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And BTW, I love the grind it out offense the Zips use: Akron Zips vs. UCLA Bruins Prediction: NCAA Tournament First Round Preview Kyle Kensing - Yesterday 9:00 PM Keys for Akron Akron's late-season run included outputs of 82 and 91 points in wins over Bowling Green and Ohio, but make no mistake: The Zips can and will grind the tempo way down. Their possessions last more than 19 seconds per KenPom.com, one of the longest such averages in the nation and the catalyst of the slowest tempo among all 68 teams to make this Tournament. Creating long, frustrating defensive possessions could be critical for Akron. And, compounding the prospects for an irritated UCLA defense is the team's ability to get to the foul line. The Zips rank fifth among all Div. I programs in free throws attempted per field-goal attempts. Almost 21 percent of their points come at the charity stripe, and UCLA is coming off a Pac-12 Tournament championship game loss to Arizona in which foul trouble played a critical part.

I'm certainly not as sanguine as @LoyalZip. I find myself whistling past the graveyard, hoping for a good outcome. If the Zips were playing Bryant or Corpus Christi I would be much more bullish. When Ohio U played Georgetown in 2010, they were a 14th seed in Providence and the opponent Georgetown had a history of bungling in March Madness. What I immediately noticed in Cleveland while the Zips were warming up for the Buffalo game was that they were making 3s during the shoot around. That carried through the tournament. Zips have also played well on the road this year. If they can come out and be patient, take good shots, and make some early 3s they have an opportunity. I don't think Groce and Company expected to go this year. Next year seems like the year to make a run if he can find a versatile non-head case forward in the transfer portal. Will be incredible for America to wake up tomorrow morning and learn of the late night upset powered by a walk-on.

agree. Uniontown? Might as well be Mogadore (the West side.)

Why are cheerleaders the only people required to wear masks at these games? I noticed that watching the Wright State game. Is this saving lives?

Nagy to Xavier really happy for the Raiders. Off to San Diego! WSU player has 37 points!

Culture problem = Transfer Portal

Shumate 0-10 and Rockets 3-19 from beyond the arc.

Barely beat CSU, who had a player shorter than Big Dog but twice as wide. And that firing is a reminder that those power conference schools see their coaches as expendable.

I said "rich" not very rich. I guess that's relative. A $5mill pay out would make one rich.

As we learned with Moorhead, $$$ isn't everything, especially when you are already rich and expect your kids to make it on their own.

Our poor friends at Over the Pylon. However, they were fairly certain Sparks was leaving with or without Whitford.

I agree. The ABJ's behavior towards the Zips is so dismissive. But now...oh look you accomplished something in our minds...so we will send the great Marla Ridenour.

A sliver of Mogadore is in Portage County, hence East Mogadore Junior College.

this one is even worse: https://www.bruinzone.com/b12/index1.shtml OMG: https://www.bruinzone.com/b12/messages/85941.shtml . "Acron Zips" LOL>I didn't know one of our double figure scorers was off the team. And this game should be over by halftime. https://www.bruinzone.com/b12/messages/85944.shtml

https://bruingold.com/forums/index.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=182715 A smart UCLA fan watched the replay of the MAC Championship game. I wonder if they could find East Mogadore on a map?

In case u were wondering where the Zips are at the moment.

your post of never wanting to see Ali, Trimble (you got your wish) or Castaneda, in a Zips uniform ever again was an instant classic. Those 8 days in February were pretty grim on here. I was ready to start a "John's next endeavor" thread.

This is pretty cool. Zips are at 12.40. If you want some heart failure, watch at 3.00 minutes: UTC has 4.3 secs (same as Buffalo had in the q-finals) and they get off a contested 3 from almost the same spot as the Segu's did. UTC's went in.

@Z.I.P. you lost me on this. huh?

Agree. This regular season doesn't count schtick is a risky maneuver. That 4/5 game was inches or a bank shot away from ending all this on Thursday. I think this year Groce and Ford needed to adapt on the fly. Next year probably wont need to do that. Between 2010 and 2012, was 2011 and DJ Cooper and friends were a 5 seed and lost in the quarters to Ball State a 4 seed in OT. I would love to see a replay of that game.

does anyone have a good link for the transfer portal. The one i found is really hard to use.

These guys aren't reciting Shakespeare or swapping recipes in the locker room. I get that. Groce who is amazing at PR had the team singing the Blue and Gold if there is a camera around. Groce and his staff aren't saints. He had Basset at Ohio and some sketchy guys at Illinois and a few here I'm sure. KD had to recruit some less than stellar guys to compete with Kent. That can work in the short term but eventually bites you. As someone posted on the buffalo message board...Toledo going to Toledo (choke) and Kents going to Kent.

"Dance Team Dad"

FYI: The Kent State men’s squad will play in The Basketball Classic, and will open at Southern Utah (20-11) Wednesday night in Cedar City. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. local time. KSU will make its fifth postseason appearance under 11th-year head coach Rob Senderoff.

Really is time for a fresh start. Put Dambrot and the bad memories behind the program. Marla was right about that in her column. Was a good take. After 5 years ? With Groce, new Era. I went to a sort of send off to Cleveland for the 2017 team. There was such bad energy in the JAR. You can see how stressed KD was as he tried to convince the faithful that THIS would be the year. When I went up this last Saturday, that overwhelming dread was gone.