Frustrating? Harney guarding DJ was frustrating.

This is not a joke! How many more would Jackson have scored had Springs been guarding him? I have never seen either so it could be that in one step Jackson would be able to create enough space to knock down jumpers at a faster clip than the 35 yesterday. However, could a giant wingspan with some agility cause a shooter to adjust just enough to bring down the made field goal percentages? It happened in Cleveland once to DJ.

Another thing, this game was actually won by Tyler Cheese going off late in the first half. Play some tough defense on him and keep the half deficit to 10-12 and an exciting game may have been one for the ages.

What an awesome game. Feel sorry for the lazy students and frontrunners to have to miss it.

I thought the foul call on Ogbonda with 12ish seconds to go was terrible. I didn't see video yet...but from the naked eye I barely saw any contact. Would really have loved to see us at least get a chance at the end.

I really dont think the defense on Jackson was all that bad. Sure a few open looks, but also a few right in our face...and several created by great ball movement and screens. He was unbelievable and very frustrating.

I'd argue that was about as good as Akron has and we almost answered it.

My predictions of paid attendance official figures are usually pretty close. However, I was way off today...I thought the paid attendance figure would be 6250, but the figure is actually a little over 5,000. It seemed to me that there were actually that many butts in seats today, but that if no-shows were counted that should have put the paid figure over 6,200.

Any thoughts on this?

Considering they have the best player I've seen in the MAC back next year and the first three guys off the bench this year are two freshmen and a junior and Groce's history of finding a transfer (Jackson and Walter Offutt come to mind), they may drop off a bit but not a precipitous amount.

I'd argue that was about as good as Akron has and we almost answered it. [/QUOTE]
That's an angle I hadn't considered. That game definitely showed what Ohio can play like. Also, Jackson probably played the best game of his life. The next time around, he's probably making 3-4 three's instead of 7-8.

This game and the Toledo game confirmed for me that the remaining two scholarships need to be used on transfers of whatever variety. Assuming the goal is to compete at the top 4 of the conference, having two more freshmen next year isn't the route to the top of the conference when the best teams in the MAC, right now, are fielding teams with juniors and seniors physically ready to play. Akron, Toledo, UB, Kent, BG are teams full of "older" players.

Also - GoCats and I were discussing during the game - I think OUr best five is probably Preston, Dartis, BVP, Roderick, McDay. While that creates defensive matchup problems for against bigger players, it also creates mismatches on offensive with the 4 guards.

EDIT: Already posted:
[QUOTE=GoCats105]At this point, I'm ready for a lineup of Preston, Dartis, McDay, BRod and BVP. Go small and spread the floor.

The four smalls lineup might be a bit dangerous considering two of them are shooting less than 36% from the floor and doing that would sit down your leading rebounder. Let's see what the next two games look like before making a drastic lineup change. If Akron doesn't answer ever basket where we drew within 2 on Saturday, this is a totally different conversation.