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"The momentum in this building has completed shifted" A few minutes later the Zips lead is back to 18. Couldn't be more wrong there buddy.

Love the intensity on defense. Absolutely smothering Kent and wearing them down. Keep it up Zips!

I'm usually not a fan of teams wearing black unless it's part of their color scheme, but these are fine for a game or two. They still feel like they "fit" with the rest of the uniforms the Zips wear. Unlike Kent who has like 4 different uniforms that are all atrocious and have no consistent branding direction.

I wonder if Jacob Corrigan is still acting like a little b$&#@ on Twitter while trying to pick fights with Akron fans...

What a shame. The funniest part is it looks like there's more Dayton fans there than Duquesne fans. Sure the Zips crowds aren't great, but we're never outnumbered by opposing fans at home.

I enjoy this very much. Also they just dropped to 0-3 in A10. Really hate to see it.

I live out of state and have to buy everything online. It's sad that the only places that I can ever find decent Akron Zips gear online is Homage, 47 brand and ebay if I want anything name brand. Surprisingly I've gotten several nice quarter zips on there for around $30 each and a game worn football jersey for $50. I'm assuming a lot of the nice stuff on there is team issued apparel that never got used. Fanatics is a joke and the campus bookstore site is run by Fanatics so it's all the same stuff. The online monopoly they have created really doesn't help.

Pulling a UConn would be a dream. Join the Big East in every sport except football and just figure out somewhere for them to play. Getting out of the MAC would definitely draw in more interest. But that's never going to happen. Nobody cares about the MAC and it shows. Personally when I was at UA and knew the Zips would be playing someone like Balls, BG or a directional Michigan school I knew nobody was going to be at the game and none of my friends would be interested in going. We only went if there was literally nothing else going on that night. The ONLY time people actually cared is if we were playing Kent or Ohio. The only reason any people tune into the weekday "MACtion" football games is because there's literally no other football being played on Tuesdays/Wednesdays. Yet the stands are always empty regardless, for every school. I've never once watched a MAC football or basketball game on TV unless the Zips are playing.

This is just it. Students can get in for free and how many do? If someone cares enough about going to a game, they'll go regardless of a few bucks. Same goes with start times and weather. If you really care, you'll find a way to make it happen. People in NE Ohio only care about Cleveland sports and the Buckeyes. To them, Akron sports are on the same level as high schools. They don't appreciate what it's like to have a successful D-1 program right in town. The JAR is a dumb and a major problem. But that problem is never going away unless people start showing that they care.

Down the stretch every shot inside the paint they'd say "Jihad misses and no foul." Like they couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that a guy can shoot the ball and actually miss, or get blocked without being fouled. At one point during the game they also mentioned how Ball State and Akron had been two of the top teams in the MAC for a long time. That seemed odd to me so I looked it up. Since 2000 they've had like 6 winning seasons.

Did Nate even hit the ball on purpose? It looked like he dunked and the momentum just sort of knocked the ball into the crowd. That foul on Tribble when he got tackled from behind was one of the worst calls I've ever seen. The fact that the announcers didn't even question half the calls against the Zips and Balls fans are whining blows my mind.

I went the opposite way when the Zips took a lead earlier in the second half. I think my $5 donation to FanDuel was the main reason we won.

Made no sense. Somehow he gets called for a fould when getting tackled from behind?

I could do without the constant gushing over Jihad, but they are homers so it's to be expected. The one guy sounds like he's trying to do his best Michael Reghi impression.

These Balls fans are convinced that their team hasn't committed a foul all game.

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We're witnessing arguably the greatest Zips basketball player of all time and a program that has consistently been at the top of the MAC for like 20 years. People don't seem to give a damn and it makes no sense. Yes the JAR sucks and yes a 9 pm game is brutal. But this team deserves so much better.

We're witnessing arguably the greatest Zips basketball player of all time and a program that has consistently been at the top of the MAC for like 20 years. People don't seem to give a damn and it makes no sense.

I'd bet the BG players were talking trash when they were shooting 1000%. Tribble probably had enough and was ready to throw it back. I'm not sure him fouling out is going to hurt the Zips as much as these TV commentators are expecting it to.

Ah that makes sense thanks! The ESPN app said it was on ESPN+ so I just assumed it wasn't televised.

Anyone else having trouble watching this on ESPN+? Both my phone app and TV app say the game isn't airing until 7:30pm tomorrow? What the...

Crazy to think they padded their OOC schedule with cupcakes and got smacked in their first A10 game. Doesn't sound familiar at all...

I feel like I say this every home game. But man this crowd is such an embarrassment. We have a very talented team and they deserve so much better.

I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

Obviously I wanted the Zips to win. But listening to those idiots openly cheering for NKU the whole game, I really wanted to shut them up. Multiple times they were celebrating because they felt NKU had the game won. But Freeman had other ideas. This one felt good!