Enjoyed watching the game today on the tube and thrilled with the win.

Despite the hissy-fit (justified) Saul threw at the end of the WKU game, Dambrot is BIGGER BIGGER jerk than Saul could ever be, to the point it has rubbed off on his team. Glad they left Athens all butt-hurt.

Two things though. Taylor has to go to a big man camp this summer. He backs down way to much against low post guys when they post him up down low and not just the one who weighs 300 pounds. He let the skinny one do it as well. Thing #2 is that Carter needs to get with the football S&C coach and get stronger in the upper body and hands. He must be from a small high school where the basketball guys don't lift. Some big city high schools have weight rooms that rival college weight rooms and the basketball and baseball guys lift even if they don't play football or wrestle.

But great win and Ohio showed who is classy and who is not in the MAC.

Considering some of the head scratching calls today, I think the mouse stayed pretty calm.

The fellas sitting behind me spent most of the game yelling about Akron getting away with steps, over the back, traveling, backing into the defense, and various other transgressions. Then there was the obligatory "call it both ways" and "how can you not call that?" We see things through our teams colors.

I thought the game was sloppily called. The Bobcats continued to play basketball while the Dambrot and the Zips let the officiating get to them.

A good win by and for the Bobcats.

Was at the game, enjoyed it immensely! Great win like that and it seems like drive home to Columbus only takes half an hour...

I've said this before about Doug Taylor: The injury that kept off the court his senior year in high school was very costly to his development--that's a year against tough competition in the Columbus City League. I still think he can develop into a serviceable big man, but he's a year behind where he should be. It appears to me to be as much about confidence as skills. I watched intently the battles between Isiah Johnson and Carter/Taylor. I thought our guys did what they could. 15 lbs more of muscle on Carter wouldn't make a difference against a 300 pound guy. The key was denying him the ball, and the defense did an OK job of that--by no means great, but passable. His foul trouble certainly helped, as did the fact that for the fourth consecutive year, Johnson has refused to get in shape...

If you watch Carter game to game, he's got good strength for a mid major freshman. And he's got phenomenal post moves against most opponents. Akron's bigs just made it really tough on him today and limited his moves. Defensively, next year he probably won't be guarding fives. Also, he comes from a Div II high school that graduates over 200. Not really small. I am pretty sure he lifted during HS. And plans are in place to add 15-20 lbs of muscle during the off season, but it will be by the basketball strength man, not football.

I agree that Ohio and Carter would be better off next year with him not having to match up with the other teams' five. But which Ohio player do you see taking over that position and allowing Carter to play the 4? And while we're at it, I think Ohio would have been better off, in a perfect world, with Carter taking over the starting spot from KK and teaming up with Tony Campbell some time during the course of this season.

Also, while Johnstown is a growing high school, the competition in the LCL is not top notch. It wasn't unusual to see Carter matching up with 6-2 football linemen posing as basketball players during the winter months.