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Hofstra takes down Vermont in OT. Didn’t realize it was golden goal wow

They say ‘just received’ but likely had this tee’d up along with the communication to build momentum. I’d be shocked if a letter alone led to the gift but as folks have said it’s something and a start. Did they do away with the Zips circle or whatever these fund was for large donations?

Root against Princeton. If they lose we get another home game

Sweet 16!!!!

GOALLLLLL

We looked gassed right now

Indiana is out. They lose 1-0 at home to St. Louis.

Still better than Arth and iCoach

This is why I do think some of the transfer stuff will kinda even out and calm down. If guys keep transferring and basically going AWOL, SOME of the transferring will slow down.

Very good crowd today

No, but I think Mrs. GP1, the luckiest woman in the world, is happy about it.

8-3-5 (W-L-T) all-time against ND. We owe them one from the 2002 NCAAT 3-1 loss they gave us in Indiana. I like the symmetry in a 3-1 win today at home. Zips come prepared and dominate.

"Happy to report we just received a $100k gift from an incredible @uakronalumni donor to support football recruiting operations and the ACE Fund!!"

Under KD we beat both Temple and Florida State in the post-season NIT, but in different seasons. I do not know the years though. In the Iona preview on gozips.com there is an excellent history of MBB's performance in mid-season tournaments. To my surprise, we have won several. It is under the "Regular Season Tournaments" heading. https://gozips.com/news/2025/11/20/mens-basketball-zips-begin-paradise-jam-with-iona-on-friday

And you're sure they're not just trying to keep you away? 😉😂

Was it an NIL contribution directed to players or directed to the recruiting budget so coaches can go find players? $100k for recruiting seems like a lot. My guess is it takes much more to have a really good recruiting budget. My company spends over $60,000 a year for my travel expenses. To hire at least one person would easily absorb the entire amount. Athletic recruiters must travel a lot for the program to have success. Akron needs muh more money just for recruiting alone.

For those wondering, Evansville lost by 31 to Purdue. But their 2 starting bigs still scored 15 and 14 points against Purdue’s bigs.

Which one? The letter about looking to next season or the communication about the $100K NIL contribution? As for the first, I didn't read anything into it as it was exactly what I would expect him to say. It didn't clarify anything for me. As for the second, it's a good start.

Evansville comes into tonight's game at 4-3 with wins against Oregon State, Henderson State, Calumet College of St. Joseph and Oakland City. They've lost to Purdue, Middle Tennessee and UT-Arlington. Evansville appears to have some talented bigs. 6'10" Australian junior forward Joshua Hughes leads the team in scoring and rebounding averaging 13.2 ppg and 7 rpg. 6'10" Butler transfer senior forward Connor Turnbull contributes 12.8 ppg and 4 rpg. 6'9" senior forward Miami and St. Louis transfer AJ Casey adds 8 ppg and 5.3 rpg.

However much one may hate the NCAA, it's not enough.

Anybody happen to know what is Groce’s best Kenpom ranking at Akron? Today’s 71 has to be it or close, right?

No. The point is that they are an example of a historically bad program that has gotten good. They are a good example for Akron. Their fans have graduated from the expectation of losing and failure, to seeing the positive in their accomplishments. Yesterday they had a WR set the school record for most yards in a game. Moving forward, nobody is going to be saying, "ya, but he did it against Delaware.". They will remember one of them being an 80+ yard catch with 20 seconds before halftime and being excited. The memories will make them happy. Search for Debbie Downer Thanksgiving Dinner on YouTube and you'll see the "ya, but" people of the world.