I think Baltic is key.  We beat them last time through insane 3-point shooting, but can't depend on that every game.  Baltic will have his hands full against their center Marshall, who specializes in blocking shots.  If Ivo can stay out of foul trouble and score 14 points or more, I like our chances.

Also think DJ needs to play within his capabilities and just run the offense like he did last time (and did in the first half against Kent).

Akron's McKnight typically plays well at Ohio because of past recruiting issues (Tim O'Shea).  Need to keep him from getting hot.

Limit Cvetinovic and don't let McNees or McClanahan kill us with 3 pointers, we win by 8-12.

        We have to guard the perimeter and limit the open 3's, Akron leads the MAC in 3 pointers made, Rebounding will be another key factor, limit Akron to 1 shot, Rebound and get up and down the floor, Ohio needs to dictate the pace and wear Akron down, If Ohio control the game and come out and punch Zippy right in the mouth, we will win by double digits.

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Dennis "Gman"  "DON'T FLINCH or YOU MIGHT MISS IT"  

     Key will be the number of times McNees runs his fingers through his hair. He averages 17.6 brushes per win but only 12.5 per loss. Maybe the O-Zone can keep a running count, similar to baseball fans putting up "K"s for each strike out.

I can't tell whether he's mocking us or Mcnees. Perhaps both?

The Zips lead the MAC in three pointers attempted by a wide margin.  In the 14 conference games they have 60 more three point attempts than we do. Think about that.

What a start!  40-22!  GO OHIO

Akron will make a run sometime though.  When it comes, we just need to answer and this game will be all GREEN AND WHITE!

15:43 to play. We're on a 34-6 run. DJ with 14, Ivo with 10, Keely with 8. No 'kron players in double digits.

Next week can't get here fast enough. I want to go set up a tent outside The Q right now.

Anyone at the game know if Tommy shook off the ankle injury at the end of the game.  he appeared to still be hobbling on the internet feed.

After dining with son Ben (OU '96) and his family here in Eugene, I plopped down in front of the TV and turned on ESPN to see who might be playing tonight.  Within seconds the Ohio-Akron final score appeared on the crawler.  My reaction?  "Whooo Hooo!" 

Looks like it was a resounding win in front of a good Tuesday night crowd.

Wow.  What a phenomenal night.  Cooper was out of his mind, Ivo, Reggie, and DeVaughn all put in good efforts (I could tell DeVaughn was frustrated with the fouls on senior night -- but certainly got sent out with style), Tunji got 4 points and a rebound in about a minute.

Still waiting for my Cooper triple-double.  I said early his Freshman year he'd get one, and I thought tonight just might have been it midway through.  He just couldn't miss tonight!

Great crowd, engaged throughout.  Even a few AK-Rowdies in the house -- I do enjoy opposing students traveling - though I wonder if we'll see them again soon after that game.

This just completely blew me away.  We play Akron, I expect 40 or more minutes of tough, close basketball with lots of ties and lead changes.  Even after the game in the JAR, I absolutely didn't expect it to look so easy.

Watch the highlights on ohiobobcats.com.  The passing tonight was great.  The ball moved almost effortlessly.

Box score might be one of the prettiest I've seen.  Just total domination.  We grabbed 88.9% of our misses and 41.7% of theirs.  Doubled them up on assists, only turned it over 11 times, shot well... Just a great, great night on all fronts.

If indeed that was my last game as a student in the Convo, I can't say I'm anything but tickled.