Let'sGoZips94

I wouldn't be surprised if he commits to Frank Martin's program. I've heard players love to play for him, and they're entering their 2nd year removed from a Final Four appearance.

Oh no... Queue a new thread in the Off Topic section, titled "ZipsVoice and LZip's Athletics' Affects on Enrollment".

I went back and watched both of his JC videos on YouTube. It's interesting how similar he is to Duvivier in regards to getting to the basket and decision making. The difference seems to be physicality vs. finesse. Duvivier was a bruiser - a pad-less linebacker bulldozing his way through the lane. He didn't have the best body control, and some of his charges were just dumb, but he got to the basket or pulled up for a mid-range jumper/floater. Channel seems to play with more control, which I think will really bode well for Akron as a Duvivier replacement.

Typically yes. I don't know about Akron's QBs/WRs, but I do know that Tom Brady brings his WRs (Amendola, Edelman , etc.) up to his property in Montana to workout and build chemistry together. Obviously a group of college players would get together at a lesser extent, but the same principles stand around the college level.

Do we have any offers out to any non-guards for this year?

Love hearing that Ramart looks capable of stepping in right away if needed or if he wins the job.

Shhhh... Don't tell that to Villanova. I guess they don't have any bigs. How on earth did they win a National Title? Getting slightly back on topic, getting either of the remaining two guards we have offers out to (Moss & Alvarez) would be massive. We would instantly become a title contender again, in my opinion, with the back-court assembled this off-season.

False. We never went to the NCAA Tourney with Big Dog, struggling in the MAC Tourney for a couple years because of a lack of a backcourt. Zeke was a bit of a different player, because he was a highly touted recruit with a massive wingspan that really changed the game defensively. However we lost Abreu, and got stomped by 40+ in the tourney, despite Zeke and Tree. While I do like a good big, NCAA games are won with killer guards and athletic forwards. This year showed it sucks to be young and lack depth. Period. Taking away anything more than that on the negative side is a bit of a reach, and shows pessimism. We have KLac, EMan, Sayles, and Riak in the front court. That's plenty to win in the MAC and beyond. The difference comes from the backcourt, which we need to solidify due to a lack of depth to begin with, plus the losses of Cotton and Duvivier.

http://njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2016-17/div1/players/channelbankshlzd More of an aggressive guard, who likes to get to the basket. I love these 6'3"/6'4" guards by the way. Tourney runs are built on a foundation of these types of guards.

http://njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2017-18/div1/players/jeremyroscoed3if Love his numbers.

Lefty SG with a beautiful stroke. DJ Cooper + several inches. I love it. Looks like he's added on some muscle since his HS days, too.

Plus EMan and Sayles to an extent, and add the 3 scholarship players we are probably getting - whomever they are - to the roster.

According to Bobcat Attack, Toledo and EMU have some players leaving, including EMU's Jordan Nobles.

This. The core of this team is pretty strong, and now we're able to build upon it with 3(?) open scholarships, plus the transfers from last year. To quote Jose Bautista, the MAC should be shaking in their boots.

No, logic & facts do not equal condescension. Tone, demeanor - that can equal condescension. Trust me, you didn't hurt my feelings. What further clarification did you need if you knew that the government is to pass no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion? Or did you just want to argue, and attempt to assert your supposed intellectual superiority? Because that's how it comes off.

I read your condescending response in its entirety, thank you very much, but am only going to respond to this partially-emboldened sentence... All of this discussion, the rants, etc., on the topic, yet you knew the answer to your own question from the beginning?

Very, very good post regarding the topic. A "like" was not enough.

Not surprised. He always looked uncomfortable. Good luck to him! I'm very happy to have another scholarship available for Groce to use.

Yes, this is exactly where I want to go.

The First Amendment doesn't protect you from responses; that's called a safe space. You were the one that brought up the team prayer due to Akron being a public University. The fact that you're questioning team prayer at all, in America, shows you might be the snowflake as the team prayer obviously triggered you. I'm just as guilty about mixing politics and sports - sports have mixed in politics themselves, and I also think there are relevant discussions - but I try to keep it relevant. I didn't and still don't understand why team prayer was questioned, and if you want to talk about facts, talk about how the First Amendment protects freedom of religion, which does include Christianity despite the on-going war against said religion.

I believe this is correct. However, I believe there are deadlines that determine eligibility, i.e. how long the player would have to sit out.

If you could please pay attention to the team prayer, and let us know who leads it, is it voluntary, etc. I think we're all interested in that information. (I'm kidding; just having some fun) Looking forward to hearing what you see. Unfortunately, I will be busy putting up backsplash in my kitchen and won't be able to attend.

Do you really think if the tournament was expanded, the committee/NCAA would push to give mid-majors more of a chance? Do you think they'd really make a change to benefit mid-majors? They literally added more play-in games for the 11-seed spot in order to dip into some bigger schools' pockets at least one last time for the season. There are ~.500 P5 schools making the tournament over 20+ win mid-majors. Expanding the tournament to 96 teams believing mid-majors would have a better chance to make it to the round of 64 is like people who don't trust the government, voting to grow the government and give it more power. The little guy would continue to get squeezed out.

There are 351 DI men's basketball teams to be exact, compared to 130 DI FBS football teams. I'd say that's a lot of DI men's basketball teams. My question was directed at the number of teams admitted to the DI ranks since 1985, the last time there was a significant tourney format change. There were 42(?) teams in 1984, but how many DI schools were there in total? Heck no they all shouldn't make the tournament. That would be the death of March Madness and college basketball as a whole.