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I'm interested to see what Cody provides. He had a pretty great year a s a freshman before regressing as a sophomore. I'm not really certain how he's performed in practice.

Yeah, I'm not sure what expectations some had for the portal. Outside of maybe Evan (whose game had limitations), this is probably the most proven player we've gotten in the NIL era. Typically we've targeted under the radar talent that we saw potential in. I don't see why he can't be as good, or better, than Young. He likely can't replace what TJ did and that's okay. ~6' guards who shoot ~50%/40%/90% and average close to 20 points per game are fetching far more money than we can afford. We were never going to be able to instantaneously replace that in 1 signing. Edit: I will add I would be disappointed if this was our only portal signing, but it's not going to be. Hard to make judgements until we see how things fill in.

Overall I'm pleased with the signing. Those were some efficient scoring numbers and the highlight reel looked very Tavari like. Obviously highlights only show the good. Now onto finding a wing and a big as those are our next 2 biggest holes.

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

This is likely. If it helps sell a few more season tickets then so be it. As @clarkwgriswold said this event has been poorly attended in recent years anyway. I personally haven't attended since the surplus sale days. 90% of the people who go are probably season ticket holders anyway. The other 10% probably didn't care that much to attend anyway if a $75 season ticket is going to deter them from going.

Apparently spring practice will be open to season ticket holders.

No argument there. The hope is if the MAC does expand to a 22 game conference schedule those would be the games eliminated. Whether it plays out that way who knows.

Some of us are fans of the sport, not just Akron. By we I mean mid-majors as a whole. A program like Belmont could have made the tournament if instead of getting neutral court wins against Toledo and St. Francis they picked up wins over mid-tier P5 programs. They were never given that opportunity.

We need to be at least able to play them on a neutral court. Mid-majors used to be able to build an at-large resumé by picking up 2-3 nice wins in a MTE. Those opportunities really aren't there anymore.

Did you watch CSU 1st round game in the Horizon League tournament? They hosted the game and there may have been a few dozen people in the stands. If even CSU fans don't care about CSU basketball why would Akron fans?

I actually feel it hurts our brand as I'd like to believe we're a level above both those programs. I feel that's the reason the only Horizon programs we agree to H&H with are the ones like Wright State who consistently compete at the top of the conference.

Outside of a few years under Calhoun both programs have been fairly bad. Maybe an outlier decent season here or there. I'm not sure what the appeal is in scheduling either of them.

Bowen is graded in the 97 percentile for 3-pt shooting, but overall he doesn't appear to be graded all that highly. https://x.com/i/status/2042279054406029724

Yeah, it would seem like a drastic drop from going from the #1 rated recruit in Ohio to CSU roster after 1 redshirted season. I imagine he will end up on another power conference team or one of the higher spending mid-majors.

Akron will also start the season off on the road on 11/2 against a Sun Belt team. Opponent still TBD.

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Thanks for sharing. There wasn't too much worth mentioning, but I did notice the FTRC patch on the quarter zip. I wonder if it will become available for purchase. 🤔

Providence reportedly paid Miles Byrd north of $2 million. He's a terrific perimeter defender, but only shoots .393 from the field and .305 from 3. As said before, it seems there is more money out there than players worth spending it on. I'm sure this will be far from the worst overpay this offseason.

I didn't apply because I just assumed they would pick the largest donors or people they know. If I had to guess that's how I imagine it played out.

I'm honestly surprised by how few commits there have been overall. Out of the top 25 transfers listed on 247 only 1 shows committed. One has to think the dominoes would have to fall on those players so the value can trickle down to the next tier and so on.

Odds are they probably won't. I will say I don't recall seeing much Goodyear signage around Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse before they became the Cavs jersey sponsor so anything is still possible.

Blessed 🙌

The NBA has been doing it for about a decade now. Personally, I'm hoping for the Goodyear Wingfoot for 2 reasons. First, because it's an iconic Akron brand. Secondly, I think it would compliment the jersey well without being a eyesore.

He might not even be someone we scouted. There are thousands of players in these international development leagues. It's not like we can scout all of them. I don't know if he'll be good at the MAC level or not. I will say based off the photo that it appears he will need to put on some muscle.

This coming season teams are allowed to wear a sponsor patch on their jerseys. A lot of other schools that have announced deals said they plan to largely use the funds for revenue sharing. Ball State hasn't signed any deals yet that I'm aware of, but I wonder if they plan to use this as a significant revenue source to help fund the increase.