From the 7 minute to the 3 minute mark of the 2nd half.

We went from up 48-43, to down 59-50. 16-2 Akron run.

In that stretch Akron was 7-8 from the field and hit 2 3's (Ali and Freeman).
Freeman was 4-5, 9 pts. Ali was 2-2, 5 pts, Tribble 1-1, 2 pts.

Ohio was 1-5, 0-3 from 3. Only bucket was a Clayton dunk. Mitchell 0-2, Clayton 1-2, Hadaway 0-1.

Akron out-rebounded us in that stretch 7-0. 3 from Freeman, 3 from Ali, 1 from Tribble.

That was ballgame.

Complete rebuild might be coming.

Good. Save that $$ for some bigs next year.

Live by the 3 and die by the 3. An absolutely incredible effort but it really came down to shooting 21% from 3.

If one or two more goes in... We are playing tomorrow night.

Quinn Corna, Ben Estis, and Ben Nicol.

Sure it doesn't. And yes I know it's not SUPPOSED to.

I’m pretty sure I’m right, therefore, I am correct.

I somewhat agree. The only player with remaining eligibility who I could see leaving under his own volition is Shereef. Nebraska could find a role for him. Or maybe a return to Creighton. If he stays, he is the incumbent lead guard. Everyone else - I don't see the angle. I don't see a better playing situation for anyone than at Ohio and I don't see bigger schools ponying up an NIL package for anyone else. The only guy besides Jaylin who made an all-conference team is AJ Clayton who just went for seven and three to close the season.

Funny how everyone has a slightly different opinion.

We lost by silly turnovers. Three travels, a double dribble and down three, a toss out of bounds and of course not boxing out on a free throw. My favorite Miles, missed the front end of the one and one which hurt but I'll cut him slack because he was such a great teammate.

I don't understand coach think nor you guys ripping Clayton. Hadaway was the bust tonight. Is Cornish that much worse on defense than to leave your man totally wide open when you are close by? And talk about Klanks; I guess at least his shot hit the rim on those terrible threes Hadaway missed. Plus his attitude is really one as a sulker if things do not go his way.

Reef is the Boss. Hunter made the greatest save on a breakaway since LeBron. Wiznitzer played with heart and was much better than many of the bigs I saw play on day one.

Boals never gave his starters a break during the last 7 minutes. Either Wiz or Cornish should have put Hadaway on the bench and let Clayton guard Hunter--it could not have been any worse then the results plus it would have given Hadaway a rest. Sheldon should have spelled Miles a minute too.

Golden opportunity to have gone to the Dance. Go Sullinger and Santiago shoot 71 % from three again to give your Flashes a chance. Upset 1, 5 and 2.

Tough tough loss to swallow, but they could have folded late and didn't. You have to admire that.

I still don't get AJ's tendency to just fire a three as soon as the ball touches his finger tips on the perimeter. When he's involved in the action and actual plays are run and executed properly, he can square up and drill it. But some of those chucks early in the shot clock I swear sometimes the ball is out of his hands before he even looks at the rim. Slow it down big fella! Loved his defense in the first half by not picking up his 3rd foul once he came back in.

Reef has the opportunity to be a really good player in this league...if we can keep him. That pump fake and spin on the block he had in the first half was a thing of beauty. Really wish we could have gotten him more looks and 1v1 action.

Definitely gonna be a strange offseason. If Reef sticks around we should have a solid foundation between he, Clayton, Hadaway and Sheldon. Other than that? We need some reinforcements or other guys need to get a lot better this offseason.

EDIT: I keep forgetting about AJ Brown and Elmore James. What am I thinking? We'll be fine!

All three refs are bald, as is Groce and his assistant. Birds with no feathers flock together.

This one still stings. Akron was there for the taking, but they have Freeman and we don’t have down low even half the player Freeman is. Crazy to think if we finished 4th or 5th there is a good chance we are 40 minutes away from the NCAA tourney .

While Freeman was absolutely taking us to the woodshed in the paint in the final 6-8 minutes our so much improved 6'11" big man was on the bench watching. If that doesn't say it all I don't know what does.