2025-26 season in process

[Reslife4Life]

10 hours ago, Zippy87 said:

https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/1990982220949942290?t=OgtiHl73LlFxiLtt6J5FtQ&s=19

I'm glad they actually changed the camera from looking at the hosts talking about nothing on to the real entertainment

[Zippy87]

 

 

Cool promotion they have started doing every year.

[csims0917]

1 hour ago, Zippy87 said:

 

 

Cool promotion they have started doing every year.

Will take full advantage and sit in empty spots since I have GA STH tickets

[Illini Zip]

Anybody surprised Arizona is ranked 4th in the nation? Not me. 

[csims0917]

Updated SOS chart 

[csims0917]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/urAv8L69s0
So close

[csims0917]

Tulane pulled off the P4 dub!

[Let'sGoZips94]

3 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

Tulane pulled off the P4 dub!

 

We need to stop referring to BC as a P4. 

[Illini Zip]

Akron just moved up to 55 on Kenpom!!

[Reslife4Life]

11 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

Akron just moved up to 55 on Kenpom!!

Out of reactions so here is one 🤯🤯🤯

[Illini Zip]

1 minute ago, Reslife4Life said:

Out of reactions so here is one 🤯🤯🤯

 

Me too. 🤯🤯🤯

[csims0917]

KenPom might be broken 😂. Yale is 83 this should go down as a Q2 game 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Just now, csims0917 said:

KenPom might be broken 😂. Yale is 83 this should go down as a Q2 game 

 

Margin of Victory as a metric is something Groce is playing into. He's leaving starters in later than usual and allowing the bench guys to go full bore until the very final possession. He knows he has a Cinderella caliber team that will need every argument possible to get the highest seed possible. 

[Illini Zip]

1 minute ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Margin of Victory as a metric is something Groce is playing into. He's leaving starters in later than usual and allowing the bench guys to go full bore until the very final possession. He knows he has a Cinderella caliber team that will need every argument possible to get the highest seed possible. 

Yep!! 👍 

[NWAkron]

7 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Margin of Victory as a metric is something Groce is playing into. He's leaving starters in later than usual and allowing the bench guys to go full bore until the very final possession. He knows he has a Cinderella caliber team that will need every argument possible to get the highest seed possible. 

stronger bench, maybe?  Halligan could start at any directional school, right?

 

is there a magic # to stop running up the score?  25? 30?  

Edited 13 hours ago by NWAkron

[csims0917]

Murray St loses to MTSU. The Cayman Islands is brutal this year 

[Let'sGoZips94]

9 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

stronger bench, maybe?  Halligan could start at any directional school, right?

 

is there a magic # to stop running up the score?  25? 30?  

 

It's not like Halligan is filling the stat sheet. The guys in at the end are just playing hard until what is truly the final possession. 

 

None of it is running up the score if the other team is playing hard, too. MMK pulled the ball back tonight and we had a "shot clock violation" on the final possession. I'm sure among the coaching fraternity it is being talked about that improving a team's metrics is the name of the game when it comes to March arguments. Hard to fault anyone with that in mind. 

[NWAkron]

good teams with strong benches can run up scores against lesser teams just by being on the floor, no?

[kreed5120]

10 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

good teams with strong benches can run up scores against lesser teams just by being on the floor, no?

 

That was my thought as well. Also, I'm sure our bench guys are trying to play hard when they get a chance so they can earn more playing time.

 

Groce has said several times MMK is getting minutes instead of Barre because he earned them with his effort and performance in practice. If you go out there during a game and half a$$ it you're certainly not going to work your way up in the rotation regardless of score.

[Let'sGoZips94]

30 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

good teams with strong benches can run up scores against lesser teams just by being on the floor, no?

 

Against the 4 DI teams Akron has beaten, their average margin of victory is 27.

 

Purdue was up by 25 or so when their bench came in vs. ours. Their margin of victory dwindled down to 18 (and could've been even less). 

 

Let's not pretend like what we're witnessing with Akron is normal. 

[Illini Zip]

I think everyone is right on this one. I am going with answer (D) All of the above. 

[Captain Kangaroo]

2 hours ago, NWAkron said:

good teams with strong benches can run up scores against lesser teams just by being on the floor, no?

When Groce subbed-out the 5 on the floor and brought in next 5 to close out the game I said to my wife - "That could easily be a starting 5. They'd finish over .500 in the MAC."

 

Anyone remember when we had a starting line up that featured Brian Wood and Brian Hipsher?🤨

[kreed5120]

21 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

When Groce subbed-out the 5 on the floor and brought in next 5 to close out the game I said to my wife - "That could easily be a starting 5. They'd finish over .500 in the MAC."

 

Anyone remember when we had a starting line up that featured Brian Wood and Brian Hipsher?🤨

Cody Head would be getting 10+ minutes a game at most MAC schools. We redshirted him from the looks of it because he doesn't have a pathway to earn minutes.

[Let'sGoZips94]

2 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

Cody Head would be getting 10+ minutes a game at most MAC schools. We redshirted him from the looks of it because he doesn't have a pathway to earn minutes.

 

I've had a decent chuckle every time I watch this team dominate D1 competition or think about how we have 5 guys on the bench that would probably be starting or significant role players at the very least on most mid majors. What a job Groce, his staff, and Bud Wentz have done at building this program back up.