Captain Kangaroo Posted yesterday at 01:07 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:07 AM 4 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: We are forcing it too much We are terrible in every aspect of basketball right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted yesterday at 01:07 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:07 AM their #2 is out too.. smh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted yesterday at 01:08 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:08 AM Worst game from N Johnson in a loooong time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted yesterday at 01:13 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:13 AM I am trying to figure out why we are getting outrebounded and it seems to me Lyles is very slow to the ball on the rebounds. He is playing defense and when the ball goes up he just does not get into a good position to get the ball. That is what made Freeman so good. Quick to the ball. It looks so ugly when we cannot grab a rebound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted yesterday at 01:18 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:18 AM Showing signs of life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted yesterday at 01:19 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:19 AM Okonkwa had a nice rebound and fed the ball out for a 3 by Tavari. WE need to show some toughness on the boards. Keep Lyle sitting and keep Okonkwa on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted yesterday at 01:37 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:37 AM We may just not be very good. We've struggled some years to win against better opponents, but with the exception of Arkansas State, we don't even look like we belong with most of them so far this year. Frustrating team to watch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted yesterday at 01:49 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:49 AM Not a fan of the style we decided to try this year. Feels completely against what we’ve been doing for my time at Akron. I get the personnel is different but the change is extreme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted yesterday at 01:51 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:51 AM Lots of growing pains. Keep grinding guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted yesterday at 01:52 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:52 AM 44 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said: their #2 is out too.. smh Arguably our #1 is out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyolcrowe Posted yesterday at 01:52 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:52 AM Come on. Lose to Yale by 16??? Middle of the road MAC team this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted yesterday at 02:00 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:00 AM (edited) 12 minutes ago, csims0917 said: Not a fan of the style we decided to try this year. Feels completely against what we’ve been doing for my time at Akron. I get the personnel is different but the change is extreme This might sound weird ... but trying to play a P5 brand of basketball with low-level P5 guys is what got Groce out at Illinois. He's too good of a coach to fall into that trap again. Win with your kind of guys; over-achievers, under-sized gym rats and so forth. Just my opinion. Also ... not middle of the road MAC team ... perhaps most years, but not this year. 2024-25 MAC Basketball sucks. Bad as it looks, Akron still one of the top teams in the MAC. By far. Edited yesterday at 02:03 AM by RoyalBlu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted yesterday at 02:16 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:16 AM Townsend gave us the "Enrique Freeman" treatment. That was hard to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted yesterday at 02:33 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:33 AM We just get destroyed in the low post tonight. Even when they missed they just got the rebound and put it back in. We have no strength inside. This board indicated that we needed another big on the team. And we were right. Lyles and Okonkwa are just not big enough or strong enough to rebound and then we are undersized at every other position when we face a team that has some talent. Groce need to tell his team that if you are not going to rebound, I will find someone that can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted yesterday at 02:38 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:38 AM 2 hours ago, LZIp said: He made one that was called off for a moving screen. Also has a block and a steal. He is far from an issue IMO. He did make a nice block. But he also needs to rebound. He played 26 minutes tonight and not one rebound. He leads the Zips in "not rebounding" averaging less than one rebound a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted yesterday at 03:07 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:07 AM 50 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: Townsend gave us the "Enrique Freeman" treatment. That was hard to watch. Every team's post player has given us the Enrique treatment. 1) That's why Enrique's jersey is going in the rafters instantly. 2) It's a testament to how weak this team is (right now). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted yesterday at 07:23 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 07:23 AM 5 hours ago, Zippy87 said: We may just not be very good. We've struggled some years to win against better opponents, but with the exception of Arkansas State, we don't even look like we belong with most of them so far this year. Frustrating team to watch. Yeah, tbh I expected more out of Okonkwo. I didn't think he'd contribute much offensively, but the highlights that I saw gave me the impression that he would be a force defensively and eat up boards. I guess that's why they call them highlights though. They typically only illustrate the good. Please don't think I'm placing all the blame on Okonkwo. I just thought he would be a big enough defensive presence that he could make up for shortcomings elsewhere. That doesn't appear to be the case so we'll just need more from everyone else. Hopefully Groce can find a solution. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted 20 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 20 hours ago This team needs to get off to better starts at the beginning of halves. All you can do when you are that short on bigs is to try to rebound as a team and they're not doing it. Harris might help some but this team's composition may result in us suffering through this all year. With the exception of a couple of guys, this crew doesn't seem to have the grit and physicality of most Groce teams. Milwaukee and Yale are quality teams. Yale has finished in the top 2 of the Ivy League for 6 straight years and won a tournament game last year. That being said, the Zips shouldn't get manhandled by them as they were for much of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted 19 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 19 hours ago Anybody else notice Skozen's comment last night about appreciating being courtside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted 17 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 17 hours ago The Zips get the 0-11 Tigers of Jackson State in the consolation game today. If you get a chance, take a look at their schedule today. It's a real doozy, with Houston, Louisville, Iowa State, Vandy, Xavier and Kentucky. They lost by 2 to common opponent Arkansas State. I expect a Zips win but it won't be the blowout one would expect playing a winless team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago 52 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: I expect a Zips win but it won't be the blowout one would expect playing a winless team. The way we’ve looked thus far in 2024-5, who’s expect us to blow out any D1 program. We aren’t making shots, can’t rebound and give up a ton of points. Bud Wenz is not getting much bang for his buck. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago 19 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: The way we’ve looked thus far in 2024-5, who’s expect us to blow out any D1 program. We aren’t making shots, can’t rebound and give up a ton of points. Bud Wenz is not getting much bang for his buck. And the worst part is it seems to be more of a mental issue than skill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago Again this schedule layout is bad, we are now playing 2 games in 13 days. With one being at princeton, we need to win and have some positives to build on in today's game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago improved broadcast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago 2/17 from 3. My god Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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