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He should give the MAC three draft choices in three years: OU’s Jason Preston, UT’s Ryan Rollins, and EMU’s Emoni Bates. The following year Freeman will make the MAC 4-for-4 💪💪💪🤞

Groce may have just been excited Emoni Bates signed w/ EMU? It raises the level of the MAC & we’re still in the mix for Maki Johnson (a 4-star shooting guard out of Huntington Prep). Telling recruits they can face Emoni has to be a nice selling point.

Good point. Hearing about Sabo being kind of an... oddball... sheds new light on the unfortunate situation.

Austin Ball, 6-7 WF, originally from Man, WV, currently playing a year of prep ball at Miller School of Albermarle. Also holds offers from George Mason, Richmond, and Towson.

In addition to christening a 2023 recruits thread with a 2022 recruit, I should have titled this thread "2023 Offers and Verbal Commits."😅 (Maybe a mod could correct the title?) Antonio Chol, 6-8 W, originally from Buffalo, NY, but now playing a year of prep ball at Minnesota Preparatory Academy. Also holds offers from Buffalo, St. Bonny, LMU, and Rutgers.

Sweet! Emoni’s from Yipsilanti. Now we need Chris Livingston to come home!

I liked Oran. His senior year highlight film was laughably good.

Too bad about Corner Jr. He wasn't a contributor at this level, but his dad is a Zips great.

💯 The new A is both modern AND classic. I don’t know how they struck that perfect balance, but they did 🔥💪🔥💪

Skilled, big-bodied 6-3 guard.

No sensitive or triggering content^^... unless you play football in the MAC. 🎤⬇️

On my phone but I think we got another WR commit. Coaches are tweeting about Coach Gilbertson being 🔥🔥🔥

Wadsworth & future Zips LHP John Allen is the Cleveland.com baseball POY.

Agreed. And I don’t know. Staff must’ve seen potential.

Good point. Yes, and Embick. If this is legal, of course.

I’m on my phone but Oregon freshman QB AJ Abbott just entered the TP. He thanked Coach JoeMo for mentoring him and Zips WR Coach & Passing Game Coordinator David Gilbertson liked the tweet.

Dealing with NIL, on E. Market near the Arlington/Buchtel intersection I saw Garvin Clarke on a billboard for mental health/anxiety awareness. Maybe Groce & JoeMo should have a large catered dinner (maybe in the John S. Knight Center?) for Akron-area businesses/business owners and simply explain the new NIL landscape and ask that they work UA football & basketball players into their marketing?