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I don't know how many people caught it, but after the WMU game they interviewed Bowen on the radio. He brought up the possibility of getting some kind of waiver for an extra year of eligibility and Joe goes "Hopefully at Akron" and Bowen responded "Absolutely, I love it here these guys are the first ones to ever give me a chance at regular playing time"

I just checked the roster for last night's game and it looks like Freeman was active for the Timberwolves. He did not play because it was a close game but maybe he will finally get a chance to play for them: Enrique Freeman: DNP – Coach's Decision Rob Dillingham: DNP – Coach's DecisionLeonard Miller: DNP – Coach's DecisionJohnny Juzang: DNP – Coach's DecisionJoe Ingles: DNP – Coach's DecisionTerrence Shannon Jr.: Inactive - Injury/IllnessRocco Zikarsky: Inactive - G League - Two-Way

At the same time UMass has beaten Toledo, Boston College, and Florida State. I agree they're not as good as the rest, but they can still be competitive at times.

I thought Baby Huey was decent in the paint when they got him the ball. As I see it: Tier 1: Miami; Zips; PCCC Tier 2: BG, Toledo, OU Tier 3: Buffalo; UMass (maybe with Freitag they squeak into Tier 2

The watch party for the Arizona game was terrible, they have grown accustomed to the place being half empty or less since covid probably. Our group got sat at a table with a view of only 1 TV and it wasn't even on. They are severely understaffed and so many items on the menu are sold out, the waitress even said "yeah we always are out of a bunch of things on the menu". I hate to be so critical of a downtown business, I think downtown Akron needs places like this, but in its current state it isn't helping. I'd say it would be better off having this at lockview and they have a capacity of maybe 100. And also, any college cup match or march madness game should have a watch party in the JAR. The ones in 2018 were awesome and I wish they'd do it again. That's my rant for the day, looking forward to the game on Friday

Akron is 58 in kenpom and Miami is 90. That tells the story.

Let Miami keep winning. It'll make our win in Cleveland look better. Does seeding really matter? I guess we'll see how these next three games work out but no one really worries me to be honest. Of course anything can happen in Cleveland but there's no one that I feel like we need to be on the other side of the bracket of at this point

Second time in less than a week that someone had Miami beat and choked it away.

Jason Taylor seems to have done a nice job with Miami's front 4. I was checking out his HOF profile on the UA site, it is pretty much blank. Is it me or does he dissociate himself from Akron.

As someone who has been skeptical of Halligan’s playing time, he seems to be coming along. Good to see

josiah Graham most likely played for leonard at monmouth or they probably have connections there from when leonard coached there but Graham has offers at Troy, James Madison, and Hawaii mcGowan committed to Louisiana Monroe on January 18 according to 247. Byndon and Ridley are similar in size armstrong is listed at 6'6 and one site has him at 260 and one site has him at 280. If i read correctly it said something about him playing tight end in 23 or 24 so maybe he is athletic also?

Coach Groce said in the radio Pregame that Sharron is available tonight while Chabi is 1-2 weeks away still.

The staff has offers out to: Josiah Graham - edge // Mammoth Le'kell Mc'Gowan - edge // Memphis Lance Byndon - edge // Morgan State Jahmek Armstrong - edge // JUCO (Independence) Jasun Ridley - edge/DT // JUCO (Pasadena City) There's surely more but that's what I found on X for defensive line

Maxx Crosby is at the top of his career at the moment and still makes time for EMU. People find time for the things that matter to them. He doesn't even give Akron a shout out on social media or anything. Even LeBron does that 1-2 times a year and he didn't even go to the school. I'm not saying this to specifically lash out at him. He's free to live his life as he wishes. He just doesn't seem all that invested in Akron football, which is okay, his choice.

Scholarship limit has been increased from 13 to 15, which is equal to the max roster size. There really is no need to track scholarships anymore for that reason.

That Kent-Miami game was ELECTRIC. Great crowd. Miami traveled very well. It definitely looked every bit of a sell out. Kent struggled in the paint which I wasn’t expecting. By the end of the game Miami was crashing every possession and nobody could stop it. That was some peak mid major basketball. My ears are ringing.

It would be nice if we could get Chabi back for Kent. They have two really good bigs and its not like our interior defense and rebounding is a strength even when fully healthy.

I wish both could lose. Really thought Miami was done, but it looks like they will pull another win out of their butts.

Miami isn't Top 25 good. They'll falter to others. I don't want anybody in PCCC to have a smidgen of happiness. Kent choked. OT in Portage County.

The fact that I'm rooting for Kent tonight makes me feel gross. But Miami needs to fall back down to Earth eventually.

Other than being unconscious from 3 early, the Zips have not looked great on offense tonight. I feel like there has been a lot of miscommunication and weird turnovers that you usually don't see.

Not the greatest announcing Duo I've ever heard as they just gave credit to Kent for all the assists they've gotten in this game.

Like the staggered start time. Off to CAnt MIami

I like the D effort though

that's great for McManus. He was very well liked by the players. JRod really knows his stuff. I have never met him but the way his players transferred this year to Programs is a heck of a recruiting platform...

Congratulations to Beto… …“Gui and Beto played important roles in our success last season, and we’re excited to reward them with new contracts. We expect them to remain key pieces within the group for years to come,” Sporting Director Dan Visser said. Ydrach, 24, famously netted the clinching penalty kick in the Hounds’ shootout win over FC Tulsa to secure the league title, and he also headed the game-winning goal in the team’s U.S. Open Cup victory over New York City FC in the Round of 32 last year. A Puerto Rico international with 17 appearances for his national team, Ydrach started 27 of the Hounds’ 29 regular-season matches as a rookie out of the University of Akron. …

Now we need some quality DL.

2 years ago the 3-22 Bulls kept it really close, a 3 point game at the final media timeout Last year we took care of business. Let's hope we can do it again tonight

If memory serves me the annual trip to arctic Buffalo has not always been kind to the Zips. Would be nice to get Sharron and Chabi back.

We're Akron. We always get everyone's best. Especially on the road in the MAC.

“Coach is right this isn’t just about hoops, it’s about our future!”

Working on buying an 1860s Abner Doubleday CDV and I was reading into the backstory behind the lore. Did not realize the rumor of him being the founder of baseball started with an article in the Akron Beacon Journal in 1905.

I’m getting out of my truck in the Nordonia parking lot prior to the McDonald-Mogadore playoff game tonight and a kid gets out of the van across from me in an Enrique Freeman #25 Akron jersey? Odd gear to don at that football game. McDonald 42 Mogadore 21. My Blue Devils roll on to the state semi’s. 👿🏈💪🏽

I look forward to the day the number of people destitute from gambling addictions is so high the government forgives their debts and makes the responsible citizens pay for the bailout.

I came here to say the exact thing, but "at Akron" was ambiguous because it was not mentioned in the context of the university or when he was in college, so it just as easily could have been understood as the Akron Aeros. Also, I wouldn't say it was a bad outing. He allowed one run and had a walk and two hits. In the greater context, he was bound to have an appearance that was similar to that. It could have been MUCH worse given that the bases were loaded. It's a shame though that the Blue Jays lost, especially in the manner that they did. In the 9th I thought we were going to possibly have our first Zips World Series Champion.