2025-26 season in process

[Zippy87]

2 hours ago, Illini Zip said:

Okay, with 9 regular season games left I believe Chabi baring another injury setback will work his way into the rotation. What is everyone’s take on seeing more or less of Oggie heading down the stretch?

 

I wish we would see him more. It's tough when you have a lot of depth, but I'd give a cut of Halligan's nightly minutes to him. You can see his potential when he is out there, he just needs to get experience. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

21 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

 

 

Jay Bilas recently talked about Miami and their odds of making the tournament. He very politely ripped their schedule, talked about their KenPom, and mentioned that their only top 100 is Akron (he then said Akron is VERY good). 

 

Those who know ball know Miami are frauds until they aren't. February and March will be the tell all. 

[Reslife4Life]

Zips are at 50 in NET and Miami is now 53. With BG's loss at CMU on saturday that knocked out our only Q2 win. Not that any of that really matters for us, but we are now showing 0-4 against Q1&Q2, 16-0 against Q3&Q4

[csims0917]

Troy ruined our chance of another Q2 chance so we’re kind of screwed their unless we face Miami in the tournament 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Despite the lack of Q1/Q2 opportunities and success on the resume, Akron being 50th in NET shows how strong our performance metrics are. 

[Zips1991]

10 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Despite the lack of Q1/Q2 opportunities and success on the resume, Akron being 50th in NET shows how strong our performance metrics are. 

All of our wins are by 10+ points, so that certainly helps. Plus, two of the four losses were by 3 points.

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 minute ago, Zips1991 said:

All of our wins are by 10+ points, so that certainly helps. Plus, two of the four losses were by 3 points.

 

And all neutral/road games. 

[Illini Zip]

1 hour ago, Reslife4Life said:

I like Chabi, but I also like to see Marvin out there. Maybe its more of a matchup thing but Marvin only getting 2 minutes on Friday is unfortunate. I don't mind seeing Oggie's role right now, he is a freshman on an experienced team like this, it seems okay for this year. 

I think that’s all it was. 

[kreed5120]

I would think Chabi will play 10-15 minutes/game moving forward. That's what he was getting a night the last few games leading up to his injury. When we face Kent again, and assuming Whaley plays, I wouldn't be shocked if we see Amani and Chabi on the court at the same time for stretches of the game. 

 

We don't have much need to deviate from our 4 guard lineup as it matches up well against most MAC teams. Kent is kind of the one team that has both depth and size in the paint. The rebounding edge they had against us is still a concern. Had they shot even a horrible 25% from 3 that would have been a much different game because of all the extra possessions those rebounds gave them.

[Zips1991]

35 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

I think that’s all it was. 

Agreed, Marvin was undersized against Kent, but he should be back in there more tomorrow night.