Blue & Gold

^^I think I FIFY?

Uh, oh, Balsy. The Cavs called your bluff Goodyear reaches agreement with Cavs to place patch on jerseys (Wonder if the contract stipulates "We get out of the contract when LeBron retires,"? ) The Cavs are believed to be the fifth NBA team to reach agreement on a sponsorship patch, joining the Philadelphia 76ers, Sacramento Kings, Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets. The NBA is beginning a three-year trial program next season that includes sponsorship patches on jerseys, an initiative Adam Silver has supported since taking over as the NBA’s commissioner. (BOLD mine.) I hadn't considered this... The deal is a victory for Goodyear, particularly with Akron native LeBron James back in Cleveland. The defending champions are on national television nearly 30 times a season. James and Kyrie Irving consistently rank as two of the league’s top jerseys in sales annually. ...the patch will, naturally, be included on all replica jersey sales.

I don't have time to read this EMU pregame article this a.m., but I sure agree with the title: ABJ: Senior Kwan Cheatham holds keys to Zips' success on the court

We offer scholarships to student "leaders," don't we? Use them. I've mentioned this before, but Hoban has an outstanding student section. So do Hudson, STVM, Jackson & Lake. I'm sure there are other area high schools with great student sections. Recruit UA students who were former leader of those student sections & have them round up their hs friends who are also UA students & get a great, choreographed student section going. So many great high schools in the immediate region, getting a great student group together at UA should be a piece of cake. Honestly, you'd think it would happen naturally.

I posted this last night, but as I look more closely he's a JUCO & states he's a "mid-year 2017" grad. So I guess that means he'll graduate in the spring & could be here for fall camp?

"I was going to do a quick write up on it yesterday, but I was busy with the women’s shootyhoops power rankings. I was confident that the story would receive the attention that it deserved elsewhere. It didn’t." He's looking at you, Akron Beacon Journal.

Thanks, Zipsoutsider! Busy night last night!

+1 I'm going to bet it's 1. Ball 2. Sands 3. Edwards 4. Morgan Red shirts for Suggs & Bridges.

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I'd be shocked if Keene didn't win POY.

Blessing on top of blessing.

Watch Jimmond Ivey closely. He starts celebrating a split second before the ball even goes in the basket.

So was the crowd and the camera angle was great!

This is where I'm at. The one team that beat us, OU, doesn't worry me at all. We laid an egg in Athens and if we play like we did that afternoon even Miami would beat us. Buffalo is the team that truly worries me. Winning the MACC with Big Dog as the nucleus of the team is going to be a challenge regardless of who we play on Saturday night. 3 games in 3 days is really tough on Dog.

B...I...N...G...O ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beacon: Zips look to extend home winning streak to 29 Tuesday against Ball State “I’ve challenged our guys in the last eight regular-season games, the MAC Tournament, the NCAA Tournament that we need to become the best defensive team in the league,” Dambrot said. “It’s how we built the program.” Dambrot’s plan is to go deeper into his bench. For the most part this season, the veteran coach has played seven in his rotation — well below the nine or 10 players he’s used in past years. “We’re going to play harder in shorter intervals,” he said.

Interesting, especially considering we just signed Suggs on Wednesday, can expect Marquise Bridges in the fall, and already have RFr. Oregon State transfer & St. Thomas Aquinas product Deltron Sands on the team. We're really beginning to look good at the position.

Great link! They didn't have any of the offers we know about, but have a lot that I wasn't aware of. The three East kids we've offered are: OL Ramon Fields RB Devanier Floyd WR/S Daishawn Brimage

Is it on ESPN3?

True. 24/7 now has Jabari Taylor ranked as a ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Prospect even though he and STVM's Eric Bentley are like twins. I still think we should have offered Taylor earlier in the season. But, to give Bowden the benefit of the doubt, I'm extremely biased toward the local guys.

Beacon: Bobcats snap Zips' 12-game winning streak “We just had a rough night,” Dambrot said. “Shot selection in the first half wasn’t very good, but we got a lot of open shots in the second half. We just didn’t make them.” Games like this happen. Whatcha gonna do. Simmons led all scorers with 38 points on 10-of-16 shooting. A 29 percent 3-point shooter coming into the game, he was perfect from behind the arc, connecting on 5-of-5. A fluke. Again, it happens. Whatcha gonna do. Oh well.

Oh, and it was good to finally see Big Mike back out on the floor, though it looked like he was winded after 20 seconds of action. It's gonna take him a while to work his way back into game shape. If we want to do anything significant this season, including, IMHO, winning the MACC, we're gonna need Big Mike as our #2 big.