Dr Z

Next year is my hope? Talent is at all time high next year, congrats to KD. Now pick up the in game coaching and we can start beating good teams. That's when you start filling the JAR.

I wish Groce would stay. I want KD to step up and beat the best. Cooper plays big in big games!

During the game I'm rooting for OU, if they win, it will make me mad and jealous all over again!

I'm jealous of VCU, but happy for Districtballer and all their fans.

At least it will be a short walk to Infocision for the one half of football they attend a year.

Scared of originality? I have to admit, I didn't notice. I did think to myself, for everybody telling how awesome the Consol Energy center was, the floor looked boring! I still have to get to that place, hopefully for a game 7 championship final this year.

I guess it depends on what your satisfied with as a fan. If it's looking at stats that make you feel warm and fuzzy, I guess your happy in your little world. As an alum, my goal is the same as team members and the coach, I want to win games in the NCAA tourney period. I want to be like Ken+, Ohio, VCU, etc... What would an Akron basketball fan say if the day we signed Zeke somebody said, we won't win one game in the NCAA tournament during his career. I would say the staff failed with one of Akron's most talented recruit...stay tuned for next year, it could be a great ride. Like I said before, I circled this year on my calendar three years ago. If I were KD I would coach like I was scared to fall short of our goals next season. I would like to hear KD grab a mic at half time of a football game and scream that he is not going to rest next year until he reaches his goals. Zeke has done his part. I think GP1 brings up a excellent point about our assistants. I think we need some experienced help.

Finally, an original idea! I like it.

This is one of the greatest days in the college basketball season. Slow? Must not be a fan. Granted, the Zips aren't a part of it, but I'm used to that. I usually get past my jealousy to enjoy 12 hours of college basketball. If the Consol is hosting next year, I might have to do it no matter who is there. Looking forward to this one. For those of you that have and iPad, the CBS March Madness is worth the $3.99.

...and here I thought you were speaking of this specific play. PS This video will get pulled soon, but it's up for now.

Easy answer. Fan is short for fanatic. n. A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause. Does that help? You should visit other fan sites for some comparison.

I didn't take it that way. I'm guessing that the writer is just putting two and two together. Coach Bowden's ties to the state of Florida and his willingness to mentor some athletes that he believes that are able to be successful despite issues. Hell, we have a guy on the team that did the same thing already...he was our starting QB last year!?!?

Profitable Akron was 20-10 against the spread this season. Going 11-0 ATS at home! If you bet $1 on every game this season, you would have won $10 minus the juice.

Getsy to Hixon was a top ten, and Andre Jones run back at Western Michigan was too. I'm not sure, but was Zeke's block last year in the MCC game one? There are a lot of good plays that get overlooked in ESPN's "top ten."

Gravy. I didn't think they would win a tourney game at the beginning of the season. Next year I do! I want to see coaching that reflects it early in the schedule because we have the talent now.

They used to pass out balloons to the students behind the hoops. I was "squeaking" the balloon during a key opponents foul shot. Ref stopped the game and come over to me and asked me to "stop it, or I'll have you removed"

My point was that Q should not be taking his first shot of the game 12 minutes in. Being a starter, this is less likely to happen when we need offense like we did at the beginning of the game last night. He is instant offense when he is asked. I'm pretty sure nothing will stop him from starting next season. He took one "for the team" this season. PS I wrote "shot (first jumper)", not "sub". I would appreciate some not trying to change the meaning of my post with their word play.

Q's first jumper was 12 minuets into the game, we were down by 10 (14-24).

Given those choices, I'll select Walsh for now. But I'll wait until I see a few games next season to answer intelligently. Long off season, we'll see who progresses and who doesn't between now and then. My point was Q is too talented to be a role player. How many times were we down early this year? Continuing with the "hopes, dreams, doubts and fears" subject. My biggest hope is that Harney becomes the hardest worker on the off season. I think the payoff will be the greatest. Good luck to the team this off season. Next year is the year I had circled on my calendar as the year we can win a game in the NCAAs. It should also be the most entertaining team we have seen in a long time in the JAR.

I hope Quincy isn't a 6th man next year, he should only be off the court to rest. One of the reasons we were so far behind last night is because Q was watching the beginning of the game from the bench. Tighten up the minutes altogether, get our best players on the floor more often.

I'm glad they shot a three for the win at the end, and I'm glad it was Alex taking the shot. I can live with that.

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Good idea, you wouldn't want to hear what happen to the Cowboys recently anyway. Honestly, I was interested in how KD's mood was. He handled it better than you or I would have.

I've known other people that say the same thing. I don't understand it. My theory is, I don't watch any team more than the Zips, if I don't know when they are going to win or lose the majority of the time, then I am not a very smart sports fan. You don't even have to win the majority of the time when you are a 2.4:1 underdog and think they will win. I haven't watched one Wildcat game in my life, that's my issue. I like to know something about both teams.