2025-26 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2026-27

[Zippy87]

 

Coach Ford retweeted this. Maybe Evan is still possible? 

[kreed5120]

35 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

 

Coach Ford retweeted this. Maybe Evan is still possible? 

Not sure if he is appealing individually.

[Let'sGoZips94]

47 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

 

Coach Ford retweeted this. Maybe Evan is still possible? 

 

Oriol is in addition to Evan so there has to be some path for Evan to be eligible.

 

I still am curious where Oriol's roster spot is coming from. As it currently stands, Akron has the best roster in the MAC.

[Zips1991]

12 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Oriol is in addition to Evan so there has to be some path for Evan to be eligible.

 

I still am curious where Oriol's roster spot is coming from. As it currently stands, Akron has the best roster in the MAC.

Is it possible a freshman decommitted? It's awfully late in the summer for that, but who knows. Transfers are closed at this point, right?

[Let'sGoZips94]

10 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

Is it possible a freshman decommitted? It's awfully late in the summer for that, but who knows. Transfers are closed at this point, right?

 

That would be best case scenario IMO. As the roster is currently constructed, unless the freshman are studs, they will get very little playing time at best. 

[Zips1991]

11 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

That would be best case scenario IMO. As the roster is currently constructed, unless the freshman are studs, they will get very little playing time at best. 

FWIW, there's a Summer roster on GoZips.com and it shows Mahaffey but not Oriole. They haven't officially announced Oriole though so that's not surprising.

[zippy5]

True an Akron team would never have an ineligible player working with the team this close to the season

[kreed5120]

I would have to think he would already have to be enrolled to be eligible for the fall semester.

[Let'sGoZips94]

35 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

I would have to think he would already have to be enrolled to be eligible for the fall semester.

 

[Zips1991]

1 hour ago, zippy5 said:

True an Akron team would never have an ineligible player working with the team this close to the season

To be fair, the rumor was that Poffenbarger was NOT practicing with the team later in the summer. But I take the point 😆

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

 

Rules only apply to programs like Akron, not programs like LSU or Michigan. 

[Zippy87]

If one of the freshman transferred out and both Evan and Oriol were eligible, Akron would have a shot at being pretty special. 

 

Mahaffey

Pence

Burton

Oriol

Staveskie 

 

...with Hammer Jr, White, Head, Wilson, Barre, MMK, Halligan, Perkins, and Henderson off the bench. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

17 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

If one of the freshman transferred out and both Evan and Oriol were eligible, Akron would have a shot at being pretty special. 

 

Mahaffey

Pence

Burton

Oriol

Staveskie 

 

...with Hammer Jr, White, Head, Wilson, Barre, MMK, Halligan, Perkins, and Henderson off the bench. 

 

Nearly 40ppg from Oriol and Staveskie alone is a staggering difference from previous years, not to mention their size upgrades from sub 6' guards. Pence is a ~10-12ppg minimum type of player, Mahaffey will give you 8-10, Burton could be sneaky if they unlock his outside shot (dare I say 8-10ppg?), and I expect most of the bench to be in the 8-10 range as well. There's a chance we average 100+ ppg as a team (I'm kidding - sorta). 

[kreed5120]

18 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

If one of the freshman transferred out and both Evan and Oriol were eligible, Akron would have a shot at being pretty special. 

 

Mahaffey

Pence

Burton

Oriol

Staveskie 

 

...with Hammer Jr, White, Head, Wilson, Barre, MMK, Halligan, Perkins, and Henderson off the bench. 

 

Definitely a lot of flexibility. With a roster like that they can very easily make in game adjustments to play smaller, bigger, or aggressively sub if wanting to play uptempo.

[csims0917]

10 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Nearly 40ppg from Oriol and Staveskie alone is a staggering difference from previous years, not to mention their size upgrades from sub 6' guards. Pence is a ~10-12ppg minimum type of player, Mahaffey will give you 8-10, Burton could be sneaky if they unlock his outside shot (dare I say 8-10ppg?), and I expect most of the bench to be in the 8-10 range as well. There's a chance we average 100+ ppg as a team (I'm kidding - sorta). 

Only thing stopping us would be time if every average held lmao

[kreed5120]

1 minute ago, csims0917 said:

Only thing stopping us would be time if every average held lmao

 

I would say the fact we're limited to 1 basketball. I wonder if you add up all their FGA and FTA per game how that compares to our team last year. That's even with us playing one of the fastest paces in college basketball last year.