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You are thinking about it way too much zips71. Make some noise in the NCAA tourney, and your budget will increase as well as talent. Its funny you knock Akron by saying nobody wants to come here, they will choose anywhere over here blah blah, but you mention Zeke Marshall in the same post. Location plays a small part in a recruit's decision, sometimes a major part. There are many factors that a recruit looks at for choosing a school, but the most common and important factor is how good the program is. No shit that Terry Bowden is having trouble bringing in recruits. We havent beaten a D1 opponent in 2 years. It looks like Bowden did great with this class with what he has to work with.

A healthy Walsh is not going to make a 40+ point difference. In fact, I dont think it hurt us all that much, really. McAdams and Chauncey both have similar skill sets. I admire KD and what he has done with the basketball program, but people getting pissed when somebody questions him is crazy. He has never won anything to make me think his is invincible. As GP1 said, he is no John Wooden.

Im a huge fan. Not saying he is great, but he did carry Ole Miss to the win today. I mainly love his personality/passion. some of his acts this season http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/this-is-h...ncaa-tournament

Your points are spot on, pat. GP1 will criticize anything and everything that involves the AD and spending money. If im not mistaken, he hasnt been around the University in years, so he has no idea how much the facilities get used.

We have implemented it some and did use it some this year. We have had success with Harney and Tree pressing. Betancourt stands up too straight when he dribbles, causing him to dribble higher. He played solid, as a back up. I commend him for stepping up after the loss of Abreu, but he hasnt shown me anything to make me think he is our point guard of the future. Lane will not be playing basketball, and yea, he is good.

What a bunch of tree-hugging hippies.

They will play. Deji being out doesnt hurt, he doesnt play.

My "upsets" Wichita St over Pitt Belmont over Zona Iowa St over ND Akron over VCU Didnt realize I went that much chalk, but I do have some upsets in the later rounds. Have OSU vs UM in the final

Ill be with a few people at Pint's!

People will bitc* about anything. Give UA credit for reaching out to see what other people think.

Saw this on twitter earlier. Since we all have our suggestions on the new arena, etc, I figured I would share as it seems the Athletic Department is looking for our input. https://akron.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9pnes66j1pkCCjP

I dont like to play this card, but MTSU got hosed by the refs last night.

Dont try to fix what isnt broken. Forsythe just hasnt been worth his minutes the past half of the season. Plus we need all the ball handlers on the floor that we can to get the ball up the court.

We shouldnt have them both on the floor at the same time, because that means Tree isnt.

I disagree. VCU is a very good team. Their worst loss is to Richmond, and its not even a bad loss. The A-10 is tough.

No hard feelings for being disrespected. Respect is earned, not given!! Wouldnt want it any other way. GO ZIPS!!

I wonder how many tickets VCU is being allotted? Will they even have a student section? Will we even be able to have a student section with only 500 available?? Ugh..so disappointed about the ticket situation.

How in the hell are there only going to be 500 available for Akron fans? What a joke.

Who else have we played? It has nothing to do with who we have beaten (though its worth noting we lost to OK St in OT WITHOUT Tree and Harney), and everything to do with the rest of college basketball. There is a lot of parity in college bball this year. There is no clear favorite; anybody can win it. But hey....Lehigh didnt beat anybody last year and they knocked off Duke as a 15 seed. How did they do that?

Yeah, get off of Harney. He is fine. Him taking on the task of playing Point Guard should be praised, not criticized. I was happy with everybody's play last night. GO ZIPS!

Never been a fan of Cooper, but he did show some class after the loss last night. Dj cooper ‏@Djcoop5 Congrats to Akron- they over came alot of adversity on an off the court this year. Best of luck in the tourney. I will miss watching Zeke-led Akron and Cooper-led OU face each other. Its been a fun rivalry as of late. Two of the best in conference history. Not sure if he is an NBA player, but I think he will get a shot in summer league. I think he can have a very successful Euro-league career.

Agreed 100%

bump for us who wanted Harney to play the point. Go Zips!

I agree he shouldnt be getting much time, especially with our circumstances. I dont get the dislike for him, however.

To win tomorrow, Harney needs to be the starting PG, and Betancourt has to play ~10 minutes like he did before. Oh yeah, and make at least 50% of our foul shots.