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To put in my 2cents worth....... I observed the night of the EMU game in which Hitchens and Sullivan were suspended that both Alex and Humpty were on the bench during the game AND were on the team lineup for the national anthem. In the NIU game 2 nights later Humpty was in the starting lineup. What that tells me is it was a minor transgression ( otherwise why would he start and not just be reactivated) with KD trying to make a point. I was not at the CMU game but I did hear B McKnight was at the game in street clothes. I would assume again it was a minor issue (missing practice or study table?)and Brett will be back on sunday highly motivated ! While they can be inconsistant the McKnights seem to be good responsible kids (kids? theyre bigger than me!)with great parents. We have had a number of player suspensions in the past ( hipscher and Crawford eras) and I recall the suspended players not being at the games.

Hes still eligible so it must be 2.25 or better. But not much!!Now how long is his police record? Thats the better question.

I hate to acknowledge or compliment Can't for anything but IMHO the MACC is better than the JAR. The lobby is bright open, 1000more seats and they are raised up in 2nd level so walkers arent in your way, blue/gold loge is nice vantage - and sells beer,statistic scoreboard always on and works realtime, and 20 rows of student bleachers right behind basket is how it should be- (not 4 rows half empty). Im just saying that I know we have limited funds and the soccer facility is at top of list. But Id love to hear some official word on a new or renovated facility 3 or 4 years down the road, like BG andCMU has. Stroh center hasnt even broken ground yet but it is a done deal, as is the CMU even center.

RPI Rk Mid-American Conf All RPI SOS Rk SOS East Division 64 Can't St. 8-2 16-7 0.5751 108 0.5283 127 Miami (OH) 7-3 10-13 0.5256 70 0.5510 131 Buffalo 5-5 11-9 0.5240 154 0.5042 134 Akron 7-3 16-7 0.5231 219 0.4774 160 Ohio 3-6 11-11 0.5050 145 0.5100 182 Bowling Green 4-6 10-11 0.4922 209 0.4808 West Division 118 West. Michigan 5-5 12-10 0.5291 105 0.5315 178 Cent. Michigan 6-3 10-10 0.4967 213 0.4797 190 Ball St. 6-4 11-10 0.4866 184 0.4875 216 East. Michigan 4-6 10-11 0.4705 248 0.4662 246 Northern Illinois 4-6 8-14 0.4498 202 0.4821 315 Toledo 0-10 2-21 0.3954 148 0.5088 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Did anyone notice the link and story on the CM message board that they are totally redoing and expanding CMU's arena? That was arguably the one single gym(arena) that was worse than ours facility wise. Now well be at bottom. I know we should be happy that we got Infocision Stadium but its hard to see all these new or renovated arenas everywhere (Buffalo, Toledo, BG, CMU, etc) except here. It has to hurt our recruiting.

Agreed, the womens team is doing outstanding, but tho its a minor sport dont forget the womens tennis team!! They are 3-0 having defeated Michigan St, Penn St, and Xavier and have been picked to win the MAC. Props to those ladies too!! Lets hope it rubs off on our men!!!

Can we cut Coach Dambrot a little slack. Heres an Akron guy thats led us to post season 3 of the last 4 years and hopefully again this year. Yet hes criticized constantly for playing a weak schedule, pulling players too quick, not playing some guys, suspending players, and making a sarcastic comment about fairweather fans ( because att. was down 1200 on monday night). We all have a right to say these things but in the heat of the moment KD also says some things he might regret later. Hes committed to this school, as have most fans so IMHO he has a right to voice his frustration once in a while. You probably noticed he didnt do his post game interview till almost 20 minutes after the game. Rest assured he had some things to say to those boys. Fans take a loss hard but the coaches probably take it harder.

wheres the unicycle plate lady or the frisbee catching dog or the bud light daredevils or duo designs or rubber boy or bucket boyz or wing/burrito eating contests or the flying blimp we used to have or the t-shirt gun or the pregame fireworks? I just mean why did we go so cheap this year?? Can't has tickets for 5bucks, hot dogs for a buck, AND halftime entertainment as does ball state,buffalo, miami, western mich, etc.............

EMU game is televised so look for small crowd. However, I sent a suggestion to TW that they carry the FSN Ohio video feed on scoreboard so maybe we can actually have replays like most everywhere else. Does anyone know when bracketbusters are announced??

Hi def is Not required by FCC. Digital broadcast is but only at 480i, not the 1080 used by most network affiliates. The only opportunity for a local channel lies in the fact that most broadcasters use 4 or 5 sub-channels. Even 17,23, 47, and 49locally. You dont get them over cable or satellite but over the air. Soon channel 24- a local repeater channel for ch 19 out of Shaker Hts(CLEVELAND) will start broadcasting from channel 23's tower in west Akron (to reach areas where ch 19s digital is Not reaching in southern summit/stark). Someday maybe they will program one of these subchannels with local content.

