Let'sGoZips94

EvanMiya has Akron as the 90th best roster going into the season, 30 spots better than the next MAC team (Miami OH at 120). They also have a Cinderella slipper next to our name as a team to watch for March Madness. Evan Mahaffey is rated as the 93rd best player in CBB, 1st in the MAC. Oriol and Staveskie are also top 16 players in the MAC. Will be interesting to see how accurate these predictions turn out to be.

Prather Jr. at 74.

UMKC lost 0-4 to Omaha tonight, so Akron should still move up in the polls despite a hit tj their RPI.

He was a bit of a sniper in HS. For whatever reason, WMU restricted him to the paint. Not utilizing a player's versatility, especially a 6'10" big who can stretch the floor, is how you end up being as bad as WMU has been.

Another thought - there are 4 walls on the JAR that have been home to all time great coaches. What will they do to include Groce soon enough?

Zeke Marshall.

Kentucky's court ruling against the NCAA with some strong, common sense language.

LCJ jersey retirement this year. LONG time coming.

D3 gets a little tricky because they don't (legally) offer athletic scholarships. There are guys attending Akron, Kent, Ohio State, etc., who aren't there to play sports, that are as or more athletic than most D3 athletes, but they couldn't afford or didn't want to pay the high tuition that comes with going the D3 route. On the flip side, a school like Hoban is a combination of many top athletes in the region (which is a VERY good HS football/athletics region) or even beyond because they can recruit. I remember when I was in an underclassmen at a greater Akron area high school, there were a couple kids in my class and the class below that were REALLY solid athletes that never made it to my high school because Hoban & St. V plucked them after middle school. Massillon would be another example of a NEO high school that could be in the argument against a D3 school, although in any scenario I think D3 ultimately wins out due to depth, age, size, etc.

His cousin(?) played for Todd May at Concord. Good family relations there I'd imagine.

WHO?! 😉