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  12. Zips Mens Soccer to join the Big East

    in Akron Zips NCAA Championship Soccer

    Posted · Edited by Let'sGoZips94

    6 minutes ago, Z.I.P. said:

    I've been trying to think how this might effect Akron soccer recruiting.  In terms of Big East geography we pretty much own Ohio. It could effect -- in a positive way -- our ability to recruit the territory of the West Division of the conference.  But given that logic, maybe other BE schools look at recruiting our backyard.  Time will tell.

     

    Here's how it affects soccer recruiting...

     

    Recruit: "Hey Coach Embick. I've heard of your program - impressive history. Who do you guys play typically on your schedule?"

     

    Coach Embick: "Our conference has Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, and whoever else the MAC can find. Right now it's Chicago State. But hey, we do play a lot of Big Ten and some ACC schools in the out of conference portion. We do need to win those to have any sort of respect since our conference blows."

     

    Versus...

     

    Recruit: "Hey Coach Embick. I've heard of your program - impressive history. Who do you guys play typically on your schedule?"

     

    Coach Embick: "In conference, we have 2 divisions. Our division contains Creighton, Butler, DePaul, Marquette, and Xavier. Then we'll face a few from the other division, which has UConn, Georgetown, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova. On top of that, we'll face some Big Ten, ACC, and other highly touted programs in the out of conference portion. You'll have a full schedule against the top talent in the country, plus a chance at a National Championship every year."

     

     

    Otherwise, recruiting won't change much. We have quite the footprint to begin with.

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  16. Games 4, 5 & 6- Cayman Islands Classic Basketball Tournament

    in Akron Zips Basketball

    Posted · Edited by Let'sGoZips94

    Not adding WKU to the MAC was a stupid, STUPID decision. 

     

    This is going to be a very tough game. Great opportunity to right the ship after playing like PCCCC (Portage County Community College Crap) these past 2 games. Bottom line: we need to make shots. If we don't make shots, we might as well head to the beach. One thing I will say. I like that we have a week off before this game. Going from SDSU (tough opponent, hard fought game, and OT to boot) to MSU within 5 days as the first 2 games of the season... I'm not surprised with how dead we were in the second half against MSU and how flat we were yesterday against Morgan State. I expect a better shooting performance on Monday. 

     

    WKU hasn't played anyone this year. Their only legitimate win came against Eastern Kentucky by 6. They most recently beat the Greyhounds of U Indy 68-50.

     

    The next opponent will be one of LSU or Illinois State - it doesn't get any easier. 

  19. Game 3- Morgan State

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    9 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

    This is the perfect game at this point in our schedule. It's not too easy where we'll be complacent (at least I hope not), and it's not overly difficult where we won't be able to fine tune the lineup & rotations. 

     

    Things I would like to see...

     

    - Amani Lyles have a nice game down low. With Hunter being somewhat of a threat from beyond the arc, we need another bruiser down low to help Freeman in the paint. 

     

    - Double digits from at least one of Nate Johnson and/or Hankerson. 

     

    - Aggressive drives with more control from Tribble. I don't need him to be a shooter, but I need him to have better control when he takes it to the basket. These "living on a prayer" shots after he gets into the paint are momentum killers. 

     

    - Find at least one more person to enter the rotation to help keep legs fresh. The margin of defeat on Friday was due to fatigue. 

     

    Looking at my focuses this game at the half...

     

    1) Amani Lyles is getting more comfortable. Took him a second to find the confidence to be stronger, but I think we can see it's there. Just needs to develop and become more confident/comfortable.

     

    2) Nate Johnson is at 9. Henderson is proving he was a big fish in a very, very small pond. I do like how active his hands are on defense, though.

     

    3) Somewhat more control from Tribble. Need him to finish just a bit more consistently. I like the aggression, though.

     

    4) Tavari? 

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