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Flat? I'd take flat right now.

Wake up!!!! Be ready for passes. Don't dribble until you are under and behind the basket. Stop the helter skelter behavior.

Please stop dribbling into double teams.

Go to ESPN News.

Or it's going to be a long night.

Akron hates Kent. Kent hates Akron. Tonight is going to be a fun night.

Interesting, it's the level of language for a graduate level composition class at Kent. They are not smart people.

Akron vs Kent is a great regional rivalry. I'm jealous of those of you who get to attend the game. If I still lived in Ohio I'd be looking forward to going to the game. The crowd looked solid last night on TV. Hopefully fans show up.

Duquesne needs more than a uniform change.

Great win. Something occurred to me and it really was bothering me during the game. In my years of watching Zips basketball, we seem to have a lot of odd dribbling and driving mishaps. No matter who the players and coaches are, these odd mishaps take place in a way you don't see anywhere else.

I hate the script Akron logo so much I'd probably join the Ukrainian resistance just to fire RPGs at it.

There is nothing preventing this from happening.

Isn't it obvious? It's going to be a logo for the soccer team that looks like every other soccer logo.

I prefer "Wagon Wheel Champion".

I like it. Only one weeknight game late in the season. I like opening day on a Thursday night before a holiday weekend. Lots of people take that Fri off and will be looking to do something with the family. The only screw job is the last two games on the road, but when you are horrible the prior year you can expect a conference screwing. Still don't like three games on the road in a row early.

For those who complain about no marketing to alumni, the home page of uakron.edu has a list of upcoming alumni events. One is in Cleveland. Have fun.

Not sure what you mean by destination, but Akron provides a better education than the others. The word marketing gets overused. There is a marketing problem, but the bigger problem is a lack of the University's resources being used to attract students by providing public services. It takes much more than a marketing department to pull this off. There has been too much bad news, but recently the University has been producing good news segments on social media. It's a good start. The problem in the past has been not highlighting the hundreds of things that go great so when one bad thing happens, it's the only thing people hear about the school and opinions sour. The hundreds of good stories create a soft landing for the bad story. There will always be at least one bad story. Something bad is always going to happen.

All you need is a clock, two teams, referees and a scoreboard for a game. They will have all of these items there. They will absolutely be games since there are really no rules around these practices.

Let me play Devil's Advocate. Explain the rest of college basketball because I see empty arenas all over the country. Are all colleges this bad or has our culture changed. I'm starting to lean towards cultural changes. Throw in lack of money in budgets and marketing falls off.

This problem can be fixed without a new arena.

Exposure!!!!

Thanks for posting. Attendance is the problem. A new arena is not the solution to the problem.

I come from this as I do from every angle. How would it directly benefit the athletes, students, alumni, fans and general communities around G5 schools? My assumption is, like all decisions G5 schools make, the driving force behind this is to pad the resumes of athletic directors and conference leaders at the expense of their employers. They will do this by whoring themselves to P5 schools and ESPN. The ESPN part is easy. They have plenty air time to fill in August. There is no doubt in my mind this will result in every one these practices being played at a P5 school. So, back to my five pillars. 1. Plus. Athletes would benefit from the break up of training camp. For a day for 45 minutes. I'll stick with the plus. 2. Minus. Students will not be attending these games. 3. Minus. Benefit to alumni. Games played on the road in August cuts into vacation time and budding school activities. Besides, this is even worse trash entertainment than the college football playoffs. 4. Minus. Fans get fed crap and really can't attend the games. 5. Minus. General communities benefit. Since games will not be played at G5 schools, the communities can't benefit. Plus = 1 Minus = 4. This is a terrible idea that solves a non-existent problem for G5 schools. Further, it is a distraction from real problems.

Playtime is over. Akron needs a new basketball arena like it needs a hole in the head. Half full arenas have become the norm everywhere except for a few elite programs. Akron is half full and that isn't going to change because our society has changed. Wake has a 15,000 seat arena and I don't care what was published, there weren't more than 8,000 people against second place Notre Dame. The disaster that was the NCAA facilities spending is over. Make the best of the current arena. The City of Akron needs an arena like it needs two holes in the head. It needs to attract taxpayers living in the City and jobs to the City. This is where the real money comes from. Arenas never cover their costs and are almost guaranteed money losers. Basically, they are empty buildings costing taxpayers money for their entire life. This isn't a difficult decision. Akron doesn't need another public works project. Finally, it's been a while since I've been in Akron and the Main Street project had been ongoing for a while. I can't believe it's still going on. What a disaster.... Does anyone think the idiots who brought you this disaster will turn a new arena into anything other than a bigger disastee? WAKE UP!!!!

I am a donor and found none of this to be true. Communication has been excellent and I have been kept up to speed with everything they were doing. Never once did anyone not get back to me after a voicemail by the end of the day. There has never been a single time where they didn't do exactly what they said they were going to do. I think people mistake rigidity for being slow at times. The Foundation moves slow because it is a state run foundation and laws of the State of Ohio make it seem as if it is moving slow, but they are really moving as fast as they can. I have found them to be very good and not the average you describe. However, I have no basis of comparison. Finally, I'm not sure why it is the job of the Foundation to meet the desires of major donors. The employees of the University are there to do what is in the best interest of the University. I don't donate because I expect anything from them. I donate because I want to give back. My only benefits are a tax deduction and a feeling of doing the right thing. Want an example of a school that allows itself to be bullied by major donors and I will point you to the Auburn Football program. A major donor is basically hiring and firing coaches out of his own pocket and the program is a disaster. LBJ does not run UofA. It is owned by the taxpayers of Ohio to benefit primarily the State of Ohio. If his decision making as it relates to the assembling of the Lakers is an indication of whether or not he should make decisions for UofA, I would say it's a good thing UofA did not hire a high school coach in place of Groce. The Lakers are terrible and the team's acquiescence to his opinions has put it there. I am not sure why anyone might think LBJ is a particularly smart person capable of making these decisions. He is basically a high school drop out who was handed a diploma from St. V-M because he played basketball there. I'd love to give the guy an IQ test. I bet he's a dumb as a stump. Let's not fool ourselves by believing there is much going on there between the ears. If the school let this guy make one decision, it would open the door for him to making more while holding money over UofA's head. Does anyone really think that's a good idea?