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Can't got a 4 seed in the NIT. They play Tulsa at home. (Sound familiar soccer roos?)

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As Keith Dambrot is fond of saying -- "Each game is a mutually exclusive event."If the Zips go out and get pounded by K.e.n.t. (rival)...in a nationally televised...sell-out...home game...the fans will react differently than if the team goes toe-to-toe for 45 minutes and simply fall short.I think most fans have been very fair in any criticism this season. There are a few that consistently go way overboard. Conversely, there are fans that really don't seem to care if we get waxed by K.e.n.t....they're just always happy, and looking towards the future.Welcome to the phenomena known as the Internet Fan Message Board.One guy says ZipsNation is WAY overmoderated. The next guy says "The moderators let WAY too much stuff go." Who's right?I AM RIGHT! :screwks: Enough said.

I'm with you 100%. After driving back and forth to the Q for three days, I thought I was going to be angry and depressed if the Zips lost tonight. But they played their hearts out and almost came up with yet another miracle finish.Numbness is a great description. I do feel numb. I also feel sad for the players that their season is ended after they tried so hard to make it two straight trips to the NCAA tournament. They came so darn close, and I'm so darn proud of them for never giving up. They were just outplayed tonight by the smallest of margins. A different bounce of the ball on a single possession could have produced a different result.Kudos to KD for getting his team to the MAC championship game for four straight years. How many other coaches have ever achieved that in the MAC?I'm already looking forward to next season.bunch of damn apologists, you better be furious about this loss....3 outta 4 and here we go with the "oh it's ok" attitude...it is time to hope for more I agree. heres the question. is KD what we need to take us to the next level? personaly I don't know enough about basketball to put in an opinion here other than to say it's a high risk move especially for a mid major like Akron where people aren't exaclt foaming at the mouth to be hereI support Dambrot 100%! In terms of loyalty/commitment and results in improving and making this program an annual competitor for the MACC, Dambrot deserves at least another 5 years regardsless of those seasons. Let's also not forget about the upward trend in the quality of student-athletes he has been recruiting. Zeke was a huge get as are the players for the incoming class.Go Zips!

http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/kent_state/"I hate to say it, and Can't State fans don't want to hear this, but suddenly these past two seasons the tide has turned and now the MAC tournament is Akron's turf. Watching them win these close games, I knew they were going to win. They make winning plays down the stretch, and yes, they get some breaks and bounces. The key is, they put themselves in position to have some good luck. The difference is this year, and the part that really stings, is that Can't State was the best team in the league for the entire grind, the entire four month process of the season and couldn't get to the semis for the second straight season."Beautiful.

Amen. For the most part, very classy Zips fans! B)You don't go to 4 straight MACC games with a bad coach. Yes, I would like to see the schedule upgraded and don't want to see losses to Austin Peay or Eastern Michigan either. However, the program is as good as it ever has been and I believe the growth will continue under KD. This WILL be the case.Here's to a couple more wins this season...

Not true at all. On TV they showed a stat that Kool torched everyone who guarded him...except Jimmy Conyers who guarded him half the game and Kool had less than 10 points against. Great job Jimmy!Kool is a great player. I liked watching because you could tell he was playing for fun and love of the game. I wish I saw that at the professional level but I suppose that is part of what makes amateur athletics so special.

Congratulations on a great season.

For the record, I posted this a full 15 minutes before McKnees hit that shot. Eerily similar to last year. Depth was the difference in this one. We didn't play great or disciplined (especially with the foul trouble), but survived. Setting up for an exciting weekend.

Does anyone remember last year in the opening round at the Q against Toledo?...then we went on to win the MACC. Enough said.

Great win, ladies! Keep it going.

Great read. Thanks, Watcher!

The NCAA Tournament is for conference champions and teams that have the potential to win the National Championship. That is likely not any team beyond the six seed in each regional let alone teams #25-96 and certainly not the Zips. If we make the field of 64 by virtue of winning the MACC, great. Otherwise, we have only earned the CBI (at best)...Can't on our own floor on national television in a sold out arena with a MAC regular season championship and NIT bid on the line and we are not prepared or motivated to play...that is not the heart of a champion, and I don't want embarrassed again on the national stage.Go Zips! Bring your A game and win the MACC. Otherwise, quietly check yourself into the offseason knowing that the only dimension of success for this year was continuing the streak of 20+ win seasons. or bust!Sincerely,Jim Rome

Agree 100%. Nobody but those two look like they give a crap. The only possible other exception is Humpty.I agree. Humpty came on later in the second half after my initial post. Unfortunately, by that time it was far too late.We totally laid over for them. So much for defending the home court. I think there are only two ways we win the MACC: 1) shoot lights out against Can't State if/when we face them in the finals, or 2) not having to play Can't State because they lost in an earlier round, which I highly doubt.Win or lose, the Zips and the campus/city look great in high definition.

