zippy5

Ohio students Major in journalism Can't beat akron zips

He graduated?

akzipper, is this the SI cover curse?

You're right, I hope OU enjoys the fans that Akron brings out of the mountains!

Is there a way to keep players from reading this thread? don't get a big head!

Yeah if Keith gives credit to LeBron, that's evidence enough for me.

Fair enough

Well then my friend, you are assuming that all top 25 teams are from the big conferences with that statement, since only one was left out. But yes, I hate their selective use of stats more than anyone. RPI, top 50 wins, away wins.. They'll pull out any of these stats if a mid major is lacking in one. I can't argue with that.

By long shot, you mean once ever? say teams ranked 20-25, so 6 teams per year, times how many years were at large picks selected? Wikipedia says 26 years of 64 teams, 10 with 65, and 2 with 68. So in the 38 years of 64+ team tournaments, one time has a ranked team been left out. That's 1 out of (38*6) 228 teams ranked 20-25 during those years. If we make it to the MAC title game still ranked (probably in the high teens by that point), we're in. No ifs ands or buts about it. Assuming of course we don't get our butts handed to us. With that said, let's not dwell on plan B. Win em all and get a 7 or 8 seed

The more I think about it, the more I think OU just isn't on OUr (hehe) level. Last year, we would play a lot of help defense, leading us to get burnt on open threes when OU reversed the ball well. Zeke and Tree are just on another level that Zeke of 2011-2012 and Cvetinovic (no offense Nik) were. With Pat and Harney down low too, we don't have to double anyone. We have length on the wings, and our backup PG might be our best on-ball defender. Zeke and Tree will eat Baltic and Keely alive again, and as a result, shut down their inside-out game again because we don't have to respect the OU post game. OU's only shot is to get unconscious from 3-land, which however, isn't entirely impossible as we've seen. It's gonna take a heck of a game plan, because I really don't see many advantages OU has in this matchup.

I wish. Never getting out before 5 during tax season.

No way that we win 5 more games and only move up two spots. I'd expect around a #17 ranking or higher by that point. Teams in front of us losing, plus us adding more wins is good for a couple spots each week. Just win, baby!

It reminds me of the penguins/capitals rivalry. The flyers will always be the pens' #1 rival, but the ovechkin/crosby factor upped that rivalry for a couple years. The games were more exciting than the flyers games, as the flyers has a down year or two. The caps fans were also overly infatuated with everything pittsburgh, which has some interesting parallels but the caps and ovi have fallen off, and the it feels right hating the flyers again. I look forward to OU dropping off, and hating Can't again. OU is a fun little rivalry, but they're just the flavor of the week, in my opinion.

Oh come on Dave. Then everyone in the MAC is our rival?

They're not even our rival though. Could we get one of these going when we play them at the Q?

seconded

biggest jinx of the year

The site is "akronsportsnow," what do you expect? One fan base looks like fools constantly crying on their rival's board. So there's that, I guess.

if you want to turn it into a journalism contest, you might have better luck than some of the basketball contests lately

I <3 Frenchy. I hate when people complain about homer announcers. He's an announcer on 1350 Akron that 99% of the audience is probably Akron fans. If he was biased while announcing on ESPN2, the criticism would have some weight. He's just a big Zips fan, wouldn't have it any other way.

what's stupid about it?

I still don't understand the lack of concerts/events at the Info

I mean, whatever makes you feel better. Can we get a bowl of milk emoticon for the kitties when they come over?

I'd be shocked if we aren't ranked in the coaches poll.

The Bilastrator, Jay Bilas just picked us as his mid major team to watch in the tournament. The gameday crew is at rupp arena for the UK game tomorrow and they were each asked to puck a team. The three choices were Creighton, Butler, and our Zips! Gave huge props to Zeke and Tree. Even called him Tree.