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Go Conyers! This season is yours for the taking, I hope you torch it up all year. JC's got his chance to see big minutes this year. It's his last season as a Zip and he's taking advantage of it. Which is more than I can say for other members of the senior class, although only temporarily I'm sure. This team is getting close to finding their rhythm I think. Once they start clicking completely it's gonna be a pretty special thing and Jimmy Conyers can play a big part in that success. He's been tough on the boards this year and that was a little bit of a weakness of this team last year. Boards play a big part. And yes, Conyers' shooting touch as of late has been quite excellent. Maybe he can be the glue guy at the 3 this year like Nate was able to do last year. It's all you JC. This year is yours man!

Should have had this one. Turnovers and the free throw discrepancy made the difference tonight.

Hmmm. The link isn't working for me. I'm not sure why..

Yup, you aren't close to the Hipshers at all.I am so close I am Dan's shadow. Dan Hipsher paved the road that the Zips are traveling down now. He gave the Zips the credability that they carry now. Thank You Dan where ever you are right now. Rumor is that he might come back and coach the Football team to a MAC East Title.Are yout a gumshoe Quick? Conf. Conf. Year Coach Record Pct. Record Affiliation1972-73 Wyatt Webb 22-5 .815 Independent1973-74 Wyatt Webb 18-6 .750 Independent1974-75 Wyatt Webb 20-9 .689 Independent1975-76 Alex Adams 10-14 .417 Independent1976-77 Ken Cunningham 13-12 .520 Independent1977-78 Ken Cunningham 9-18 .333 1-6 MCC1978-79 Ken Cunningham 10-17 .370 2-8 MCC1979-80 Ken Cunningham 10-14 .417 Independent1980-81 Bob Rupert 8-18 .308 5-9 OVC1981-82 Bob Rupert 7-19 .269 3-13 OVC1982-83 Bob Rupert 14-15 .483 7-7 OVC1983-84 Bob Rupert 8-19 .296 3-11 OVC1984-85 Bob Huggins 12-14 .462 6-8 OVC1985-86 Bob Huggins 22-8 .733 10-4 OVC1986-87 Bob Huggins 21-9 .700 9-5 OVC1987-88 Bob Huggins 21-7 .750 Independent1988-89 Bob Huggins 21-8 .724 Independent1989-90 Coleman Crawford 16-12 .571 Independent1990-91 Coleman Crawford 15-13 .536 6-10 MCC1991-92 Coleman Crawford 16-12 .571 10-6 MCC1992-93 Coleman Crawford 8-18 .308 3-15 MAC1993-94 Coleman Crawford 8-18 .308 2-16 MAC1994-95 Coleman Crawford 8-18 .308 4-14 MAC1995-96 Dan Hipsher 3-23 .115 0-18 MAC1996-97 Dan Hipsher 8-18 .308 6-12 MAC1997-98 Dan Hipsher 17-10 .629 13-5 MAC1998-99 Dan Hipsher 18-9 .667 12-6 MAC1999-00 Dan Hipsher 17-11 .607 11-7 MAC2000-01 Dan Hipsher 12-16 .429 9-9 MAC2001-02 Dan Hipsher 10-21 .323 5-13 MAC2002-03 Dan Hipsher 14-14 .500 9-9 MAC2003-04 Dan Hipsher 13-15 .464 7-11 MAC2004-05 Keith Dambrot 19-10 .655 11-7 MAC2005-06 Keith Dambrot 23-10 .697 14-4 MAC2006-07 Keith Dambrot 26-7 .788 13-3 MAC2007-08 Keith Dambrot 24-11 .686 11-5 MAC2008-09 Keith Dambrot 23-13 .639 10-6 MACAs you can see, not only did Dan pave the road that the Zips are traveling now, but he paved it with gold. Maybe you have Dan Hipsher confused with Bob Huggins or Keith Dambrot when talking about coaches that have actually given Zips Basketball any sort of credibility in the Division I era? Or maybe you're just in love with Dan Hipsher? Either one is fine with me, but it's obvious that Dan Hipsher doesn't hold a candle to the things that Huggins and Dambrot have done for Akron Basketball. The numbers speak for themselves.

