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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.

I can agree with that. I don't really care that he left, it's more of where he went and how he left. I'm not a fan of the hire for a variety of reasons. But I still dislike it when a coach bails on their alma mater. That should be a place you want to make better, not use it as a stepping stone.

Meh. 83-81 record. Only finished first in the conference one time, while being 4th-5th the other 4 years. A lot of people have been critical of Dambrot leaving his alma mater. How do we feel about Jamion Christian doing the same?

Maybe we should tap the breaks here. It was only tweeted by one account that has 600 followers.

Groce would be a better hire than I expected. Hopefully if he chooses to come to Akron he doesn't jump ship in a couple of years. Even though he struggled at Illinois, I could see him going to an AAC, A10 or CUSA school if they came calling. Our only hope is that his "dislike" of Dambrot would drive him to try and break KD's records? right?

I feel like Groce would just return to the MAC until he found a bigger gig somewhere else. I hated him at OU, but he won and made it further in the tournament than Dambrot ever has.

Seems like a "make a splash" hire on the day of the National Championship. The school's most famous alumni, with no college coaching experience and not great in the NBA. I remember a few years ago the Magic wanted him to coach in the D-League. John Thompson III had been a good coach for them, that unfortunately just had a couple bad years recently. I could see him being successful again. Obviously not coming to Akron.