Game 10- Florida A & M

[clarkwgriswold]

Small but vocal group of students today. 

[Blue & Gold]

He may not have the ceiling, but Aziz is better than Zeke was as a freshman.

[NWAkron]

Florida's game plan is swarm Freeman and leave 3 open. And foul. Zips have left 8 points on the line.

Edited December 12, 2021 by NWAkron

[clarkwgriswold]

Zips have gotten sloppy the last 8 minutes.

[NWAkron]

4 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Zips have gotten sloppy the last 8 minutes.

Yes. It's turned into one of "those " games.  Zips deserve to lose this.

Edited December 12, 2021 by NWAkron

[clarkwgriswold]

Let them back in the game.

[LoyalZIP]

Horse s*** last 10 minutes by the Zips. 

[Reslife4Life]

A&M definitely knows who they want to get at the line 

[clarkwgriswold]

Zips go to zone.

[clarkwgriswold]

Zips are equal opportunity ugly today.  They are sucking on both ends of the floor.

[RowdyZip]

Looks like we'll play the whole season with an 8 man rotation.  I feel like this may hurt the squad late season.

[clarkwgriswold]

10 minutes ago, RowdyZip said:

Looks like we'll play the whole season with an 8 man rotation.  I feel like this may hurt the squad late season.

I thought Wynn might make his way in with Walton's departure but I guess not.

[NWAkron]

When u leave at least 15 points on the foul line, you have to work twice as hard to beat crappy teams.  

[clarkwgriswold]

I don't think I've seen a guy commit two lane violations while shooting foul shots in the same game, ever. Enrique Freeman wins that distinction

 

Edited December 12, 2021 by clarkwgriswold

[Illini Zip]

I guess a win is a win, but we are not there yet. We just are not consistent. And our guards are missing too many lay ups.

[clarkwgriswold]

Yikes, was that awful.

 

That's the kind of effort that leads to a double digit loss to a Michigan directional.  Glad it is behind us.

[NWAkron]

When it "counted" the Zips made their FTs, including the 2 negated by Freeman's lane violations.  I liked that the scoring was spread around, and Tribble really stepped up at the end.  I also thought they handled the inbounds of their final possession very well.   Florida AM which wasn't. a bad team kept in it because of Zips careless and mental errors.  

 

That being said it's not a positive when you leave angry after a win.

 

I like that multiple guys contributed.

Edited December 12, 2021 by NWAkron

[NWAkron]

5 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Yikes, was that awful.

 

That's the kind of effort that leads to a double digit loss to a Michigan directional.  Glad it is behind us.

Ain't that the truth.  You know the game, when Akron allows one of those schools to stay in it and one of their guards starts getting hot from behind the arc.

[LoyalZIP]

Ugly. That will get them blown out on Wednesday if they do it again. They guarded Freeman well and it showed. Trimble with a great 2nd half and thank goodness they were able to bite down when it got critical. 
 

On to Wright State. 

[clarkwgriswold]

100 free throws at practice for Aziz tomorrow.

 

He was the player for the radio post-game.  He's obviously still working on his English.  The only thing I am certain of after listening is that he "just wants to help the team."  He came across as a genuinely nice kid.

[clarkwgriswold]

Beacon/Ohio.com article on the game by someone other than GT-

 

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2021/12/12/college-mens-basketball-akron-florida-a-m-bryan-trimble-xavier-castaneda-ali-ali-enrique-freeman/8875869002/

[ZippyRulz]

1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said:

100 free throws at practice for Aziz tomorrow.

 

He was the player for the radio post-game.  He's obviously still working on his English.  The only thing I am certain of after listening is that he "just wants to help the team."  He came across as a genuinely nice kid.

 

I heard that. He does seem nice but idk how he's able to do college coursework here.

 

[Illini Zip]

28 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

 

I heard that. He does seem nice but idk how he's able to do college coursework here.

 

 

My guess is that he has the help of tutors. Hopefully not the kind of help he would get attending North Carolina.

 

 

[zippy-claws]

I need some “educating, please.  Who schedules the non-conference teams/games?  The AD?  Does Coach Groce?  A collaboration of both?  And how far out (years) are they scheduled?  Thanks in advance for your expertise.

[RoyalBlu]

Unlike football, where ADs schedule for the big paydays ... in basketball, coaches do most of their own scheduling. As you can see, most of the MAC sticks to a formula of 1-2 non-D1s and 2-3 sub 300 RPI teams, a couple of payday D1 road games and/or tournaments then fill in the rest while proclaiming "nobody wants to play us."

 

Truth is, there are solid/quality games out there to play with the bulk of the Horizon League willing to do home-homes, A-10s willing to do mostly just road games and some Mo-Valley willing to do home and home if the MAC program is usually above 150-RPI.

 

Considering a teams power ranking is based a great measure on road games and overall strength of schedule I don't understand why MAC schools play more than 4 non-con home games. It's a waste.

 

Play a Thanksgiving tournament (2-3 games), a Christmas tournament (2-3 games) a couple of P5 paydays then 4-home games of cupcakes if you choose.  Seems simple to me.