Reslife4Life Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 13 hours ago, GP1 said: You are using extreme examples. There are plenty of P4 teams Akron is capable of competing well against and put a little pizzazz on the schedule. Princeton? I can't tell what you are trying to get at here. The Ivy league is not P4 obviously, and Princeton is a fantastic opponent for us to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted November 22 Author Report Share Posted November 22 10 hours ago, Zippy87 said: So has the backup big thing. Ummmm, that was the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 Alright.... Lets go Zips take care of business against Lamar Jackson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 I wish they would've done a weekend ticket or a multi-game discount of some kind. Would've been nice to see some creative marketing for this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 Akron is 11 pt favorites as of this morning on DraftKings. Lamar does not shoot the 3 ball well so with our pace of play, as long as we make our shots, we should be able to win comfortably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 2 minutes ago, Zippy87 said: I wish they would've done a weekend ticket or a multi-game discount of some kind. Would've been nice to see some creative marketing for this. They really should've done a "lower tier" mini plan for these 6 home conference games. They have the pick 6 plan at $60 for GA, but you could easily do a 6 game nonconference plan at $40 total 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 14 hours ago, GP1 said: What about the money? If the football team can be whored out, so can every other program. The basketball program actually has enough donor support to cover a healthy chunk of its bills. Without people like Bud Wentz it probably would be whored out like CMU and several other MAC basketball programs. It's much more expensive to run an FBS program, especially given that we're still paying on that monstrosity. I know Kaulig gifts a lot for football, but you need a much larger pool of large financial backers to be competitive in football. Especially in this day and age of NIL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 (edited) 3 hours ago, Reslife4Life said: I can't tell what you are trying to get at here. The Ivy league is not P4 obviously, and Princeton is a fantastic opponent for us to play Yes, and St. Mary's is very much on par with the middle to bottom half of P4 schools. If he doesn't want to face the Kentucky's of the world there is no real difference between a St. Mary's and an Ole Miss. Edited November 22 by kreed5120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 3 hours ago, Reslife4Life said: Princeton is a fantastic opponent for us to play Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 3 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: Ummmm, that was the point. I think some have used it as a running gag to make fun at others over a previous disagreement on here. If that wasn't your intent, I apologize. 3 hours ago, Reslife4Life said: They really should've done a "lower tier" mini plan for these 6 home conference games. They have the pick 6 plan at $60 for GA, but you could easily do a 6 game nonconference plan at $40 total I agree completely. A lot of different paths they could've taken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 19 hours ago, GP1 said: Good grief..... They should play at least one P5 school. That's not too much to ask. I think the schedule was fine. There's some good tests and quality opponents mixed in. I also think there's some truth to some teams just not being willing to schedule us. I do think it's interesting that KD was often criticized for nonconference scheduling and it's been about the same under Groce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 Just now, Zippy87 said: I think the schedule was fine. There's some good tests and quality opponents mixed in. I also think there's some truth to some teams just not being willing to schedule us. I do think it's interesting that KD was often criticized for nonconference scheduling and it's been about the same under Groce. I think the criticism for KD's schedules was surrounded around being in years 10, 11, 12, 13, and not taking that next leap as a program. Should the program under Groce fail to take that same desired leap, it will get loud. It's also a very different college basketball landscape now compared to KD's tenure. Complete roster overhaul doesn't exactly lend itself to wanting a P4 gauntlet. Competitive mid majors suit this squad better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 1 hour ago, GP1 said: Why? Princeton has won the Ivy League 3 years in a row. The Ivy League is ranked 10-12 in NET conference rankings. The MAC is low 20s. Sweet 16 appearance 2 years ago, NIT appearance last year, even without the automatic bid 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 1 hour ago, Reslife4Life said: Princeton has won the Ivy League 3 years in a row. The Ivy League is ranked 10-12 in NET conference rankings. The MAC is low 20s. Sweet 16 appearance 2 years ago, NIT appearance last year, even without the automatic bid Princeton makes the post season a lot. They also lose in the first round of whatever tournament they make a lot. I would like to see Akron play at least ONE team that has to play difficult games all year long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 9 minutes ago, GP1 said: Princeton makes the post season a lot. They also lose in the first round of whatever tournament they make a lot. I would like to see Akron play at least ONE team that has to play difficult games all year long. Well according to John Groce, “every MAC game is tough” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 I'm surprised by the number of people who are expressing interest in an all tournament ticket. I wouldn't have guessed so many would want to sit on wooden bleachers for ~5 hours to watch both the Akron game plus 2 random cupcakes playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 I got us going 2-1 this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 What a dunk by IG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 MMK sighting 5 minutes into the game. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 Sharron Young with a 3 on his first shot. He is big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ewbrooman1 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said: I'm surprised by the number of people who are expressing interest in an all tournament ticket. I wouldn't have guessed so many would want to sit on wooden bleachers for ~5 hours to watch both the Akron game plus 2 random cupcakes playing. At least make it an option. 🙄 Include a seat cushion as a promotion. Edited November 22 by ewbrooman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 5 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: I think the criticism for KD's schedules was surrounded around being in years 10, 11, 12, 13, and not taking that next leap as a program. Should the program under Groce fail to take that same desired leap, it will get loud. It's also a very different college basketball landscape now compared to KD's tenure. Complete roster overhaul doesn't exactly lend itself to wanting a P4 gauntlet. Competitive mid majors suit this squad better. I beg to differ, when you have the number of P5 transfers this team has. If that is the recruit/portal level Groce is looking to compete at on a yearly basis, I believe the non-con schedule should reflect the fact the talent level is (supposedly) high enough to warrant two or three of those games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 MMK looks like he belongs on the floor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 Okonkwo was definitely called out for the poor rebounding performance against SMC. He is responding well IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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