All Activity

This draw scares none of us. The team is ready and they are confident they can play, and beat, anyone. Having the matchup with either of the two Midwest blue bloods of D1 sports is perfect for us. The guys will have no problem playing at a pace that breaks their opponent down. The future is in their hands and this schedule has them ready.

Georgia Southern, Gardner Webb, San Francisco, Rutgers, VCU out Notre Dame, St Johns, Kentucky, Grand Canyon, Syracuse, Washington in Little bit of P4 bias

Wow St. Johns makes the tournament as 42 in RPI

Love it. Go Zips!

Good draw

wow they didn't post it as a video so you can skip ahead this time

Show time.

Wow! We would love to see that happen!

They should call the event, the Little Dance.

It's a ballroom. D1 basketball should not be played there, hence why Cleveland State was invited.

I also yelled at Bowen for the turnovers and once on defense when a Purdue guy was driving the lane and he backed away giving him an uncontested layup. Groce then called a timeout.

I have never heard of college soccer source they predict that Akron will be seeded #15.... with Akron hosting the winner of Marshall vs. Cleveland State next Sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/DRJOsKtDQcb/

fitting venue for Kent

Completely agree. I just think the venue is cool. Ceiling looks low, but otherwise very unique.

I hope not. The bracket Kent found themselves on looks miserable. These tournaments are one of the few times we have an opportunity to play quality competition on a neutral court and I feel we should take advantage. Radford, CSU, and Wright State are all programs we can schedule any season with ease. In fact, Radford is so pathetic we would just pay them to come to the JAR without offering a return game. Edit: The Mountain Division bracket would be appealing, but they only place power conference schools in it.

I wonder if the Zips will ever play at the Greenbrier? We can say hello to Rob Fulford. I liked him.

Those incessant f-ing drums and chants...please tell me they won't ever be used again.

Buffalo is 4-0 including wins over Southern Miss., Green Bay, and DePaul 👀

Yes I agree. Liked everything about him until he gets to a spot to get a shot up, and then just... Doesn't

I want Stankovic to be more aggressive on offense. His size and athleticism get him to good spots on the floor, but he doesn't look for his own shot enough. I am sure that will come with more time.

I yelled at Bowen twice for ugly turnovers. LOL. I think Sharron comes around. He just had a rough night. I love Amani's work ethic but he is what he is. He's not a quick twitch big jumper and he's only 6'7"- 6'8". He's always doing to struggle a little against larger skilled big men.

That is hardly encouraging.

The final (I assume?) Top Drawer poll of the season is out and Akron is not in it. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men I do not see a College Soccer News poll for this week.

I really think they have a chance at success in this tournament. The field is decent but not overly strong. Charleston is 2-2 with with wins over South Carolina State and Tusculum (one for Captain's list!) and losses to Liberty and Florida Atlantic. Evansville is 2-2 with wins over Henderson State and Oakland City and losses to Purdue (by 31) and Middle Tennessee. Green Bay is 1-4 with a win over Ripon (another one for Captain's list and losses to Kansas, Buffalo, St. Thomas and Minnesota. Iona is 3-0 with wins over Hofstra, Kansas City and Fordham. Oregon State is 3-0 with wins over N. D. State, UIC and North Texas. UMASS is 3-1 with wins over Brown, Rhode Island College and Albany and a loss to Marshall. Yale is 3-0 with wins over Navy, Quinnipiac and Stony Brook.

Honestly, I don't think we should. That's close enough that the head-to-head results should be the dominant factor.