Game 16 - Bowling Green

[Zips1991]

The Zips head to Bowling Green on Friday (8pm) for another shot at that elusive Q2 win. BG is currently 103 in the NET but with it being a true road game, it falls in the Q2 category. Akron is currently 56 in the NET after dropping 6 spots with the win over CMU.

[Blue & Gold]

Gonna be a tough one.

[clarkwgriswold]

40 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

The Zips head to Bowling Green on Friday (8pm) for another shot at that elusive Q2 win. BG is currently 103 in the NET but with it being a true road game, it falls in the Q2 category. Akron is currently 56 in the NET after dropping 6 spots with the win over CMU.

Thanks for getting this thread up.  It has been a crazy morning.

[Zips1991]

44 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

Gonna be a tough one.

Agreed. Being 2-2 would feel so strange after going 17-1 last year but the conference is much improved this year and we'd have two of the most difficult games behind us.

[kreed5120]

3 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

Agreed. Being 2-2 would feel so strange after going 17-1 last year but the conference is much improved this year and we'd have two of the most difficult games behind us.

 

I feel we should have challenged ourselves more in OOC play. We only played 2 true road games if I'm counting correctly. One of those was against Purdue, which we weren't going to be competitive with. The other was against a below average Tulane, which is okay.

 

It would have been nice to play more in the line or 3-4 to better prepare ourselves for hostile environments. Playing quality competition on the road is much different than at our or even at a neutral site.

[clarkwgriswold]

BG right now has the best defense in the MAC per Groce.  If their defense results in a low Zips 3 point percentage, the Zips continue to turn the ball over and the perimeter defense drops off again, it could be a long night in Stroh Center.

[RoyalBlu]

Frankly, I don't believe ANY team in the MAC is playing the type of quality defense that consistetly holds teams below their scoring averages or shooting percentages. More and more it's the NBA style of getting up as many shots as possible as quick as possible. I haven't looked, but I would suspect there have been 3 or 4 Akron games already this season where BOTH teams have shot 48-percent or better FG in a game and many game where both have shot 38-percent or better on 3-pointers.

 

Lockdown Defense is just not the priority it was for success like in the recent past. You're lucky if teams can man-up the last four minutes to get a victory.

Edited yesterday at 05:55 PM by RoyalBlu

[ewbrooman1]

Just wondering who the bright person was who scheduled this game on Friday night at the same time as the CFP semifinal game. 🙄

[Zips1991]

19 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said:

Just wondering who the bright person was who scheduled this game on Friday night at the same time as the CFP semifinal game. 🙄

I would imagine they figured neither BG or Akron football would be playing in the Semifinal, and it would appear they were correct. 😉

[kreed5120]

18 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said:

Just wondering who the bright person was who scheduled this game on Friday night at the same time as the CFP semifinal game. 🙄

 

CBSSN needs filler content for their station regardless. Besides, there will be fewer people watching the CFB playoffs Friday than there will be people watching the NFL playoffs on Saturday.

[Zippy87]

23 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

 

I feel we should have challenged ourselves more in OOC play. We only played 2 true road games if I'm counting correctly. One of those was against Purdue, which we weren't going to be competitive with. The other was against a below average Tulane, which is okay.

 

It would have been nice to play more in the line or 3-4 to better prepare ourselves for hostile environments. Playing quality competition on the road is much different than at our or even at a neutral site.

 

I think they challenged themselves - Purdue, Yale, and Murray State are all projected to make the NCAA Tournament in the most recent bracketology on ESPN. Our problem dating back to the KD years has always been actually winning these games. I don't believe we have ever defeated a program in the Top 25. Our best non-conference wins were probably our NIT wins - Houston, Florida State, Temple. 

[Reslife4Life]

Anyone going to the game?

[NWAkron]

Huge game.  Will set the tone for the remainder of the season.