Blue & Gold

Beacon: Last-second free throw by Isaiah Johnson lifts Zips to win over Bulls Good postgamer by GT. He mentions our soft D as the team's real problem.

If you can stand the UPS ad concerning Sophie's birthday, here is a link to KD's postgame presser Edit: KD mentioned something I mentioned earlier: that Buffalo doesn't fear us at all. "They think they can punk us."

Wish we had offered Bentley earlier. Hope it's not too late. I think he's a good player, almost a carbon copy of Hoban's Jabari Taylor. Maybe we offered Bent after Taylor opted for Cincy.

Humble guy.

They looked great. We don't intimidate Buffalo in the slightest. They play us with so much confidence. Great rivalry.

LeBron was 100% chill tonight, except for Kwan's back-to-back 25-foot 3 pointers. He was standing out ON THE COURT when he hit those! He quickly sat back down both times. Savanah just looked @ him, laughed & shook her head. Lol.

Don't like taking Ivey out

Glad I'm not the coach

I'd rather KD sub in Utomi than Josh.

Once again Buffalo is long and athletic. Always give our guards trouble.

There he is! Never mind. He was probably just taking a pregame dump

Watching the teams warm up & Big Dog's nowhere to be seen. Anyone got anything??

Good call. I mentioned that in the 2017 Recruiting thread but definitely should have placed that here. Kinda caught me by surprise because 3 of his best friends are signing w/ UA - Suggs, Bridges & Zuriel Sanders, plus STVM teammates Sampson & Woodridge.

Beacon: Unbeaten in the MAC, Zips hope to keep momentum against burgeoning rival Buffalo. GT puts it well: Heated competition helps to build rivalries. If that competition comes in do-or-die situations, emotions and intensity only multiply. Say hello to the University of Akron’s newest top basketball rival — the Buffalo Bulls. This is a great article! There are three or four different conversations one could start from this article alone. Thanks, GT!!

I voted Jeremiah Wood. Big, Bad Jeremiah is the most intimidating player the MAC's ever seen. For the younger crowd, the very intimidating Tree Treadwell, to whom no one dared make direct eye contact, would actually be a somewhat distant second to Jeremiah. Jeremiah was the man. Of the ten men out there, he was the undisputed Alpha anytime he set foot on the court. And if we didn't win the game, well, everyone knew who'd win the fight after the game. Lol. I also appreciated the fact that Jeremiah was extremely polished offensively with all kinds of moves down low, could put the ball on the floor & could also hit jump shots, even threes; almost impossible to guard. You could also run the offense through him, much like Dog, as Wood was an excellent passer. He's also the best rebounder I've ever seen don the blue & gold. Jeremiah was only 6-7, but had hands the size of dinner plates & at least a 7-foot wingspan. He was strong as a freaking ox and pretty explosive. Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration, I present The Big Daddy, Jeremiah Wood.

^^Nice! That's going old school! Now that I think of it, a couple years after that, the first year I really kinda started following Zips basketball, this guy was our starting center

I considered Rome the PF & Wood the C. I only went back to the J-Wood era because I don't remember any good C's in the Dan Hipsher era (when I began closely following the Zips). I remember the last few years of the Crawford era but wasn't a real fan.

They're friends. I'm just their Uber driver ?

Who would be your first pick in gym class? Why? *If you've got a candidate worth considering who predates big, bad Jeremiah, sorry, but you're too old to vote. Go get your grandkids to help you find your banana and hope our society doesn't begin leaning towards legalized euthanasia.

I'm bringing two friends Go Zips!!!

I didn't know we had offered him. Now I'm heartbroken he didn't commit to UA. He turned himself into a GREAT DL & is an extremely high-character, intelligent young man (I follow him on twitter). Ugh. Very disappointing.

^^ Akron U

Double post. Should have pasted this here.