Captain Kangaroo

That can't be right. You can get to DT cleveland significantly faster from DT akron than you can from DT k ent, traffic phenomenon aside.LOL, I'm not trying to go OT or start an argument. Just wondering how that could be 3 minutes difference. You can complain to mapquest buddy ! RT 43 to I-480W to downtown CLE is about 49 miles on the nose.

The AK-Oldies out-dueling the AK-Rowdies?

Generally speaking, Akron, Can't and Miami are equal. Can't and Miami might have a slight edge over the Zips because they've actually played in the championship before. OU has a puncher's chance to win it all...and everyone else's participation is just a formality.

Every recruit wants to compete in the NCAA tourney during their college career. You are at a distince disadvantage when recruiting against a team that's been there recently if your school has not.If you are a recruit, what sounds better:A.) "You want to play in the NCAA tourney? Come play for us, we've been there the past 2 seasons. We need a guy like YOU to go deeper in the tourney next season!"orB.) "We won games in the NIT last season. We need YOU so we can make the NCAA tourney next year."For the great players, "A" wins every time. NIT wins only help you in recruiting against lower-tier teams.

Jason used to play baseball in HS. Until recently he still had a lot of photos on his HS web site. I wish I still had the one where he was on his knees, and the other players surrounding him were still about eye-to-eye with him!Here's the last survivor as far as I can tell:

I will be there between sessions, after the Zips victory.

The topic of "How can we generate more basketball attendance?" truely baffles me. Our attendance is on a dramatic upswing. We sold out the JAR for our final two home games of 2006. Student attendance was outstanding this season, and has major "upside."Next season we will be the favorites to win the MAC hoops title. We will have Nevada at home. Average attendance next season will easily be 4,400. That, from the "bandwagon factor" alone.The University doesn't need to do ANYTHING special to raise home hoops attendance in 2006. The team simply needs to achieve to it's capabilities and the Marketing crew needs to put forth the same effort they did in 2005-6. It is as simple as that.

They will not be able to practice until summer camp, assuming they're eligible. If eligible, Robinson and Terry will both see major PT.

Add this guy...a steel cage...and we're set!

Not as rare as getting 85 scholarship-eligible Toledo football players to the Glass Bowl.

It would have fit better w/Marshall a few years ago...but since they're gone, it fits Can't pretty well.

OH YEAH!!!Keep on drinkin'...

Beaver Falls two-sport star Lance Jeter received welcome news Wednesday, when he learned that he scored 830 on the SAT. With a 2.5 grade-point average, Jeter now meets NCAA requirements for freshman eligibility."His spirits are lifted," Beaver Falls basketball coach Doug Biega said. "He's got the weight of the world lifted off his shoulders."The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Jeter now has a chance to enjoy a belated recruiting battle. Cincinnati is after the all-state and Big 33 receiver for football, while Akron is after the Pittsburgh Trib's 2005 Player of the Year in basketball.Pitt remains interested in Jeter, but the Panthers signed their maximum scholarship allotment in the Class of 2006. The only way Pitt could offer Jeter is if one of the incoming recruits doesn't qualify for freshman eligibility.

A Hipsher-led Zips team got rings (1998)...and promptly lost in Round #1. In MAC hoops, the ring don't mean a thing. It's a good gauge of your capability...but you need to reel off 3-in-a-row in Cleveland or you're just a foot note.

That's what sometimes happens on the road...in the MAC...on Senior night. If we win on Saturday, the Buffalo loss won't mean anything. Yeah, the regular season title would have been nice, but beating K-ent and winning at the Q are what counts. There's no one we can't beat on a neutral court.Now the fun begins!!!!!!!!!!

Biggest Akron personnel loss since Huggins, if true. No disrespect to Mike Thomas either. More to post after this is officially confirmed...

That's the coolest ring I ever saw.

Increasing attendance in basketball is not one of his biggest challenges. Our attendance has been rising for 2 years. We will draw 5,200 and 5,500 for our last 2 games of 2006. We will be a major force next season in hoops, riding the coat tails of 2006. Plus we will have a decent home schedule. Mack needs to focus on football. Hoops work is done, whether Tom Gaffney can figure it out or not. If the arena is expanded and renovated...THEN there is work to do to fill it. Or, if he wants to do some hoops work....try to figure out a way to dislodge the dead wood from the lower section and get some vocal fans there. Or, figure out a way to get the students together, instead of splitting them into two small sections. In general...the whole JAR should be gutted...but that's a separate topic.

I want to be at the game where Can't State hoists their "2005-6 MAC Champs" banner...even though they lost to Akron @ "The Q." That will be priceless.

Goddard, Sallee and Sowers don't count in my book.Again...I don't quite understand it...but I'm not complaining. The Michigan kid seems really good...maybe too good to pass up even if our cupboard is already full at that position. We're 3-deep at guard this year, and that's at least 1 too few. If one got hurt...like what if Dials didn't come back....we'd be in a world of hurt.The MAC isn't a big man's league, so I kinda get it...but after seeing Nevada destroy us inside, it makes you wonder a bit.

Former Zip Bryan Hipsher wound up his career @ Jacksonville. 16mpg, 3ppg. Jacksonville shockingly went 1-26 this season. I was wrong...I had predicted any D1 school that accepted Bryan Hipsher would go winless. I owe him a Coke.

Attn AK-Rowdies: Do NOT wear wife-beater T's to the game! You will be mistaken for "Can't Fan."

If you weren't there, your opinion is fairly worthless. Nope...scratch that...ENTIRELY worthless.Once a Toledo fan berates Akron's 7 point MCB loss after Toledo's two recent, brutal MCB beatdowns...well, your street cred takes a hit. As is your opinion on the Williams's story with Toledo. You don't know the full story, nor are you willing to look at this situation from both sides. Therefore, your credibility on anything outside of Akron has no significance. This guy must bust through the wall of your house every 5 minutes?Keep drinking the Kool Aid....

Remeber the kid Bill Murray called "Woody the Wabbit" in Meatballs? That's who Warzinski reminds me of:"You're Woody the Wabbit....Woody the wabbit..."

I agree with everything you're thinking:Why no Rydell Brooks if we are in the market for a guard?Isn't the kid from Toledo supposed to be exactly what the kid from Michigan is?Don't we need a big man?If KD likes the Michigan guard, he knows a hell of a lot more than me...so I too will shut up. I'm down wit whatever KD feels is best for the Zips.