Blue & Gold

Has there been any word on where he is transferring to? I saw Devo run in high school and was honestly pretty underwhelmed. But, then again, I saw Beanie run in high school and wasn't particularly blown away either. Shows what I know.

Did anyone act on GoZips' enigmatic charge to "Do some homework"? Is Dylan Ennis graduating early and joining the team next year?

Henniger looks like the typical forward we've had since Romeo graduated - 6'7-8" and a very solid high school performer but doesn't have any hops and actually lays the ball up quite a ways below the rim. Egner is a higher risk / higher ceiling player who has a mean streak and lives to take it strong to the hole and hopes you try to block it so he can break your hand while he gets an and-one. Great looking athlete. If he improves his jumpshot a little bit he may be a special player for us. Tonight he also had a couple very sweet no-look passes to Henniger down low.

Egner didn't have as dominant a performance tonight as he did against either St. John's or Gahanna-Lincoln and HE LOOKS PISSED right now even though they just won state! I LOVE IT!!!

I also love how he loves swinging his elbows @ head level after getting a rebound. Mean, competitive streak in him! Me like!!!

UTTER paint domination. Moeller look like the proverbial deer in headlights anywhere inside the 3-point arc. The boys are REALLY making Akron & Can't look good.

Dude, Moeller blows. They would have finished 5th in the City Series this year. They're not sniffing the paint w/ Egner & Henniger down there. They're just crappin' their pants against those two.

Actually, I can't be the only one thinking Moeller doesn't look very impressive, no? They're rather slow & are looking to milk the clock. I was expecting more. Frankly, I'd take Buchtel, Kenmore, St.V or even East over these stiffs. But they have been successful in slowing the pace, which seems to be the only chance they have. The slow pace won't likely play to Egner's strength. Henniger seems to be more of the half-court-set kinda guy.

Egner's 3 was a little short. But it was on-line and he's got good, smooth form on the J.

Egner likes to block shots like Bron-Bron!

Hilltopper, thanks for the above link! I had completely missed that conversation! That actually clears a lot up. Doesn't get anything accomplished, but clears it up for me.

Lee, I'm not sure what you're getting at with this post. Come again?

Now that is one poorly constructed sentence. The 'Meister is gonna have a stroke! Lol

Yeah. I wasn't able to watch the game, but during pregame I believe the announcer said Payne didn't start during the semi-final due to being banged up.

Oops. Sorry about the above post. K...S...U (Kansas State University) gets translated to "Can't State.". I'm sure you guys could figure that much though.

Well, it's halftime and Butler is beating Kansas State using strong... Defense! Lol. They actually held Can't State to 20 1st half points. I guess it's Can't State's lowest scoring 1st half of the season. Butler can put the rock in the hoop too though. But it's a low scoring 1st half. Butler up 27-20. Go Bulldogs!

If anyone is curious, former Zips recruit Adrian Payne - who signed with Michigan State - is playing on STO right now. He's #33 in blue (Dayton Jefferson). He just scored the 1st 2 points of the game.

Now I'm the one who was totally wrong! Lol. Yeah, that's really weird. Can we sue for breach of contract? Not having the Info Team Shop open by now is shameful. It's embarrassing really. Is our athletics department demanding enough excellence to be equally appalled and embarrassed? Or are they content with incompetence? Knowing the less-than-brilliant history of the department, I'm afraid I know what the answer is.

Either you think this team has a lot of talent, or Zipmeister is having a seizure right about now. I don't want any part of this. Lol. Yeah, that's no one's business but their own. Don't ask, don't tell. Just don't drop the soap in the shower! Lol.

Yup, that's the plan. I wish we could do it all at once, but I guess this will suffice.

Hmm. Idk, but to me it sounds like you may have simply been given the run-around. B&N would likely control the merch found in the bookstores, since they're run by B&N. But the team shops @ the JAR & the Info would probably be different. I only say this because last year in the Info the were selling InfoCision Stadium t-shirts as well as one shirt that read something like, "my two favorite teams are the Akron Zips and whoever is playing Can't State," or something to that effect. I just can't see a national corporation like B&N stocking items like those. They'd likely just have more generic UA merch. I have no way of knowing this, of course, but I would venture to say the lazy, incompetent bums in our athletics department simply didn't want to talk to you about it. So UA, when's the Info Team Shop opening? How lame.

++ Concur with that sentiment -- as if I haven't been saying it for months. And, if TPSjuggler is correct -- we will be down to Zero on any slasher-type players. Is this addition by subtraction?? Don't worry I wasn't right at all. What?!?! A member of ZNO admitting they were wrong?! Are you sure you're familiar with the ZNO culture? You might want to go see a doctor, man. Lol. Actually, I believe you're referencing a possible transfer by Humpty. So, man, I'm glad you were wrong about that! I'm excited to see Humpty's game next year. Turn him loose KD! Fast! Fast! Fast! In fact, as an aside, I was listening to the Jackson v Gahanna Lincoln game last night and the announcer, watching Stevie Taylor bring the ball up the court, commented, "Wow, Stevie Taylor brings the ball the length of the floor in about one second." That's exactly the type of game Humpty has. Now, if we're going to tell our PG's to simply jog the ball up the court, they why recruit a 5'8" burner of a PG. If we're just gonna walk the ball up the court for a half-court set, then just have a F do it. B-Mac & Nik could both bring the ball up. They could simply toss it over the heads of the opposing guards. But if we're recruiting 5'9 Humpty, 5'10" Steward and 5'8" Stevie who's athletic advantage is burning up the court, they why are we walking the ball up? Either we need to start running the fast break AMAP, or we need to stop recruiting this type of player.

Rob Brandenburg? VCU can have him. Give me Josh Egner!!! Oh, and Stevie only had 5 points. He was really shut down tonight. Hmm. Give me Dylan Ennis! Lol.

If he wanted to transfer, I'd take him. X vs. Kansas State: One of the best college basketball games I've ever watched. +1. Both teams nailing clutch shot, after clutch shot, after clutch shot...

The dorms are almost done, from what I can see the exterior looks finished. They are opening next fall, but apparently UA feels that freshmen and the learning communities deserved the dorms over everyone else. I guess they figured the only way they could get the nerds near the football stadium is to build the dorm next door. Bad planning on the Honors Dorm if thats the case... My opinion on why they may have designated those dorms for freshmen- Since the upperclassmen have proven so sparse in their support for Zips athletics, they're probably trying to get as many freshmen to attend the games as possible. If these freshmen get into the habit of supporting all the games, and the following year's class as well, then after 2-3 years of that you've got a completely changed student culture where supporting Zips football & basketball is the thing to do. When I was driving up Spicer to the UWGB game (granted, it was St. Patty's Day) Idk how many frat boys I saw just sitting on their front porches drinking. They didn't go to the game. The U resident student population needs a cultural change. Difficult to do. Of course winning would cure a lot of ills.