NWAkron

Incredibly excited about next season. From my humble perspective, I see two underperforming players transferring out and the best players staying.* Contrast to WMU and BGSU where some of the better players left. *As for Cotton, I think the staff and his teammates tried to make it work with him but...

Ugh. All this negative energy.

I don't care for how he uses the word "churn." It's like he's just waiting and hoping one of the top players leave so he can have a headline "Zips in Disarray." Torrey and Sina are natural departures.

Need to charge your phone LZip. Statement showed a lot of class but ultimately wasn't a good fit.

Yes. I try to be optimistic. It's fun to bitch and complain during the game threads as our emotions run up and down but I'm not going to run down the university or Groce until he gives me reason to do so. And I spent all the KD years looking forward to next year as well. As for football, amazingly huge awful horrendous mistake in hiring ICoach. And the AD who did that is gone.

I always knew Jimond was not the type to cut and run. Never got that vibe from him. So when are the deadlines for recruits to make their moves and others to possibly transfer. I'm thinking there are no other guys leaving at this point?

Riley Freeman‏ @easymoney____1 21h21 hours ago These past 3 years at the University of Akron has been everything to me, and the people here has been Family and welcomed me with open arms since day 1. Can’t Wait to play next year for my Senior Year with this group of guys. Akron Luv! #YearOfTheBrodie (Zips96 I read your post too literally. I read that as Jimond is keeping his Twitter account.)

Your best idea was when you suggested deleting the thread. I think the Zips will be awesome next year. Like the new coach, like the players. And I don't mind the JAR. Get the team rolling again and the seats will fill up. Even with the down year, attendance looked not too different than other years at least from my perspective.

He really is the senior statesman of the MAC. We should all listen closely when he speaks.

He is one of the better ones in the MAC. Ohio native .

Did anyone else see the end of the Notre Dame/Mississippi State women's championship game? Game tied and MSU stole the ball with 9 seconds left and was racing towards their end of the floor when a ND player body checked the MSU player and stole the ball back setting up the final game-winning shot. No foul called. Guarantee that would be called in a men's game.

Must really hurt to be a Kitten and watch Jerron Simmons play for the national championship when he completely choked in his last game at OU (dribbling out the clock against PCCC in the MAC semis).

Guilty as charged.

Found this today on SB Nation: "Sources close to Bobcat athletic director Jim Schaus tell us that the increasingly angry Ohio University donors and alumni are calling for Saul Phillips ouster as head coach of the men's basketball program. While Phillips still has a year on his contract, major donors ramped up their calls to fire Phillips as they watched Buffalo, UMBC, and Loyola make March Madness runs similar to Ohio's success during the John Groce era. Sources further confirmed that Schaus is in San Antonio this weekend and met with two recently fired coaches: Connecticut's Kevin Ollie and Texas-Arlington's Scott Cross. Both Cross and Ollie are still negotiating with their former schools regarding the terms of their departure and refused to comment for this story. Phillips, for his part, said only last week that he is committed to Bobcat basketball and had Schaus' full support."

Yeah. Looks like it. Beautiful animal. Times sure are slow here when we (well, basically just me) are looking for any news in a players choice of dog.

Just that Jimond posted Antinos tweet about going pro.

Ugh. Trying to decipher Jimond's Twitter feed is maddening. I learned the Antino is entering the NBA draft and that "major moves" coming soon. and now his icon is a pic of a husky dog. University of Washington?

I have a good friend who is communication director for Arlington, Texas. He said they were ready to run a puff piece on Cross about him and his dream job. They had to pull it. He said the university president is a prick. Take a note Board of Trustees.

The arena is not the issue. A full and rocking JAR is an awesome environment for a game. Groce and his volatility and emotion will really get things going when we are back on top again.

http://www.star-telegram.com/latest-news/article206938264.html Hmm. Need to fill the seats.

TOS. Pitt hired a Duke asst. Tubby Smith to High Point. Steve Alford on the ropes as well.

Oh. . (sorry, Clark needed an emoticon in last post)

I heard he committed to stay. Well-placed source.

I'm fairly certain Jimond is staying despite Clark's unfounded rumors. What are the Zips looking for if no one transfers? Guess the kids will have better idea what they are doing after spring break.

Yes. But they didn't follow that up with anything this year with 5 seniors. But reading about the situation, it would be like if Akron fired Dambrot.