LZIp Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Horrible calls all around. Unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzipguy Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 ALI FAILED BIG TIME DOWN THE STRECTCH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 the prize is the top seed. one game lead with three winnable games left. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Come on Ali geez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Lot to learn from this fiasco but still in 1st place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Epic collapse. And it happened fast. Zips will go without a road win against a good MAC team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 Awful showing down the stretch by the Zips. OU earned that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 MAC officiating classic. Onto the next one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandZip Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Crazy to me that we are in first place yet I am still disappointed with the guys this season. Plenty of talent but they just don't have that dawg in them that’s required to win close games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 3 minutes ago, ClevelandZip said: Crazy to me that we are in first place yet I am still disappointed with the guys this season. Plenty of talent but they just don't have that dawg in them that’s required to win close games. Yeah, everything we want is still in front of us, but perhaps the best Akron team ever on paper hasn’t shown it yet this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelegazna Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 9 minutes ago, Westie said: the prize is the top seed. one game lead with three winnable games left. Expanding on this for those who haven't seen or heard: The Zips were completely bailed out by Toledo tonight, who were outscored by 12 in the second half at home to lose by 3 to a bad Northern Illinois team. The Rockets have looked very shaky their last 5 games, except of course against Akron, which may speak to that lack-of-killer-instinct ClevelandZip and LZip talked about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Groce not mincing words re: final 10 minutes. The 45 second OU possession coming out of the U12 timeout was the ballgame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolbob Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 8 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: Groce not mincing words re: final 10 minutes. The 45 second OU possession coming out of the U12 timeout was the ballgame. that 10 point run merely tied the game; shouldn't have ended it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 8 minutes ago, tolbob said: that 10 point run merely tied the game; shouldn't have ended it. And if the Zips get their head out of their rear and prevent it, the final 10 aren’t as much of a scramble. Zips looked to be playing not to lose, Ohio was playing to blow us out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Outscored by 14 in the second half. 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Not a good second half, but we had opportunities and didn't take advantage of them. That being said, beating the top MAC teams is tough. Winning on the road against top MAC teams is even tougher. I know there are those who were calling for an undefeated MAC season, but that's not realistic. Going into the season, you could probably see road games at Toledo, Kent, and Ohio could be losses. We won one of those three games. Against the top three teams in the standings (2nd-4th place), we are 3-2. If you do that and beat up on the bottom of the league, you'll be in good shape. All is not lost. We still control our destiny to the 1 seed. We have three winnable games left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 It cannot be disputed that this team has the talent and a gear that is beyond what any other team in the MAC has. But my observation is it's a finesse team that doesn't have that killer mentality on the road. However, the goals are win the MAC (#1 seed), win the tourney and make the Dance. All are still right there in front of this team. I suspect last night's failures at the end will light a fire. Let's go win the next six! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 That was so damn frustrating, in large part to the fact that it exposed problems we know exist but would rather not admit. The good news is that last night's misery was not the result of a lack of effort, but was one of execution. We always seem to have one of these stretches in the season. The run to MAC championships starts today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 I'd prefer the #1 seed, but it's not much of a prize anymore now that the NIT did away with the auto bid. It's going to be either win the MAC tournament or no Zips postseason regardless of what seed we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 From my side of the aisle, I will agree, the officiating was horrible both ways. It drives me nuts when officiating is wildly inconsistent. Allowing hacks and slaps one possession and calling a touch foul on the next. Late in the game, there were two possessions close together where an OU player and Freeman were tangled up and fell out of bounds with no call, then a Jaylin Hunter 3 attempt where he clearly got hit on the shooting arm...no calls either way. Shortly after, touch fouls were called both ways. Aside from all of that, it was a great game and atmosphere. Official attendance was around 5700, but the place went from pretty silent with Akron up 10 to really loud after the 10-0 run to tie the game. It stayed loud the rest of the way. I thought we did a pretty solid job on Freeman most of the game, but when the double didn't come or was late, he was nearly unstoppable. Both teams traded blows most of the game. I thought Ali was going to single handedly take it over late when he put Akron up late in the game. We seemed to struggle a lot when we had to sit Clayton/Hadaway and had some funky lineups with some foul trouble. Great game to see in person, and maybe not the last time we see each other this year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Nate Johnson look much better than I was expecting. Hardly seemed rusty at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 3 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Nate Johnson look much better than I was expecting. Hardly seemed rusty at all. I will say I think there's some rust that showed from what we didn't see - 3 pt shot attempts. Without looking at the box score, did he have a 3PA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandZip Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said: I'd prefer the #1 seed, but it's not much of a prize anymore now that the NIT did away with the auto bid. It's going to be either win the MAC tournament or no Zips postseason regardless of what seed we are. So, I don’t really understand the new NIT rules. But we’re still 99th in the NET rankings. Would we still have a shot at an at-large bid to that if we don’t win the MAC tournament? The NCAA is so dumb for thinking people want to see more mediocre P6 teams in the NIT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 2 hours ago, ClevelandZip said: So, I don’t really understand the new NIT rules. But we’re still 99th in the NET rankings. Would we still have a shot at an at-large bid to that if we don’t win the MAC tournament? The NCAA is so dumb for thinking people want to see more mediocre P6 teams in the NIT. There is no chance for an NIT at-large. The tournament isn't seeded based off of NET. If it was there wouldn't be a need for a selection committee. Also, because of auto-bids to the NCAA tournament, there are 20-25 teams who aren't even in the top 100 that make the tournament. That means even if they picked the teams for the NIT solely based off of the best NET remaining, it wouldn't be teams 69-106 going. It would be teams ~45-~81. Akron is well below that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandZip Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 43 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: There is no chance for an NIT at-large. The tournament isn't seeded based off of NET. If it was there wouldn't be a need for a selection committee. Also, because of auto-bids to the NCAA tournament, there are 20-25 teams who aren't even in the top 100 that make the tournament. That means even if they picked the teams for the NIT solely based off of the best NET remaining, it wouldn't be teams 69-106 going. It would be teams ~45-~81. Akron is well below that. Dang, that’s so stupid. Would love to see all the mid-major conferences band together and form our own post season tournament for the good teams that didn’t make the NCAA tournament. This is the final nail in the coffin of anyone giving a crap about the NIT tournament, which by the way, was won by a mid-major team last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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