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I heard it was a surprise to the team. Jimmy being committed to Utah so quickly likely supports the unexpectedness of the decision. I would not expect it to take too long to fill his spot, though.

Painter & Groce are friends; Purdue is throwing us a bone, especially with paying us to go there, because of the scheduling struggles we've had. One interesting component to this matchup: Purdue guard Fletcher Loyer's dad, John, played for Akron in the 1980s.

Big 12 poached him.

Available PF Available C Tons out there that probably give you 2/3 of the criteria you mentioned. All about culture fit because the one "miss" you mentioned from last year ended up not being a culture fit.

It possibly does if the replacement is bigger than 6'8" and has an offensive game.

Kent extended him after 1-11. "Merit" isn't in the Kent dictionary (although to be fair, that dictionary is probably very small and basic).

I would love to know how many teeth the fine-tooth comb has that they used to go through that contract and find everything little thing they could to fire him. Punting on the 2025 season with the interim coach is questionable considering Cribbs' interest. Not sure how great of a coach he is but he'd at least drum up some donor interest I presume.

Guard for Ohio. One of their best players.

I'm curious to see where Amani improves his game the most. Is it his 3P shot to become more of a stretch 4? Is it his post play? I really do think Brisco becomes a threat in the post next year. What's odd is he has so little film/highlights, but he has solid size, seemingly quite athletic, and spent a year developing under Dustin Ford who is arguably one of the best assistant coaches in the country.

Congratulations to @GoZips88 on winning the ZipsNation bracket challenge! Your reward: knowing you're smarter than a Kent fan. Go Zips!

From the sounds of it, the extension was kept quiet by design.

Helluva problem to have, having 3-4 start-worthy point guards. False. Need to play better defense, make our shots, and out-effort the opponent.

Miami is making moves.

The NCAA is neutered by their own greed.

Amen. I think he's a mental midget.

Please tell me this is satire.

LOL

Whenever Akron goes through an inevitable scoring drought in the future, just remember that Duke had 1 FG in the final 10:30 of a Four Four game, with the best player in the country, was still up by 6 with 33 seconds left, and lost.

Interesting. Thank you for resharing this. Making half a million base salary is a nice fall back after being rejected by Fordham.

Do we know the details of Sendy's extension?

It's not strictly for bashing the rest of the league, but there doesn't need to be a concerted effort to constantly defend Kent like there has been on this board for the past 2-3 months; propping them up when they don't deserve it, defending their mediocre success, etc. I'm well aware of their undeserved NIT run this year and the historical differences between them and CMU. However, the MAC last year was the same exact rating as the MAC this year despite Akron & Miami OH being much much better. The last two years, CMU is 19-17 in the MAC. Kent is also 19-17 in the MAC. Kent had an opportunity at a NIT run this year because of LOSSES to UC Irvine, Auburn, and Bama. Otherwise, they've ultimately had the same success these last two seasons. CMU fired their coach. Kent extended theirs and doubled his salary (none of this even touches on the character problems that have been a constant at Kent under Sendy, or that Sendy allegedly doesn't even want to be at Kent but is too crappy to get hired by Fordham). That's funny, you're allowed to laugh, and it doesn't need explained away. Kent being an utter failure is the only positive in the existence of Kent; otherwise, they do nothing but harm the University of Akron by siphoning enrollment and funding in an already lesser-populated area.