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USA Today has us playing Alabama in Philly with Miami as a play-in. There should be a pool to guess the selection bracket 😄

CBS Sports has Yale drawing St. John's and us vs. Wisconsin.

FWIW the new Academy Sports store is supposed to be opening this weekend at the N. Canton Strip. It's outside Akron city limits so not sure if they will have any Zips gear 🫤

Bud Wentz.

Anyone else surprised they didn't have tighter defense on SS or even a double team? No defender(s) to be seen in this clip: I love that we didn't try to run some cute passing play that could have resulted in a turnover.

Could have used that a couple times earlier in the season. Would have been nice to have the win over the SB champ instead of vice versa.

ESPN bracketology as of this hour has us as #12 vs. St. Johns in Tampa

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48167700/coaching-carousel-tracker-firings-openings-candidates-hirings-buzz-2026 What names will be in the mix? (Cincinnati) There are three sitting head coaches who stand out as potential options: Utah State's Jerrod Calhoun, Miami (Ohio)'s Travis Steele and Akron's John Groce. Calhoun is considered the favorite and checks a lot of boxes. He's from Ohio, he was a student assistant under Bob Huggins at Cincinnati and an assistant under Huggins at West Virginia, and he has had varying levels of success at three different schools. He led Utah State to the NCAA tournament last season and won the Mountain West regular-season title this season. He was Kansas State's top target before the Wildcats were forced to move on, but Cincinnati is a more appealing job to Calhoun. Steele is plenty familiar with the area. He spent 14 years at Xavier, first as an assistant coach then as a head coach, and has been at Miami (Ohio) since 2022. He led the RedHawks to a remarkable campaign, going 31-0 in the regular season before losing in the MAC tournament quarterfinal. Groce is another name with success as a head coach and ties to the state. He was an assistant at Xavier and Ohio State, a head coach at Ohio -- and after five seasons at Illinois, he has been at Akron since 2017, leading the Zips to three NCAA tournaments in four years.

On consecutive come from behind barn burners!

So what is LBJ contributing to this partnership?

CBS Sports is similar..

TOS to OU. Oh wait ...

Just curious how she makes her capital A's?

IDK but he probably lost a bit of lustre off his move-up candidate prospects.

Yeah, they probably lost their 10-seed 😅

All those NCAA brackets busted already 😄

Maybe they are looking beyond the MAC 🤔

TOS to Detroit

Billionaire plus another $300M. Like all the other billionaires, he needs to be doing more philanthropy.

It would be unwise to chase too big an offer from some deep-pocketed P4 for anyone on our roster if we can get a similar developable (is that a word?) replacement for much less.

26 degrees is the projected high temp for practice #1 next Tuesday, St. Patrick's Day. But it's always 65 inside Stiles.

True dat. To also be clear, I'm not holding my breath for a big facility windfall contribution but I also haven't ruled it out in perpetuity.

To be clear, Summit Co. voters haven't expressed opposition to a downtown arena, they just don't want to be taxed for it. And I don't think LBJ has been approached to contribute to any Akron basketball facilities or has said he never would. A lot may depend on his next endeavors after retirement, his business interests, and how/where is is splitting his time and residency. It would probably be a good sign for the area if he decides to play a final season with the Cavs.

The AI blurb shows Buffalo playing at Akron. Perhaps we would host Toledo and/or BG as well(?)

Apparently not released yet but Gemini has this to say: Known Matchups and Opponents While the full calendar is pending, the conference has previously announced the home/away pairings for the 2026 cycle under its division-less scheduling model. Team - Known 2026 Home Opponents - Known 2026 Away Opponents Western Michigan - Central Michigan, Kent State, Ohio, Toledo - Bowling Green, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Miami (OH) Buffalo - Central Michigan, Bowling Green, Kent State, Ohio - Western Michigan, Toledo, Akron, Miami (OH) Ohio - Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Miami (OH) - Central Michigan, Toledo, Kent State, Western Michigan With new coaches at Toledo, BG and CMU, hopefully we could steal a 'non-continuity/rebuilding' win..