College basketball · Team · 2019-20

Akron

MAC
24–7
Rated 83rd of 353

Top-100 offense, 106th-ranked defense

Above average at both ends — 69th in adjusted offense and 106th in adjusted defense of 353 Division I teams in 2019-20.

+9.1Net rating84th of 353

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2019-20 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:50 AM ET

Ratings · 2019-20

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O107.969th of 353 · 1st of 12 in the MAC
ADJ D98.8106th of 353 · 3rd of 12 in the MAC
TEMPO69.4110th of 353 · 4th of 12 in the MAC
WIN PROB73.4%83rd of 353 · 1st of 12 in the MAC
WAB−1.067th of 353 · 1st of 12 in the MAC

The four factors

Their strongest factor is eFG% allowed — 45.9, 29th of 353.

Effective field goal rateOffense 73rd, defense 29th of 353
51.745.9
Turnover rateOffense 98th, defense 195th of 353
17.918.4
Offensive rebound rateOffense 192nd, defense 232nd of 353
27.429.2
Free-throw rateOffense 101st, defense 93rd of 353
35.529.1

Each bar is the team’s place among all 353 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2019-20

Who carries it

Loren Cristian Jackson plays the most — 86.3% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Loren Cristian JacksonPure PG · 5-8 · 19.8 points a game in 29 games

86.3

26.8

123.7

+8.0

—

Channel BanksCombo G · 6-4 · 10.8 points a game in 29 games

80.0

15.3

109.9

+2.5

—

Xeyrius WilliamsPF/C · 6-9 · 13.9 points a game in 29 games

79.7

23.2

102.7

+3.1

—

Tyler CheeseCombo G · 6-5 · 15.7 points a game in 28 games

75.0

27.9

107.4

+4.3

—

Deng RiakPF/C · 6-10 · 3.8 points a game in 29 games

53.6

11.1

98.9

−0.7

—

Greg TribbleWing G · 6-1 · 3.0 points a game in 29 games

40.5

12.7

86.1

−3.3

—

Camron ReecePF/C · 6-7 · Played 38% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

38.7

—

Ali AliWing F · 6-8 · Played 27% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

27.8

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a player to open his college file.

Results · 2019-20

Every final

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24.

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

AP ranks start in 2023-24.

2025-26Unranked in all 34 regular-season games.
2024-25Unranked in all 34 regular-season games.
2023-24Unranked in all 34 regular-season games.

The coach · 2019-20

How he wants to play

John Groce

Head coach · year 3 at Akron · 235–172 career

TEMPO69.4Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE—Share of his team’s shots taken from three

No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2019-20 season.

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