Sergeant Zip

Frye is scheduled for unrestricted free agency.

No news or did I miss an update somewhere else?

Sure looks like Nik to me. Yep

Who is it this time?

Iona in in the MAAC and the announcers didn't know which MAC/MAAC the Zips were from.

Based on the picture in that article, CJ Oldham might not be enjoying the season as much as Josh.

Great game. Dec 1996 17 point underdogs. If I remember right Ali had a great look to win the game in regulation. J Ball 44 points!?!? TODAY is the day Zips!!! “James Posey scored five of his 17 points in the third overtime yesterday and No. 17 Xavier escaped with a 113-111 victory over Akron. The Musketeers (8-0) survived 44 points by Akron freshman point guard Jimmal Ball, whose baskets forced each of the overtimes for the Zips (1-6).” NY Daily News

I was asked to discontinue writing the blog at the end of May 2010. Bring it back, it was good.

Congrats to Shaka!

One thing the writer of this piece failed to mention: with Zeke Akron has reached the second round of the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. Now that's an impact player. Miss Cleo's pen name is John Santa. John just glossed over the fact that UofA wins tomorrow. Zeke was just being a gentleman and didn't question John's prognosticating.

MCKEESPORT DAILY NEWS Akron hit it big with McKeesport's Marshall

From the Genius that is Pat Forde: Notre Dame (2) Best Case: Mike Brey does what Digger Phelps and every other men's basketball coach in school history failed to do -- capture a national title. Riding the rarest commodity in the game -- lavish experience -- the heady Fighting Irish reverse the trend that says you must have surefire pros to win it all. The Irish shoot the lights out of three successive venues and win a succession of close games -- they beat Louisville in their third overtime meeting of the season, then take out Kansas State in Houston and slay Ohio State in the title game. Ben Hansbrough joins big brother Tyler in the fellowship of the (championship) ring. Phelps gives Brey a gold-plated highlighter. Notre Dame faces reality and officially becomes a basketball school, and to prove it, the Irish commit to building a new arena. Worst Case: Experience is great, but athleticism can beat it. Notre Dame runs into that in a second-round upset loss to Florida State. The Seminoles blanket the Irish shooters and savage them on the offensive glass. Crestfallen Notre Dame fans remember that Mike Brey has never been to a regional final, much less a Final Four, as a head coach. Then they go back to scrutinizing the spring football depth chart. Meanwhile, Mike Krzyzewski unexpectedly retires after winning a fifth national title and Duke names Brey to succeed him. Akron (15) Best Case: The Zips take inspiration from a text message sent from former Akron homie LeBron James: "Take your talents to Chicago. And shock the world." Balanced team that won 11 of its past 13 games jumps on sleepy Notre Dame in afternoon tipoff, instills unease in pro-Irish crowd in the United Center and hangs around until the final media timeout before capitulating. LeBron sends consoling postgame text saying that he knows what it's like to lose in a playoff format. Gerry Faust shows up to root for both teams. Worst Case: There are no motivational texts from LeBron, and no hope, either. Akron team that didn't beat anybody in the RPI top 75 and lost to a pair of teams in the 300s is in far beyond its depth against the Fighting Irish (No. 8 RPI). Zips fail to challenge Notre Dame inside and are buried beneath an avalanche of 3s. Faust gets booed by both fan bases.

I saw a lot of missed shots in this...

What ever happened to Vincent Dorsey's blog?

MAC Sports website has video and audio of 2011 Men's Basketball Awards Ceremony, Akron Championship Game Postgame Comments, Akron's Zeke Marshall Post Game Interview, Can't State Championship Game Postgame Comments, and Akron Net Cutting Ceremony.

Wow, especially with Ohio State being right in Cleveland.

Can't State was a 7 in the NIT too

Live shot from BH looked good.

What was the clause in your beat relating to this, Dr. Z?

Good bad with a good message.

Kudos to Zipmeister, it takes skill to write a completely sarcastic comment and make it sound so serious. I think you stepped your game up on this one with the breakdown of business law. To answer your question, good money would be on the parlor operator (if he is sober (not impaired)). What about undue influence though, did the parlor operator exercise undue influence (presumed or actual) over the OSU player? I think that could void the contract. Could there have been fraud in the inducement? Maybe that is why the US attorney is involved. The plot thickens...

UNC Asheville beat Coastal Carolina 60-47 on Saturday in the Big South Conference title game on the Chanticleers’ home court. It’s the second year in a row that NIT bound Coastal Carolina was the tournament’s top seed and lost the title game.

Domenik Hixon re-signed with the Giants under a one-year contract. His rehab is going well and his knee feels strong, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Ohm Youngmisuk.

Before playing in a foursome with Jack Nicklaus, Tim Tebow and Kenny G, Jason Taylor said, "If I’m going to play, I want to play with the Jets.... if they’ll have me, I think I’d enjoy doing it again.”

Hopefully they don't need to look at the photo and they were there last night supporting the BBall team and saw it in person.