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It seems that Akron B Ball has the Middle East covered this year. Zeke is in Saudi Arabia and Tree is playing B Ball in the 2nd tier Israel Basketball league for Galil Galboa in Northern Israel. He is a starter and recently scored 26 points. I always thought that Tree had the most upside of any Akron U player because he was big, strong and athletic and very competitive. I was at the VCU game in Detroit where we were outmatched and he was the only player that looked like he could hold his own that night. It was disappointing that he did not finish his senior year but I think we are a better team this year. Pat developed into a great player in Tree's absence and I am not sure if develops that quickly in Tree's shadow. It also gave more minutes last year to Isaiah, Kwan and other players who stepped up in his absence.

Dang it, you caught me. I'm a writer for the ABJ.

It's a beautiful day for a football game. Go Zips!

Thank you Balsy. I am not trying to persuade anyone on their political beliefs. I was using an example of something I think hit a lot of Americans right between the eyes during the Republican debate this week and that is the media has incredible amount of power to influence people. They can choose to spend time talking about fantasy football and olive jars or they can talk about irresponsible spending, deficits and breaches of national security. Olive Jars, Donald Trump and controversy increases ratings. Unfortunately most of us are too busy and too lazy to dig into details...

a-zip's point about the Media and bringing up the National Republican Debate wasn't to bring politics into the conversation...democrats vs republicans...but rather to caution us on believing one source over another on information. Though I don't hold the same opinion as a-zip on politics (I think we can admit that a-zip at this point ) I do think his caution is warranted if we are basing our criticisms souly on that which is reported by the ABJ.