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I'm just going to assume Groce is gone until we are told otherwise. I think he's a perfect fit for Akron and the MAC, but wouldn't blame him if he moved on to a program with more money, better facilities and more prestigious conference. He may have hit his ceiling with the Zips. Not his fault, ours. I'm assuming the fact that nobody wants Travis Steele proves that he's a fraud?

Creighton head coach Greg McDermott announced he's retiring after season. I'm much more concerned about the Big East / A10 schools trying to poach Groce and not so much the big boys from the ACC and BigTen again.

If Groce can win a tournament game for the Zips he deserves a statue and a new arena built in his honor. Unlike Cleveland sports, we actually appreciate accomplishments.

Siena gave Duke a run McNees and Kennesaw St kept it close Santa Clara should have beaten Kentucky Hofstra is up 10 over Bama Miami will probably beat Tennessee High Point beat Wisconsin I don't mind losing. I just want a chance. We end up getting blown out almost every single time. Aside from the UCLA game, we never really even have a shot.

Cut the lead down to 5 and then fell apart.

Way to come out with some fire after halftime Zips.

Make the easy ones, capitalize on TT's mistakes and we'd have the lead.

Was hoping we'd at least keep it close, but this is spiraling into a blowout before halftime.

Tech missed two free throws and Akron followed it up by gifting them a 7-0 run

Can't get points off turnovers or hit the easy layups. Needed to take advantage early and now it feels like we're just trying to keep it close.

All of them 😂

This is brutal. Has any team ever won a tourney game missing every shot?

I was pretty angry when Dambrot left. Somehow we landed a better coach. It will be hard to replace Groce. But I like to think we are strong enough as a program that the culture can continue going forward.

Welp High Point winning as a 12 seed actually makes me feel less confident in the Zips chances tomorrow. We can't have two 12 seed updates can we?

"We proved the doubters wrong" by beating the 11th best team in the ACC.

I was devastated that night when the news broke. There have only been two Zips teams I felt could legitimately make a run in the tournament. The 2012-2013 and 2019-2020. Abreu weed shipment and Covid ended those dreams.

Still makes me sad that Nate transferred. This team would have been insane had he stayed and unfortunately he missed out on a tournament appearance.

Hopefully they get absolutely throttled and prove to the world they never belonged in the tournament at all.

If Miami makes it, the Zips need to schedule only sub-.500 teams for our OOC schedule moving forward.

A city the size of Akron should have a decent arena, plain and simple. Even completely ignoring the Zips there's no reason that the JAR is the only thing that exists in the decades since the Coliseum closed and it's seen no significant renovations. It's a joke. Both the city and UA deserve better. It's controversial, but a portion of the Ohio unclaimed funds should be going to Akron. If the Billionaires up in Cleveland get a big chunk, why can't we? If UA wants to keep Groce around they need to make some moves.

The Zips had the easiest path to a championship that I can remember and made it as difficult as possible. Three stressful games that shouldn't have been stressful at all. But in the end, the best team in the conference rose to the top.

I don't think about Toledo at all. I'm so indifferent towards them. All my hate goes to Kent, OU, and Miami.

I'm surprised Suder didn't win MVP.

DAGGER

The only thing definitive was the fact that he traveled twice on that possession. Fully expecting that BS challenge to cost the Zips the game.