Zips move up to #11

I found some references to schools that turned him down, but not to schools that he turned down. Do you have any specifics on that?In any case, if we are talking the amount of money it would take to get him to UA, that opens a whole new world of potential coaches who would consider UA for the big bucks. But why even consider a big bucks coach if UA doesn't have big bucks to offer?Is this discussion realistic or pie in the sky?That's the conundrum. Either you spend the big bucks and upgrade the candidate pool, or hope you find a diamond n the rough that doesn't mind being payed peanuts for a few years.You want to tell the MAC that you're ready to leapfrog them permanently, you spend the money like Temple and Ohio are doing. You want to stay in the MAC and risk everything that the stadium is supposed to bring just to save a few bucks in the near term, then put away the wallets.I'm all for upgrading our pool of candidates, but let's get this soccer team hooked up first. Spend what you can to get the best coach for that money, but get the soccer team and Porter a new stadium. However, if you have enough money for both, then by all means use it. Let's just keep the soccer team happy while getting this football team back on track at a reasonable price.I'm as much for the soccer team going all the way as anyone else, but when is the last time that a soccer team brought in a crowd of 30k+ (at an American college)? Football is the big ticket, at least in this country anyway. I hope soccer draws awesome crowds, but it's kind of like saying why doesn't the university invest a ton of money into a men's curling program. The money is in football first and men's basketball second. Get the draw for football and the subsequent fall sports like soccer will benefit from the money football brings in. Of course as far as my basketball obsessed brain is concerned, Zips basketball should be getting all the money all the time!

According to what they said on the radio, someone chose to clobber him, rather than just foul. I don't know if he hit the floor, but lets just say UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.oops, wrong sport.I was at the game and it looked to me like during the first instance Humpty did have an unnecessarily rough foul made against him where some words were exchanged. But that was not the first instance of an unnecessarily rough foul that uapb made in the game. I believe it may have been towards the end of the first half, but a uapb player threw a ridiculously unnecessary elbow towards someone (I don't recall who it was) and a personal foul was called, but in hindsight it seems like it maybe should have been a flagrant foul. The game got pretty physical at times. As for the scene at the end; It was obviously not a good idea for Humpty to approach uapb after the game like that, but it looked as if he approached a member of the coaching staff, not trying to go over there with violent intentions, but perhaps to ask something or give an explanation of sorts? It seemed to me that uapb was acting the part of a really sore loser. Humpty approaching them obviously didn't help the situation at all, but in seeing the other Zips players backing Humpty up, it seemed as if they were just going over to keep the peace and make sure their teammate wasn't going to get roughed up. (You win with dignity, and you should lose with dignity too). I did notice Sweich going over there with hands in the air trying to calm the situation down.. All I do know is that if I got into a rough situation I'd want big Swiech to be on my side. That coach probably had one or two unnecessary bodily functions when he approached.

Looove the Dambrot! Ala Seinfeld's "The Drake" episode.

Akron OK with Marshall plan's growing painsNot exactly any new concepts here, but a few quotes from Coach D, Zeke, Humpty, and Brett.

They'd better win this one. This season is personal. We've got an amazing lineup with this year's team. For all the potential that these guys have, they should be making a very, very deep run in March. Having said that, you can never look further than next game's opponent. AP is a team that we should make an immediate statement against.I think we work out some kinks in this one but still win in true Akron style.Zips 68 Governors 52 As a sidebar: I think the big guy makes an immediate impact. He's easily the biggest fan favorite since Rome and Dru and I'm convinced he's going to find his way to a quadruple double at some point during his time here. Good luck this season Zips! I know you guys have got what it takes to go up against anybody in the nation. It's all yours for the taking and it's an amazing time to be an Akron hoops junkie. I'll be there for every second of every game..

