Captain Kangaroo

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.

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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.

What is the "AA/Dru Joyce mold"? Those guys are completely different players. AA = Lightning quick, pesky defense, dribble-penetration Joyce = Conservative ball handler, set-shot 3-pointer, relied on high basketball IQ to compensate for an otherwise ordinary skill-set. Ibitayo is much more in the "Dru Joyce mold" than AA.

I think it will be interesting to see how Zeke fares against another physical inside big. Mavunga ate Zeke alive. We'll see what lessons were learned.

They're like Ohio State's colors, so Joe Akron must like them?

If you get information from a source, you should mention the source. It is about basic integrity. If the ABJ is used as a reference (on the show), it is specifically mentioned. The ABJ does not advertise on the program. Just because we promote University of Akron Athletics 24/7, 365 for free doesn't mean anyone should cite ZN.o information without due credit. I give the ABJ credit for mentioning our site when references are appropriate. Rasor has done it too. The others, including the PD...never.

Harney plays >20 minutes, we win. Harney plays 20-or-less, Buffalo wins.

Joe Dunn is petrified of internet news, and really goes out of his way to avoid any mention of our site. It's almost comical. He'll mention what "fans think," and then repeat something he read here. But he'll never mention ZipsNation. Hi Joe. Thanks for stopping in. Hope you enjoy our site, and the fact that we promote your show for free.

We may need to combine "exactly's" and "no doubt about it's" if we want to catch a buzz?

Isn't the game already sold-out? Roughly 5,500. Fire Marshall will not allow more.