AkronAlumnus

Should be another double digit victory. Ball State lost to Evansville, Western Illinois, and Utep. While this game will be The Zips "biggest win" considering Ball State is on the brink of being a top 100 team. The Zips should easily roll them with a surplus of talent and team comradely which is typically unprecedented in Akron bball.

WOW, with the win over WMU the zips are up to #83 in the most recent Kenpom poll.

68-51 Go Zips

YES, here are a few of my favorites with a short description (in no particular order): 1) Isalita= (GF works there) high end Mexican food with amazing margs. My favorite is called the frozen blood orange blackberry marg. SO GOOD. 2) Frita Batidos= CUBAN Chorizo burgers! Limited family style seating though. 3) Jerusalem Gardens= phenomenal Mediterranean/Middle Eastern food that you 100% can't get in Oh. Trust me. 4) Gratzi= Fancy authentic Italian. Spectacular food but have only eaten there once do to the price $$$. 5) Pretzel Bell= includes a basketball court on the ceiling very fun for the family featuring comfort food. 6) Tomukun Korean BBQ (personal favorite)= very fun and hands on experience you can't get anywhere locally. Again, these are just a few of my favorites that would be different than something you would or could get in Ohio. For that reason I excluded pizza and burger joints. If you want standardized bar food I would recommend either Brown Jug or Blue Leprechaun.

According to KenPom, the Zips are the highest rated Mac team entering conference play.

I will also be at this game. My girlfriend goes to UofM (Ann Arbor) which is approximately 5000 feet away from Ypsi.

According to kenpom our best win was against #155 Marshall. Umass is rated #187.

Tulane is not a very good team. They're on pace to lose to Towson. The zips would have blown them out had they not played lackadaisically in the ten minutes.

BEAT TULANE

Akron moved up to #93 in the newest Kenpom poll while Tulane sits at 218.

It's early but the ESPN "Matchup Predictor" gives us a 70.3% chance to beat Tulane. This is according to ESPN's basketball power index.

I will probably end up skipping this game for obvious reasons

A win is a win

Zips have moved up to 96th in the most recent Kenpom poll. Only MAC team ahead of us is Toledo. In addition, Mikal Dawson may get to play this year? If so we may jump to MAC favorites.

nope

Here's the link, however, streaming will be not be available until the 7pm tipoff. https://www.reddit.com/r/ncaaBBallStreams/comments/e67o18/game_thread_marshall_vs_akron_0700_pm_est/

Yeah I will as we get closer to tip-off

Yeah, I do trust reddit. I have never had any adverse problems. Some streams are better than others, however, it's a free service and usually the best way to watch The Zips because ESPN plus, 3, or whatever the heck its called tends to be slow and laggy.

It'l be streamed on reddit for the low price of free

game will also be free on reditt.

Akron did a hell of a job last night. I'd be curious to see how much $ they made off of concessions alone. The line I was in had approximately 20-25 people in it waiting to get their hot chocolate. Also, I wonder what the attendance was. I would guess between 15k-20k but, then again, I'm horrible at guessing things like that. Go Tigers beat Avon.

Yeah you're right they sell for $15 at zips.com but when you take a family say 1 kid and two parents you're looking at $45 to sit in bleachers. I think, personally, that's a little steep. I also think they should cram everyone into the lower section of seating creating a much louder and better game experience for the players and fans.

Game isn't until 7.

Called it

I understand that but the average fan looking for something to do on a Thursday night while checking the world's most popular sporting app and seeing "tickets as low as $52" may deter them from going to a game. Only the most serious fans buy bundles.