Watched a bit of the UNC vs NC-Central debacle in ESPN tonight. Yeah, I guess beating the crap out ofhapless D-1 team trumps beating the crap out of a hapless D-3 team. Didn't we pull the same nastyagainst NC-Central a year or two ago?Yes. 2007-2008 season. Zips 96 NC Central 49.

Not JD's fault. Ask Jacquemain and the rest of his "boys" about that one. At least a few of them give a damn I hope. JD made the tough choice by benching the only chance we had to win..And it hurt us, BAD. Yeah, I'm just completely blowing off some steam after this embarrassment. Sorry, but I don't know what else to do, Indiana is absolutely horrible and our defense was even more pathetic. We just made a complete fool of ourselves today.We had a chance to be taken seriously, but that's gone now. Thank you Chris, hope it was worth it to you. And for all of you Rodgers advocates... How many MORE pics can your boy throw? Clearly the kid is nowhere near ready... I just hope these guys figure it out soon.. Good luck to you the rest of the season, because after what I witnessed today you're really gonna need it.. ugh

Ditto.

hoo hoo hoosier daddy? Is what Zips fans will be chanting after we go up by three touchdowns in the fourth quarter..

Can't is the best all-around sports program, period? Clearly. I go to Akron's games against them every year. Year after year thinking, man, why can't we be that good? They go undefeated in their out of conference schedule and then go burn the mid american conference year after year, every single year, for decades. Why are they even still a member of the mac? The Can't State sports tradition is so strong that I can never find a ticket to any of their sporting events. If only Akron could one day muster up the gutsy performance to shock the world and just upset these guys in any sport.. -I showed one of my friends this little stoner's post and he just spat his drink right out of his mouth whilst laughing uncontrollably. I hope "Realism" comes back with more of this charming and witty banter. Sometimes I need that little pick me up during a long week. But please, for the love of god, in all honesty, just go back to whatever commune, or squatter village you came from kid. You're probably making the other public library patrons nauseous with your overpowering stench of last night's dumpster diving exploits that are somehow still stuck in your lice infested "indie rock" beard. Forgive my brash comments, you probably, considerately, showered with patchouli and bong resin that morning, didn't you? Maybe you can actually see to it that, for once, mommy's tuition check serves a real purpose and you can get out of Ravenna's finest learning institution with your "general studies" degree asap. What's it been, 10 plus years now? a season where you actually, FINALLY win the MAC??). Five words for ya. Get used to it pal.

Bought my copy today. I liked what Tressel wrote, even though it's hardly half a page, it seemed very heartfelt and sincere. It's also kind of cool to read the articles from the Buchtelite from the 1800's and the interesting vocabulary and diction used at the time. Kudos to Ms. Kaloz for taking the initiative to compile all of the information for this book, it's really a pretty awesome thing for any Akron, or college football fan to have. Heck, I just learned from it that originally a touchdown used to be worth four points and a field goal worth five, kind of interesting stuff for any football fan I would imagine.

For anyone that has the channel or who is interested, CBS College Sports (CBS C (Channel 152) on Dish Network (I'm not certain what channel it is on other providers)) is replaying the Zips 2009 NCAA Tourney game Tuesday @10p. Link

A few years back the Cavaliers integrated "New Noise" by the Refused off of their album "The Shape of Punk to Come" (and yes, the title is a parody of Ornette Coleman's "The Shape of Jazz to Come") into their huge player intro production. Now THAT is an album that anyone still in their twenties needs to own. When compared to "New Noise", "I put on" makes me want to go sniff some flowers while wearing a patchouli scented tie-dye dress.. But the proof is in the noise: I believe the Cavaliers cut out all of the vocal tracks and just edited the song to take advantage of the massive and intimidating guitar riff. Also, the concept of "New Noise" does kind of fall in line with the youth on our basketball team, as well as the attitude I'm sure they have in wanting to bring something new to the face of the program. Just a thought...

