NWAkron Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Bonnie's defense won that. Zips are tough. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 12-19 on free throws. Gotta be better 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUFALCON Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 12 minutes ago, zipsrule said: This team needs to learn how to finish. Not a great possession to end the game. Amen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) 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 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 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. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 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!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUFALCON Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyolcrowe Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 22 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: 12-19 on free throws. Gotta be better Truth!!! it’s like a Dambrodt team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Lebron and Savannah James sitting courtside with Brad Sellers for the OSU -WVU GAME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrowe Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 To bad the Zips don’t have a serviceable big that rebound drive to the basket and shoot.Thats the difference IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 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. 💯 (out of likes) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, monrowe said: To bad the Zips don’t have a serviceable big Are you kidding?!? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 What's going on here? Did I wander into the land of the trolls? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 I was at the game, did they say anything about Dawson's injury/status on TV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) Post deleted for better link to article farther down in thread. Edited December 31, 2023 by clarkwgriswold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 Anyone hear the postgame show? No zips live on Facebook today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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