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  1. Basketball practice facility (and more) coming

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    11 hours ago, 72 Roo said:

    I would love a facility that seated 8,000 with the architectural design for expansion if needed 20 years from now. A good architect could do that w/o creating deadspace in the building. 

    I'm close to your thinking, @72 Roo.   I think 7,500 would be ideal. 

     

    I definitely see where you're coming from, @kreed5120.  I often think about how electric the JAR can get and the old saying comes to my mind, "Don't know what you've got till it's gone."  But if we were to build a true D-1 arena (especially if it were downtown and able to attract more casual fans, which the JAR really doesn't) we should go for it & shoot for around a 7,500 capacity (just a shade less than Canal Park seats).

  6. Zips Basketball- Looking Back to 22-23/Looking Forward to 23-24

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    2 minutes ago, X got robbed of POY said:

    Have to say I am a little suprised to see this commitment ( no disrespect). Assuming it may be a walk on scenario similar to Evan Wilson, not sure however. I have seen Zach play multiple times throughout the season. He Is a scrappy and energetic defender with some good 3 point shooting. He held his own defensively against Darryn Peterson this season (Peterson a 5 star class of 2025).

    Good description of Zach's play. Very, very good high school baller but I was also surprised to see this as I'm not sure Zach's athleticism is at this level. Very similar to Evan. So I'm guessing this is also a walk-on opportunity. Both players could do well at a lower level but they want to test themselves against the best. I love it. At the worst Zach will be a fantastic practice player as he's intelligent, big-bodied, and always gives 100%. Someone you want on your team for the culture.

  14. Zips Basketball- Looking Back to 22-23/Looking Forward to 23-24

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    I agree w/ everyone here. IMHO Enrique is the best post I've ever seen play for the Zips. I'm even putting him ahead of Jeremiah Wood - possibly my all-time favorite Zip. On my short list he's also ahead of Romeo Travis, Zeke Marshall, and Tree Treadwell.  Enrique will make good money playing professional ball... just not in the NBA.  He'd have an excellent shot at the NBA if he played in the 80's, but not nowadays. He's simply not big enough. In today's NBA, at Enrique's size, you've got to be able to stroke 3's from 10 feet behind the line.  Today's NBA players are just insanely talented.

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  15. Which HS Player Do YOU think the Zips Should Recruit?

    in Akron Zips Football Recruiting

    Posted · Edited by Blue & Gold

    2 hours ago, blueandgold said:

    Is there a way to see the list? I don't have a Beacon Journal subscriptiom.

    Sure thing!

    1. William Satterwhite, OL, Hoban '24

    2. Tommy Ricard, OL, Hudson '24 (not mentioned in article but we have offered Tommy)

    3. Tysen Campbell, S, Hoban '24

    4. Ziaire Stevens, RB, East '25

    5. JacQai Long, QB, Hoban '24

    6. Ibraheem Kamara, ATH, East '24

    7. Dante McClellan, ATH, McKinley '25

    8. Rickey Williams, LB, Hoban '24 (not mentioned in article but I know we've offered Rickey)

    9. Brandon Zurbrugg, QB, Alliance '24

    10. Jordan Pritchard-Sewell, DL/LB, Hoban '24 (UA mentioned as having offered)

    11. Dorian Pringle, LB, Massillon '24

    12. Nolan Davenport, TE, Massillon '25

    13. Anthony Miller, OL, Lake '24

    14. Daniel Ajose, DE, STVM '24

    15. David Ajose, ATH, STVM '24

    16. Devin Bell, DE/LB, Hoban '24

    17. Debo Mitchell, ATH, East '24

    18. Caleb Jones, ATH, Hoban '24

    19. Jalen Slaughter, QB, Massillon '25 (UA mentioned as having offered)

    20. Dior Garner, DL, McKinley '25

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  20. Way-Too-Early MAC Predictions: 2023-2024

    in Akron Zips Basketball

    Posted · Edited by Blue & Gold

    10 hours ago, X got robbed of POY said:

    I look at next season as sort of "The Last Dance". Obviously Akron/Groce can reload and rebuild rather quickly, but next season we will likely have a starting lineup of 5 seniors and the last season having a player like Enrique Freeman for who knows how long. Not sure how much immediate success this program can have after this senior class departs. 

     

    1 hour ago, LoyalZIP said:

    My official Fearless Forecast for the 2023-2024 season: This is John Groce's 7th and final season at Akron. If this upcoming team can do what it is fully capable of, they will get back into the Big Dance and hopefully make some noise. But that is a long way to go. As XGRoPOY said above, I'm not sure how much rebuilding of Akron this coaching staff is interested in at this point. I could certainly be wrong, but other than the Butler job opening last April, I haven't really felt at any point that Groce was ready to leave. After this coming season, his oldest will be graduating high school and it wouldn't shock me at all if coach wanted to turn the page and give a bigger job another shot.

     

    No reason to think or worry about that now, though. There's some business that needs taken care of. 

    As far as us being upperclassmen-laden next season, and it looking like we'll be gutted after next year, we may just be getting used to the new Transfer Portal Era norm of college basketball. It's tough to take high school seniors and wait 2 years (or possibly never) for them to develop into consistent contributors, all while crossing your fingers they don't transfer out, when you can recruit a known commodity junior who you can plug-in-and-play?

     

    After next year's graduating seniors depart we'll still be left with

    PG - Tavari, Shammah

    W - Shammah, Prather, Nate, Marvin

    P - Amani, Darrion, Marvin

     

    Plug a couple ready-to-play upperclassmen transfers into that lineup and I still think you've got something.

     

     

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  22. Which HS Player Do YOU think the Zips Should Recruit?

    in Akron Zips Football Recruiting

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    11 hours ago, GoZips4824 said:

    Charlie Christopher (2025) from Uniontown Lake HS is definitely a kid I would keep an eye on. 6'1 215 LB as a current sophomore, looks, plays, and lifts the part. Started and had 120+ tackles on a Lake team that made it to the regional final, son of Matt Christopher who was an absolute monster for Lake in the early 90's. 

    He was on campus yesterday 🔥🔥

     

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  23. Transfer Portal Watch

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    7 hours ago, NWAkron said:

    CMU lost another player today.  Zarzuela and Bass, who are/were good, haven't committed to another school from what I can tell.

    From what I can tell (2¢) Bass hasn't been offered by anyone yet. I'd be extremely excited if we landed Bass. 6'4" big-bodied shooting guard with a scorer's mentality and has proven he can fill it up.  I love Nate's athleticism but don't know if he'll ever develop that edge mentally, and Prather is a complete unknown (to us, of course - in Groce I trust).

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  25. Zips Baseball 2023

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    12 hours ago, Spin said:

    The Zips took one of three against the conference leaders Ball State, but the losses were not even close. 

     

    We play EMU at home Tuesday, then head off to Kalamazoo next weekend. On Tuesday the 11th tOSU comes to town. 

    We're playing the Suckeyes in Columbus, aren't we?

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