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  1. MAC Tournament Tickets

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    All you had to do was call the Akron Zips ticket office prior to the tournament. Yes your ticket location would be determined by your Z-Fund status but that's the way the game is played.  Here is a link to the Z-Fund points system. There is a lot more factored into the formula than how much you donate.

     

    http://www.gozips.com/zfund/Priority_Points/index

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    Z-Fund Priority Points System

    Current Year Unrestricted Gift(s) to Athletics
          50 points per $100 

    Current Year Capital Gift(s) to Athletics  50 points per $100 

    Current Year Restricted/Sport-Specific Gift(s) to Athletics
      30 points per $100 

    Current Year Endowment Gift(s) to Athletics
      30 points per $100 

    Consecutive Years of Giving to Athletics
      20 points for every consecutive year 

    Lifetime Giving to Athletics
      5 points per $100 

    Lifetime Giving to The University of Akron (excludes Athletics)
      1 point per $500 

    Season Ticket History (Beginning with the 2006-07 season)
      20 points per year per sport (regardless of quantity) for football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, and volleyball 

    Estate Gift to Athletics (Must be documented with the University)  500 points 

    The University of Akron Affiliation 100 points – Letterwinner (must be an active member of the Varsity "A" Association) 

      50 points – UA Alumnus 

      25 points – Current UA Faculty or Staff 

     

     

    http://www.gozips.com/zfund/Priority_Points/Explanation

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    POSTSEASON, SINGLE-GAME, AWAY, NEUTRAL-SITE TICKETS

    The opportunity to purchase postseason, single-game, away-game, and neutral-site tickets also will be determined by the Priority Points Program. The University of Akron is committed to providing every opportunity possible for Z-Fund members and season ticket holders to attend postseason and away games, obtain additional single home game tickets, and tickets to neutral-site games. At times, however, only a limited number of tickets are available, and the Priority Points Program and Z-Fund annual giving levels will determine how tickets are distributed and allocated.

     

    EXAMPLE #1

    Donor #1 has purchased football season tickets, men's basketball season tickets, and women's basketball season tickets consecutively for eight years. She has been a Z-Fund member for thirty consecutive years and her lifetime giving totals $526,000 to the Department of Athletics and $24,000 to The University of Akron (excluding Athletics). Her current annual gift in $23,500 Unrestricted and $6,500 Restricted divided between men's and women's basketball. She is a former student-athlete and has an estate gift designating the Z-Fund as her beneficiary.

     

    Criteria   Points AwardedPoints Earned

    Current Year Unrestricted Gift ($23, 500)

     50 points per $10011,750

    Current Year Restricted/Sport Specific ($6,500) 30 points per $1001,950

    Current Consecutive Years Giving to Athletics (8)
        20 points per consecutive year160

    Lifetime Giving to Athletics ($526,000)  5 points per $100 26,300

    Lifetime Giving to the University ($24,000)  1 point per $500 48

    Season Ticket History (8 years, 3 sports)

      20 points per year, per sport480

    Estate Gift to the University (Yes)  500 points 500

    The University of Akron Affiliation (Letterwinner) 100 points100

        41,288 total points

     

    EXAMPLE #2

    Donor #2 has purchased men's basketball season tickets for four consecutive years. He has been a Z-Fund member for four consecutive years and his lifetime giving to Athletics is $20,000. His current annual gift is $3,500 Unrestricted, $5,000 to the new Academic Center capital campaign, and $1,000 to his family's athletic scholarship endowment. He is also alumni of The University of Akron.

     

    Criteria    Points AwardedPoints Earned

    Current Year Unrestricted Gift ($3, 500)

     50 points per $1001,750

    Current Year Capital Gift ($5,000) 50 points per $1002,500

    Current Year Endowment Gift ($1,000)    30 points per $100300

    Current Consecutive Years Giving to Athletics (4) 20 points per consecutive year 80

    Lifetime Giving to Athletics ($20,000) 5 points per $100 1,000

    Season ticket History (4 years, 1 sport) 20 points per year per sport
    80

    The University of Akron Affiliation (Alumni) 50 points50

        5,760 total points

     

     

  11. Sad news about ZN.o member Go Zips

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    Long time Zips fan and ZN.o member Go Zips peacefully passed away tonight as his beloved Zips dispatched hated KSU. Fred was a longtime volunteer assistant with the basketball program dating back to the Bob Huggins era. If anyone ever bled blue and gold it was Fred. He was very opinionated but he truly loved every kid that passed through the program. Fred had a stroke late last year and was sorely missed by the staff and team. He did make it to one final game on February 14th, a win against Toledo.  RIP Go Zips!

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  19. Marketing & Promotions

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    3 hours ago, Zip_ME87 said:

    This spring, the Zips will broadcast some of their softball games, and Williams said they've tried to come up with a way to showcase their successful women's swimming program, but the length of the meets complicates live-streaming efforts.

     

     

    Men's and women's basketball are ESPN3 staples for the MAC. After that, each school can configure its broadcast schedule however it wants, as long as it reaches the 35-event minimum. This year, Bowling Green showed two men's and two women's soccer matches, and it produced volleyball broadcasts in each of the last two seasons.

     

     

    Incredible that we have the most successful Mens soccer team in the MAC, and BUGS is the school broadcasting soccer.

    I'm pretty sure the plan is to broadcast soccer too.

  24. KenPom

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    21 minutes ago, LZIp said:

    Probably a good read for all of you who enjoy talking RPI, KenPom, BCS, FPI, whatever.

    Made it about half way through. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-ncaa-is-modernizing-the-way-it-picks-march-madness-teams/?ex_cid=story-twitter

    Here is a great reader comment from that article.

     

    "The NCAA needs to decide what the purpose of their tournament should be. Is it:
    1) To reward schools for having a good season.
    2) To include all the teams who might be the best in the nation.
    3) To provide the maximum amount of entertainment.

    Number 3 is the easiest. People love upsets and good stories. To do this, the committee should just choose the top 2 teams in each league and split them into different brackets, maximizing the number of upsets and surprise teams.

    Otherwise, the rules are simple.:
    1) No conference should have more than 4 teams selected. Yes, I understand that the ACC is a better conference than the Southern Conference. But if you finished less than fourth in your own conference, you are 1) not the best team in the nation and 2) didn't have a good season. 
    2) I would like to see regional balance restored. The tournament just isn't as interesting when the closest team to your house is 1000 miles away. There should be 16 teams from the East, 16 teams from the South, 16 teams from the Midwest, and 16 teams from the West. And spread out through those regions. What is the best team in the Northwest? Who has bragging rights in New England?
    3) With only a maximum 4 teams from a conference, it is easy to put them is seperate brackets. RPI is as good a way of seeding them as any other.
    4) RPI should be changed to not include in conference games. Any thing can and does happen in rivalry games. Some schools seem to have issues scheduling good non-conference opponents. Take the conference games out of RPI and see how tough those schedules get. Conference games still mean a lot since they determine who goes to the NCAAs."

     

    Point #4 is the best. By not considering conference games in the RPI formula it would force teams to schedule better non-conference games.

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