Blue & Gold

I think Mivid12 is right, in that, after 12 years, this does seem to be KD's ceiling. But, at the same time, I also think KD is the best we can do. This seems to be Akron's ceiling. Our recruiting is good by MAC standards, but poor if you want to be "the Gonzaga of the east." Losing out on our very own home-grown Jayvon Graves to... Buffalo () is one recent evidence of this. Losing Jayvon is a kick to the nuts, especially considering our PG's being perpetually undersized & un-athletic. I knew we should have offered Jayvon when he was a sophomore. Though you can't tell by my tone, I'm an optimist. Though we lose height next season, we should be more athletic. Antino, Ivey, Utomi, Parrish and Isaiah Williams are all athletic players who should be able to get to the basket off the dribble; much more athletic than this year's version of the Zips. Who could do better? That's impossible to answer, really. I'd keep KD until he's ready to retire because I don't think we can do better.

Last-place RedHawks upset regular-season champion Zips This ABJ article is by Tim Rogers & he rightfully rips the Zips a new one. Nothing positive in this article whatsoever. Good. I like it when the press does this. Much better than Terry Pluto's old and tired, "Oh, we should just be content; what do you expect anyway, it's just Akron... blah, blah, blah."

This is what I've been feeling about our record for a long time. Great record, but winning by the skin of your teeth in a very mediocre MAC conference... we're not that good.

What a tremendous, godly perspective you have! Thank you for your love and maturity. Kwan is truly blessed to have you molding and guiding his life. It will pay dividends far beyond the relatively trivial world of basketball.

This is why I'm losing patience.

Agree with everything here, except one point - on Utomi. Utomi tweaked his knee & thus had to sit out the 2nd half. But, yeah, spot on really.

They haven't won a road game all year.

Well said.

Eric Parrish is now on campus and on the sideline for Zips games. Hilltopper, you attend practices. Is Eric practicing with the team and if so, how does he look? Can you give us a good scouting evaluation?

Hate that. I'll watch the good ESPN3 games 2 or 3 times.

Makes sense. I just thought I remembered us playing the 2nd game last year.

Looks like we'd play the 1st game on Friday night. That's different, right? Weren't we the 2nd game last year?

Thanks, HT. Thought it looked like Parrish but wasn't expecting to see him till next year.

Who's #24?

So.... anyone find a replay of this available?

Both.

Where'd you find the replay?

Idk. I think we'll try to win the MAC title outright Tuesday night -v- Miami & then we never want to coast against K.e.nt. Frankly, to win the MAC Regular Season title, it looks like we're going to have to bit the bullet & worry about the MAC Tourney when we cross that bridge. Wish we could get a mulligan on Big Mike's season. Jeesh.

Akron Beacon: Zips hold on for 89-83 victory at Buffalo

CBS Sports Net crunch time performer: Big Dog I found this but I couldn't find the entire game. Hope someone else has better luck. I was listening to Frenchy & Dunn last night but I'd love to see the game.