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KD should've left in a way that warranted more of this type of response.

This makes sense. He played for Groce at OU.

That was our first win over Frank Martin.

CAA finished ahead of the MAC in NET according to Warren Nolan. CAA is the 15th best conference, MAC is the 17th. His pay increases pretty drastically as he hits the achievements he was hitting here. An added factor to the pay is what they can afford NIL wise, which seems to be more. Who knows what benefits he's receiving to offset the higher COL. He also might not care because he's in Charleston, SC, year round now. Who cares if he left for a mid major? Groce should not be the target of any disdain, anger, etc., in my opinion. Don't waste the energy, choose to be happy for him, and use the energy to support Ford.

Easy there. He gave us 9 great years and is leaving behind his right-hand man to man the ship at Akron. It's odd to see Groce at Charleston, but there shouldn't be any ill will. Who are we to say it's a bad career move? He looks happy - that's what matters.

The respect Groce had for Halcovage makes me empathetic for George. In regards to Buffalo - sucks. 🤷‍♂️

It's 2026. He can identify as a Kent graduate if he wants and who are we to say no? I'm team Kenni. Win that lawsuit.

LOL!

Devan Marrow is staying per Ford.

Thanks for posting. What a fun listen. Ford has the hype factor. That makes me want to run through a brick wall.

Oh was he?! Bummer I missed it. How was the interview?

Ford is doing a social media tour on X. Wonder if we'll start to hear some Portal/Returning news tomorrow.

What a time for Toledo to post this.

Just made my deposit for season tickets again. Hopefully enough people do so to signal support for Ford.

There goes Miami OH's 2nd or 3rd best player.

Wouldn't mind that assuming the rest of the OOC schedule included some stiffer competition. The last ABC saw some very competitive basketball programs, I think all but 1 reaching their conference tournament final and a couple (including Akron) making the NCAAT. The University would need to get more creative with promoting it, though, and making it a better event overall.

They might, but for a University with budget constraints, seems odd to use financial resources on a formal process like this instead of joining the board, creating a section or a thread with questions, and starting there - for free.

It actually didn't. Here's what I received... "Thank you for your support of the Zips and interest in joining the Zips Fan Council! While it’s been a hectic time of year with basketball season in full-swing, I wanted to send out a quick update regarding where our department is currently at with creating the Zips Fan Council. We had overwhelming interest in being a part of this council, with just under 100 applicants from across the state of Ohio and beyond. Our goal for this council is to build a group that spans across as many different demographics as possible, and as such we’ve selected limited numbers of individuals across a wide variety of graduation years and backgrounds to accomplish this goal. We are in the final stages of scheduling interviews with applicants and hope to have our council members finalized in the coming weeks, with our first meeting late in the spring. If you were not chosen to move forward in the process, please know that it was based on limited availability and Akron Athletics appreciates and values your support. As this will be a group that ebbs and flows based on availability, we would love to consider you for the group in the future even if you are not ultimately selected in this first iteration." The part I put in bold is what reads like a rejection. Regardless, I still don't understand why they aren't joining ZipsNation for feedback, suggestions, brainstorming, etc.