Game 8- Milwaukee

[csims0917]

Chabi just doesn’t dribble with the ball lol

[kreed5120]

I don't feel we've looked particularly sharp this game, but we're still up 18.

[csims0917]

Felt the same way about Evansville 

[Let'sGoZips94]

4 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

I don't feel we've looked particularly sharp this game, but we're still up 18.

 

Scary what this team is capable of. 

[Illini Zip]

Watching Barre, I have a feeling that the fact we haven’t seen much of him might have to do with Groce wanting to get the Zips playing well without him first. Kind of a layered approach to the season instead of having too many moving parts all at once on game one. 

[Illini Zip]

Another crap foul IMO. They jumped into our defender from behind the arc. 
 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Illini Zip

[Illini Zip]

No Halligan either. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Milwaukee is a 200+ KenPom team, sure, but Akron is demolishing DI teams like P4s do. This is such an impressive start to the season. 

[Illini Zip]

Can we get our free tacos?!

[Reslife4Life]

Last year we lost 100-81. Could we win this game with the exact same score?

[csims0917]

Young found his shot again today 

[zipsrule]

3 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

Last year we lost 100-81. Could we win this game with the exact same score?

You'll have to settle for 105-81.   😁

[Zippy87]

Barre with 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks in 13 minutes. Should be a rotation player moving forward. 

[Reslife4Life]

3 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

Barre with 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks in 13 minutes. Should be a rotation player moving forward. 

Seems like he took oggie’s minutes. I still want to see him as well

[Illini Zip]

Barre had knee and hamstring injuries.

 

[Zippy87]

9 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

Barre had knee and hamstring injuries.

 

 

Did not know that. Definitely makes more sense. 

[MDZip]

We had six! players score at least as many points as Ball States leading scorer this evening. 

[csims0917]

I’m very whelmed. Biggest positives is Barre looking good and Young starting to figure it out for me 

[HoopsFan03]

I didn't think we played very well, yet we still cruised and emptied the bench at the end of the game. Lyles played great. Evan Mahaffey had a solid game. Eric had bursts of being the best player on the floor. 

 

I was pleasantly surprised to see Barre. Looked like a highly skilled offensive big. A little slow on D and he didn't rebound very well. 

 

Wish we had a better crowd. This team deserves better.

 

Go Zips. 

[Reslife4Life]

 

Only John Groce can take a "question" like the one at 5:07 and turn it in to a really solid response

[Let'sGoZips94]

Akron shot 65% from the field and 52% from 3 (again). Akron's 3P% is absurd, yes, but their FG efficiency is sustainable. Why? Akron's 2PA are largely aggressive drives or cuts to rhe basket, meaning we're either laying the ball up or dunking the ball. Most teams have a chunk of their 2PAs come from hook shots or bigs trying to get the ball around/over a defender. The only weakness this team has is interior size and I'm not sure too many teams will have the athleticism, size, or talent to limit our versatility.