Let'sGoZips94

Well hold on here. You might be onto something. What if he's entering the draft to build a relationship and connect with LiAngelo Ball, to get to know his dad, who is a self-proclaimed big time GM in Europe? In all seriousness, entering the draft is smart. You get to play against better competition, go through some rigorous training, and develop excellent connections I presume. Odds are he wouldn't make it, but he'll build the relationships necessary to be successful overseas.

I think first and foremost, we need the ever-elusive-but-ever-so-important killer guard. I understand we need talent everywhere, but that killer guard makes the difference come March and can take you to that next level. He had that guard at OU with Cooper (Kellogg was solid from deep, too). Look at March Madness this year. How do teams like Loyola become Cinderellas? They have the guards that step up and hit the big shots or make the key passes. Look at WVU. Their success almost single-handily came from Jevon Carter, who was the heart and soul of that team. Much like Terry Francona has revolutionized the importance of a bullpen mafia, college basketball is dominated by killer guards. You can neutralize athletic forwards with a killer guard or two; typically only the blue-chippers are match-up proof, and even then those blue-chip forwards play like guards. The importance of the killer guard is showing by the number of guards we have offered so far.

What about Antino and what is his relevance to Jimond's tweets?

Has nobody showed him a list of MAC players that get drafted? Hell, the #1 overall pick a few years back was from CMU. Good riddance.

With how bad MAC refs are and how close in proximity some of the fans are to the court, it's probably to protect the zebras from getting an early shower. Bottlegate 2.0?

You should be suspended from the board for a month for this.

When there are adamant assertions made, such as "3. Is Akron better off compared to when he became President? NO and yall will soon find out once stones get un turned with him out the picture" (- Dre), those aren't opinions. The title of "fake news" would be applicable, despite your level of disdain for our President. Let me get this straight. You're ripping the guy for doing damage control, making amends, and regaining lost donations? He had to start somewhere. That would be like ripping Dambrot in the beginning of his time here for getting Akron back to mediocre mid-major status instead of bottom of the barrel. Whomever takes over next has a better and higher foundation to build upon. Regarding any statements that question if the University improved under Wilson, look no further than the crowd reactions to him at basketball games. Loud cheers and people loved his interactions and involvement in the shooting contest. He was great. Now make the right hire on the next guy and keep moving forward; no more backward movement.

Next year should prove that's saying something.

Terrific field thus far. @Illini Zip's fandom - especially his newly developed support for the Zips - will be tested if Akron has to play Illinois State.

I would feel better if we start getting commitments from recruits that a program of Memphis' caliber is targeting.

Getting blown out by a Kentucky team that struggled with Davidson didn't help the perception either. We'll see where Kentucky's season ends, but that put out the fire surrounding Buffalo a bit. Any rumors of Nate Oats getting pulled away from Buffalo yet?

Huge showing by the MAC women. The cherry on top is knocking off the 3-seed Suckeyes when the Final Four is in Columbus.

Penny Hardaway has been hired as the new coach of Memphis. I think we have one or two recruits we are fighting for with them, right?

That's a weird corporate list. Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland State, Ohio State, Can't State, etc., yet a company like Leaf Filter isn't on there.

Shocker. The crazy fact is this can NEVER be topped in the tournament, because it is the lowest ranked beating the highest ranked. Incredible.

A trio of Zips greats would be a fantastic bobbleheads set.

My issue with the gimme game is that we, as a financially challenged school, are paying a school to play us.

Does Ken Babby have any involvement with the U?

They probably do, too.

Wow. That makes BG's exodus look minuscule.

Arizona and Kentucky on a "who'd you beat" resume is impressive. After all, aren't these schools offering players that kind of money already? Oats has another factor in his favor: Bobby Hurley is having some success at ASU.

So with his new annual salary in the $550-600k range, a school that wants Oats would have to pony up $1.5M for the buyout?

What is his buyout like?

They beat Georgetown two years prior, as I mentioned. That's 2 seasons. Can't went to the Elite Eight earlier in the decade. Akron had made the tourney 3 times in 5 years, and possessed the nation's longest winning streak. What more do you want from the MAC?

This.