I think the phrase is "peeing down our leg." This would be a great game if: 1) we would stop making so many unnecessary and unforced turnovers, and 2) we could hit any jump shots at all.I am tired of listening to the ESPN announcers say how great of a team Can't is and how they are worth of a NCAA at-large bid. However, I did like that the announcers said there is definitely BCS bias in at-large selections as evident by a graphic showing at-large non-majors progressively dropping from 12 to 4 in the past 5 years. I love the idea of doing the selection blind to the school name and conference.Conyers and Nik are the only ones playing with heart tonight. Everyone else looks intimidated and hesitant.

Kudos! Two things I would enjoy seeing:1) An indoor/outdoor tennis center built in the parking lot adjacent to the field house, and2) The return of the men's varsity tennis team to create parity in nearly all sports.Football = Volleyball + Swimming & Diving

+1For 5+ years, our engineering club team dominated the varsity teams I was originally recruited by. These included Malone, Hiram, Walsh, and Mount Union. We even played a team of just graduated Zips and only lost 9-5 indoor. Amazing how the level of play drops without elite coaching and regular practice and conditioning. The Zips weren't in jeopardy of losing but they still had to play 100% the entire game and we made it competitive. A few said afterwards while shaking hands that we played them better than any team had since they left the varsity level.Again, no shame in not playing varsity for me. I have no doubt I enjoyed my 5+ years of high level club soccer more than I would have playing varsity, and I was a better player because of it. More importantly, I was a better student as a result.

I chose to go to Akron over several D-II and D-III schools that recruited me for soccer after a successful high school career. I tried out as a walk-on in 1998 when Allen Eller (All-Regional) and Michael Apple (All-American) were the starting forwards (my position). Coach Lolla said that the only way one of us (walk-ons) would be taken is if we could compete right away for a starting position.No walk-ons were taken then and I don't believe any will be with the current team. As said in the movie, Rudy, "we have High School All-Americans sitting the bench." That is certainly true for UA soccer, so there is no shame in not making the team. It is an experience just to play at that level against some of the current players during the try-out.

Say what you want about the coaching; however, I back KD 100% for sitting Humpty if he was skipping classes. Yes, his absence was likely the difference in the game but so were the other ~10 things mentioned here.+4

Eh?...Sounds like the Canadians think we stole Bunbury from them, but isn't he from MN? In terms of hockey, MN is southern Canada, but last I checked, Bunbury played soccer.

Awesome! Proud to say I saw his last goal of the season against Stanford in person. Forget the Heisman Lodge, we need a Hermann Lodge.Way to go Teal!

Couldn't we question Frye's loyalty to UofA? I mean, the school made a decision and he went against the decision.A player is responsible primarily to his team and coaches. If Frye wanted to question UA leadership at the risk of losing his scholarship and being forced to transfer, he had every right to do that.

I'm only guessing, but see post #11 in this thread.Keep in mind when reading this, this is written from a story somebody told ITZ written years latter. If everything in the post was true, keep in mind CF was what 19 at the time??? This post didn't change my mind one way or another about Charlie, he can play on my football team.Thanks, Dr. Z.You can argue the merits of that alleged situation, but I like that he showed leadership and stood up for the people and things he believed in.I'm a Frye fan and if anyone says he downright sucks and is a loser, I question their loyalty to UA as a whole.

Watch or record the game tonight (8 pm) on NFL replay. Come back tomorrow and post your thoughts. This is not just for zen, for everybody....GP1 included. If anybody has not got a chance to watch NFL replay, if you record it, you can watch the whole game in about an hour by ffwd through the commercials. They do a great job of editing the game, by taking out some of the boring 3 and outs.I saw the game Sunday from my hotel room. I've seen enough Charlie Frye over many years now to know I'm not interested. One good half isn't going to change my mind.It is the same old Charlie. High percentage of completions without the wins to back up the greatness. Maybe it is not the completion percentage that is important, but the inability to take risks down the field or at least come close on long throws that lands him on the bench.If Charlie is so good, how come there aren't teams banging down his door to have him as their starter?I understand a lot of you are fans. Personally, I've never been a fan of his football playing ability even when he was at UofA. I never thought the guy was a winner and he isn't. After what ITZ posted a couple of months ago, I have no personal respect for him at all. The only good thing I can say about him is that in a league full of horrible QBs, he fits right in with the pack.What was said months ago that caused you to lose respect for him, GP1?I saw the game and thought he played great.

Outside of Memphis, I would hardly consider any C-USA schools major basketball programs. Though they are the type of programs I'd like to see in our OOC schedule.