Reslife4Life Posted yesterday at 02:37 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:37 AM Evan Wilson start come on John do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted yesterday at 02:42 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:42 AM 2 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: Evan Wilson start come on John do it The players need to file into Groce’s office and lay their jersey’s on his desk. “This is for Evan coach, this is for Evan” 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted yesterday at 02:44 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:44 AM 35 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: Say it @zippy5 Road kill. Onto Buffalo By the way, a couple weeks ago we were worried about this being the hardest stretch of the year. 16-1 ain't bad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted yesterday at 02:50 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:50 AM 5 minutes ago, zippy5 said: Road kill. Onto Buffalo By the way, a couple weeks ago we were worried about this being the hardest stretch of the year. 16-1 ain't bad 💯💯💯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted yesterday at 02:58 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:58 AM 48 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: I saw that too. I think that final foul by Toledo angered Groce. His facial expression wasn't good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted yesterday at 03:38 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:38 AM I realize when you play with all gas, no brakes you risk turnovers, but tonight was ridiculous. That cannot be allowed. Nate and Tavari seemed to be sleep-walking like they didn't care which led to unforced TO's. 18 total in the game. 13 in the second half. Even my hero Shammah made a bonehead unforced TO. Just score on half of the second half TO's and we continue the rout of the first half. Please John, coach this crap out of the team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted yesterday at 05:10 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:10 AM Gave up 63 in the 2nd half? Gotta be some sort of record? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted yesterday at 05:44 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:44 AM Anyone catch if Harris was on the bench tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted yesterday at 01:01 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:01 PM 10 hours ago, zvillezip said: Shammah went JUCO so now he gets that time back. Confirmed by Shammah's grandfather. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago Ohh the new juco rule. I was trying to remember why we weren't even considering him coming back even though this is really his third year. That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago Shammah coming back is interesting tho. I know groce says there are 10 starters on this team, but it’s hard not to think we would have Shammah, Tavari, and Sharron again and someone (or 2) would come off the bench next year. Don’t want to lose any of them to the portal, you just never know 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago We need to win the MAC tournament. Akron is viewed as a destination to go dancing, and 3x in 4 years would very much solidify that. Add in our NIL, and we can make as good of an argument for any player to stay or come here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago 24 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: Shammah coming back is interesting tho. I know groce says there are 10 starters on this team, but it’s hard not to think we would have Shammah, Tavari, and Sharron again and someone (or 2) would come off the bench next year. Don’t want to lose any of them to the portal, you just never know If Harris returns, there will not be many game-minutes remaining for anyone else in 2025-26. Harris would take the minutes from Gray's departure, and the others will be fighting for Seth's minutes. In addition, someone like Nate Johnson could get some P5 interest if he has a nice tournament. I have to believe there will be some portal departures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 1 hour ago, Reslife4Life said: Shammah coming back is interesting tho. I know groce says there are 10 starters on this team, but it’s hard not to think we would have Shammah, Tavari, and Sharron again and someone (or 2) would come off the bench next year. Don’t want to lose any of them to the portal, you just never know I can't envision Tavari and Sharron starting together, personally. I do think they can offer Sharron starter-type minutes, though. Shammah is 4th in MPG this season but has only started 1 game. Harris N. Johnson Okonkwo Scott T. Johnson Young Lyles Hardman MMK Mahaffey Brisco Unless there's a transfer from the top 8 listed, I would guess MMK and/or Brisco to be the most likely to be on the outside looking in in regard to PT. I could see it, with JG targeting another combo guard-type in the portal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago Zips had their best first half and worst second half. If that happens in Cleveland, they will be toast. 63 points (when is last time THAT happened) and many, many boneheaded turnovers. Yes, refs made some bad calls, but they put themselves in the position where the refs could make a difference. FTs count like any other point and those won them the game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted 22 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 3 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Zips had their best first half and worst second half. If that happens in Cleveland, they will be toast. 63 points (when is last time THAT happened) and many, many boneheaded turnovers. Yes, refs made some bad calls, but they put themselves in the position where the refs could make a difference. FTs count like any other point and those won them the game. Well stated. A decent team in the tournament won't let them off of the hook when they play like they did in the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted 21 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 1 hour ago, Captain Kangaroo said: If Harris returns, there will not be many game-minutes remaining for anyone else in 2025-26. Harris would take the minutes from Gray's departure, and the others will be fighting for Seth's minutes. In addition, someone like Nate Johnson could get some P5 interest if he has a nice tournament. I have to believe there will be some portal departures. My biggest concern is Young. My worry is that he sees the team's depth as an impediment to his playing time. He certainly won't have any shortage of suitors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago My biggest concern is Coach Groce - don't leave us! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 13 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Well stated. A decent team in the tournament won't let them off of the hook when they play like they did in the second half. The practice today will be brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 27 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: My biggest concern is Young. My worry is that he sees the team's depth as an impediment to his playing time. He certainly won't have any shortage of suitors. Yeah, I keep trying to tell myself it won't happen. He seems like a great young man - I believe Groce mentioned him in the same breath as Enrique earlier this year. But he will definitely have some tempting offers this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago I think Lyles continues to grow as an offensive threat. And Harris has great potential, but he missed a whole season. He’s a bit of a wild card. That said, this is my preferred starting lineup for next year. Tavari Nate Harris Amani Jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago (edited) 6 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: I think Lyles continues to grow as an offensive threat. And Harris has great potential, but he missed a whole season. He’s a bit of a wild card. That said, this is my preferred starting lineup for next year. Tavari Nate Harris Amani Jimmy Move Amani to the bench, Harris into Amani's slot, and put Scott or Young into the starting lineup. We've played fast this year, and if everyone outside of the graduates return, look for us to play even faster next year. Edited 21 hours ago by Let'sGoZips94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 8 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Move Amani to the bench, Harris into Amani's slot, and put Scott or Young into the starting lineup. We've played fast this year, and if everyone outside of the graduates return, look for us to play even faster next year. That would be good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) Groce knows what it’s like to be without a quality point guard, unfortunately, and to run this system wide open he needs at least two. I think the NIL/portal reality spooks our staff as well, which is why they started to stack them up. Next year we will have three legitimate point guards on the roster, in addition to Scott. That is a feat all by itself. Most point guards are prima donnas and want to play right away. But if you find “Akron guys” who buy into the vision and care about the right things the sky is the limit. Young knows that he is in line to be the man come his Junior year if he continues to improve. Hopefully that will be enough. Being on a winning team doesn’t hurt either. Edited 20 hours ago by Illini Zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: My biggest concern is Young. My worry is that he sees the team's depth as an impediment to his playing time. He certainly won't have any shortage of suitors. I like him quite a bit, but he's the prototypical 6' MAC guard. In his last 8 games, he's scored in single digits in 7 of them (6, 5, 3, 4, 10, 7, 4, 3). I can't believe any competing program is beating the JAR door down with a wheelbarrow of NIL money just yet. If he goes, it's because we have a bevy of really good players in front of him. It's sorta like the NY Yankees, if you think about it? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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