I think an interesting idea would be to have some sort of video collage tribute to the history of Zips basketball immediately before the player introductions begin. I'm not sure what the limitations are as far as archived audio and video footage are, but I think it would serve as a reminder of some of the pride and tradition associated with the basketball program, maybe creating some sort of "mystique" to the JAR, and thus enhancing the game day experience. If nothing else it might help to educate new and younger fans as to what some of those banners and pictures hanging in the rafters actually signify and that there actually is a pretty extensive basketball history at our university. Perhaps it would even help to give the current players a renewed sense of creating their own place in the long history of hoops at UA before each game. That, and maybe it will remind some of the old timers and alumni of their heyday back in college . It would serve as a reminder of how we got to where we are, who we are, and what it takes to reach new levels of excellence on the court. To be honest, I'm feeling extremely inspired just thinking about it...

I'm not a very big fan of it. Perhaps we can get this guy to come up with something?"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left."

I was able to quickly swing past the stadium site this afternoon while running some errands. I apologize for not having time to take more (or very decent quality) pictures, but here is a quick picture I took with my Blackberry of the progress of the brick work on the outside of the east stands. The picture is taken at just about what used to be the intersection of Spicer and Nash Streets facing west. Hope this gives those who can only see what's going on in the webcams a slightly better idea of the progress on the outer facade of the stadium.

Agreed. Especially about the elitism part. I agree they should either serve to all that are of age, or if not, just prohibit it all together. Why should some be able to drink and watch football while others who are of age can not? Because of the price of your tickets? That is ridiculous (and I could throw in a few more expletives about classism, but I won't b/c Akron provided me with a lot of opportunity and a reasonable tuition as an undergrad and also offers a relatively affordable graduate degree ). But regardless, I'll be trying to rock one or two Roo Brews either inside or outside of the Info. (Wherever it's getting sold in the fall). After all, it is extremely tasty, and as has been stated, sneaking a few "ones" into a Zips game is no new phenomenon... Not that the RB ever required such a covert operation, but perhaps, things will be different at the Info.. Good luck and God Bless, my partying friends...

X1X1,000Thanks for a great season guys. We'll get 'em back next season.

Just wanted to say at this important junction in our school's history that, well, I love you Zips, Zips Nation!, Akron, and everybody that has had some stake in this and has been at the JAR for all, or any of the games and/or has had an influence on the basketball program in recent years or years past. Thank you, this has been an amazing season... I will remember it always. Absolutely nothing but the best wishes in the NCAA Tournament. Lets keep this year going! God it feels so good. We are some of the best fans in the country, if not the best! And now, 23 years later, we have one of the 64 best teams in the country! It only gets better from here on out!... GO AKRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't even know what to say at this very second.... Nate, congrats, and thank you... for everything..This team was picked to do nothing and was dead in the water in the first round... This was a result of nothing but grit, grit, and grit... My Akron undergrad years took place during basically ALL of the big Tourney upsets and NO ONE can take this away from us, and from me as well. I was at "the shot" and at the "Can't BS finals game" and this is now absolute insanity. I'm so lost I don't even know what to say. You guys did it, you freaking made it to the dance. THANK YOU!!!!. I was just an infant the last time this happened.. THANK YOU.. And I'm dead serious when I say this... Lets win the whole f@$%ing thing... NO ONE GETS OVER ON AKRON!!! WE CAN GET PAST ANYONE IN THE NATION! JUST BELIEVE! Thank you again. Tonight was so absolutely amazing, represent our city as it should be represented...The basketball capital of the world, the home of Lebron James and two of his amazing teammates... Do this thing for Rome and for Dru and Nick and Cedrick and WOOODY, as well as Goddard and Quade, do it for all of us... You guys can roll with anyone in the NATION and now, finally, we get the chance to prove it. The nation better get ready for the names McKNIGHT and LINHART, because you're all gonna know it soon...WE CHEER THE AKRON WARRIORS BOLD!