Game 16 - Bowling Green

[NWAkron]

Re: vs. Akron (1/9)

Post by Falconfreak90 » Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:23 pm

Akron has tormented us since about 2005. I think we are 5-37 in our last 42? For the love of Andy Anderson, just beat them. As always, they will be an excellent team.

[kreed5120]

56 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

Looking at BG's roster, they have two guys (Ruffin and Thomas) who played meaningful minutes including many starts at P5 schools (Colorado and Florida State) last year. Adding them to complement Campbell seems to have been crucial for BG so far, but I'm left wondering how did they get them? BG has had no success as of late and I haven't heard about them committing many NIL resources to basketball.

 

All the MAC schools I believe opted into revenue sharing so they all have some amount of NIL. Some, like Akron and UMass, alot more than others. Neither of those players were exactly lighting it up at their P5 schools so it's not like they would have needed 100s of thousands of dollars to sign them.

Edited yesterday at 05:00 PM by kreed5120

[Zips1991]

8 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

All the MAC schools I believe opted in to revenue sharing so they all have some amount of NIL. Some, like Akron and UMass, alot more than others. Neither of those players were exactly lighting it up at their P5 schools so it's not like they would have needed 100s of thousands of dollars to sign them.

They weren't lighting it up but they were contributing. When I think of BG getting a P5 player, I generally assume they're getting someone who was getting very few (if any) minutes. I haven't seen BG play yet this year other than a few minutes against Miami so I guess I'll see tonight what kind of players they are.

Edited yesterday at 04:57 PM by Zips1991

[kreed5120]

4 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

They weren't lighting it up but they were contributing. When I think of BG getting a P5 player, I generally assume they're getting someone who was getting very few (if any) minutes. I haven't seen BG play yet this year other than a few minutes against Miami so I guess I'll see tonight what kind of players they are.

 

They are one of the few MAC teams that I haven't seen play this year either. I'm not saying they aren't good players. Just that I don't think BG had to outbid other P5 or even high majors for them.

 

They probably had some offers from mid-majors, but BG was likely the best they received. A lot of players in the portal either get overvalued or undervalued.

[RoyalBlu]

5 hours ago, Zips1991 said:

Looking at BG's roster, they have two guys (Ruffin and Thomas) who played meaningful minutes including many starts at P5 schools (Colorado and Florida State) last year. Adding them to complement Campbell seems to have been crucial for BG so far, but I'm left wondering how did they get them? BG has had no success as of late and I haven't heard about them committing many NIL resources to basketball.

They effectively had NIL even before NIL. A local sugar daddy endowed their basketball program for big bucks.

[ewbrooman1]

Be ready for the likely runover of the Miami-Toledo game into the start of the Zips game. Maybe the alternate feed in the CBS Sports app

will even be the Zips game. 🤔

[Zips1991]

1 hour ago, ewbrooman1 said:

Be ready for the likely runover of the Miami-Toledo game into the start of the Zips game. Maybe the alternate feed in the CBS Sports app

will even be the Zips game. 🤔

Yeah, I hate when they put games only two hours apart but it was a quick first half and Miami is up 20 so there likely won't be any fouling at the end. Should be over by 8, hopefully.

[zipinnc]

44 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

Yeah, I hate when they put games only two hours apart but it was a quick first half and Miami is up 20 so there likely won't be any fouling at the end. Should be over by 8, hopefully.

We should get full coverage, already under 6 minutes.

[Reslife4Life]

Solid zip representation around the arena tonight

[clarkwgriswold]

Link if you don't get CBSSN-

 

https://thetvapp.to/tv/cbs-sports-network-live-stream/

[Reslife4Life]

Good defense to start, keep pushing it in transition

[Reslife4Life]

This is great

[Reslife4Life]

Still think we can move the ball more

[zippy5]

I think we're back 

[clarkwgriswold]

Solid start.  LOL.

[MDZip]

9 hours ago, NWAkron said:

Re: vs. Akron (1/9)

Post by Falconfreak90 » Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:23 pm

Akron has tormented us since about 2005. I think we are 5-37 in our last 42? For the love of Andy Anderson, just beat them. As always, they will be an excellent team.

I think he might have been right to be so pessimistic. 🙂

[kreed5120]

We're certainly playing well at both ends of the court. I'm puzzled how BG is a borderline top 100 team. They haven't looked like it thus far.

[clarkwgriswold]

Zips starting to get sloppy.

[Reslife4Life]

Starting to get a little reckless with the ball 

[kreed5120]

1 minute ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Zips starting to get sloppy.

Tavari on the bench seemed to play a role. He was tearing up the zone prior to going to the bench. He'll need to be careful to not pickup his third foul.

[Reslife4Life]

Bowen heating up!

[Let'sGoZips94]

This is the intensity and focus I've wanted to see on offense. Fantastic start. 

[clarkwgriswold]

Nice 6 point run to end the half.  

[csims0917]

Great finish 

[Illini Zip]

That’s the Shammah I love. He’s playing great again.