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Even without Walsh, I still think this lineup is better than the past two tournament teams.

I was right about the NCAA rules. Tree isn't allowed to wear colored socks. Has to wear standard black. All the odds are against us!!

Does that mean the Zips will score 38 points?

When does the luck go the Zips way?

Sometimes I laugh at how much the sports gods hate us... Wonder when Akron can actually catch a break.

Valpo is getting smashed by Michigan State right now. Hopefully our game is at least close.

OU fans on twitter were wondering why they didn't get an at-large this year. As far as Zeke's guarantee? So what. 99% of the country, including me, has guaranteed VCU a win. Don't give me the VCU "motivation" garbage. Ask any of the Rams if they expect to win and they will all say yes. Not a single athlete in the entire tournament is making the trip to lose.

Akron in the Sweet 16!! ...of celebrity fan ranking. An obvious pick though.

I thought it was a reference to Martha and the Vandellas song "Dancing in the streets"

We really haven't seen Zeke and Pat on the floor at the same time much either. I'm sure it's done that way to prevent them from getting in foul trouble. But if the key to hanging with VCU is getting the ball inside, wouldn't it make sense to have them both down low with Tree?

I've always preferred teams all wear matching socks/shoes in school colors. But, surprisingly it doesn't bother me to see some crazy stuff worn by the Zips. Let them have fun and I'm glad to see fans sporting crazy socks on gameday. Hopefully the NCAA doesn't penalize any of our players for their socks. I know they have a long list of uniform rules and seem to like to crack down on stupid violations.

Well the excuse is that OhioU had a bad night on Saturday. They "couldn't hit anything" and went cold. Strange, since that's the same thing that happened the last two times they played the Zips. Very unfortunate this season they seem to go cold every time they play the Zips. Akron definitely had nothing to do with it.

8 teams play in Auburn Hills. Each school deserves at least 2500 tickets, meaning Akron got cheated big time. I sure as **** guarantee Michigan is going to have more than 500 tickets. I won't be making the trip but I can't help but feel like the Zips just can't catch a break. Drawing VCU was cruel enough, then teasing us by putting the game in Detroit with no tickets.

Someone just called Baskin & Phelps, on TheFan in Cleveland. Now this might be hard to believe, but he actually said Can't State should have gotten an at-large bid. Wow I thought it was bad OhioU fans wanted an at-large.

I think the location and drive is just about perfect for Zips fans. Maybe it's too late in the evening, but I think regardless fans would have to take a day off work. We definitely have the location advantage for once, but I still say VCU is way too tough.

Lundquist/Raftery/Nichols carrying the game on CBS. Solid placement if you ask me. Nichols isn't as annoying anymore since she isn't talking about the Miami Heat 99% of the time.

They crushed Butler and I'd say they are a big team, size wise. We will have to shoot lights out from 3pt land to have a shot.

They all seem very happy with the match-up. Very surprising, but glad they are confident.

But wait they said he's a "poor man's Ivo Baltic" and "6th or 7th best player in the MAC". He can't be that good!

I love how they single out Zeke. What has he ever done to anyone?

Exactly. They don't let you inbound the ball, let alone get to half court. Akron is already careless with the basketball and turn it over very often. Even against some of the worst MAC teams we had 20+. VCU lives for the NCAA tournament. They've won 11 tournaments games all-time and 6 in the past two years. Yes, I've always been the voice of negativity around here but I can honestly say we have no chance.

Is it too late to play in the NIT?

Well worst case scenario just happened. We have no chance. They are already talking about VCU in the sweet 16.

I actually hope we avoid playing a mid-major. I feel teams like Gonzaga, VCU, and STL are very strong this year. Bigger schools may overlook the Zips, but Mids have played teams like Akron all year. As far as big schools, I hope we avoid Michigan and Syracuse. Syracuse just looked scary good during the BE tournament and the OhioU connection with Michigan. Just don't see them getting knocked out by MAC teams two seasons in a row.

Exactly. It seemed like when we played Gonzaga and ND they both were playing home games.