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I just bought my ticket for the Kent game on stubhub. I just printed the ticket and I will be sitting with the Kent fans since it is a season holder ticket. I did the same thing about 5 years ago wearing my Akron hat and a Kent season ticket holder told me I was sitting in the wrong section. I told him I was in the right seat. He yelled for the usher to check my ticket. A young college student usher came over and meekly stated he did not want to do this but asked to see my ticket. I showed him my ticket and the usher thanked me. I then suggested that he check the ticket of the guy who complained and we both laughed. Looking forward to tonights game.

Just a quick update on our signees. RJ Jones, playing at Cle St Ignacius is averaging 17,5 ppg and 6.3 RB. Jashawn Ladd plays for Ben Davis HS in Indianapolis and is averaging 14.7 ppg, and 3 RB, and Devan Christian at Clark HS in Las Vegas is averaging 20.4 ppg and 10 boards.

I’m done buying Zips gear until the Fordham AD’s fast food logo is crumpled up and tossed in the dumpster. Which would be criminal to do to any dumpster, but sometimes it sucks to be a dumpster.

First practice is Tuesday, March 17. Spring game will be Friday, April 24.

Akron Zips Men's Soccer.

Saturday night, the card shop I work for on the weekends had a huge trade night. Afterwards, the owner thanked all the employees by gifting a box of 2024-25 Panini Obsidian Basketball cards to each employee. 1 pack, 7 cards per. 1 of my 7 cards? Enrique Freeman Rookie Patch Auto /75. Gotta love how Enrique keeps representing Akron.

Great to see he's still the same humble goofy kid he was as a Zip.

Might actually eclipse 1000 a couple times. Looks like their record is 1700, hit last year against a team from Cleveland. Certainly it's not exactly going to fill the place up, but it's also going to bring a few people out that haven't been to the stadium before, at no real cost to the University, so it's still a win and I'm glad they're trying things.

In my wish world, Akron takes on unbeaten Miami in the MAC final and beats them on a banked three pointer with no time left on the clock.

My better half asked if I wanted to go to the game, but I let her know I didn't want to be surrounded by the stench and filth. You're a braver man than me.

We haven't really struggled with the press this year until that Buffalo game, and I think the biggest factor was our 25 pt lead. We got complacent and lazy due to comfortability. I don't foresee an unathletic Kent press giving Akron many troubles should they choose to do so. In fact, I think if Kent presses for any lengthy period this game, Akron wins by double digits fairly easily due to all the easy points that will come from the 3 on 2s and 2 on 1s.

I was hoping CMU would pull it out against Kent for multiple reasons. Obviously to see Kent lose. The other is I would find it absolutely hilarious for UMass to miss the MAC after their fans crap on how much of a stepdown MAC basketball would be from the A10. It would be a humbling experience for them.

This could be a much different game. KSUcks won't be ice-cold from behind the arc & they'll have Whaley back, who hit the game winner last night vs. CMU. We've beaten KSUcks 6 times straight 🤞 At the JAR it looked like we were in their heads 🤞🤞

I want Shammah Scott with the ball in his hands at the end of a one possession game.

Got my $100 t-shirt

I'm hoping Freeman can find a better situation next season. It doesn't seem like Minnesota has plans for him on the NBA roster.

In my wish world Miami goes undefeated until the MAC final when they get beaten by the Zips and both the Zips and Miami make the tournament. Two MAC teams in the tourney would be a nice precedent.

Also found at the Whitney plantation in New Orleans. Sojourner Truth spoke in Akron in 1851. Akron is everywhere.

They have 2 Gonzaga's of the midwest within an hour drive of them. Both Xavier and Dayton are better positioned. Xavier I suppose shed that title when they moved to Big East, but that's generally why there isn't a "Gonzaga of the Midwest". When a team reaches success they move up. Gonzaga was isolated and there was no Big East type conference on the west coast. They would have otherwise bolted the WCC many years ago had geography allowed it.

Evan is absolutely the obvious key, same with Amani. If we can somehow limit their front court, I don't think their backcourt is capable of carrying the load. Too inconsistent and their decision making is usually Kent (crap). My darkhorse tonight is Sharron Young. He is a pest defensively and has the ability to go off on any night offensively. Look for tonight to be that night. Ultimately, we simply need to make our shots no matter who is shooting the ball. If we do that, Kent won't be able to sniff being in this game. Go Zips.

