NWAkron

Always sarcasm.

I guess we will know in a few months if this really, really big win for Kent is a harbinger of great things to come for Sendy's team and a bad omen for our Zips.

Who is this Joe person everyone keeps talking about?

Beating an average Texas team who played absolutely horribly is the win that we've been seeking for years and that would bring this mythical "Joe Akron" person into the JAR? Oh ok.

Gosh, Texas is bad! And Kent doesn't look much better than their record.

On dark winter nights in DeKalb, Oxford, or Mt Pleasant, bad things happen to Kangaroos especially injured ones. So I'm looking for how we survive on the road and if we make some real progress in those type of games.

I don't know about the rest of you, but, now that this is all done, I can't wait for our opening MAC beat down of BG. Nothing better than being in the JAR watching an eastern division MAC game on a cold, January night in Akron.

Noah isn't playing? Anyone know why?

What I've noticed so far this year (from my limited basketball knowledge perspective), is the lack of real-bone headed mistakes and the missing of bunnies under the basket. I haven't looked at rebounding statistics, but the guys seem to be rebounding better this year. PF and his constant injuries last year also was really frustrating to watch. Kwan has really stepped up. He and Ivey really get after those rebounds.

From just following games on the computer, Buffalo seems like a "streaky" team that will run up 12 to 15 points really fast. CMU with that player who is scoring 40 per game appears to be the bigger threat.

Oh. CMU and OU games going down to the wire

Good, solid win. Free throws made down the stretch...clutch from Big Dog.

Saw that Kent is on ESPNU at 11pm. UCLA is a 30 point favorite. As for me, I have to gather the family around the old boom box set to AM radio.

While we are playing the Anteaters, there are a bunch of away games for MAC teams. Western Michigan at UCLA? Kant at Oregon State. EMU got doubled up by 50 at Syracuse last night.

Agree with Skip-zip. I have a very good friend who worked for a company that received free tickets because they were a company that had a contract with the school. The school gave them two floor seats and four lower reserved seats. Every season my friend would get all of those tickets for FREE which included VIP passes to the Evans lounge. He said the tickets and passes were just placed in the lunch room for anyone to take them. It rather ticked me off that this guy would get all of that for free. However, that company stopped contracting with the school, and now he has to buy his own. Of course, all those free tickets got him hooked. The point being it's just insane that thousands of dollars of VIP tickets were just left there for the taking and no one wanted them.

Was nice to see the band playing during Winter break. Usually, they aren't around.

No complaints. Awesome, fun game.

So if it's a one possession game and under 30 secs need to make sure CMU doesn't have the ball last.

the upper level bleachers behind the teams aren't bad seats and are general admission. Even the bleachers behind the backboards can be a good place to watch the game.

You may be right. I just looked at a pic from the game and the floor had "Fort Wayne" written on it. I guess it was a neutral court. Stand corrected...as usual.

IPFW was at home against the Hoosiers.

I love the Zips no matter their record and I admittedly don't know much about the mechanics of the game. Just a long time fan who schedules the winter months around the games. That being said, Dambrot cant will these guys to make 3s or free throws. And he can't seem to make Big Dog condition himself. The only way a team like Akron or any other MAC team can win one of these games or win a NCAA tourney game is to get hot from 3 and go 90% at the foul line. It's hard for me to blame the coach when I think the level of talent is baked in to these players from day 1. They may improve here or there and may learn to hustle more on defense, but mid major teams aren't going to sneak some amazing prospect into their program in this day and age.

To GoZags:. Then don't!

Meanwhile Michigan and UCLA are tied at 50 at half having made 22 three pointers between them. And ESPN has Michael Hughes listed as our top performer!

Did anyone else see Michael Hughes getting right into the face of Noah when the half finished? He looked serious. Was he open on the last possession?