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April Fools!...and not a good one I might add.

I agree with the above. However, hats off to Dru and Rome for being the cornerstones of the new era in Zips men's basketball!

http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...0&ATCLID=835839Way to go Romeo!In spite of no post-season this year, we got a lot of positive national exposure...not to mention we beat Can't three times b/c

I don't think Heath's performance warrants being fired! He turned the program around and went to the NCAA's the past two years. I don't think that's fair and is why I'd never want to be a coach. What do you all think?You'd think stability would be a good thing for a program...that's why I like what we have with KD here!

Care to share which 4 you forecast will go to D2?

JD should be more of a candidate for the UM football job than KD is for the UM basketball position. Lloyd Carr will be gone as soon as OSU beats them for the Xth time since Tressel took over.At least we know

We never would have played a team as good as Oregon in the first round because our seed would have been higher. We were projected to be a 10 to 12 seed, not a 14 like Miami. Thus, I think our chances would have been even better to win a first-round game.

Could this week get any worse for UA athletics fans?...wait, it just did!

I think a shirt reading "The University of Akron Zips, 2007 NIT Champions" would be appropriate as we had a legit shot of winning this thing and that fear is perhaps what prevented us from being selected.

Can someone who has viwed the article online copy and paste the text here?

I'm now a graduate student at Pitt (I live in Shadyside) and also a UA alum. Let me just say welcome from all of who constitute the Nation. I hope we see several postseason appearances during your tenure!I'm sure you already know this, but

Yes, without a doubt, we got screwed by the NCAA and NIT selection committees.The best thing we as fans can do is call into national shows and state our case. Call JT The Brick tomorrow night on Gametime React. He is on 100+ stations across the country and in every major city.http://msn.foxsports.com/story/865321Listen to other callers to get a handle and then state our case and give UA and the men's basketball team the positive national exposure they deserve!

I think it's a good idea. We'd have to get some media coverage to make it worth while though.

It's great that the national media is publicizing that we got snubbed!Unfortunately, that's little consolation for Dru and Rome!

jtthebrick@foxsports.com

Yes, without a doubt, we got screwed by the NCAA and NIT selection committees.The best thing we as fans can do is call into national shows and state our case. Call JT The Brick tomorrow night on Gametime React. He is on 100+ stations across the country and in every major city.http://msn.foxsports.com/story/865321Listen to other callers to get a handle and then state our case and give UA and the men's basketball team the positive national exposure they deserve!

http://www.nit.org/

I hope AntonioGates isn't reading this and laughing! This is bad for K.E.N.T and reflects poorly on the conference as a whole.

... ...I doubt it! I think we just got royally screwed.If this continues to happen year in and year out, will we be able to hang on to KD? If he wants a shot at coaching a real perineal national level team, he might have to leave the conference.

I can't believe this! How did we get selected last year, but not this year? WTF?We lost a total of 7 games all year by a combined 21 points. If that's not good enough, I don't know what is!Not to mention we lost last night on a terribly lucky play by Miami and the team handled it with total class!Everyone else will have a chance next year (including the fans, KD, and most of the team). I truly feel bad now for Dru and Rome. You guys are great!

nectek can't be from Can't State...that was a classy post. Thanks for the respect!

I live in Pittsburgh and am listening on www.1350radiofreeohio.com, but I'd rather be watching it!How do you watch it from ESPN on the computer?

1350 has had the most recent games broadcast over the internet for free although they say they don't broadcast UA athletics. All you have to do is make an account on their website.Do a google search for "1350 Akron".

I take that back. Missouri State is a strong candidate as the MVC is a very strong conference.

I tried to keep in mind that there are only four remaining spots. My four votes went to UA, Drexel, UMass, and Old Dominion.I know, I seem biased towards the mid-major, but I think the Big 10 is over-rated with the exception of OSU, Wisconsin, and Indiana. All four of the teams I voted for could beat Illinois and Michigan.Other than Illinois and Michigan, I don't think there should be much argument with regard to the strongest six candidate schools.I think this list of 23 should be narrowed to the six I just described.