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  1. 18 minutes ago, UA1996MAENG said:

    I agree that the Polsky building and Quaker Square should be sold.  However, the problem with that type of sale is how difficult it is to unload a building or complex of that type in a small city. As my dad would have said, "Who the hell would want it? Imagine the heating bills!" I'm suprised that the Akron Public Schools could not utilize it for one of its high schools. However, APS is already looking to end its lease on the Central Hower HS building - yet another large propertyy that UA simply does not need.

    For Polsky, the only thing that would make sense is converting it to office space and then sectioning it of so that it could have multiple tenants. Obviously Akron isn't in the real estate business so it's only something they could do if a developer showed interest.

  2. 2 hours ago, GP1 said:

    Here is an article that includes gambling as a reckless behavior. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/four-years-later-covid-isnt-done-with-us-280a7cf1?mod=Searchresults_pos16&page=1

     

    Because of legalization, gambling and smoking pot aren't even cool anymore. It used to be cool to feel like you were clandestinely buying some pot in college on a Friday from some shadowy dude. In reality , the cops had a lot more to worry about in Akron than a small time pot dealer pushing joints around the University. Now you just got to a store to buy pot that leaves a person catatonic after two hits. When I was in college, I could smoke an entire joint with three friends and not be incapacitated. 

     

    Gambling was cool also. You knew a shady guy that you had to go pay once a week.  Now you tell your phone. Is there anything less cool than that?

     

    I think this is the first time in my life when I look back on the current college kids and pitty them for not being as cool as my generation. 

     

    It just made gambling more mainstream. The NCAA tournament just set record viewership records at a time when fewer and fewer people are watching live TV. Now that the can of worms has been opened, the leagues are making more money and politicians are generating more tax revenue I don't see it going anywhere.

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  3. On 3/20/2024 at 10:59 AM, UA1996MAENG said:

    I think it's certainly good that the campus has something desireable to offer in terms of housing. However, it's important to increase overall enrollment.  We have a campus made for a population of 25 - 30k.  UA might not ever get back to that, but certianly getting back to 18-20 would be a benefical across the board.

    Honestly, I think the University should consider right sizing itself to reduce overhead and eliminate debt. It probably won't happen because they're in the process of a major renovation, but selling Polsky would have made the most sense. I know it's used for some classes currently, but with enrollment down they could easily move those back to campus. 

     

    They could also try selling Quaker Square, but that might be harder to find a buyer for.

  4. 36 minutes ago, 1981 grad said:

    As much as we complain about the Beacon, that was an interesting article regarding how gambling has effected the players and coaches, and not in a good way.  Reminds me of the weirdest telecast of a Zips game when Barstools talked more about the over and under than about the game.  Only a matter of time before some student athlete gets paid to fix a game.  I can smell a scandal coming with all the money out there and student athletes not getting much or any money and all of the action that is bet on the college games.

     

    Point shaving wouldn't be new to college hoops. There have been numerous scandals over the years.

  5. The UMass poster (Steve) who occasionally drops in here mentioned that the UMass collective has different tiers and that entry starts as low as $10/mo. If Akron had something like that, I wouldn't be opposed to contributing. Obviously it doesn't amount to much unless you have several very large donors or thousands of small ones.

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  6. 1 hour ago, akzipper said:

     

    I still can't believe the Zips were only down 5 at half. JMU and Duquesne were getting their doors blown off by 3 and 4 seeds by halftime. I will never get over the fact that we were a 14 seed. Absolute disgrace. 

    It's a fairly common theme for the more talented team to pull away in the 2nd half. As @Captain Kangaroo put it, Creighton was the better team at all 5 positions. It would have taken them playing one of their worst games all season and us playing our best to spring an upset. Neither of those two happened.

