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Nothing like another boring, bland and generic A logo to add to the already thousands of boring, generic A logos that will never stand out or stand up to strong A brand logos like Atlanta, Alabama etc… I just can’t fathom how people sit around a room and say yep - that boring and generic logo that nobody outside of a small city, of which I bet less than 25% would be able to tie that back to the local university. However, there is exactly one university in division one sports that has a team name that starts with Z. Truly in a market by itself and they couldn’t find a way to update that? Clearly - if you aspire to be in business and/or marketing - they’re telling you that you are absolutely picking the wrong school to attend. Pretty embarrassing to be honest.

https://theathletic.com/1397407/2019/11/21/grand-canyon-u-basketball-student-section-party/?source=shared-article An NAIA team in the 90s, just turned into a DI program, already selling out their arena and has a bigger student body attendance record than Akron has normal attendance. A basketball tradition created out of thin air - great article. Something I also agree with is get rid of the student section behind the hoop, move it to the side, and give them the best seats and create an environment they actually want to go to. When students start showing up more than the old folks, you at least have a good atmosphere.

I don't mind other teams coming in and talking, they had a good year. Good for them. But it is one good year. Acting like you haven't been a garbage program, which you will return right to when Kiffin leaves, is hysterical due to the level of arrogance they seem to carry. I don't think the Zips win, the defense has been poor all year versus big play teams. I hope the game is competitive. I just think it's funny they are too good to play Akron, yet chomping at the big to play FSU in their one poor year, knowing full well this was their only chance to even sniff a chance at competing against them as they would get rolled 99/100 times.

For those that are maybe confused, he was committed to wrestle at Virginia, as he is a very high talent on the mats. His preference is Football, where his only visit according to the article is to Elon.

I don't think I recall ever witnessing a turnover to touchdown in the waning seconds like that before. The players wanted to walk off the field before they were rushed to make a snap. Just plain stupid.

Bone headed play there....my goodness.

Stinks you can't see the home side on TV, the away side looks pathetic. Surprised there aren't more people on that side. Side note *** watching on TV, the Zips audio team needs to get some new songs. My goodness, they play the same 3-4 songs and none of them are new. Entertainment matters to the younger crowd, not winning any favors there.

I stopped a long time ago and tell them the same thing when the call. When they decide to actually play teams worth watching in a high school arena, I would consider purchasing again. I would not pay to see teams play teams in a high school arena that I have never heard of before. Now, I have moved and no longer live in the area but never bother telling them that. But am now in Chicago, a few blocks from me, Depaul is opening a brand new arena. I get it that they are in a better conference, but I signed up for season tickets to a team I have zero affiliation with just purely to see quality basketball.

His excuse over multi bid league is a joke. He has nobody but himself to blame for the lack of NCAA appearances. He never scheduled a quality schedule, so he could never get quality wins and challenge his team so when tournament time came, he choked year over year. He couldn't recruit at Akron, so how is he going to recruit at a high enough level to compete in the A10? A $40MM reno won't help him any. Hopefully he gets fired within three years when they see he is a fraud. That being said.......Akron will also never grow as a program as long as they play in a HS arena in a league that is among the worst in the NCAAs. So until they get a big league arena or decide to go D2, they are in no mans land.

Paying KD that much for a program that can't even sustain itself is pretty sad.

Not a single error in there buddy. They have never beaten a top program, their small handful of wins against the power conference teams have been in significant down years. FSU in the NIT?? I guess you could count that, but bragging about NIT wins is not a very good position to be in. The MAC is one of the lower rung mid majors. When was the last win a MAC team has had in the NCAAs? Early 2000's? 1 win in what, nearly 20 years? MAC had a good run there in the late 90s, has gone way down hill from there. Soft schedule is a fact. They play schools at the JAR as a former college basketball player, I had no idea existed. But Dambrot will find any no name school to schedule to get an easy W to pad the most worthless 20 win streak record going. Zeke was the only high rate recruit he has landed, then failed to develop him to be an impact player in the MAC. No other big recruits, he can't even keep local kids from St V that are highly rated with his connection to that school. Josh Williams is his only St V kid the he hasn't personally coached, correct? I may be wrong there. Akron is not my primary school. I didn't go to school there, I don't live in the area anymore but I will always pull for local teams and I wish they would do more. I'd never go see a game in a HS arena against teams I have never heard of to watch guys that are so so college players. But I represent Joe Akron as you all call them and just pointing out the obvious.

lol....can't even compete in the NIT. Hilarious. Dambrot has zero significant wins for this program. Never a big game upset. Never been competitive in the post season. Plays a soft schedule to pad Ws just to flame out year over year in the very weak MAC conference tournament. Never produced a big time player. Very little impact recruits. Dominates the MAC, one of the weakest conferences in the entire NCAA. But hey...keep getting those 20 win seasons in a HS gym.

