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Baseball dying? What attendance trends are you looking at? http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/...ttendance.shtml 1980 attendance: 43,014,136 1990 attendance: 54,823,741 2011 attendance: 73,451,522 Source: http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/attendance.htm We won't even look at minor league... I love soccer and all, but come on, you are reaching on saying baseball is dying.

...and put the Zips on the Ohio map...

Jerry Palm has Akron the 15 seed in the West, playing tOSU in the first round. Which is NC's bracket. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology Lunardi has us #59, which should put us against #5 Michigan St, right? Or do the regions skewer all that? I think I'd rather have the Bucks in the first round, and keep them from hitting from the arc.

The Zips just won the bid to host the 2013 TSCHL tournament.

And closing out the season against conference teams. Not getting beat to hell by non-conference teams and limping into the tourney like this year.

Wow, this certainly blew up from "students do pay for admission and should be treated better"...

Non-conference schedule for next year (the open dates will be filled in by the TSCHL). Homestands against tOSU, UK, and Duqu. Already looking forward to it. 9/21 Ohio State University M2 9/22 Ohio State University M2 9/29 @ Louisville M2 9/30 @ Louisville M2 10/5 10/6 10/12 10/13 10/19 10/20 10/26 University of Kentucky M2 10/27 University of Kentucky M2 11/3 @ Duquesne M1 11/4 @ Duquesne M1 11/9 11/10 11/16 11/17 11/23 11/24 11/30 12/1 12/7 12/8 12/14 12/15 1/11 1/12 1/18 1/19 1/25 1/26 2/1 2/2 2/8 @ Bowling Green State University M2 2/9 @ Bowling Green State University M2 2/15 Duquesne M1 2/16 Duquesne M1 2/22 2/23

Well, the Zips fought back from an early deficit, but came up just short losing 6-5 to Toledo in the conference tournament. Great run guys, and thanks for the memories seniors

The semi's are Wednesday at 7 on STO The finals are Saturday at 8 on ESPN2

Which for a "typical" 12 credit hour student, that equals $800.00 a year. I understand what you're saying, I attend as a student, and have observed the way students are treated at men's soccer and men's basketball games. "You're not a Rowdie? Go over there and leave us alone." There is so much more potential prime seating in a facility the size of the JAR, if it had been designed properly. There's so much wasted space. Obstructions. Multi-purpose "labs" that I wonder if they have even been used the past decade.

Thank you. That was my impression, but wanted to know for sure before I blew them up. Now, I don't have to, a +1 works fine.

No matter what happens Friday night, Akron has a bye for the first two rounds. If they win, then they still win the regular season title, and top seed in Cleveland. That also comes with an auto bid in the NIT if the worst case scenario happens in Cleveland.

Is the lower bowl just for season ticket holders and Rowdies?

Finally made it back down to the JAR (yeah I know, but class, family, job, other job, and covering other sports kept me busy). I'm convinced. It HAS to be on campus. Not downtown. I forgot the electricity on campus at night. And how much off~campus facilities are missing.

Is anyone doing the road trip to Harmarville, PA Friday night for the conference tournament?

I frequent a Cleveland sports fan forum, and the CSU fans are always complaining that the TV stations cover Akron and Can't, but not CSU. The TV and radio stations and PD really played up Akron's soccer championship. And they have extensive coverage of AK basketball in The Dance. Just a couple FWIW's... IIRC Akron gets a fair amount of news coverage. Keep in mind, the Akron metro area is less than a third the size of Clevaland. And Cleveland's crime rate per capita is higher.

Not necessarily, especially for a start-up program. Assuming the university decided to sanction the sport, AND provide scholarships, it could still play in Division II. A DII or DIII program would have some long travels, compared to DI, but would seem like a good growing point. DI would have closer rivals, BGSU, Miami, Notre Dame, Mercyhurst, Robert Morris. Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State. Fun to think about.

The hockey team needs a better rink. The ice and the boards at Center Ice aren't the best, and it doesn't have the capacity for further growth. But playing in a new arena built for the basketball programs would be overkill. Even if the sport became a sanctioned sport, only one Div II/III team averages more than 2500 per game. (Sidebar, looking at the numbers, Akron would be in the top 50 in DII/III attendance right now ). So a smaller rink would be better. Best case scenario would have been if the team were in existence when the Wellness and Rec was designed. It might have been considered then, I don't know. Apparently I'm the only one who sees how the student skate nights and pickup/intramural indoor soccer nights would add to the campus life. If someone in Akron were to build one, the team would have the same scheduling issues there, with early morning practices and game times after 10pm. It would have to hold more than Center Ice. Alice Noble in Wooster claims to hold 900. I don't know what the answer is.

Has anyone brought up the UPA site at Forge and E. Market? Yeah, the city wants it downtown, but they have no funds. The U wants it "on campus". Which is a couple blocks way. But that would give the University one heck of a footprint on E. Market. Parking would be a problem. Summa desnt have enough for itself (where does that sound familiar?). Just thinking out loud.

4 of the 5 games at home. We're the tOSU of soccer!!!

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I think this is the first step in getting a new arena built. First, as a state funded university, it could be that you have to prove it is needed first. I get the impression nobody WANTS to retrofit the JAR, but that has to be in the study. "It will cost $X to renovate the JAR, and $Y to build a new arena. The new arena would generate $A more sponsorship and $B more contributions and $C more suite revenue." THEN they will talk dollars and cents with Plusquelic. Again, to show how much it would cost the university compared to one on-campus. They didn't hire Tressel because they flt sorry for him. He, like Dr. Proenza, is good at bringing in contributions. That in itself tells me they have no intention of working with the destitute city (that lay off firefighters and policemen) on this thing. JT has said his first project is a new arena. He's a mover, thy didn't bring him in if they weren't serious about getting it done right away. There are other projects he could be working on getting funded if that were the case. And I bet if you asked Coach during the off-season, he would have more to say. He's a little busy this time of year with things that are going to be coming up in the next few weeks. I think we'll be hearing a lot more in the coming months.

You guys are crazy. Imagine a new on-campus arena, with BC, UConn, Marquette, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Louisville, Nova, and Cincy every year? Probably the third best conference in basketball? Six top-50 programs (not counting Syracuse and WV). Major markets including Philadelphia, Cincinnati, NYC, DC, Chicago, Milwaukee, football only Houston, Dallas/Ft Worth, Tampa-St. Pete.

I'm not excited about any of those schools. I would much rather play Can't and Ohio, and for that matter BG, and Miami. Road trips to Tulsa, Rice, Tulane? For what, another half ounce of credibility. I'd rather play in what's left of the Big Least, especially in hoops. Football against Cincinnati, Louisville. Still not as exciting without Pitt and WVU, but better than the other. SMU would be an interesting matchup. The team that got the death penalty from the NCAA, against the team that got the death penalty from its QB and later AD.

The Zips have clinched a playoff spot and will travel to Harmarville (near Pittsburgh) for the conference tournament March 2.