@ Akron (3/5)

[Globetrotter]

Ugh, we get Michael Reghi and his hair plugs calling the game. Over under first media timeout until I mute.

How do people not like Reghi?

Yeah, I don't get it. He's been calling MAC games since the 1980s, I think. He's entertaining.

Seems to be slightly Kent and Akron leaning but other than that he's fantastic.

He's always been a NEO guy, so not shocked there. And especially now he's on the Akron broadcasts he's become more pro Akron than he was when doing random MAC games.

To me he's just the only professional announcer the conference has ever had that legitimately seems to follow and enjoy the conference. I've watched almost all of our road games this year on ESPN3/+ and most schools are just putting students or young broadcasters out there to get their feet wet. For nationally televised games (football or basketball) we usually get bottom of the barrel announcers from ESPN that sound like they feel they did something wrong to be relegated to the lowly MAC.

LOL. I think our guy is pretty good. I always felt terrible when they would pair him with a student. Seems better now.

[Falconwriter]

I remember when we got waxed at Miami, had a couple extra days to rest, then beat Buffalo. We'll get it together and get to Friday at the Q. From there, it's anyone's guess.

We’ve tried hard in two games since Miami. Buffalo was our super bowl.

They've seem to have patted themselves on the back after that win, and then decided the season was over.

Again, this is like a repeated case of "PTSD" for Falcon basketball fans...we get our hopes up, only to have them beat up, blown up and nuked.

[Falconwriter]

You're both right. I expected a loss tonight the way we were coming off the clinch and the way Akron played Saturday. Still getting throttled by a mediocre opponent is painful.

Even more painful that globe is 100% right. This team hasn't shown up with winning effort more than 2-3 times in the last 3 weeks. Way too many games where we sleepwalk on defense and just Chuck it on offense.

I too think we'll show up rested and motivated and win on Thursday next week. After that is anybody's guess, but the last month has made me question if we peaked way too early and can't find the motivation on a nightly basis anymore.

Bingo. When the team plays inspired on both ends like they did Friday vs a very good Kent team, we are fine.

Sure, you wish we would bring a little more fight the last 2 weeks when it's not there on offense, but unfortunately that's not this team. However, meaningful basketball should elevate this squad next week.

Teams typically cannot just flip a switch to turn on better effort and play when they want, and tune out when disinterested. It just doesn't work that way. They may believe they can do that, and that this loss (along with both Miami losses and the OU loss) don't mean squat -- but it will be an unbelievable upset if they are able to just push a button, get hot, and win the tournament. What won't surprise me is if they get ousted early.