Captain Kangaroo

Thanks! I enjoyed listening to that during lunch. Interesting to learn about the scout-side of local basketball recruiting.

...and it would be nice for the Zips to beat today's crappy, sucky 2017 DePaul program for the same reason.

Can't argue with that logic...

You do realize 2016-2017 UA Freshman were in kindergarten during this "recent" victory.

So when you cite statistics from the 70's, they're relevant. And when someone lists won-loss statistics of the 15 most-recent seasons, they're "cherry-picking." Got it. Speaking of the 70's...how would you rate Goldie Hawn, in 2017? Is she still hot?

By your standards, Fordham's Seven Blocks of Granite make them a 2017 Division 1 football powerhouse. DePaul pretty-much sucks.

I watched a few of his on-line videos during lunch, and then watched a few of Antino's highlight videos afterwards. Virshon's are 70% assists/30% shooting. Antino's were 85% shooting/15% assists. Virshon appears to be the first pass-first PG we've had in a while. Maybe since Abreu? Not in the mold of Antino or Noah whatsoever. He shows he can throw down some nasty dunks, so he has the athleticism and hops to play at the MAC level for sure. I look forward to seeing what he's got this fall.

If the fan of any MAC basketball program frets over a listed 6' point guard solely because of his height, they are following the wrong conference. Hey...in his bio picture he looks like he's 12 years old, so maybe he has a little growth left in him?

As far as fun Zips-related reads in May go, that one will be tough to top.

Along with the incredibly important "Akron University" or "The University of Akron" concerns, I think we really need to make sure he knows Zippy is female. That's paramount. Those are the the top two concerns regarding Zips Football, if you ask me.

HUDL videos show Schuyler is one enormous dude... USA Today All New Hampshire First Team Certainly looks like he's worth taking a flyer on as a PWO. With a year's conditioning, he might look pretty good at nose tackle?

If that's the case, then I agree with you. If, after redshirting, we don't get a minute out of the kids, it's probably because they were a mistake. If they don't have the talent, it's best to part ways and the Zips should extend the scholarship to someone that can play. If he is lamenting losing Peter Agba, BJ Gladden or Ty Dalton, I don't get it either. He should be lamenting Dambrot's sub-par recruiting. That's the issue.

I'm not sure I understand the emoticon. By the time Dalton was shown the door at UA he didn't have many options. To go to a JUCO and play one year, then transfer to a 4-year school to play 3 years, is his best option. If he couldn't play for the Zips this past season, and Groce didn't want him, obviously he isn't being recruited by UCLA in 2018-19. But he'll get a chance to showcase himself at the JUCO level, and ultimately end up at a MAC-level program somewhere out west. Good move for him.

I would say Utomi and Olijapoke are redshirted kids who should make an impact @ UA before their time is up. Kwan would have been better off redshirting.

Old Friend Brian Wickstrom

I think opinion of the guy with 27 posts will prove-out to be much closer to the truth than some of those who's posts number in the "thousands."

He's not a transfer. He quit. And there's no spurn...the Zips need to move forward. Noah was given plenty of time to make his decision. He elected to leave. If he came back, and Groce was cool with it, great. Noah's a solid kid, and my #1 all time post game interview. But I doubt anyone would be doing backflips if he returned. His body of work over 3 seasons shows he's an average MAC guard. I'd rather see Patton develop.

IMO - Groce was really fair in giving underclassmen time to digest the situation/changeover and make their stay/leave decision. If Noah chose "leave," I don't know what level of groveling would be necessary for him to return, but my guess is - pretty high. The apparent lack of interest in his services speaks volumes. Either that....or he's just ready to move on from basketball. He had his opportunity to remain #zipforever, and he passed. I wish him well. But we move forward....

As starved as we were for a big to spell Dog this past season, if this kid had a seat next to Ty Dalton he was apparently not an "early bloomer." I thought he was a non-qualifier, but if he redshirted, his grades and test scores must have been fine? #godukes

I don't know that it's his decision whether or not to return?

He apparently played in 4 games last season. Who knew?

You've led the horse to water. Will he drink? I'll guess - no.

Thanks, Malcolm! See you in the fall! Woo hoo!

We are talking about grad transfers. They already have their degree from the MAC or Horizon school.

I seems tough enough to sign three to five players with quality D1 talent when you have a full season to recruit. Groce is being asked to fill...maybe 8 scholarships...and his talent pool is tiny because he got the latest of starts. If we can get to the max allotted scholarship count with quality D1 players in 2017-18, great. If we don't, we're loaded for bear, scholarship-wise, in 2018-19.