Game 26- Ball State

[Zips1991]

I guess the good news is we played poorly and are still up 4 on the road. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Akron could easily get an additional $1M every year if CBS/ESPN sold 20 minutes of ads for halftime instead of paying someone to produce whatever that garbage was.  

[Zippy87]

37 of our 46 points from Tavari/Amani so far

[ZipsFan31]

Thank god for Tavari and Amani. They have 37 of our 46 points. Can they carry us to a road win 

[AkronAlumnus]

2 minutes ago, ZipsFan31 said:

Thank god for Tavari and Amani. They have 37 of our 46 points. Can they carry us to a road win 

yes

[Reslife4Life]

Chabi in at 14:59, see if he can stick today 

[Illini Zip]

Barre is in the game for 30 seconds and gets called for a foul. 🤦‍♂️

[Reslife4Life]

58 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

4 points missed at the rim. Hopefully that doesn’t come back later

6

[zipsrule]

How many layups are we going to miss?

[AkronAlumnus]

Weird seeing the IU trident in Ball State's gym

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 minute ago, zipsrule said:

How many layups are we going to miss?

 

Ay least Scott to Eric for an oop finally happened. It's the little things. 

[Illini Zip]

I can’t believe that we are sooooo bad guarding the arc that everyone can have great shooting percentages against us. 
 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Illini Zip

[Reslife4Life]

Step on the neck

[UAZippers]

I really don't like how Akron started wasting time and barely running an offense with more than 5 minutes left. With how poor of a first half we had, I feel like we could have used the extra time to keep up momentum.

[Reslife4Life]

Not much of a neck step, more of a time bleed

[Reslife4Life]

9 minutes ago, UAZippers said:

I really don't like how Akron started wasting time and barely running an offense with more than 5 minutes left. With how poor of a first half we had, I feel like we could have used the extra time to keep up momentum.

But to be fair, ball state didn’t really do much to get us to speed up

[Illini Zip]

Other than 1 nice block, didn’t see much from Barre again. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Just get me to Cleveland. 

[clarkwgriswold]

13 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

But to be fair, ball state didn’t really do much to get us to speed up

They slow everybody down.  They score 5 points less a game than any other MAC team and that also impacts the opponent's pace.

Edited 1 hour ago by clarkwgriswold

[NWAkron]

1 hour ago, UAZippers said:

I really don't like how Akron started wasting time and barely running an offense with more than 5 minutes left. With how poor of a first half we had, I feel like we could have used the extra time to keep up momentum.

Yeah, that 13 point road win sucked.  I'm sure they will have a practice between now and Tuesday.

[UAZippers]

15 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

Yeah, that 13 point road win sucked.  I'm sure they will have a practice between now and Tuesday.

Did I say the win sucked? I'm sure they will have practice, but so what? Is Groce wrong for saying they played terribly in the first half, and they have a lot to work on?

 

To be clear, I was not criticizing the players for the slow down at the end. It was very clear that it was a deliberate choice to slow down and hold the ball. I disagree with that choice. I also believe that Groce and his staff know way more about the game of basketball than I do. I just made a comment on a message board. 

 

Trust me, I understand that I am fortunate to be a fan a very high-quality Mid-major basketball team. That doesn't mean that I don't want to see them perform to their best throughout a game.