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  7. 52 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

    All Mac Teams, 15/25 players either graduating or transferring (not sure if they will stay in the league)

     

    Ali Ali, Senior, Guard, Akron
    Enrique Freeman, Senior, Forward, Akron
    Marcus Hill, Junior, Guard, Bowling Green
    Anthony Pritchard, Junior, Guard, Central Michigan
    Ra’Heim Moss, Junior, Guard, Toledo
     
    All-MAC Second Team 
    Basheer Jihad, Junior, Forward, Ball State
    Rashaun Agee, Senior, Forward, Bowling Green
    Jaylin Hunter, Senior, Guard, Ohio
    Dante Maddox Jr., Junior, Guard, Toledo
    Tyler Cochran, Junior, Guard, Toledo

    All-MAC Third Team 
    Brian Taylor, Graduate Student, Guard, Central Michigan
    Tyson Acuff, Junior, Guard, Eastern Michigan
    Jalen Sullinger, Junior, Guard, Kent State
    David Coit, Junior, Guard, Northern Illinois
    AJ Clayton, Junior, Forward, Ohio

    All-MAC Honorable Mention
    Greg Tribble, Senior, Guard, Akron
    VonCameron Davis, R-Junior, Forward, Kent State
    Anderson Mirambeaux, Senior, Center, Miami
    Darweshi Hunter, Graduate Student, Guard, Miami
    B. Artis White, R-Junior, Guard, Western Michigan
     
    MAC All-Freshman Team
    Arne Osojnik, Guard, Eastern Michigan
    Eian Elmer, Wing, Miami
    Will Lovings-Watts, Guard, Northern Illinois
    Javan Simmons, Forward, Toledo
    Sonny Wilson, Guard, Toledo

    Just when you think the MAC can't possibly get any worse...

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  8. 3 hours ago, Zippy87 said:

     

    I'm more worried about keeping up with UMass in two years than I am getting out of the MAC.

    Yes, someone shared an article from one of the Massachusetts publications interviewing the UMass athletic director. Apparently UMass has a collective specifically for basketball. The athletic director mentioned few to no other MAC programs have one and that it should give them a competitive edge. Apparently the collective pays out $500k/yr. I can easily see them becoming the MAC team that poaches players like Cochran from other MAC teams.

  9. 1 hour ago, mes102 said:

     

    The part I agree with you about. I believe the committee had the VCU-Duquesne winner at the 11 seed regardless. That game was on Selection Sunday, and only the winner was getting in. The reputation of the A-10 far outweighs the MAC over the last decade, and so that's why you see Duquesne getting the 11 seed. 

     

    I mean that's why Dambrot said as a speaker to a campus class over a decade ago that if he was coaching at a school like Duke, he would be in the NCAA Tournament every year and Coach K wouldn't have done anything at Akron. 

     

    Conference reputations matter. Look at the Mountain West. With the PAC 12 dissolving, they're branding themselves the "Big East of the West Coast" now. 

    What benefited Duquesne was there were a lot of upsets in the conference tournaments therefore the 11 & 12 seed line was weaker than it normally is. Like for example, Indiana State would have easily been seeded ahead of them had they won the MVC, but they didn't. In a normal year they would have been a low end 12/upper end 13 seed.

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  10. I don't think anyone is being overly critical. They're just acknowledging that Groce went all in with this team and now we have no pieces to really build around for next year. I don't have a problem that Groce went all in, but at the same time I'm not eagerly looking forward to next year.

     

    Edit: that's not to say we can't compete in the future.

  11. Overall, I can't complain about the effort. I just don't think this team ever really neared its potential this season. Shooting woes plagued us the 2nd half of the season and we really had no way of defending #11 on Creighton. I'd recommend trying to send a double to force him out of his dribble, but they just shoot the 3 too well to do that.

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  12. 7 minutes ago, akzipper said:

    This game hurts a lot more because I have no idea where the Zips go from here. A complete rebuild is coming and I think we're in for some rough years ahead. 

    Exactly this. It's not like we have NIL money to buy a new team. What 4th or 5th year senior that has aspirations to play in the tournament is going to want to come to an Akron team devoid of talent?

     

    Groce is going to have to find some diamonds in the rough.

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