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It's not really about capacity, but rather adding more seats closer to the court and maybe encouraging more students to sit in that area. It would be nice to have two big blocks of seats behind the baskets. Most likely it would require some more extensive renovations and probably tearing out the track.

That's what I was thinking. The new scoreboard is made of 4 panels and 2 ribbon boards. After looking around, the size is similar to what Ball State installed in 2015, ours will just be a tad bigger and like others have said it will look much bigger because of the small arena. It would be nice if they could remove the outdated end line ribbons and add more seating, but I doubt there is enough room. Hopefully the additional upgrades are as impressive as the video board.

I noticed you can see them in the bottom right corner of the rendering. If you look closely you'll see a small curved video board that has a logo, Twitter bird and fear the roo at the bottom. I'm surprised they didn't want to update the severely outdated black and orange/yellow graphic boards behind the baskets. It's been an eyesore for a long time. Hopefully this means they have bigger and better plans for that area. Fingers crossed.

I'm sure it's just a placeholder for now. My guess is they are shopping around the naming rights and we'll see something before the new scoreboard goes up. I'm actually very impressed and excited for those upgrades. That scoreboard obviously isn't as big as the Q's but its way better than what most colleges have. I'm interested to see how the other ribbon boards will be used.

I think the chrome helmet fad jumped the shark. It was cool when Oregon did it first. It was okay when a handful of teams started using gold or chrome options. But when every team has worn a gold, chrome or super metallic helmet it's probably time to try something different. Personally I like the anodized satin gold helmet the Zips used last season. Probably my favorite helmet they've ever had.

Heck I'd be happy to have ONE of those. I always check ebay but haven't had much luck.

Duquesne hasn't had a basketball team since the 70's.

In no world is Tom Crean coaching the Akron Zips.

Must have gotten tired of using photos from this game: Really sad looking back on probably my favorite football game during my time at UA. For just a day we got to feel like the Zips were a big time program.

Robert Morris? Ahh the second best college basketball school in Pittsburgh.

I'm sure the fact that Dayton hosts NCAA tournament helps too.

...very jealous

Hopefully a new center scoreboard and ribbon boards to replace the old black and orangish-yellow boards behind each basket. Have to think the money earned from new advertising space would be worth it.

I think deep down LeBron would want anything 'Akron' to succeed. Not just UA, but the city in general. I would think most people would feel the same way about their hometown (well except for maybe our last head coach). He's always been supportive of Zips football and really has no ties there.

There are some reviews online from people in select markets using YouTube TV. Sounds like it runs a lot smoother than other services and has unlimited DVR. Something I wish I had with DirecTV Now. ESPN is included, but a lot of channels missing. Seems like every service has it's advantages and drawbacks. Nothing is the clear cut #1 option. Hopefully YouTube TV can be that. Unfortunately it's probably going to be a long time before it's in cities like Akron.

Yeah I wish.... 4 years of out of state tuition. But even Ohio residents have a ton of debt. There's enough companies and donors around Akron to help get a much needed arena done.

Uhh I have six figures worth of student loans because of UA. They can't really rely on us to pay for the arena. It blows my mind that the school has no money to pay for anything.

Seemed to be a lot of "last coaching staff" references too. Would be nice if Groce and UA avoided bringing up the old coach by name.

Probably would have been better to not show up at all.

Why are they forcing us to watch sideways? this is beyond frustrating....

I'd say this is a bad omen, but really have any of the Zips video feeds ever worked well?

I feel like "meet and greets" are always cheesy and a little bit awkward. Especially coming from a big school, the turnout will probably be a little bit depressing for Groce. I'd hope that maybe the Rowdies can get a big group to go or something. It would be nice to give him a warm welcome.

If Groce was going from one major program to another it would make sense for a player to transfer. But nobody is going from Illinois to Akron because of the coach....

Hopefully it's good for the Zips and good for the MAC. I know that plenty of people had their favorites, but we all have to support him. Don't give up on the Zips because you disliked him at OU.