Game 12- St. Bonaventure

[NWAkron]

Bonnie's defense won that.  Zips are tough.

[Reslife4Life]

12-19 on free throws. Gotta be better

[OSUFALCON]

Groce let them play in the flow of the game.  After attempting to set up a play the two previous timeouts that failed to even get a shot, why stop the flow an attempt that again.  Ali Ali and Freeman can out play most of the MAC themselves.  It’s really sad how far the conference has slipped.

Edited December 30, 2023 by OSUFALCON

[clarkwgriswold]

12 minutes ago, zipsrule said:

This team needs to learn how to finish.  Not a great possession to end the game.

Amen. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

12 minutes ago, OSUFALCON said:

 

Akron shouldn’t have lost this one.  Grose over coaches and Akron’s guards aren’t very good. Grose called three timeouts in the last six minutes and two of the three results in turnovers without a shot and the last possession of the game as god awful. Pitiful inbounds play. A game they should have won. The MAC is absolutely horrible.

 

It's Groce. G-R-O-C-E. If you're going to be an ass, use proper spelling.

 

Groce doesn't "over-coach". The succession rate of the plays he calls during timeouts can be questioned, but that's an execution issue - not an over-coaching issue. We are lacking guard play, you are correct, which means Groce should absolutely be calling timeouts to draw up plays and make sure the team is on the same page. If you have a solid floor general, those timeouts aren't as necessary. The name of the game is putting the ball in the hoop more often than your opponent. We simply didn't do that. One of the guards needs to figure out how to step up as a scorer next to Freeman, Ali Ali, and Tribble. We were right there at the end with one of the most experienced teams in the country. Pretty good showing that will sharpen our March iron.

 

You should worry about scoring more than 3 points against Missouri; leave the Akron criticism to us Akron fans. 

 

Edited December 30, 2023 by Let'sGoZips94

[clarkwgriswold]

The deflection on that inbounds pass completely threw off that final play and turned it into 1 on 5 basketball.  They need to work to transitioning into an effective on the fly play sometimes rather than go to the timeout, especially against a good defensive team. 

[Illini Zip]

7 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

You should worry about scoring more than 3 points against Missouri; leave the Akron criticism to us Akron fans. 

 

Well done. Ha!!

[OSUFALCON]

3 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

It's Groce. G-R-O-C-E. If you're going to be an ass, use proper spelling.

 

Groce doesn't "over-coach". The succession rate of the plays he calls during timeouts can be questioned, but that's an execution issue - not an over-coaching issue. We are lacking guard play, you are correct, which means Groce should absolutely be calling timeouts to draw up plays and make sure the team is on the same page. If you have a solid floor general, those timeouts aren't as necessary. 

 

You should worry about scoring more than 3 points against Missouri; leave the Akron criticism to us Akron fans. 

 

Well my bad on the spelling, if you have questionable guards why would you think they will execute off of a timeout?  Get ball in Ali Ali’s hands going downhill.  He over coached, the players didn’t execute but St. Bonnie had a response off of each timeout.  As for Ohio State they looked awful.  Maybe someday the Zips will return to a bowl game.  I’m a MAC fan, grew up in BG but graduated from Ohio State.  Akron is clearly the best team in the MAC but the conference is simply terrible.  This would have been a nice win for the Zips and improved seeding for them assuming they win the tournament.  Looking at a 14 seed at best.  The best win in the MAC might be Miami’s win over Vermont.

[clarkwgriswold]

5 minutes ago, OSUFALCON said:

Well my bad on the spelling, if you have questionable guards why would you think they will execute off of a timeout?  Get ball in Ali Ali’s hands going downhill.  He over coached, the players didn’t execute but St. Bonnie had a response off of each timeout.  As for Ohio State they looked awful.  Maybe someday the Zips will return to a bowl game.  I’m a MAC fan, grew up in BG but graduated from Ohio State.  Akron is clearly the best team in the MAC but the conference is simply terrible.  This would have been a nice win for the Zips and improved seeding for them assuming they win the tournament.  Looking at a 14 seed at best.  The best win in the MAC might be Miami’s win over Vermont.

You do realize Ali is one of Akron's starting guards, right?  The inbounder was their most dependable guard passing the ball into Ali.   Unfortunately, the pass got deflected.  

[dirtyolcrowe]

22 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

12-19 on free throws. Gotta be better

Truth!!!

it’s like a Dambrodt team. 

[Hilltopper]

Lebron and Savannah James sitting courtside with Brad Sellers for the OSU -WVU GAME

[clarkwgriswold]

Good prep game going into conference play.  I'd have loved to win that one but in reality, as we all know, it would really have no consequence as to where we end up at tournament time.

[NWAkron]

25 minutes ago, OSUFALCON said:

Well my bad on the spelling, if you have questionable guards why would you think they will execute off of a timeout?  Get ball in Ali Ali’s hands going downhill.  He over coached, the players didn’t execute but St. Bonnie had a response off of each timeout.  As for Ohio State they looked awful.  Maybe someday the Zips will return to a bowl game.  I’m a MAC fan, grew up in BG but graduated from Ohio State.  Akron is clearly the best team in the MAC but the conference is simply terrible.  This would have been a nice win for the Zips and improved seeding for them assuming they win the tournament.  Looking at a 14 seed at best.  The best win in the MAC might be Miami’s win over Vermont.

Are you finished? Any other wisdom you wish to impart on us?

[Let'sGoZips94]

27 minutes ago, Hilltopper said:

Lebron and Savannah James sitting courtside with Brad Sellers for the OSU -WVU GAME

 

Was he anywhere to be found for the Akron game?

[monrowe]

To bad the Zips don’t have a serviceable big that rebound drive to the basket and shoot.Thats the difference IMO.

[zipsrule]

29 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Good prep game going into conference play.  I'd have loved to win that one but in reality, as we all know, it would really have no consequence as to where we end up at tournament time.

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[zipsrule]

2 minutes ago, monrowe said:

To bad the Zips don’t have a serviceable big

Are you kidding?!?

[Illini Zip]

What's going on here? Did I wander into the land of the trolls?

[Zippy87]

Last play took way too long to develop (especially with no timeouts left) and didn't get anyone open. I think it's fair to criticize it and the decision to call a TO in the first place.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Seen way too many close Zips losses against upper tier competition. I  thought in a year where we are so senior- and talent-heavy we could beat a team like St Bonny on a neutral court. Instead…another one in the loss column. 

[clarkwgriswold]

19 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Seems way too many close Zips losses against upper tier competition. I  thought in a year where we are so senior- and talent-heavy we could beat a team like St Bonny on a neutral court. Instead…another one in the loss column. 

St. B may be one of the only older teams than the Zips in the NCAA.

[Zippy87]

I was at the game, did they say anything about Dawson's injury/status on TV?

[Illini Zip]

16 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

I was at the game, did they say anything about Dawson's injury/status on TV?

They said he was poked in the eye during a play. He might have gone back in for a short spell, but that was it.

[clarkwgriswold]

Post deleted for better link to article farther down in thread.

Edited December 31, 2023 by clarkwgriswold

[Reslife4Life]

Anyone hear the postgame show? No zips live on Facebook today