Let'sGoZips94

Part of this graphic - and maybe a majority of the graphic - is based on social media interaction. EMU has a decent social media presence.

The WCC has largely been a garbage conference with just Gonzaga to tout. St. Mary's has grown to become a strong challenger, but overall the conference has not been great historically. We are a version of Gonzaga for the MAC. 2 decades of always being at or near the top of the conference. The conference has a comparably great media deal with ESPN & CBSSports, a terrific relationship with the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to host, etc. The Akron job will be an attractive one until it isn't (see Buffalo).

Zero. I'm not saying Groce won't leave for one of the bigger jobs, but my only concern is whether or not we make it into the Big Dance and win a Tourney game. After this year, the program resets anyways. A lot of question marks regardless of Groce's employment.

Is this across the board? I've only seen non FBS commits on X all morning.

Top of the key/elbow are only a couple feet difference from the 3 pt line. Risk/reward of those few feet isn't worth it. Give me a 3 pt attempt over a deep 2 pt jumped any day of the week.

17 & 15 last night. A good showing versus JMU and he'll have another MAC POTW. In addition, if he has a good showing against JMU on ESPN2, he should start getting legitimate national attention.

NCAA Net Rankings that we give a 💩 about through Feb 6th Games... - Akron 85 - Utah State 29 - Drake 55 - Bradley 56 - James Madison 62 - St. Bonnie 67 - UNLV 97 - SDSU 169 - Gardner Webb 175 - NKU 200 - Southern Miss 229 - FIU 294 - Toledo 124 - Ohio 163 - PCCC 179 - BUGS 205 - Miami 232 - Balls 251 - CMU 257 - NIU 274 - WMU 288 - EMU 333 - Buffalo 355

TJ Bickerstaff - any relation to the Cavs Head Coach? I'm excited for this one. 6pm on Saturday on ESPN2 - and it's not the MAC Tourney Championship game. Q1 win on the line (for us). Go Zips!

Wow. We actually moved up 4 spots.

His offensive progression this year has been a blast to watch.

Yeah, being part of such a dog 💩 conference is tiresome. We just beat the #2 team in the conference by 21 and we'll probably drop in the NET.

8 MAC teams have lost to CMU. 8. Only 2 have beaten them. The MAC BLOWS.

22 pt lead. CMU aiming to break Kent's '08 NCAA Tourney record for lowest points in a half.

Quite the start.

Do we know if either player is back for this game? I know they're smoke and mirrors. I detailed their season earlier in this thread. But 14.5 is a helluva spread for a 1st and 2nd place conference matchup, especially if both teams are healthy.

Are they without anyone? Interesting line. In honor of a Toby Keith, I would love to cover. We'll put a boot in their ass, it's the Akron way.

They should really only announce when someone else wins the award; that would make it more surprising. 😉

Ken Carmen openly dogs on Ohio State and it's hilarious, especially when Lima gets pissed with it. Akron is very well represented within the Cleveland sports media scene. Kent has Tom Hamilton's son Bradley who, like his dad, does a great job at what he does (although more overall news than strictly sports). They also have Baskin & Phelps, and of course Josh Cribbs. Ohio has G Bush, but other than that, Akron has the stronger presence. Well done UofA.

Such an enjoyable watch/listen. I'll say it until I'm blue in the face - Groce has a lifetime contract at Akron for as long as he wants to coach. This program will always be in good hands with him. Groce made a point that the University needs to start capitalizing on. We have an OOC game coming up on ESPN2 that will be a terrific time to start. Enrique for 1st Team All America. He is absolutely one of the best players in the country and needs to be marketed as such.

Correct. Sorry JMU - the MAC blows and the NCAA screwed us out of 2 MW wins.

Anybody have the replay of this?

Getsy named Raiders OC

Buffalo has dropped to 355th in the NET rankings. There are 362 teams in total. Brutal fall from the top of the mid major scene just a few years ago.

Haven't they been in that 8th seed for at least a week?

Ali Ali needs to keep his mouth shut when it comes to the opponents' bench, but the refs need to officiate the bench behavior equally. BS is definitely being spewed by the benchwarmers.