimeter. Edited November 23, 2021 by kreed5120 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 Silver lining to the crappy basketball these past 2 days... I find solace in knowing Suckeye fans are even more embarrassed by their near loss to us. Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 23, 2021 Report Posted November 23, 2021 28 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: I feel the Zips players will need to make 3s to open up lanes for Walton to drive. Teams are just going to back the paint until we show them that they need to guard the perimeter. Good point, I’m so fed up I didn’t even think about that. The potential this squad has is incredible, but until the shoot with a little bit of consistency, we could see some ugly basketball Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted November 23, 2021 Author Report Posted November 23, 2021 Groce's teams are always point guard dependent. Against Wheeling, the coach never figured out that going under the pick and giving him a cushion as a result was a bad idea. He's not going to get that break against better coaches and teams and he and Groce need to figure it out. Quote
Zip JD Posted November 24, 2021 Report Posted November 24, 2021 I never thought I would miss a Riak 2 for 3 from the field and 2 for 2 from the line 6 point game but I do. (I blocked out the 3 failed alley oops and 3 kick outs without even thinking about put backs). We will see what Groce has up his in his bag of tricks when we get back to the JAR in December. Quote
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