Hilltopper

Yale just shows how screwed up the the way the selection committee works. They ended up with a top 50 RPI but they didn't beat any of the top teams on their schedule except Princeton at home. They lost to SMU, Duke, Albany, SoCal, and Illinois. The Ivy League conference rank was 16 but somehow they deserved a 12 seed at Providence RI in the first round. That is basically a home game for them and Baylor had to cross 2 time zones and 1500 miles as the 5 seed. WTF?

Pratt was very lucky. The bullet just missed his heart. It looks like he will recover completely.

The coaching staff knows about ever potential D-1 player out there. The assistants spend hundreds of hours looking at film, attending camps, games and AAU tournaments.

Just for you Balsy. The perfect paradise.

Purdue came here because they had a local kid on their team who was promised a game in his home area as part of his recruitment. It wasn't much of a risk for Keady because we sucked and had no chance of beating them.

We host a game against Hofstra on Thursday night.

They don't want to play us anytime, anywhere!

Looks like a starter to me.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031316aaa.html Ticket info

Good assessment. The loss of Pat is what really hurt us in the tournament. We are essentially down to a 7 man rotation so we have to live with what that entails. Aaron and Jake are both playing with pure guts due to injuries. That means relying on Kwan to keep his head up and play through the mistakes. There is nobody on the roster to replace his minutes.

The team is pumped and ready to knock off the Suckeyes.

Before he got here we never even sniffed a MAC finals!

I've been following this program for over 40 years. We should thank our lucky stars the we have KD as our head coach. Akron was a cesspool of college basketball for 20+ years before he came on the scene. Even the little bit of success we had in the Huggins era was an anomaly that defied the true sadness of D-1 basketball that we experienced. Anybody who thinks we should fire him needs their head examined.

Craig Ubanks

Media members vote for this award.

I'm pretty sure he meant if Akron wins the MAC tourney, no other MAC team will get an NIT bid.

Big Dog named 1st team, Reggie makes 2nd team and Antino named honorable mention. Josh named to the All Freshman team. Quite a good showing. All-MAC First Team Isaiah Johnson, C, Akron Chris Fowler, G, Central Michigan Jimmy Hall, F, Kent State Antonio Campbell, C, Ohio Nathan Boothe, F/C, Toledo All-MAC Second Team Reggie McAdams, F, Akron Franko House, F, Ball State James Thompson IV, C, Eastern Michigan Jaaron Simmons, G, Ohio Thomas Wilder, G, Western Michigan All-MAC Third Team Lamonte Bearden, G, Buffalo Blake Hamilton, W, Buffalo Braylon Rayson, G, Central Michigan Marin Maric, C, Northern Illinois Jonathan Williams, G, Toledo Honorable Mention Antino Jackson, G, Akron Spencer Parker, F, Bowling Green Raven Lee, G, Eastern Michigan Eric Washington, G, Miami Geovonie McKnight, G, Miami All-Freshman Team Josh Williams, G, Akron CJ Massinburg, G, Buffalo James Thompson IV, C, Eastern Michigan Marshawn Wilson, G, Northern Illinois Jordan Dartis, G, Ohio All-Defensive Team Franko House, F, Ball State Willie Conner, W, Buffalo Tim Bond, F, Eastern Michigan Khaliq Spicer, C, Kent State Aaric Armstead, G, Northern Illinois

Toledo has a secret weapon against the Zips, Nick Dials. Nick knows every play the Zips run and the Rockets have used that to their advantage. During this years game KD would call out a play # and Dials would call out the defense to stop it.

The managers need our support to advance in the tournament. Please vote to keep them going forward in winning a national championship.

Congrats to ZN.o member Johnnyzip84 for winning this years contest! # 1johnnyzip84 (Akron)72-36 0.667 # 2bkbux25 (Ohio)71-37 0.657 # 3BrownandGold (Western Michigan)71-37 0.657 # 4hmoore84 (Central Michigan)71-37 0.657 # 5OUsLONGDriver (Ohio)70-37 0.654 # 6Evergreens (Toledo)70-38 0.648 # 7HUSKIEGUY (Northern Illinois)70-38 0.648 # 8blmiller9 (Akron)69-39 0.639 # 9Eagle66 (Ohio)69-39 0.639 # 10longtimefan (Ball State)69-39 0.639

Reggie will most likely be back next season as a grad assistant. He still has a year left to finish his engineering degree, its a 5 year program.

I hope the referees don't have much impact tonight.

Not Haiku but still, Check out @TheAKROWDIES's Tweet: https://twitter.com/TheAKROWDIES/status/705794557649293312?s=09

6pm

Zips finish the season 8-0 with a 90-70 victory over OU tonight.