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Is this post from today or last offseason?

This is exactly what I am referring to. And we have the city, the people, the business community and the alumni numbers to easily be able to bring it in. The only problem we have is attitudes and perceptions. Akron people are failing to acknowledge that Akron is our local University, that they play in the highest division of college athletics, and that these much-needed resources would absolutely help us climb to a more nationally-recognized level in all sports.

If the 2013-14 Zips had Bluffton's point guard instead of Betancourt, they'd have won at least 2 more games. The kid was small, but he was a baller. Best parking spot I've ever had at a Zips BB game. I've never seen fewer cars. Ate at The Score on Exchange prior to the past 2 games. They have great steak sandwiches. Great fries. $2 pints. The bar is really nice...nicest I've ever seen on UA's campus. I may have found a new pre-game hang out?

Players transferring out is more of the norm in college basketball these days. I think it seems different under Dambrot because the recruits have gradually increased in talent. The more talent you have, the greater the battle there will be for playing time. Carmelo is a perfect example - in the Dan Hipsher Era, he would have played all four years. Why isn't he on the team now? Because the Zips recruited two studs in Robotham and Jackson that were going to play ahead of him. There are also guys who greatly developed under Dambrot but left for other reasons. Alex Abreu turned into a damn good PG by his junior season. Tree went from a raw athlete to a polished Player of the Year candidate before he messed up off of the court. Even Nick Harney grew as a player - his off-court issues just got the best of him. Here are the graduation rates released in 2013. It doesn't fully apply as the numbers are based on four years of data collected from freshmen athletes who entered school between 2003-04 and 2006-07, but it still illustrates Akron is far from the only school bringing in and losing recruits. WMU - 100 Miami - 79 NIU - 77 Akron - 70 Can't - 65 Buffalo - 64 Ohio - 62 EMU - 60 Toledo - 60 Ball State - 55 BGSU - 55 CMU - 54