Dr Z

Speaking of the Sweet 16, did anybody happen to catch this piece Sunday morning? "Outside the Lines" tells the story of former coach Kevin Mackey, who took Cleveland State to the Sweet 16 for the first time before addiction led to his banishment from the top echelons of basketball for more than a decade. He is currently working for Larry Bird as a scout, and sounds like he wants to coach again. Somewhere like Cleveland State.

Like Dave wrote, thread and discussion already started here at the end of the game last night. Feel free to express your opinion.

One of the best predictors of the future is past behavior. "Act Boldly," I like it.

Interesting choice on the format Gutenberg.

Lewis won't sleep right for a month. Freshman gift wrapped mistake.

Unreal!?!?!

Nobody is rooting for SF Austin more than this guy. https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/quickenloansbracket/2030973

I am very impressed that you know everybody and their qualifications to discount them at this juncture.

It's over in less than 30 hours, Stanford knocks out the last billion dollar player. Source Edit: Not so according to this. 20 out of 20 at the time of this post.

Sorry, there is not an option to turn it "on" in our current software package. I would remove it if I could so as to not confuse.

Deal. I sat through the last 10 years of mediocrity, what's 10 more. I hear the older you get, the faster time goes anyway.

Great run. I loved Mercer +13 If NC can win by 4 tonight, I'll have monster day. I still remember when that little squirt Boykins took it to Duke in 96......ahhhhh someday.

Have you ever rooted for a major sports franchise (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) that has won it all in the last 40 years?

I would guess by now, or by Sunday night, everybody that entered is eliminated. I would expect a news story with more publicity about it on Monday.

Topic started here.

Seriously? Hell yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What kind of question is that?

No, but don't let that stop you. Zipmeister might still take some action (from Aug 2013)?

Mercer making a run at Duke. 63-63 2:05 left.

Nice interview. Will be interesting what his 40 time is today, and what teams are there. I have always thought this might be true, cool to see an athlete say it. PennLive: You always hear if you can play in the NFL, the league will find you. Coming from a MAC school, do you think that’s true or false statement? Holmes: I think that’s more true than anything. A lot of guys think the bigger schools is the route to go. But in the NFL it doesn’t matter. You can go to any school and shine. In fact, I believe it hurts you at times being at a bigger school because you can’t shine as much as you can at a smaller school. MAC school, Division II or III, it doesn’t matter. If you stand out they will find you.

Not me! Give me ONE good season. I want an NCAA ride like Ken+ fans got. I don't give a crap about sustainablity. Sustainable? Give me just one ride in the NCAA tournament! I swear I thought the time was going to be Zeke's senior year. I still feel like we missed the boat. Sustainable? I don't get. I guess it's a relative term, but I have to be misunderstanding. I would trade 10 years of mediocrity for ONE ride in the tournament.

Absolutely not. Love TB, but if he can't get it done, bring on somebody that will. I root for the Zips, not the coach. I know a few fans of Lee Owens that rooted harder for him, than they did the team. Never understood it. Lee could do no wrong. Lee had a plan. Trust in Lee...

Mike Cairns‏@MikeCairns5 I love it. The President picked Akron to beat Purdue Barack-etology: Women's Bracket President Barack Obama joins Rebecca Lobo to make his picks for the 2014 women's NCAA bracket.

I am all for watching some good ball at the JAR, I have sat through some lousy games over the past decade. I just wish the MAC was a good basketball conference the way it used to be. That's probably a more realalistic "wish." I wonder what the Zips record would be in the A-10 this year?

Love the use of image and text. Good design, and creative. You don't see this too much in newsprint anymore...minus NY Post.

Pretend basketball were the only sport at Akron. What conference do you see us moving to? PS When I read your cut and paste bio of KD from gozips.com, it made me think of Marvin Lewis.