I'd be bummed to see us leave Nike, I absolutely love Nike gear and its quality. I'd rather them focus on getting out of whatever nonsensical Barnes and Noble contract they have that prevents them from selling a better selection of items than move away from Nike.

Yes let them waste their money. We'll save ours for NIL. 💯

Other than a few sneakers, everything at UA associated with Lebron is a farce. Time to move on to a better deal.

It's the perfect timing, when else will they have as much public support for this as they do now?

Kent missed a looot of wide open 3s against us. Hopefully they just suck at shooting, but I'm betting they don't shoot anywhere near 1-23 from 3 again

Don't really know where to put this. But chalk up a few more calendar days that Infocision will be programmed with Akron City FC making the move from SVSM

Idk how a 14pt win can annoy me but they find a way to do. Just shows you how much the expectations have risen

I also liked his comment that in the last 5 minutes they were "an embarrassment to Naismith." LOL. I was happy when Buffalo went to the press as I thought it was a nice opportunity for the Zips to get some work in against pressure. Now I am worried it exposed a flaw other teams will exploit.

Freeman is back down with the wolves but had probably his best game with 29 points on 7 of 9 shooting and a team leading 12 rebounds. He did foul out and the Wolves lost in Overtime.

UMass enjoys fouling the hell out of people and the refs actually call it. My fear would be a game in the tourney where the refs decide to “let em play” or that they can’t call too many fouls for the entertainment value, and then UMass gets the benefit.

Why does this bother you so much?

Death, taxes, Shammah halftime buzzer beaters.

To quote Tom Hamilton “HE DOES IT AGAIN” Shammah can take that shot everytime

I was not so lucky, I’ll be writing a check when I get home to get one

The NIU game has been moved up to 6:00 to accommodate CBS Sports. It's also senior night so many will be hustling to get there.

Yes, it does. Every game up until the Final Four gives a credit. Each credit is worth about $2 million.

I DO NOT want to see Miami go undefeated in the MAC & then get boat raced in the 1st round of the NCAA

Sure, when we both make the final four. It could happen. 😄

If Zips win Tuesday, they will have two MAC seasons in a row with 13 game winning streaks (13-0 to start last season). Don't believe that's been done before. But Miami....

Malik and Richie both starting for Toronto in the season opener. Also, in a separate match, Shookalook is on the bench for Chicago after signing his MLS contract during the winter.

Seems to me this team has a lot of problematic second quarters.

Looking at the current likely MAC seedings, its not likely we'll finish in front of Miami or behind KSU so the seven seed is our likely opponent. Going to root to UMass to take over the six seed to take on KSU in round 1 to beat on each other, which would probably give us BGSU in round 1, whom we don't even rent, we own.

I think it would be helping individual players improve their technical ability. According to Google AI, this is the description... An individual development coach in soccer is a specialized staff member dedicated to creating and executing customized improvement plans for players at various levels, from youth academies to professional first teams. They bridge the gap between team-wide tactical goals and a player's personal needs, focusing on technical skills, decision-making, and psychological growth. By analyzing data, video, and performance, they provide targeted mentorship to ensure players thrive within the team's broader system.

Buffalo doesn't play until 6 pm tonight, which gives us a full 24 hours of extra rest. Plus we're at home, so a couple extra advantages over a team we should already handle fairly easily. Especially if Freitag remains out.

We are 36-2 in our last 38 MAC games, something that we will probably never see again. I trust the coaches know what they are doing and can’t wait to go see another win in the JAR Tuesday!

It's weird to put it in a promotional video but she's just trying to explain that if you ordered a single custom shirt, you'd pay $100 for it (although that's not true). But by buying in bulk (500 in the case of this giveaway), you can get the per unit price way down. I don't know why there's an economy of scale discussion being used to advertise though. 😂

Found at the bookstore at the Whitney plantation in New Orleans.

In 2025, UMass played at Iowa and Mizzou Toledo Played at Washington State CMU played at San Jose St We went to Nebraska Kent went to Texas Tech and Oklahoma EMU @ Texas State 4 teams going there per year isn't a big deal at all imo