We looked good, but against a crappy team. I'll be a believer if we can knock off Akron next week.

I think it has more to do with the opponent. NIU is one of the worst teams in the country, but I hear ya.

Remember early season the amount of fouls OHIO was committing? Now, not so many. BUT now, with lower fouls we are getting lots of active hands and the Kent game as well as NIU on the radio it sounded as OUr guys had tipped balls or outright steals every other time down the court!

Keep improving!

This may or may not be a popular opinion, but I'm pretty happy with where this team has gotten at this point in the season. If you had told me they would lose Miles Brown and Elmore James for extended periods of time, AJ Brown for the season, and when Elmore came back he'd be a shell of himself from before the injury, I'd expect this team to be fighting just to make it to Cleveland. And around early January, fighting for Cleveland is exactly where it looked like we were destined to be. I know the conference isn't great this year, and I know we are not beating Toledo/Akron (yet), but it feels like we're pretty dang close. We've reached the point, for me, where I have that "anything can happen" in Cleveland feeling. I did not have that AT ALL a month ago.

For me, I feel like Boals has done a pretty solid job of piecing this season together, given the adversity we have faced.

Having been a lurker for so many years, I know where this line of thinking is headed. Who will be the first to say, "The team no one wants to face in Cleveland"?

As I was watching this game and the 2nd half of the season, I reminded myself of the fans who wanted to compare this team to the 5 win team. I just smiled and laughed

Wait until we lose tonight at home to Akron (not forgone but a coin flip at best). There will be at least 1 call for Boals job, or that he should be on the "hot seat" at a minimum. So it goes.