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Maybe so, but also consider all the support given over the last twenty years related our best-in-conference new facilities such the stadium, field house, and rec center. Can you imagine what Toledo or NIU could have done with those facilities?!

What is most astonishing to me is that the program is so bad, and has been for most of three decades, that regression to the mean bias (towards .500) suggests that just by pure luck, a coach should be able to exhibit some upward trend in terms of W's and L's, yet consistently, we hire coaches who manage to keep the program at the bottom. Unreal.

Would love to meet up with you for a future Zips game @Georgetown or @Maryland. I live in Baltimore City.

3-0-1 in the Zips favor. Yes, that's right, in four all-time games against the Hoyas, we are undefeated.

Solid win! On the road no less! Let's hope the line up and team play are figured out and that the rest of the season is more of what we expected!

Same here, but I think most of the imbalance in shots came after our goal as a result of Georgetown pressing to get it back to level.

Dollars rule supreme though. It's a business decision, not a cultural one.

Thanks for this observation. It is an interesting data point. UC's upward trajectory corresponds to their investment in the physical campus (UA based much of the Landscape for Learning plan on what UC did), an emphasis on increasing their research portfolio, and advancing their athletics program from C-USA to the Big East to the AAC to the Big 12. UC is also in a much larger media market without other major public research universities (OSU being the closest). Which of these was a main driver of UC's image enhancement is unknown. As compared to UC and despite having transformed its campus, UA does not have a medical school (a major source of research dollars), is stuck in the MAC, is not sited in the epicenter of a major media market, and has another equally large public research university only ~10 miles away, and a second in Cleveland (CSU). The proximity of Case Western and YSU are also a likely detriment. It's fun to think what UA could be without the presence of KSU, CSU, and/or YSU and with NEOMED under its umbrella, but that's just fantasy. Side note: I just noticed that UC cut its men's soccer program.

The difference between Kent, OU, and BGSU versus CSU, UA, and UT is that the latter are urban campuses. Conservative media's constant bashing of urban areas as unsafe and undesirable havens of criminals and minorities has likely taken its toll, especially in relatively conservative rustbelt states like Ohio that have many other suburban and rural options (Kent, OU, and BGSU). I'd be interested to know if analogous schools in similar states (e.g. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) are seeing the same enrollment trends. (I realize OSU and UC are both urban schools, but I believe their brand strength and cultures overcome the urban divide.)

Another bad foul by Ali.

At least we have not quit and are making it look respectable. The difference of late is that Freeman has been more actively involved on both ends. Love that kid!

Creighton is better at literally every position. The only way we could have won is if they were cold shooting or turned the ball over a lot. They are playing well, and we are making stupid fouls, which make it even more of an uphill climb.

Those two losses to end the season really hurt!

He still needs one more rebound.

No composure. That's the kind of thing that a verteran, senior laden team with NCAAT experience should not have to worry about and what should make them so dangerous. Not ours.

Super happy for KD getting an NCAAT win to close out his career. Akron now has at least one alum with an NCAAT men's basketball win as a coach too. If we can't be the Cinderella team this year, I hope Duquesne is.

Kent State still sucks! Hope their alumni enjoy seeing us in the spotlight!

In Pittsburgh in spirit here while having a virtual Primanti's sandwich. Any alums looking for places to eat outside of the immediate arena area but still inside the city, check out the Strip District, Southside, Walnut Street in Shadyside, or the Forbes-Murray Avenue area of Squirrel Hill. (UA, Pitt, and Carnegie Mellon alum here, so I lived in Pittsburgh for many years during graduate school.) Let's go! Z-I...

But if they do double, that leaves wing players open for 3's. If those shots are landing, we can definitely pull the upset!

There was a lot of good coverage for the Zips and Akron in general on the CBS show after the B1G Championship was over and before the selection show. It was just as much due to KD and the Dukes as it was Groce and the Zips. KD is an alum and took our program to the next level, and even if we plateaued under him, I want to see KD win a NCAAT game before he retires.

WaPo for the win!!! https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/17/kent-state-horrible-tough-mistake/

-P-S!!! Does it get better than beating Kent (or Kent beating themselves and the negative press and memes to boot), taking the series lead, and winning a MACC all in the same game?!?!?! I think not.

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Agreed. I was in the mood to see some throat stomping tonight.

Then why bother paying to maintain a nice on-campus stadium. NFL stadiums are a huge waste of money with only 9-11 home games per year. How can four games later in the season after establishing a losing record be justified?!