You don't get style points....but from a confidence standpoint, Ohio needed this. They needed to prove they can win on the road....win a close game in the final minute. After WKU, Iona and Marshall....another road dud would've been tough on the psyche.

What concerns me most coming out of this game...no surprise. The continued enigma of AC

2-4 FG...1-3 3ptr.

I know he fouled out (no surprise there). His 3rd this year. He has 4 or more fouls in 10 of 14 games this year.

It's the lack of post presence they get from him on offense.

Last 5 games

11-27 3ptrs
15-22 2pts

He's so damn good in the paint....why does he not just dominate down there. I just don't get it.

He's attempted almost more 3ptrs in the last 5 games (minus Urbana) than anyone else on the team!

28 - Dartis
37 - Kaminski

He's attempted almost more 3ptrs in the last five games than Simmons (32) has all season!

Is that a formula for success for this team? Maybe? They're 4-1 in those games?

I know I keep hammering this dead horse....but it's just so baffling to me. I'd think we'd be a far more complete offensive team with AC working the low block rather than only getting his 2ptrs off rolling to the basket off screens. That baby hook he has is deadly...and we see him chucking it from 22 feet more than he uses the hook.

I think that anytime you come back from 14 down at halftime and find a way to win is awesome.

Hoping to be in the Roundhouse on Saturday - that would set up an awesome Akron game for the Bobcats.

He's also hitting 3's at a 41% clip in those games. Guess how many threes he took in our loss in those 5 games? 3. Are you really complaining because he went 6 for 9 against Western?

We've played 6 games where we either lost the game or won by fewer than ten points. In those six games he's averaging 10.2 two-point FG attempts. We've played 7 games where we've won by ten or more points. In those games he's averaging 5.8 two-point FG attempts. He averages more three point attempts in the 7 big wins than he has in the 6 losses or close wins (5.6 - 4.2). Your theory just doesn't bear out statistically. When we don't play well it's not because Tony is taking too many threes.

This conversation fascinates me. I'm a numbers first guy (duh, CPA). It isn't as simple as you make it out to be.

In your example of getting more points out of 50 2-point attempts instead of 22...if AC got to that point, the defense against him would shift dramatically and the percentage in the paint would drop. It's a balancing act, and my impression has been Tony isn't just camping out there jacking ill-advised 3s. He is taking what he is being given, and so far it seems despite his increase in outside shots, they are still heavily defended him in the paint. The second a team defends him on the perimeter, I would expect Tony to go to the paint more and take advantage of that opportunity.

It's all a matter of what is working, and I've come to trust in Tony's ability to take what is being given to him, and so far I just think they've given him the perimeter more, and his numbers show success out there.

Offensively, Tony is an absolute dream in every way for the MAC if you ask me. His limitation is his defense and the foul trouble that defense creates, which limits his offense. Full disclosure though...I am founder and present of the Tony Campbell fan club, founded during his freshman year when few were talking about him (look it up).

Old school vs new school, one thing you simply cannot ignore is 20 for 50 from 3 and 30 for 50 from 2 are absolutely the same thing.

I've always thought the attempt just inside the 3-point arc is the worst shot.

Last season, didn't Tonys foul troubles decrease as the season wore on? Hope that's what happens this season.

You also have to work a heck of a lot harder down low and even if you don't get in foul trouble your minutes are limited because you get tired a lot faster.

Well said, Andrew.

Another interesting note is that Doug Taylor is top 10 in the MAC.

And he offers all kinds of data to back up his opinion. I'm amazed that they've done as well as they have under him. I figured it to be a big train wreck, and it's looking like they're trending upward. For that reason, I give his thoughts and data on best/worst shots some credibility.

I'm with you and I was still convinced of that until we played them last year. I came away from that game thinking that his style could really work if he can manage to get the right players.

Of course, the whole hiring process was a train wreck.