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Happy Thanksgiving Zips fans! We’ve had a lot to be thankful for in 2022. We’re so lucky to have this coach, program, team, it’s awesome! I’m thankful to be a fan of the Akron Zips, and not the God-forsaken joke over in Portage County. Enjoy your day, everyone!

I rooted for Akron against Pitt. And think that the 1st penalty kick was complete BS. Akron's goalie got to the ball and secured it while the Pitt player kicked at the ball while falling over the goalie. It was a bang bang play but it should have been play on and an Akron free kick. It was nice seeing one of the better soccer programs back in the NCAAs though. I know it cliche to say but this team could be better than our national championship team. We have a freshman phenom in striker Matthew Bell (10 goals, 8 assts) who we will probably lose after this season if he his drafted high enough in the MLS draft. More than one MLS teams were sniffing around him before he signed with Marshall. We also return strikers Milo Yosef, Alexander Adjetey, MFs Joao Souza, Vinicius Fernandes, defenders Gabriel Alves, Collin Mocyunas and GK Oliver Semmle from the national championship team. And in my opinion one of the best, if not the best HC in the nation in Chris Grassie. We did lose our top assistant coach Petsa Ivanovic to Barry University (DII), he took their HC job back in April and has them on the cusp of the college cup semis. They play Rollans College on Sat to go to the college cup.

We were up 7 when Tavari pushed the ball up to Hankerson and he slipped and called for a walk. We gave it up after that travel. Hankerson missed a layup, Freeman had a turnover 60 feet from the basket, and Tribble missed an open J. Not only did Tavari shoot the ball well, he had some great passes to Freeman. He is a player. I believe we are looking at a really good team if Tavari can play this well during the season.

Utah grad transfer DB Malone Mataele has been offered. VMI DT Eric Weaver has also been offered.

He said he was disappointed for his guys, thought they outplayed Nevada but at the end “Hankerson didn’t mean to miss the layup, Enrique didn’t mean to drop that pass, Tavari didn’t mean to step out of bounds.” He mentioned that this was a great learning experience. Mentioned that Tavari has improved on both sides of the ball since SDSU, Amani is getting better and still has some work to do along with Nate. Overall he seemed pleased with their play just disappointed in the result

We screwed the pooch this game. No excuse for collapsing like that.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I will admit that X played the point better last year than I had originally given him credit for and he will have the ball in his hands plenty this year too. But this system is designed for a point guard who can break down a defense at will like Tavari. Not only will he be a weapon in his own right like LCJ, but he will make everyone else better. Double-teaming Freeman will become a thing of the past and the other guards will have more room to operate. I didn't get to see the games in the Caymans, but 21 points is awesome to see. Go Zips!!

Hunter's 5 for 32 from 3 pt and 8 for 18 on 2 pt. Perhaps he needs to take his 6'9" frame inside a bit more and get a few rebounds, too.

Hoping Tavari can develop quickly into a guy that can consistently and effectively run the point allowing X to run off of picks and look for his shot.

Said he hurts for the guys. Some really costly, small mistakes once they had the lead at the U4 TO. Loved what he got from Tavari (duh). Correctly stated they outplayed Nevada, gave them props for hitting some really tough shots. *** I am disappointed not to get the win because they did play well enough, it’s just a make or miss game. Hankerson wide open layup, numerous open 3s, X mid rangers not even close. Tough shooting week for sure. But stellar defense. My back-breaking play of the day was the big 3 that NV hit after the Zips ran a beautiful full-court trap. Then a couple crazy ones in the dying moments. Props to them for making the plays. The Zips flat out pee’d down their leg. No two ways about it. BUT! They finished in the top half of a great field, and played pretty well all week. If you bank on Hunter and Hankerson shooting 30%+ on the year, you have to feel good about the offense. Doesn’t get any easier next week with Marshall. Zips could be looking at a 3-4 record here before long. They’re further along than last year at this point, but I truly see more potential here. PS: Dawson is missed greatly. Could you imagine an opponent facing a lineup with he and Nate Johnson at the same time? Would be sweet. Go Zips!

Their first legitimate opponent and they choke. Beautiful.

Kent blows it at CofC. Not all is lost today!

Not at all disappointed here. This trip answered some questions and will make us much better. We'll be just fine.

Zips on their way to another win, leading this one wire to wire so far. I’m very impressed so far, and surprised. Hopefully they can make a splash in MAC play.

1-2 in the tournament against 3 pretty good teams, and competed well in all of them. More importantly, I think we have our next star and have him for 4 more years (hopefully).

12-2 run. Whatever the opposite is of a killer instinct is we have it

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A Tribble jump shot is what we went with?!?!