Teams worried about losing to Akron. I love it....some people really believe that. Akron has ZERO big wins in their school history, yet the reason they can't get a road game is because they are worried that they will become the first school to lose to Akron. Comedy relief is always good for this time of year. Akron couldn't even get by an extremely weak OSU team in the NIT. Give me a break..

Yeah....no need to catch up, I stated that MAC schools pro days are typically attended by position coaches. Unless a Khalil Mack type player is up for grabs........

Who said anything about NFL Scouts? Might have glossed over that one but didn't catch it? But you are kidding yourself if you think Akron has as much film in front of scouts as they do in the Big Ten or any other P5 conference. You are absolutely right that if you have talent, scouts will find you. But how many times do players come through Akron that catch the attention like a Brown did this year? However, you can get noticed by the scouts looking at other players. Hence why pro days at big schools mean a lot for lesser named players. There's a reason why Akron players have to go to other schools pro days, while P5 schools are filled with head coaches and not lower rung position coaches like at MAC schools when a big name player is not present.

No, the people that count are the recruits to make the program better.

I don't disagree with you at all, but once you leave Northeast Ohio, nobody knows who Akron is. Even with a name coach. If you are going to consider Akron, that means, more than likely, you are also going to get offers from the likes of Ohio, Toledo, NIU, etc... who have all had much better success than Akron. Add on top of it, the school isn't represented well by both staff and the locals, so outside of the terrific facilities and a coach, what does Akron have to offer to a recruit? I have been through the recruiting process myself...for basketball...and many of my friends chose to go DI because it was an offer, whether preferred walk on or not, and I chose the route of wanting to play as much as I could before it all ended. But I had zero dreams of pro sports. The sad reality is, kids that go to Akron really think that pro football is their best outcome. Just tossing that out there as well, that is a very realistic mindset for a lot of these kids.

Akron is a winner? One of those seasons in a blue moon does not put them over any P5 team. Especially when fans actually attend their games and they play on national tv on a regular basis and offer perks to athletes that Akron can't. I hope the kid plays the position he wants, but like Cole, that is a tough option to turn down.

Beat the best.....they need a tougher schedule so when they make it back to the NCAA's, they don't get laughed out of the building. All this talk is pointless until we compete in the NCAA tourney or play a real schedule.

at mid majors scared to come to Akron... Winning clearly does not matter to the Akron area, fans don't show up. I played college basketball and when you schedule teams I have never heard of, how in the world do you expect people to come out in the dead of winter for South Carolina State and Lipscomb, come on now.... It's a shame the CSU series was not continued, that was a fun game in both venues. Can't/Ohio are the only conference games that draw....(Toledo?)... Even if we had to pay the Penn States and other lower run Big Ten teams, I cannot image they wouldn't come. They aren't very good, but at least it is a name. 20 win seasons mean nothing when you cannot even put up a decent effort when you make the NCAAs. This program will never advance if they don't compete against big teams, make an NCAA run and start a more challenging schedule.

@VerbalCommits: 2016 St. Vincent-St. Mary (OH) F Henry Baddley has received an offer from Akron. @Hen_Dogg7 http://t.co/iZiGadAwnS

@VerbalCommits: 2016 Huntington (WV) G Tavian Dunn-Martin has committed to Akron. @Chosen_One12 http://t.co/xaCUqaEC5i

I think what it really shows is that in basketball, rankings matter. Impact player very rarely come out of no where. It does happen, but in basketball, it is rare. So to make a quality program, continuously relying on 2 star and under, is not the way to go.I get it...so much of the ranking could be political, but with basketball as big money as it is, a good AAU tournament showcase turns unknowns into known players. It is extremely hard to be unnoticed in basketball. Late bloomers are always out there, but there is too much attention to summer ball, tournaments, regular season, to not be known.

There are lots of lower level agents with basketball portfolios that make a career on getting guys like Zeke a shot. Zeke just never developed much over the course of four years, he got better, don't get me wrong, but a guy with that size and athleticism should have destroyed the MAC and he never did that. Big difference maker on defense, but just did not have the ability to do much with the ball in his hands or even out of his hands on the offensive side. Same old story, I just don't think he wanted it enough. I don't know him personally, but clearly with all the reports and things that were said, he just never had that burning desire to absolutely will himself to make it happen in the NBA. There is little to no chance anybody on this roster can make it. Pat would have to have an absurd senior campaign and the Zips with a post season run for him to get a real look.

This. they need to turn this into a positive. Put the fault on the area for not supporting. Look, we have a great new stadium, a big name coach that is trying to turn this thing around. We need the support from the area to come to these football games, come to the basketball and soccer games. We rely on those programs to help fund not only baseball, but all of our women's sports. Our track and field teams, which recently had great success. But he did not do that. Completely missed the chance to really make an impact again on the lack of fan support and why that plays into these kind of decisions.