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Mballa shouldn't have 2 threes 8 minutes into the game But overall a good start. Look more closely to the team I thought we would see all season

It was probably the timeout but once ub put in their normal guys, kent settled down and knew how to attack on offense More to this or just coincidence and the kent time out worked

Great start so far!

Great pass by skogman and great communication from williams to point it out

Watched kent st vs Toledo. They are very physical Its a very stereotypical Kent team

Also want to highlight brewtons defense the past couple games. Its been very solid Now to work on the offensive side of the game, which really is just getting him to calm down relax and trust his teammates

Believe mading and Williamson were honored last year as well Gotta be a first to have 3 all American nominees on the same team for ub

I kinda like mballa off the bench

He keeps gaining confidence, saw him directing guys on both the offense and defensive side against wmu If he can develop as a threat offensively it would be a huge boost to this team Also very willing to take charges which has been a sight for sore eyes

Just wanted to say that if the progress curtis jones has made from game 1 to the game the other night continues..... Look out

Agree The team doesn't know how to do that and needs some help getting there When the team pressed and picked up the other team in the back court all of a sudden the whole team defense became more aggressive and better overall When this team plays with intensity and aggression I think only Ohio can play with them in the mac. The problem I see is that their attention and focus drift. Pressing and really playing defense the whole court against lesser teams looks like it would help

Thought: these bad teams play too "slow" for ub but not slow enough like the non division 1 teams but slow enough where ub's pace and flow get screwed Press and force the pace

I know graves graduated but how did this team completely fall apart from last season The stretch from February to the mac championship game they were a legit tournament caliber team.

Fagan having a rough game Western cant miss Would like to see more skogman jones

I don't get them either, doesn't make sense to me

The talent is on the roster, they really just need confidence. Hoping games like this are the needed confidence builder Offense hasn't been an issue this season, got to work on that defense and the team can really take off

Curtis jones continuing to develop is great to watch. Excellent game by him tonight Skogman another player that stood out, gained confidence as the game went a long and it showed Only saw a couple bad shots taken (made or missed) which was nice to see and made the game enjoyable to watch Defensively still a work in progress. I will say it seems like teams make crazy unrealistic shots a lot against ub for some reason, even against good defense

Ub is a team that likes to run, you can't run if you can't get stops and turnovers

Defense continues to be rough

Legally I cannot bet on this game but BG money line looks juicy if no mballa and no fagan

Where ub is currently is very similar to where Ohio was when boals was hired Boals hit a gold mine with Preston, who was already on the roster. Believe some of ohios contributors this season were already rostered as well I think there is a poster on here who was an Ohio grad who could help with the comparison a bit more than I can

Not necessarily, but you know any former player would have a ton of passion for the University What I was implying is sometimes you have to take a step back before taking off again. Ohio did just that. Ohio was starting to take over the mac under groce the same way oats and ub did. Difference is oats stayed that extra year and saw the what ub can become Going back to a former player led me to see what turner battle was up to, he is currently coaching at east Tennessee st under desmond Oliver (both I believe interviewed here). Wonder when he will get a head coaching job, coached under a few guys who have moved up to power head coaching jobs

Maybe whitesell will turn out to be ub's saul phillips between groce and boals

Back to back possessions where akron played how they have all game but just now the refs call it Just call the game the same way on both ends

The refs now evening it out lol once the zips get a very comfortable lead