Updated as of sun jan 31st, 09:30RPI Rk Mid-American Conf All RPI SOS Rk SOS change from midweekEast Division 67 Can't St. 5-2 13-7 0.5714 83 0.5408 up 4 101 Buffalo 4-3 10-7 0.5432 120 0.5192 up 11 119 Akron 5-2 14-6 0.5297 206 0.4814 down 5 136 Ohio 2-4 10-9 0.5211 112 0.5261 down 1 150 Bowling Green 3-4 9-9 0.5093 170 0.4969 down 17 151 Miami (OH) 5-3 8-13 0.5091 41 0.5633 up 14West Division 133 West. Michigan 3-4 10-9 0.5221 107 0.5272 down 7 185 Cent. Michigan 5-2 9-9 0.4890 261 0.4584 up 20 209 Ball St. 4-3 9-9 0.4726 218 0.4766 down 3 247 Northern Illinois 4-3 8-11 0.4501 251 0.4653 down 8 248 East. Michigan 2-5 8-10 0.4463 297 0.4419 down 5 316 Toledo 0-7 2-18 0.3971 145 0.5073 up 4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2008-2009 Mid-American standings POMEROYS 2010 StandingsIncludes games through Saturday, January 30Team Overall Conf Proj Pomeroy AdjO AdjD AdjT Next Game East Can't St. 14-7 5-2 12-4 .7431 94 106.1 99 96.8 109 68.1 169 Mon, vs 246 Northern Illinois (W, 82-65, 94%) Akron 15-6 5-2 12-4 .7187 101 101.8 148 93.9 74 67.8 182 Mon, vs 228 Eastern Michigan (W, 73-60, 91%) Miami OH 8-13 5-3 9-7 .5674 142 102.2 145 99.8 152 61.8 336 Thu, at 119 Western Michigan (L, 66-61, 28%) Buffalo 11-7 4-3 9-7 .5056 166 102.6 140 102.4 211 72.1 25 Mon, vs 119 Western Michigan (W, 76-75, 52%) Bowling Green 10-9 3-4 7-9 .3574 217 95.0 255 99.9 157 65.0 284 Mon, vs 331 Toledo (W, 66-52, 94%) Ohio 11-9 2-4 8-8 .6379 120 101.0 163 96.1 98 72.0 27 Sun, vs 226 Ball St. (W, 66-56, 87%) West Central Michigan 10-9 5-2 10-6 .4413 189 95.3 249 97.3 114 66.1 251 Thu, vs 166 Buffalo (W, 70-68, 60%) Ball St. 10-9 4-3 8-8 .3280 226 89.7 307 95.4 88 63.1 322 Sun, at 120 Ohio (L, 66-56, 13%) Northern Illinois 8-11 4-3 7-9 .2686 246 97.4 214 106.3 268 70.7 52 Mon, at 94 Can't St. (L, 82-65, 6%) Western Michigan 11-9 3-4 9-7 .6388 119 102.2 143 97.2 113 69.5 102 Mon, at 166 Buffalo (L, 76-75, 48%) Eastern Michigan 10-10 2-5 5-11 .3156 228 95.7 242 102.3 209 68.7 136 Mon, at 101 Akron (L, 73-60, 9%) Toledo 3-18 0-7 1-15 .0647 331 87.1 326 109.9 313 64.3 299 Mon, at 217 Bowling Green (L, 66-52, 6%)

Im not familiar with pomeroys, except that they seem very close to the Sagarins from USAtoday. Thanks for the update.

RPI Rk Mid-American Conf All RPI SOS Rk SOS RPI as of 1/29/10East DivisionRPI Rk Mid-American Conf All RPI SOS Rk SOS 71 Can't St. 4-2 12-7 0.5688 83 0.5412 112 Buffalo 3-3 9-7 0.5363 121 0.5207 114 Akron 4-2 13-6 0.5350 182 0.4933 133 Bowling Green 3-3 9-8 0.5203 173 0.4955 135 Ohio 2-4 10-9 0.5187 116 0.5229 165 Miami (OH) 4-3 7-13 0.5035 41 0.5648 West Division 126 West. Michigan 3-3 10-8 0.5233 117 0.5218 205 Cent. Michigan 4-2 8-9 0.4752 273 0.4545 206 Ball St. 4-3 9-9 0.4736 228 0.4739 239 Northern Illinois 4-2 8-10 0.4561 255 0.4619 243 East. Michigan 2-4 8-9 0.4538 293 0.4454 320 Toledo 0-6 2-17 0.3927 158 0.5007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nice jump after WMU, but Toledo wont help us much! With this is mind I predict our bracketbuster opponen (as selected on sunday) will be either Creighton, Drexel, or Fairfield

