Games 5, 6 & 7- The Paradise Jam

[Let'sGoZips94]

Iona just hit a 3 with 1.5 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 70. 

[Illini Zip]

Evansville started 2, 6-10 forwards and brought a 6-6 and 6-9 forward off the bench for significant minutes against Oregon State. I imagine we will play bigger, but how much bigger? Against Iona a fast team that likes to run we played a lot of five guard lineup; Tavari, Scott, Young, Evan and Eric. Groce said after the Purdue game that one positive was Purdue had trouble guarding us as well. So do we try to run Evansville off the court? Do we give Lyles, Marvin, Oggie, Barre and maybe even Brisco the call? Or split the difference with just more Amani, Marvin and Oggie than we saw in game 1?

[ZipsBBjunkie]

2 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

UMass falls to Green Bay 79-75.

 

If Frank Martin can't turn this around one would have to think he'll quickly find himself on the hot seat. UMass isn't paying him $1.2 million and their collective isn't spending in the neighborhood of $2 million on players just so UMass can be an average to below average MAC team. 

Serious question - did it help

or hurt the MAC to take UMass if basketball also struggles?

[kreed5120]

34 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Iona just hit a 3 with 1.5 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 70. 

They rallied from a 19 point 2nd half deficit to win in 3OT.

[Let'sGoZips94]

27 minutes ago, ZipsBBjunkie said:

Serious question - did it help

or hurt the MAC to take UMass if basketball also struggles?

 

The next TV deal will tell us the answer. 

[Illini Zip]

I believe it was double-OT. That would mean that with an additional 10 minutes of play Iona still scored 5 points less than us in regulation yesterday. (91 vs our 96) And Oregon State doesn’t strike me as a defensive juggernaut. 

[kreed5120]

14 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

I believe it was double-OT. That would mean that with an additional 10 minutes of play Iona still scored 5 points less than us in regulation yesterday. (91 vs our 96) And Oregon State doesn’t strike me as a defensive juggernaut. 

 

Yes, I guess it went to only 2OT. I turned it on with about 15 minutes left in the 2nd half.

 

It was a really great game. Iona looked a bit lost defensively and forced too much offensively, which allowed OSU to build that lead. They regained their composure and never quit fighting. Much like they did against us. Difference is I feel we were able to respond to Iona's runs by running the score back up to 20 everytime they got it down to ~12.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Iona was substantially more athletic than Oregon State albeit less skilled.  Which says a lot about Akron. 

[csims0917]

Iona is a very nice squad. Completely brand new roster so they should keep moving up