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  1. 13 hours ago, Illini Zip said:

    I’m watching JMU get curb-stomped by Duke (4).  Down 35 points with 2 minutes to play. I guess losing to Creighton (3) could have been worse. 

     

    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. 

  2. 15 minutes ago, ZipCat said:

     

    It felt like we were always a 14/13 seed. W/E. Still doesn't answer how a Mid-Major like Akron gets a lower seed than Duquesne 

     

    Neither team deserved to be higher than a 13 seed. The Zips did nothing all season to earn it and neither did Duquesne. Yet somehow they got rewarded by playing a mediocre BYU team while the Zips are get blown out by Creighton.   

     

    And yes, I'm being petty. But I find no joy in seeing the coach who bailed his alma mater after never winning a tournament game, win one at another school. His Akron teams consistently underachieved and yet now we're supposed to cheer as we see our Zips get blown out yet again? No thanks. 

     

     

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  3. 10 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

     

    ZipsNation gives history lessons.

     

    PCCC is still trying to figure out how to tweet out the final score of the MAC Championship Game after one of their players didn't even know the score during the game. 

     

    And people wonder who the superior school/fan base is...

     

    I'm still shocked that they posted a video of a made 3 at the end of the first half and then crickets for days. Pretty sure that the Zips accounts post highlights and final scores regardless of the outcome. As do most other teams. It's like Kent doesn't know how to take losing so they just pretend it didn't happen.

  4. 32 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

    I'll post more in the game thread once @clarkwgriswold creates one, but on paper, I LOVE this matchup. Creighton is only 6-7 deep and while they do have some height, their production mainly comes from 4 guys. It's a big drop off in production after their top 4. 

     

    Well Akron's production has come from one guy for like the past month 😞

  5. Don't let the Kent brain fart foul distract us from the fact that the Zips absolutely deserved to win this game. That phantom foul on Ali with like 40 seconds left was the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. I have no idea what the ref saw there. Not only that Nate Johnson was WIDE OPEN at the baseline as the final foul was called. He would have had an easy layup for the win. 

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  6. 23 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

     

    I'll never understand why he chose to leave Akron the way he did - ripping fans, the JAR, emptying the cupboards of the program, etc. He had a roller coaster career at Akron, but ultimately peaked 9 years in and declined during his remaining years at the helm of the Zips. Never really sniffed a tourney win, only won 3 MAC tournaments despite 8 or 9 trips, and had a slew of program issues with Diggs, Harney, Treadwell, Abreu, etc. He failed to recruit Larry Nance Jr to boot. It doesn't help that during the peak and decline of the program in his final years as our coach, we witnessed Ohio & Buffalo go on runs in the NCAA Tourney that he never accomplished, and chose to make excuses (see the opening sentence). The shine of the Dambrot era wore off real quick for me. I appreciate where he took Akron from where the program was when he started, but that's about it. 

     

    I've actively rooted against Dambrot since he arrived at Duquesne. With all that being said, this year is a little different given everything he has gone through. With the passing of his dad and his wife being diagnosed with cancer, the human in me isn't upset to see him have some success right now. 

     

    This is where I am. Regardless of conference, UA is a better basketball program than Duquesne. Yes he played a big part in it. But instead of trying to build something even better and taking us to the next level, he bailed. The only advantage Duquesne has is that their football program is basically non-existent so basketball is the only sport that matters there. They put millions into making the arena less mediocre. Something UA will never do. But it's still nothing special. They are in a bigger market than Akron but nobody in Pittsburgh cares about them. More people in Cleveland care about the Zips and the Dukes are literally right in the heart of downtown.

     

    I'll never be okay with the way he left and the fact that his consistently underachieved. The fact that his current team is overachieving just makes this season even more frustrating. They didn't even deserve to be in the A10 tournament. But they pulled off some Kent State style Linsanity run and will most likely make the dance. 

     

    As a person I wish him the best with the health of his wife and family. But as a basketball coach? I hope his teams never make the tournament. Go Zips and Go Bonnies. 

  7. I was so done, yet they pulled me back in. Something about NE Ohio teams doing everything they can to put my health in danger. No wonder I have high blood pressure in my 30s. Great win Zips! Just need one more stomping of Kent please, that's all I ask. 

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