NWAkron Posted February 2, 2022 Report Posted February 2, 2022 16 hours ago, LoyalZIP said: I despise Kent, but I can’t deny they’re playing some of the best ball in the league right now. The Zips need to win both of these this weekend. I'm an empty shell of a man who despises Kent, Ohio, Toledo, Miami, Buffalo, that back up guard for BG, the third asst for EMU, the WMU dance team, and, of course, Whitford. 2 2 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted February 2, 2022 Author Report Posted February 2, 2022 18 minutes ago, NWAkron said: I'm an empty shell of a man who despises Kent, Ohio, Toledo, Miami, Buffalo, that back up guard for BG, the third asst for EMU, the WMU dance team, and, of course, Whitford. Hereinafter, we shall all refer to you as ESAkron. 1 Quote
Reslife4Life Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 Too bad we don’t have the Sunday home game, it seemed like we were building momentum on attendance. I can’t imagine many people will be driving in for this one tomorrow Quote
LoyalZIP Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 Vegas has finally gotten tired of the Zips getting crushed by double-digit home spreads and has set this one at Akron -7. I don't know a ton about Miami, and fortunately I don't think it really matters. It's a very old and experienced team that has lost a lot of basketball games over the last 5 years, while winning a couple of big ones here and there. I'm hoping to see a newly energized Akron team that had a week off of games I feel they desperately needed. I expect a slow start, but I don't see why the Zips would drop this one. Of course, this group is so hard to get a read on so who knows. I want to see 40 minutes of defense and good shot selection offensively. That is a great recipe for success for this team. I'm excited for the boys to be back, that's for sure! Go Zips! Quote
NWAkron Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 Miami was behind by 30 to both EMU and Ravenna. In both games they closed the gap to around 10-15 late in the second half. I thought I heard in Groce's show that Delante Brown has been out because of injury. That being said, unless Trimble is rested up and feels like making 3s tonight, I expect another low scoring ugly affair on national TV. I should be able to get there but I can't imagine many showing up, especially after the Toledo loss. Zips losses have been to the best teams in the league. They don't need to start losing to the bottom feeders or they could be in a first round game against OU or Toledo. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 Man, I just noticed we have 4 games in 8 days. That's crazy. And our 4th (dead legs) game is against KSUcks. Trimble better start making threes because without him opening up our offense & spreading the floor this team can be painful to watch. I want to win, but the entertainment factor is a consideration for the non-diehards. Quote
NWAkron Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Man, I just noticed we have 4 games in 8 days. That's crazy. And our 4th (dead legs) game is against KSUcks. Trimble better start making threes because without him opening up our offense & spreading the floor this team can be painful to watch. I want to win, but the entertainment factor is a consideration for the non-diehards. I guess that prepares them for the possible 3 games in 3 days. But to win the tournament they need: 1. 3 games of that swarming defense we saw for a few minutes in Toledo and Trimble and someone else hitting 40% from beyond the arc. 2. Some good luck which would include an upset of one of the top 2 teams. Quote
RowdyZip Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Trimble better start making threes because without him opening up our offense & spreading the floor this team can be painful to watch. I want to win, but the entertainment factor is a consideration for the non-diehards. Exactly this. This team is bringing back shades of Charlie Coles' Miami Teams/Rob Murphy EMU teams. Not quite there on the painful-to-watch index, but close. Honestly, worried about the future too. I know Hilltopper said both of the freshmen guards had injuries coming into the season, and the COVID year complicates things, but I wish we would've been able to get some production out of any of them. Our rotation is much to short this year now with Walton gone and Wynn out. 1 Quote
zippy5 Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Miami was behind by 30 to both EMU and Ravenna. In both games they closed the gap to around 10-15 late in the second half. I thought I heard in Groce's show that Delante Brown has been out because of injury. That being said, unless Trimble is rested up and feels like making 3s tonight, I expect another low scoring ugly affair on national TV. I should be able to get there but I can't imagine many showing up, especially after the Toledo loss. Zips losses have been to the best teams in the league. They don't need to start losing to the bottom feeders or they could be in a first round game against OU or Toledo. Another team prone to slow starts? Wonder what the first half under is.. Quote
Reslife4Life Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 Wynn is in warmups and participating in layup lines unlike the last few games Quote
AkronAlumnus Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: Wynn is in warmups and participating in layup lines unlike the last few games BIG Wynn fan here. If I were the coach (probably good thing I'm not) I'd start him.. Edited February 4, 2022 by AkronAlumnus 2 Quote
NWAkron Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) Don't see Delante Brown. Good crowd. I think people wanted to get out! Edited February 4, 2022 by NWAkron 1 Quote
LZIp Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 Wasn't Coleman-Lands good last year? Surprised to hear its his first start of the season. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted February 4, 2022 Author Report Posted February 4, 2022 24, 28, 19, 27 and 27 are the points Miami has scored in the first half of their last 5 games. Quote
LZIp Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 My vote goes to the "another ugly start" category. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 There’s our one-on-one offense. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted February 4, 2022 Author Report Posted February 4, 2022 Precious Ayah may be the best name in the MAC. Quote
NWAkron Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 1 minute ago, LZIp said: My vote goes to the "another ugly start" category. Yeah. Lost interest in this one already. Two turnovers. Two missed FTs. Not going to win any MAC tournament playing like this. 1 Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 Ali dribble dribble dribble dribble. Glad we had a week to work on offense 🙄 Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Yeah. Lost interest in this one already. Two turnovers. Two missed FTs. Not going to win any MAC tournament playing like this. Yeah. We’re a get-knocked-out-on-Thursday-quality team. Quote
zippy5 Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 Refs gave Miami two straight possessions there on bad out of bounds calls Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted February 4, 2022 Author Report Posted February 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Yeah. Lost interest in this one already. Two turnovers. Two missed FTs. Not going to win any MAC tournament playing like this. Patience ES, patience. They have to frustrate for at least 15 minutes. 1 Quote
zippy5 Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Blue & Gold said: Yeah. We’re a get-knocked-out-on-Thursday-quality team. Man guys. Six minutes into the game and this is where we're at? Why tune in at all? 2 Quote
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