Game 1- James Madison

[clarkwgriswold]

Cody Head is redshirting along with the freshmen.  It could potentially be pulled down the line but it is the plan for now.

Edited Tuesday at 04:21 PM by clarkwgriswold

[NWAkron]

1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Cody Head is redshirting along with the freshmen.  It could potentially be pulled down the line but it is the plan for now.

Our team was on the floor.

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Cody Head is redshirting along with the freshmen.  It could potentially be pulled down the line but it is the plan for now.

 

Interesting. I wonder what is behind this decision. 

[Zippy87]

2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Cody Head is redshirting along with the freshmen.  It could potentially be pulled down the line but it is the plan for now.

 

Interesting...I wonder if there just weren't many minutes there for him with Tavari, Sharron, Shammah, and Bowen all playing ahead of him. 3 of the 4 will be gone next year, though. 

[clarkwgriswold]

37 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Interesting. I wonder what is behind this decision. 

Here's the presser where he mentions it at about the 14 minute mark-

 

 

[HoopsFan03]

My thoughts in the game.

1. The returning starters. Lyles, TJ and Scott all played great. 

2. Young needs more minutes. He is a star.

3. The Mahaffey brothers looked solid.

4. Stankovic had some flashes of greatness. I think he gains playing time as the season goes on. 

5. Hardman struggled

6. I love Marvin style of play and hustle but if he is our back up big, that's going to be a big problem. 

7. Where are the big guys? Halligan got in before them? 

[ZippyRulz]

On 11/3/2025 at 2:13 PM, akzipper said:

Man, I hope this works. I don't really feel like paying for ESPN+. 

 

did it work?

[kreed5120]

40 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

 

6. I love Marvin style of play and hustle but if he is our back up big, that's going to be a big problem. 

7. Where are the big guys? Halligan got in before them? 

In the post game interview Groce said in a round about way that MMK is outperforming them in practice. He plans to play them, especially against bigger teams, but they need to earn their minutes in practice.

[NWAkron]

1 hour ago, HoopsFan03 said:

My thoughts in the game.

1. The returning starters. Lyles, TJ and Scott all played great. 

2. Young needs more minutes. He is a star.

3. The Mahaffey brothers looked solid.

4. Stankovic had some flashes of greatness. I think he gains playing time as the season goes on. 

5. Hardman struggled

6. I love Marvin style of play and hustle but if he is our back up big, that's going to be a big problem. 

7. Where are the big guys? Halligan got in before them? 

Right, where is the viable back up big?  

[clarkwgriswold]

Ohio.com article on the game-

 

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/11/04/akron-zips-mens-basketball-season-opening-win-james-madison/87071260007/?tbref=hp

[Sergeant Zip]

3 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Ohio.com article on the game-

 

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/11/04/akron-zips-mens-basketball-season-opening-win-james-madison/87071260007/?tbref=hp

 

Holy crap, that was a legitimate article. 

[akzipper]

23 hours ago, ZippyRulz said:

 

did it work?

 

Honestly it just looked like a link to some random website. Usually those lead to a bunch of popups and not an actual game broadcast. Wasn't going to risk it and just spent the $13 for ESPN+

[Illini Zip]

Rewatching this game I have to say Evan is a really good piece for us. It might not always show on the stat sheet, but he hustles on defense. Makes good passes. And does the intangibles. Because he has a physical stature similar to Lyles I was crediting the wrong guy at times. He did miss a wide open three, but I like that he didn’t hesitate in taking it. The form looks good too.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Illini Zip

[clarkwgriswold]

1 hour ago, Illini Zip said:

Rewatching this game I have to say Evan is a really good piece for us. It might not always show on the stat sheet, but he hustles on defense. Makes good passes. And does the intangibles. Because he has a physical stature similar to Lyles I was crediting the wrong guy at times. He did miss a wide open three, but I like that he didn’t hesitate in taking it. The form looks good too.

 

 

He's a career 20% three point shooter so I don't have high expectations for that aspect of his game but he contributes in so many other ways that I think he's going to be an integral part of the Zips' success this season.  On top of it all, he's just a nice personable kid, as is Eric.

 

As an aside, the other OSU transfer the Zips were rumored to be pursuing, Austin Parks, had 5 points and 3 rebounds in 18 minutes in Toledo's opening loss to South Alabama.  We got the right Buckeye. 

Edited 2 hours ago by clarkwgriswold