My understanding is we have about 12 commitments so far. 13 spots to go. With only 5 days to go! Erich Howard may be a gamble but hes local and we can use local kids/local support. (By the way- can Bobby Hendry help us with this one??) He verbally committed to UA. He went on to visit Toledo and maybe Can't. So what. Hes a 17/18 yr old wide eyed kid thats getting the red carpet treatment, you cant blame him for that. If as pointed out he is a non qualifier it would be far easier for him to live at home and pay his own first year at UA than at Toledo. Still CK's review of our Mr football/Mr basketball athletes is undeniable. Ill add Antoine Lavendar( Mr Basketball) from Sandusky to that list.

huge win on the road. good job- put Can't game behind them quickly and refocused. French just said Mcneese has 20 turnovers in 20 games- not too bad!! these guys almost beat Temple? wow

It appears you are correct CK. Yet i remember we did play Cal when Ben Braun was coach(KDs mentor) 6/8 years ago . I dont understand why fellow coaches/friends wouldnt want to play each other when they all share the same problem- scheduling.

As was posted, there are still 4 more dates to fill and I argue that Miami (FL) IS a big time team on schedule. 2 of the 4 being blockbuster games which we have no control over. Maybe its not a schedule that will challenge Gonzaga but removing the Malones and St Francis' is making progress in my opinion. Maybe with Rick Boles help we can get OSU on schedule one of these years and be one of their 22 home games!! Id like to see Shaka Smart and KD get together and renew the VCU series.

In listening to Coach Dambrot on monday's Zipslive coaching show some improvements to future basketball schedule are happening. According to KD, CSU called us on Monday wanting to resume basketball! They have agreed to a 4 year home2away2 contract, starting at UA in 2010/2011season. KD said while they tried hard to put a tournament together ( Can't,AKRON,YSU,CSU?)they "couldnt put it together for whatever reason. But still in my opinion this is great- CSU is mostly a positive! Name recognition for fans, decent RPI, and easily traveled for fans. He went on to say were scheduled in Las Vegas tournament, playing Miami (FL), Indiana St, and others possibly. Also have scheduled Oral Roberts and Wyoming at home, Oakland ,Temple, UIC, Niagra on road. And 4 spots left to fill. KD has received a lot of heat on Zn about our pushover schedule- and maybe its deserved criticism, but it looks to me like hes making a concerted effort to upgrade the schedule.

I have to disagree with you on the crowd expectation Zach. The UA at UB game drew 3240, while the last 2 WMU games have drawn 3521 and 4656. So with Akron coming to town I guarantee they will draw more than Buffalo did. Still, the fans and the opposition have less to do with the final outcome than how the Zips play themselves. Its ironic how Coach Dambrot made that comment about how Can't is realy good when they want to be and only OK when they dont. Hes probably thinking that of us now dont ya think??

Last year neither game sold out , in fact game at UA only drew 4500 if Im not mistaken. Has this game lost its luster?? It hasnt to me. Heres hoping The mcknights go off on the flushes together one more time at Can't, Zeke opens some more eyes, and the Rowdies have something special up their sleeves ( or on their shirts).

No rebroadcast as in football season. If you subscribe to ZipsZone i think it is available. I taped show and will post highlights tomorrow after listening.No highlights to speak of.... Bill Morgan verbalized for most of 60 minutes as usal, with 35 minutes going to lady zips and 25 going to Coach Dambrot- who used 15 minutes for a rather lame zips trivia quiz. Bill Morgan tries..... but Tom W- please find a way to make a weekly zip coaches show with Steve French happen!!! Every other teams coaches show features their broadcaster...........and Frenchie is the best!!

No rebroadcast as in football season. If you subscribe to ZipsZone i think it is available. I taped show and will post highlights tomorrow after listening.

Akron is licensed for 4 tv channels. 10LP (currently vacant), 23 (ion tv, 49 (pbs, and 55 CW). although its a moot point now, were severlely handicapped bu FCC back in early 50s when all vhf allocations went to cleveland, Steubenville, columbus, and we were given uhf, which hardly anyone could receive. Viewing habits developed with people watching cleveland stations alone. Now the few akron stations focus on cleveland viewers and ignore their city of license. Unfortunate, when you see little youngstown with 5 tv stations of its own!!

Why should anyone care?? I agree as far as CSU and Ohio state go but when they show video highlights of John carrol or case western, or dike college, or Can't and ignore us Im put off a bit!! Agreed you have to earn coverage. But we outdraw csu 2-1 and those others are blips on the radar.