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10 points and 9 boards from NDour but also 5 turnovers and 5 fouls. OSU doubled him, would expect that to happen the rest of the year. Stevie Taylor played very well, again. I expect an Ohio and Akron finals rematch.

I think Akron needs a new arena. The JAR's potential is very limited... That said, there is one change that could instantly improve the atmosphere 10x over. Fixing the student section. Put all the students together and boom goes the dynamite. I realize there isn't a great place to put them all with the way it is set up... Force the issue. Get them together whatever it takes. I quoted your post because I don't think bleachers always scream small-time... Ohio's convocation center has bleachers and it works perfectly.... Because it's the student section. Overall, I think the JAR is the issue for fans not showing. The bleacher seating is beyond cramped, the views are terrible, the track is dumb and overall the atmosphere just is bad. Build it and they WILL come.

No smaller than 8,000 No bigger than 10,000 Student seating is the biggest driver of overall arena atmosphere, IMO.

Personally, I have never been a fan of Casa Nueva, but many are. I would highly recommend Jackie O's, though.

Not sure what you mean by this. I truly hope Zips fans enjoy their time in such a big-time college venue. Its not every day you get to watch a game in front of over 11,000 fans.

For those attending, enjoy watching a game at the MAC's flagship program. Truly a special atmosphere.

That statement was cogent. Whether it was valuable depends on the individual poster. I would imagine you already knew what I stated to be cogent, so I could see how it isn't valuable to you.

When I am on the Akron campus, I get the feeling no one really cares about the Zips.

On Bobcatattack? I do not believe so. Not unless the chat room went down.

You will notice there is a "chat" feature on bobcatattack.com. The game threads never get much play because people post in the chat during the games.

Since Cleveland in 2010, Akron is 0-4 against Ohio outside the dinky gym you call an arena. I do not foresee the Zips playing well in front of so many people. History proves these Zips shrink on the largest stage. Odds the O Zone brings Zeke to tears?

You call this attention? You should see what its like in the big dance.

What? Ohio is 2-0 against Akron in the MAC tourney the last 3 years. The Bobcat Seniors are 3-2 in the big dance. That seems like consistent winning to me.

Ohio won tournament games before John Groce... That is something the Akron program has never done.

The Zips have Ohio beat in regular season success... That is it. Postseason success? Ohio by a mile Arena? Ohio by a mile Fanbase? Ohio by a mile No trolling, just speaking honestly around how people nationally think about MAC basketball.

Delusional is a program discussing a national title when they have never even won a tournament game.

more than 4000? Ohio will easily have double that for Akron. On a Wednesday. Ohio State basketball has 0 influence on the attendance in Athens. A couple students care about OSU football, although that problem has pretty much disappeared with our success lately. OSU basketball? lol. OSU could play Michigan in hoops at the same time and the O Zone would still put anything the Rowdies call a good crowd to shame. This is life at the conferences flagship basketball program.

OU without Groce still has many more tournament wins than the Akron men's basketball program has.

You sure have gotten cocky after one home win.

If the shirt says "wining" count me in. Send me a degree from UA while you're at it.

You really don't want to compare criminals on the Zips hoops team compared to on the Ohio hoops team, do you? Andrew Moss, Rydell Brooks................

Ohio-74 Akron-73 Sellout crowd including many wearing green.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naCYtzvTTbQ&sns=tw

DJ Cooper is known nationwide. Zeke Marshall is not.