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LoyalZIP

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  1. Ronnie Steward PG. Gotta have Josh Egner too.
  2. John Groce has coached 11 seasons of MAC basketball He has won at least one MAC tournament game in each of those seasons (sans 2020, N/A). In the 10 MAC tournaments he has coached in, he has won 40% of them. His highest rated team at Akron was not able to participate in 2020. Bonkers.
  3. That season, the Zips lost their final 2 regular season games, beat Miami in the quarterfinals, and beat Kent by 1 in the championship. Sounds familiar.
  4. When I think Akron basketball bigs the first name that pops into my mind is Taylor Currie. The two-headed monster of he and Tre Edwards en route to the 2021 Elite Eight will always stand as the most dominant front-court in Akron’s history.
  5. The AI that created this thread/poll isn’t very good
  6. Turn back the Zips Nation clock to mid-February 2022. Now that was a fun time 😬
  7. There’s luck involved in just about every championship. 2021, Ohio had COVID at the right time and could rest up. 2022, Zips benefit from Sendy running a trash program. 2023, Kent is lucky Ali Ali gave Butler a shot. 2024, Kent lucks out with the Bass injury before one of their own morons strikes again, and Tribble, who blew FTs in his final game at the JAR, cans the last 2 to win it. Shammah Scott went a month without hitting a 3, then hits the most clutch 3 of the MAC tournament. Make or miss game. Brian Walsh, Ronaldo Segu, Jaylin Hunter, Jalen Sullinger. IYKYK.
  8. 17 #1 seeds have lost this week so far, or something like that. A10 has stolen a bid knocking out Dayton. Anything can happen.
  9. Reggie Bass getting hurt was the greatest thing to ever happen to that team. He and Emoni Bates are the biggest losers to ever play in the MAC. It ain’t even close.
  10. You reap what you sow, Pinky. You recruit idiots, you get idiotic results. He’s not much of a genius when a women’s player’s boyfriend isn’t begging for a roster spot.
  11. Great. Now Ali will cost us another NCAA tournament win. 😜
  12. I thought 2022 killed the 2020 demons. I was wrong. Still very much alive. No reason for this, at all. Success is fleeting for mid-majors. And these guys have pissed down both legs and all of ours.
  13. Legacy tarnishing collapse. Thank the Lord for 2022.
  14. Even if they figure a way to pull this out, this is the biggest collapse by an Akron team in ages. Plain and simple.
  15. The only team they beat, IUPUI, fired their coach yesterday
  16. You can talk about Thornton and Tavari, the backup point guards, until you’re blue in the face. And I preface this by saying I love Greg Tribble with all my blue and gold heart. But he would be the first to admit that in these past two weeks, his game has not been close to his standards. Missing key free throws, playing sub-par defense, taking too many out of control shots, all far bigger issues. Again, he would be the first to admit these things.
  17. Ever since the flight to JMU, it’s looked like hammering a square peg into a round hole. Ali and Freeman can typically get their looks on command and cash in enough to get the job done. Sans Ali’s 3pt shot which has mysteriously vanished. Even with a better roster than pretty much everyone in the league, the Zips play to their opponent’s level. It’s hard to explain. They just mentally don’t seem as locked in as they were earlier in the year. Everything has gone backwards.
  18. Tribble's 18-40 from three in conference play is good for #1 in the league at 45% (ranking qualifying shooters, of course).
  19. 1,583 days ago, Greg Tribble and Ali Ali suited up for their first regular season game for Akron, against Malone. Was Freeman with the team yet? He played later that month. Anyway, Ali started and played 19 minutes, Tribble played 14 minutes and both made an impact in the box score. Today, all 3 will play at the JAR for the last time. The last home game is always bittersweet, but this one is far and away the most I’ve ever felt that before. These 3 guys have been in my life longer than some of my close friends. I’m going to enjoy every second of tonight. Hopefully a comfortable win. These guys have done so much, and still have a lot on the table. Go Zips!
  20. $20 per session in the deck I believe. I’ve never had trouble getting a spot. I’m sure there are cheaper options around, but probably none more convenient. If you can get free parking at the casino you could try that.
  21. In 2020, we cut down the nets by just clinching a share, so I would imagine so. Don’t want to get into a situation where you wait til you officially lock up the 1 seed and have an awkward empty gym party like the 2017 team. I believe @NWAkron was our reporter live on-site for that event and the vibes were atrocious.
  22. David Coit almost outscored EMU on March 2, 2024
  23. In 2023, both MAC tournament championship game participants featured a player from a terrible 2022 Ball State team. All 3 top seeds in 2023 featured old MAC West transfers. This year, the clubhouse leader in the MAC after 15 games features an Old MAC West transfer who is top 10 in the MAC in assist and steal rate as a backup PG a season after leading the league in steals and assists as a starter. I wonder if Groce went after Kevin Miller and Payton Sparks, or even Jarron Coleman. Surely they would have been happy to come off the bench at Akron.
  24. I hate when Groce recruits role players who do exactly as they are asked
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