Of note from the post-game press conference:

Miles Brown has been here five years and of course will walk on Friday. Jaylin Hunter will walk. Gabe Wiznitzer will not, and Boals is not sure about Shereef Mitchell.

My Bobcat dreaming ended when tornado alarms put me into the basement rudely at 5:20am in my son's Columbus basement. Praying all are well if in the path.

it's been an issue for years. no nat sound whatsoever. I have to be honest the Miami game was actually close to half decent in that regard, but the last two games have returned to their normal horrendous sound.

Didn't someone post on here a link to some classic NIU broadcast of a game at the Convo from 39 years ago? I noticed it had much better nat sound than anything we've heard on espn+.

Boals and his staff weren’t dealt a very good hand this year yet have managed to create a competitive team. There has been significant individual development across the board plus continuing improved team play at both ends of the floor. It makes me proud of our Alma mater.

Wow what an amazing game. Probably a top 10 or even top 5 convo game in my 25 years as a Bobcat fan. 50-40 with 12 to go looking very bleak in just a low scoring frustrating meh game. Then in the blink of an eye one man ties it up...

J Hunter made layup
A Sheldon steal
J Hunter made layup
J Hunter made free throw
Akron turnover (5 second inbound call)
J Hunter made jumper
E Freeman missed layup
M Brown missed 3 pointer
G Tribble missed layup
J Hunter made 3 pointer

Almost exactly 2 minutes of game clock. Electric. And the alley oop dunk from Clayton to was another gem. We had enough big runs and raucous crowd moments that Groce burnt his last timeout with 3.5 minutes to go.

So many great defensive moments from Hadaway & Clayton. 4 blocks from Mr Clayton! And while I am at it...Clayton 5 for 5 from 2. Hadaway 4 for 4 from 2. These 2 may not look like legit big men but they absolutely are playing like it.

AJ is now 6th in the country with a 2 point percentage of 72%, just 1.3% behind the leader. There were at least 2 moments he had a lane to the hoop but hesitated. I keep saying it but the sky is the limit when this guy realizes how good he is around the rim.

6 turnovers the entire game, no individual player with more than 1. The way we protect the basketball is possibly my favorite thing about this team. Struggle to hit the 3 but took care of business at the free throw line. Statement especially true for Reef. Rough night for Sheldon.

In case you missed it, Jaylin had some very aggressive and direct trash talk as the final moments wound down, which caused coach Groce to lose his damn mind. I don't know how they didn't give him a technical foul. I had a friend with me that booked the over and we thought for sure it was going to be 4 free throws, the foul and a tech but they never T'd him up. Ended up 1.5 points short of the over. Anyway, I really enjoyed watching Groce lose it. He wanted that one bad.

It is really a shame we didn't hold on at Toledo or we would be in a serious chase of the regular season championship. As it is, it is pretty much out of reach if you look at Akron's remaining schedule.

+1

That was fun.

*Knocks on every piece of wood in proximity*


If Boals can keep this team together...

Add in Evans. Add in two transfers? A veteran PG? It doesn't have to be another Preston. Go get me a JUCO assist master. If this team had a pass-first PG that could run the entire offense and help create shots... my word.

They're gonna be good.

PG - (Don't think he's on the roster)
SG - Elmore
SF - AJB
PF - Hadaway
C - AJC

Evans (Too good to redshirt)
Cornish (Think he's gonna take a big leap forward)
Reef (Defacto starting PG)
AJS (Solid back-up)
Wiz (Is tall)
Nicol (AJC Junior)

I'm the one that said it and everyone mocked me lol Then they won 7 of 10.

Whoever has the ball in their hands most needs to be able to shoot and score. I think there's a reason the pass-first point guard's gone out of style across basically every level of basketball.

Unrelated, but I swear I wasn't the person who started the F*** You Akron chant during the timeouts

I hope we aren’t peaking at the wrong time…

Call it personal preference, but I'd be interested in seeing what our offense looks like next year (assuming all return) with a guy who is dishing out 6-8 apg.

Less than 30 players are doing that on this year currently at the D1 level, so it's easier said than done. That said, I do hope that's the type of profile we're looking into.