Zippy87

Personally, I think this season will be unlike any other and damn near impossible to predict. Of the 15 players named as All-MAC 1st-3rd teams, I believe Luke Skaljac is the only one with eligibility remaining returning to his school. With so much turnover everywhere, I think it's damn near impossible to project who will do what next season. This level of universal turnover is unprecedented in the MAC. Now, that doesn't mean there isn't talent, or there won't be good teams. I just don't think we'll know who that will be until we see every team on the floor for 8-10 games.

"Our up-tempo style"

Agreed.

I'm not sure I agree with that last part. Your donations are investments in your university and its students, because I'm assuming you are personally invested in its success.

The difference IMO is that simply making the NCAA Tournament is bigger than anything the football team will ever realistically be able to do. I'd imagine a lot more people watch Match Madness (especially the first two days) than the Snoop Dogg Bowl, the Potato Bowl, or whatever other meaningless bowl game Akron would make.

People will always look for return on an investment. I donate and support men's basketball because I have seen my support and the support of others lead to consistent success on the court, MAC Championships, and NCAA Tournament berths. The sad reality for football is we haven't had a winning record in the conference in almost a decade. We've only had an overall winning record in 9 of 40 seasons, and only 1 of the last 20. The ceiling for the program is winning the MAC and playing in a smaller bowl that only matters to fans of the two teams playing and degenerate gamblers. And we are pretty far away from that ceiling. I attend a football game or two each year. I obviously hope they do well. But I can't blame fans/alumni for not giving their hard-earned money to the program instead of giving to men's basketball, men's soccer, or another winning program at UA.

Home opener should be Deborah Cook Appreciation Night. Wow!

Luke Getsy made a 5K donation to football. Edit: @kreed5120 beat me to it!

Would definitely be an intriguing addition.

Two spots remain. Here's a position breakdown based on what each player what officially listed as: Forwards: Barre, Burton, White, Christion Wings: Halligan, MMK Guards: Steveskie, Pence, Wilson, Head, Perkins, Henderson, Jones

Ty Pence is an Akron Zip, from Illinois State. Just shared on his IG.

Off topic, but every time I get a letter from UA asking for money I think of this John Mulaney bit. (NSFW) Not exactly the same as Day of Giving, but hilarious.

1-Barre 2-Steveskie 3-Burton 4-Halligan 5-MMK 6-Head 7-White 8-Wilson 9-Perkins 10-Henderson 11-Jones 12-Christion

Doesn't really surprise me. Incoming freshmen are going to be more invested in the coach who recruited them than the school they haven't attended/played for yet. Does this mean we have 3 spots left?

Ladd follows Groce to Charleston.

Forsythe was a valuable rotation player.

This is probably the hardest team in recent memory to project because there's so many players that we just don't know what we will get. The only things I'm confident in are that Steveskie will start, and that one of Burton/Barre will start (unless we add another big!).

Starting to come together...two spots left I believe? White/MMK Halligan/Henderson Burton/Barre Head/Wilson Staveskie/Perkins

More found on White: White was a top 125 recruit in the 2024 class, and was named as the 2024 Ohio Mr. Basketball. He earned first-team all-state honors as a junior and senior as he led Ottawa-Glandorf to back-to-back state championship game appearances in 2022 and 2023. White joins LeBron James as the only high school players in Ohio to start on a state final four team four consecutive seasons. He was also the first player in Ottawa-Glandorf history to score over 2,000 career points. The Ohio kid dominated the competition as a high school senior en route to winning Mr. Basketball, as he averaged 25.1 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.6 steals per games and was named the Division-III Northwest Ohio Player of the Year as a junior after averaging 20.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists. White played for Indiana Elite on the AAU circuit and helped the loaded team to a 39-3 record in his final season, averaging 14.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

The quiet development of Colin White and Ivan Njegovan has strengthened Ohio State’s depth | Land-Grant Holy Land https://share.google/QXNbdzwOHalZMHpmo

Day of Giving is in two days.

These are some pretty big assumptions to make IMO.

Does anyone know if Ladd, Christion, and Jones are still committed?