Blue & Gold

Henry Baddley, Jayvon Graves Guide Irish to Division II State Semifinal Win http://www.ohio.com/sports/boys-basketball-st-v-m-85-cincinnati-aiken-68-henry-baddley-jayvon-graves-guide-irish-to-division-ii-state-semifinal-win-1.669957?cache=18961415304345%2Fnews%2Fohio%2Fcss%2Fresults.css%2Frk%3D0%3Fprint%3D1 "St. Vincent-St. Mary senior Henry Baddley and junior Jayvon Graves turned Thursday’s Division II state semifinal boys basketball game into a slam-dunk contest." Hmm. Think we could use a guard like that on our roster? I think I may be a basketball genius! Maybe I should call KD & suggest he offer a scholarship

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/student-wristbands-and-bumper-stickers-are-protest-against-ua-president-1.669711# Wristbands & bumper stickers demanding Scarborough's ouster.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/other/high-school-basketball-st-v-m-two-wins-shy-of-cutting-down-championship-nets-in-columbus-1.669789 Graves, who is 6-2½... agrees with Joyce’s thoughts that depth has played a huge role in St. V-M’s playoff wins... “We rely on our defense because we know that our offense can score the ball, so defense, pressuring the ball and rebounding have been keys,” Graves said. “I want to bring a championship back to Akron.” Sounds like a loyal Akronite! Get on him, KD!!!

Exactly. KD's not going anywhere. Thank God.

Or on Ohio.com?

Sounds like he got into some off-the-court trouble.

Sounds like a good idea to me. I think last night's game clearly demonstrated that KD needs to toughen this team up a bit in the OOC. We lost to an extremely youthful (only 1 Senior and 1 Junior on their roster )... ...and depleted (their top 2 leading scorers were both in street clothes )... ...7th place B1G team We're not as good as we think we are.

Awesome job, one again, Dr. Z!

Brilliant post, Keener. I'm out of "Likes."

Ummm... anyone? Jayvon's really the kind of athlete we need in our backcourt.

I think Zach was referring to the BOT moving to can Dr. Scarborough.

Jake and Reggie have been great. Since they both played starters' minutes even as true freshmen, it feels like they've been here forever. They're consummate student-athletes & have been simply excellent ambassadors for UA & great leaders in the locker room. Their character, maturity, hustle & basketball IQ, not to mention outside shooting, will be missed.

Can't wait to see this WR corps doing work: Jerome Lane Mykel Traylor-Bennett Austin Wolf Kevin Gladney JoJo Natson Anthony Young Michael Means Richie Cooper A.J. Coney Tyrell Goodman That is called being stacked!

Nice Spring Ball article by GT. http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-football-zips-face-five-key-question-as-spring-practice-begins-1.669021

There was a 3-game (ish?) stretch there where Kwan was focused on banging down low & playing defense. Our team was a buzzsaw when Kwan was playing that way. Then Kwan, again, had some success from behind the arc & seemed to naturally drift back behind the 3-point line & we've been struggling since. None of our wins over K.en.t, EMU or BUGS were things of beauty, and it finally bit us in the butt against a good team like Buffalo. If we want to beat OSU tonight we need Kwan to man up & own the paint.

Right. KD was saying he enjoys having the luxury of a player like Big Dog who, when double-teamed is a good passer & does a good job of finding the open man.

Right. It's just a way of saying since Pat's injured he doesn't wear the uniform for the game. He's in regular clothes on the bench. No player dreams of finishing out their career that way.

We're definitely going to be more athletic next season. Better? Ehhhh... that remains to be seen. But undoubtedly more athletic. Losing: Jake, Reggie, Pat Gaining: Daniel Utomi, Isaiah Williams, Craig Eubanks, Tavian Dunn-Martin, Emmanuel Olojakpoke. I'm also excited to see what The Warrior Peter Agba and Big Mike Hughes can do. (Though I'm expecting Dunn-Martin [along with Jordan Davis] to be redshirted.)

+1. I still miss Tree.

Great pictures, Good Doctor!

They should. I believe this is the second year they've been wearing "New York" on their chests.

http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/20160310/fat-boy-comes-up-big-for-pups I've been seeing Jordan Davis consistently listed at 6'8" now. His stats are underwhelming, but I've seen McK play a few times this year and they're so guard-oriented they often don't do a very good job of getting Davis the ball down low.

Game story from GT http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/ua-men-s-basketball-top-seeded-zips-advance-to-mac-tournament-title-game-with-80-66-victory-over-bowling-green-1.668483

Marla Ridenour: http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/marla-ridenour-forced-to-reinvent-themselves-again-chameleon-like-zips-may-be-starting-to-click-1.668479

Gotta jump on them early. They're playing well right now with two upsets in a row. Gotta take their confidence away and establish that this game is going to end just like every other game against Akron.