Akron 5 point favorite.

Going to be an extremely difficult test. They have like 5 different guys shooting at or above 40% from three on a decent number of attempts. We are better equipped to deal with Johnson this year (remember poor Blake Brown trying to stop him last season?), but it'll still be a brutal matchup. Gotta force them into rushing their offense and making bad decisions, and we need to convert offensively. Can't have a poor night like we did in Athens.

(01-20-2017 09:22 AM)EagleSam Wrote:  Going to be an extremely difficult test. They have like 5 different guys shooting at or above 40% from three on a decent number of attempts. We are better equipped to deal with Johnson this year (remember poor Blake Brown trying to stop him last season?), but it'll still be a brutal matchup. Gotta force them into rushing their offense and making bad decisions, and we need to convert offensively. Can't have a poor night like we did in Athens.

Ah, Sam, you hit a very important point, this year's team has much better depth esp. among big men.

Last year was... a walk-on backup.