clarkwgriswold

We were really spoiled by how long KD was able to stay and certainly benefited from the CMU incident in his past. I hope the balance is struck by Groce's phone ringing off of the hook with offers met by his desire to stay and continue to build. Those phone calls are evidence of success. What you don't want is for him to become "Sendeoffian" and be just good enough to stay but not bad enough to can.

That Mogadore mailing address region is huge!

Thanks for doing this Let'sGoZips94.

State Route 532 runs north-south right through the middle of Mogadore and is the line between Summit and Portage County. Roughly 2/3rds of Mogadore is in Portage County. The high school actually sits in Summit but most of the village is in Portage.

Some great stuff here.

I was thinking the reincarnation of X as I read your post then came to the last sentence. His 9.5 rpg were a real bonus too.

Only in NCAA basketball can an East bracket game be played in Portland and a West bracket game be played in Buffalo.

So just to clarify, 18 to 22 year old males occasionally do some stupid stuff? That's outlandish!

He's been just good enough to give them hope and hold on yet not bad enough to fire. He's the Crash Davis of MAC coaches. His Kelvin Sampson scandal probably holds him back a little too.

You would hope that the team's late season success will make the transfer portal work in the Zips favor. It should keep the current kids here while drawing other kids to the program. I hope it doesn't draw attention to Groce.

I'm not a fan of the how Senderoff said it shouldn't have gotten out of the locker room or how he tried to explain how things happen in the locker room, but his defense of Jacobs and praise of the Zips was what I would hope for from the coach of my team.

Yes. Print and the E-Edition. Marla on the front page. GT on 1C. Beaven on 4C.

3 Beacon articles about the Zips today. Marla about Groce, Beaven about Ali and GT about the team in general. Shocking.

I saw a bus down here today with the name "Flashes" on the front of the bus. Of course, it was a short bus. It made me smile.

I wonder if this team's run will result in the return of some of the fair weather blue seaters who departed when KD left.

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There's a reason that's the first time you've heard it. Don't get me wrong, I like Ali, but an NBA prospect would dominate the MAC in his third year not just be a nice player. He has a future in basketball but it won't be in the NBA.

I wonder when the PCCC fans will show up to wish the Zips well.

Draft Kings line is Akron +15.

This is unrelated to the tournament game but there's nowhere else really to post it. Today's Beacon included a "Get to Know" article about GT- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/2022/03/07/staff-profile-meet-beacon-journal-george-thomas/6756017001/ The article made me appreciate him a little more, but one think jumped out at me- The likelihood you will find me in an arena, stadium or other sporting venue is nil. Unless I have an interest in it for work, I won’t be watching it on TV. People are more apt to run into me at a movie theater or Playhouse Square for its Broadway Series productions. It makes me wonder what a guy who apparently has such a disinterest in sports has the job of covering sports.

UCLA Starters against Arizona in the PAC-12 championship: Myles Johnson- C- 6’10”- senior- 3.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg Johnny Juzang- G- 6’7”- junior- 16 ppg, 4.6 rpg Jaime Vasquez- G/F- 6’7’- junior- 14 ppg, 5.8 rpg Jules Bernard- G- 6’7”- senior- 12.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg Tyger Campbell- G- 5’11”- junior- 11.5 rpg, 1.5 rpg, 4.2 apg UCLA finished No. 8 in the KenPom, No. 10 in the NET, No. 10 in the BPI, No. 10 in the RPI and No. 10 in the BARTHAG, strength of record- No. 15.

A quote from an article in Bruin Report Online- Akron isn’t good, and UCLA should be able to cruise through that one. The Zips shoot a lot of threes, so that could be trouble, but they don’t have a ton of size, which has been the real issue for UCLA this year. If the Bruins are focused, they should be able to win going away. Here's hoping UCLA has that same cocky attitude.

Our 2021-2022 MAC Champion Zips head to Portland Thursday to face UCLA in the 4/13 game. The Zips come into the game at 24-9 on am 8 game win streak. UCLA comes in at 25-7 out of the PAC-12, losing to Arizona in the conference tournament. I’ll post more on the players and matchups later but wanted to get this up quick so that the conversation could get started. Go Zips!

Of course the last damn bracket announced! I was a little worried about Wisconsin in Milwaukee.