Captain Kangaroo

Zeke's effectiveness is best measured by blocks, and wins. He never gets the numbers like the physical bigs he faces, but those physical bigs need to have huge numbers for their team to have a chance to win. Zeke needs his 4-5 blocks, plus 4-5 altered shots, and the Zips typically end up in the win column. Points, schmoints.

And it holds true for yet another game...

Marshall was a beatdown too.

Ah, "The B Hip17 Rule." I remember it well.

He's usually found on a couch, where he can deftly perform the "YMCA/O-H-I-O" motions horizontally. He has never been to a Zips sporting event, yet can tell you everything that is wrong with Zips athletics.

OMG...maybe the lecture was really really boring? LOL

Why do people feel compelled to give Akron players or coaches nicknames?

As I sit in the Charlotte airport, beneath the 25 foot high banner stating "Home of the Great GP1, " I will take a few minutes to clarify "The Harney 20 Rule." Harney 20 was based upon what it takes for the Zips to beat a difficult team, on the road. If Nick Harney gets 20 minutes, the odds of a Zips loss to ANY solid mid-major team is almost zero. Since the Zips NEVER win at Buffalo, the Buffalo Harney 20 factor was the full 20. Anything less was futile. The exact number of minutes Harney should/must receive MUST be a variable, changing with venue and strength-of-opponent, otherwise it's irrelevant. As previously stated, Harney could log 0 minutes against EMU or NIU, and the Zips would still win by 20+. As far as the K.e.n.t. game is concerned, KD realized the mistake he was making, only playing Harney 5 minutes in the first half (a 10mpg pace). He upped his minutes to 8.5 in the second half, the exact pace recommended in the CK Harney 20 pre-game calculation of 17+ for an entire game, and the Zips quickly turned a 10 point deficit into a 12 point win. Ball State Harney 20 Factor: 16+

Man, you're right. That Harney kid is awesome.

Then shame on UA for not spreading their message and marketing their excellent product. I see hundreds of kids walking around the JAR at every home game. After Christmas, most of them should have been wearing the Zips basketball jerseys they found underneath their tree. There are plenty of customers for nice jerseys. Sorry to hijack the dadgum thread. I'll cease.

I coach youth basketball. At my practice Tuesday, one kid had a nice Pitt basketball jersey, one an Arizona jersey and one an Ohio State jersey. Our 20+ win, NCAA qualifying, MAC Champ basketball team has no jerseys for fans or kids to buy. Stupid and short-sighted.

I think you're off by a factor of at least 10. Probably much more.

Have her pick me up a Zips #22 replica jersey.

Dadgum T-shirts, but I can't get a decent Zips replica hoops jersey? I love UA too, but not because they do anything smart regarding Marketing.

What surface are you on...the moon? If Harney gets an appreciable amount of minutes, it's because he's ridiculously talented. And he produces.

If it was simply a 20-minute rule, anyone could do it. The Zips ain't so simple. Spreadsheet? Once it turns from fun, into work, I'm out.

I will not let you down! This week: >16, Zips win (as mentioned earlier, the number will vary slightly due to caliber of opponent, and home/away). Obviously, if we play EMU, Harney can have 0 pts and 5 fouls and we'd win by 17. Hmmm...maybe I'll add a "win by" factor for those games? Hmmm...

Who said anything about playing Harney more? I only inferred: Our chance of winning games against quality opponents is directly proportional to Harney's minutes. 20 is the number. If Harney takes himself out of the game due to poor shooting or foul trouble, it is no different than KD taking him out. Minutes are minutes. If Harney gets 20, we win. Against Miami or BG, the number drops. Against K.e.n.t., at home, magic number is 17+.

Harney - 16 minutes. Zips lose.

Please leave open spots, Coach. We will not win squat with Division 3 talent. You know BCS schools pull scholarships at the last minute, leaving a lot of great talent searching for a scholarship on signing day. You also know that great talents, but with borderline grades or on-the-edge credits can be looking for a scholarship in a couple months, after their BCS offer is pulled. The Akron Zips are not a scholarship donor for every short, slow, injured-but-gritty local high school star. There a reason Walsh, Mount Union, Ashland, YSU etc. exist. There's a reason the term "preferred walk on" exists. Fill our 30,000 seat stadium by taking the best Division 1A student athletes. Taking-on non-D1 talent for the sake of building a relationship with a local coach is suicide. I'm not telling Bowden anything he already doesn't know. But some other people think we can build a winner in Akron with First Team All State kids from Mogadore...and that ain't gonna happen.

A Decade Has Passed Elite 8 Memory Gone CBI My Fate

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Selling UA replica basketball jerseys? Whoa, there Mr. Loose Cannon...that's CRAZY-talk! No school does stuff like that. On a related note...the old Porky's Place selection is really sad. I used to look forward to seeing what's new. Not anymore.

You can make a shot. And Quincy Diggs can make a shot. Statistically, you and Q would be identical. But there is no similarity in your games.

I disagree. But I should have clarified that I only meant offensive skill set. Defensively, huge difference. Ever see Ibitayo's 3-point shot? It's like someone stretched-out Joyce on a rack until he hit 6ft 3, and let him bomb-away. Very similar.