clarkwgriswold

This is a forum- a place to exchange thoughts, ideas and views. If one is going to lose their enthusiasm because someone disagrees with them they're pretty damn weak minded.

We'd all feel lost if we had a Zips head coaching hire and there wasn't some premature b!+ch!ng on some level!

I'd love to see Tribble come off of the bench. I think he's just the type of mature multi-position player that could bring high energy in that role. I'd also like Sammy off of the bench unless he's the guy we saw occasionally late in the season. Tavari- transfer guard- Dawson- Nate- Enrique.

My gut tells me Tavari will be the starter (and that the sub I had for lunch may have had expired mayo).

The Thornton kid went from being a JUCO to being Academic All-MAC. That's damn impressive.

Big man on campus + $1,000,000. Sign me up.

It's called "pulling a KJ Walton."

I love the reaction of the guys sitting in the bleachers on the baseline.

Columbia's Griffith is an east coaster, born and raised in King of Prussia, PA and she played at Columbia and was an assistant at Princeton. I suspect that it might be difficult to pry her from her alma mater unless there's a substantial pay raise involved.

That a pretty solid breakdown B & G, but let's not forget- Groce will put the 5 on the floor to start and finish the game that he thinks perform the best together not necessarily the 5 most talented.

Mine is loading fine. Now if I could just dump that aggravating Kevin Hart ad that displays over links at the top of the page...

I think the Zips should require them to grow 4 to 5 inches if they decide to come to Akron.

I'm pleased we're seeing so many post-season discussions. Hopefully, we can keep this up and avoid the off-season forum letdown.

My thought if that the middle aged guy who recruited you can bail and move without restriction (and actually financially benefit) the 20-year kid player should be able to immediately transfer and play. I'm not at all a fan of the transient nature of today's athletes, but I think it's only fair to give the kids the benefit that the coaches have.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt at this point. 16 or 17 year old kid playing a rival in a charged environment. Plus, a year of not being the guy tends to humble one a bit. Also, having seen the type of kids Groce has generally recruited to UA outside of that first season, I'm going to trust he's gotten to know this kid.

The media guide with all of the records used to be easily accessible but i can't find it any more.

Interesting page of Zips record holders- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/akron/men/leaders-and-records-career.html

Romeo pleads guilty, owes $375K in restitution and faces faces between 15 and 21 months in prison when he’s sentenced. https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2023/03/ex-akron-basketball-star-romeo-travis-pleads-guilty-to-federal-fraud-charges-owes-nearly-375000-in-restitution.html

I can't believe Mark Kostelac has been left out of the discussion. He got some serious love on ZipsNation back in the day.

My concern with that would be him potentially having to cover a 3 on the other end of the floor. He doesn't seem to have much lateral quickness.

Davis played 144 games to Maravich's 83. I do find it amusing that both had their daddy as their coach.

Agreed. The other aspect to this in bringing in a big is that if he's going to start he'll need to be an "unconventional" big as I can't see the Zips jamming up the inside with 2 guys without range. Somebody like Xeyrius who could play the 4 and has range who could also slide over when Enrique goes to the bench would be ideal. It was my hope that Hunter was this guy but... The other option would be a traditional big who would primarily come off of the bench.

I frequently disagree with myself, so no problem! I think 14-19 was the primary basis of their rejection. I haven't looked but I doubt any other team with a 42% win percentage was invited. Even if not, I actually appreciate the fact that they didn't allow their tournament to be used to facilitate that farce.

There's only one thing that would look worse than inviting Detroit Mercy to play in some crappy post-season tournament to allow Davis to fraudulently break Maravich's record. It's him whining like a little bitch that they didn't give him and his lousy sub . 500 team a chance. https://sports.yahoo.com/antoine-davis-ends-chase-maravichs-211745938.html