Blue & Gold

More 2021 recruiting news from VerbalCommits dot com Jalen Blackmon, 6-1, 155, CG, Marion HS, Marion, IN Kooper Jacobi, 6-6, 180, SG, Silver Creek HS, Sellersburg, IN

As you can see in this link, VerbalCommits dot com just blew up with Akron offers. Frank Jakubicek, 6-8, 220, PF, Cary-Grove HS, Cary, IL Jeremiah Williams, 6-3, 165, PG, Saint Laurence HS, Burbank, IL Isaiah Rivera, 6-5, 185, SF, Geneseo HS, Geneseo, IL Cameron Young, 6-6, SF, Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti HS, Woolwich, NJ Darius Burford, 6-0, PG, Bolingbrook HS, Bolingbrook, IL

I'm going with Toledo as preseason favorite to win the MAC. BUGS was really clicking at the end of last season, but they're losing Wiggins.

Love it! Can't wait to see him in blue & gold. I'm actually pretty enthused about three freshmen - Tribble, Mikal Dawson & Tre Edwards - all having potential to contribute early.

Welcome, @AkronAlumnus! Great to have another Zips brother on the board! To begin the season I'm going with: LCJ C. Banks T. Cheese X. Williams D. Riak Come conference season, I wouldn't be surprised if it looked more like: T. Cheese C. Banks L. Toles C. Reece X. Williams

Trimble has to sit a year. Tribble is immediately eligible. Confusing, I know! Lol

hudl link with highlights.

Yeah. I understand the game is changing and "Small Ball" and what not. But I'm also scratching my head a bit.

And another @LZIp called this one earlier in the week!

I was going to mention this with D'Andre Bulley's commitment. We've landed a couple of guys early in the recruiting cycle who have offers from P-5 schools. I like that. It seems like in the past when we've landed guys with P-5 offers, it's been very late in the recruiting cycle & we've wondered if the P-5 schools had backed off on them & encouraged them to look elsewhere. Pure speculation, but none-the-less, I like that we're landing players w/ P-5 offers before the season's even begun.

Wow! What a well-written verbal commitment. Extremely articulate and thoughtful.

That's quite a list! Great get, Coach Arth! And, yes, 6-1, 220 is one big boy. He may be the Thunder to Peter Hayes-Patrick's Lightning?

He did. I like Torrey and also hope he does well. He needed more confidence in his game, and maybe he's developed that over the past year.

How about Illinois State or Indiana State? I like the idea of playing FCS schools within closer proximity. Sure, none will likely draw as well as YSU, but none-the-less... IIRC, if YSU was to become a yearly gig, they wanted us to play in Youngstown on alternating years. Idk the details of that conversation, but I wouldn't be opposed to playing in Youngstown perhaps once every four years. For the sake of ticket sales we really need another rival.

Bio Triple-Double Prospects dot com presently has him ranked as the #1 SF in Ohio for '21. As an aside, TDP.com has two more Zips' targets - STVM's Malaki Branham & Cleveland Heights' E.J. Farmer ranked as the #1 & #2 SG's in Ohio, respectively.

Here is Trimble's bio from St. John's He's a stocky 6'3" guard. Before I clicked his bio I was crossing my fingers that he was a big. I'm sure he's a player, but do we really need another guard?

^^That was supposed to read "St. John's transfer Bryan Trimble is visiting Akron tomorrow, per source." Via Jeff Borzello.

https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/1140406503255498752

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