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Yes, and they didn't have Mballa nor their coach. Us being a new team is neutralized, but if we get by Canada...

OU is the only Top 4 team to have played against this Akron team (without Trimble). No other Top 4 team has seen this Zips team. That's an interesting fact heading into Cleveland.

Buffalo was arguably the nail in the coffin for Dambrot. Buffalo's style & athleticism complete outclassed Dambrot's style & lack of athleticism in basically every aspect. During Dambrot's final years, he had trouble beating Buffalo during the regular season as well. This isn't to discuss Dambrot, but to show that Buffalo's style is tough to beat no matter what. We match up better with them now from an athleticism standpoint, especially without Trimble basically making it 4 v 5 when Buffalo has the ball, but Buffalo still has the advantage with Segu & Williams. I disagree with the final two statements I cropped in your quote comment. We won the tournament 3x with zero standout guards/players (minus Zeke, but Freeman neutralizes not having Zeke). Those backcourts were slightly deeper than ours, but no better than what we have now as long as Clarke continues his higher level of play. Systems can win tournaments just as easily as ball-dominant killers, if not more easily. If that ball-dominant killer, that a team relies on so much (like Carry), is off - look out; that team will probably struggle to make up the difference (which is what pisses me off so much about KSUcks having their poor performances all against bottom-feeding MAC teams). The way the Zips play defense, the way they spread the ball on offense now, the way they rebound - they will have just as good of a chance in Cleveland as the top 4 teams. What could be the death of the team is the lack of consistent outside shooting. Then again, Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse doesn't have the best sightlines and can neutralize good shooting teams. This will be a fun tournament with truly 5 teams that can win it all.

Look at that. You practically outsourced this task and didn't even know it. Congratulations on not having to follow @Zipmeister's requests. 🤣

Do they match what 247 has?

Watching CSU vs RMU in the Horizon League tournament. Man did Patton develop well. He was slower and a bit uncoordinated at Akron. He's sped up and is real smooth on the court now. Having one heck of a second half. Wish he was still a Zip, but glad CSU is working out well for him. Edit: Didn't realize Anderson Mirambeaux (previously recruited by Akron) ended up at CSU. He is a bowling ball of a human being. Large specimen - INCREDIBLY athletic. Moves quite well.

Of course my first day at a new job would be when there's a day game for Akron in the MAC tourney after working the past 2 years 100% remote. Oh well. A General Discussion thread wouldn't be complete without a CAN'T STATE SUCKS.

"Jennings throws it up... Jock rises above the defender... 'BOOM'! TOUCHDOWN AKRON!" Announcer's dream right there. Or there's this classic... (Per a pronunciation website, Boum is pronounced Boom, so I hope that's how he pronounces it, too.)

I forgot Akron was a 15 seed in 2011. This is not the year to be lower than a 14 seed. The current projected 2 seeds... - Purdue - Duke - Auburn - Kentucky

Out of curiosity, when/who was the last non 12/13/14 seed? Barring one of the lowest seeds winning the MAC tourney, I've always figured the MAC was slotted into that range of seeding automatically.

KSUcks wins by single digits against NIU. They shot 41.7% from the floor, and 16.7% from 3. Should they ever slip up and not shoot lights out against the best in the MAC (I highlighted, I think earlier in this thread, their shooting differences against the top of the MAC vs the bottom), they'll get run out of the gym. Ohio lost to BG by 3. BobcatAttack is a real pick-me-up if you're having a down day. Many are looking towards next season already, and one post even says that last night's loss may have cost them the CBI. Yes, you read that correctly. The Athens Kitty Cats are worried about the CBI.

Enrique Freeman Bruce Weinkein LCJ Jake Kretzer Steve McNees That is both my favorite starting 5, and in order.

He might be my all-time favorite Zip.

IT'S NOT SCRIPT AKRON! 🤯

That might be the best early-season-tourney field we've ever been part of. Agreed on Akron being strong next year, and could make some noise in the Caribbean.

I thought they burned it already?

I would like to see Kalle get some minutes today and Friday. Having a 3rd big, even if it's just for a few possessions, for what hopes to be a 3-game-run in Cleveland could be massive in maintaining the freshest legs possible for Freeman & Aziz.

Listed as a Safety in 247. Offers from Buffalo, Colorado, and San Diego State.

Would ya look at that? The science changed. Glad freedom of choice is reinstated. Hopefully the JAR has a good turnout on Friday.

Can we get them at home? "I didn't leave Buffalo for Kansas just to come back to the MAC and get my butt whooped." - Lance Leopold (probably)

Slow news maybe, but at least there is enough excitement and anticipation for football to still be talking about it during the "dead" period.

I'm going to tell my kids this is the MACC.

That arena literally is the JAR, just with more complete & modern seating. I believe you could modify the seating in the JAR to pretty closely mirror the Samford arena, while maintaining the character and atmosphere of the JAR. I hate the concrete corner spaces in Sanford's arena; it looks weird and "commuter-ish". Get some engineers in there (I thought we had a good Engineering program?), Move the corner doors to the middle, directly behind the baskets. Wrap the lower level seating around, adding corner sections where the doors used to be, and proper end zone seats on either side of the basket. Remove the track, and bring those seats forward. Convert every seat to be decent quality chair backs, and let's get back to rocking the JAR.

To follow up on Jermaine, he is averaging 12 ppg and almost 9 rpg. Impressive season. Coming off 17 & 16 pt performances, too. Good for him! Give me the JAR over that arena, minus the lack of bench seating. I like the JAR for college basketball, just get rid of the track.

And 23rd or 24th. Hemric took 9th while Haley spun out on the final lap; prior, he was running 12th or so (top 15 at least). Bummer we didn't have 2 top 15 finishes, but this continued the moment carried over from a solid performance at Daytona. There was a good amount of air time given to Hemric and Kaulig Racing as well. Being connected/invested in an entire team in NASCAR is fun. Oh, and I was able to take back control of my 65" TV. I had my 2.5 year old daughter clapping for Hemric & Haley, and she said, "Go Zips!"