ZachTheZip Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/in..._hoops_rec.htmlLocally, Akron officially only had one scholarship to give this season and awarded it to 7-0 Zeke Marshall in the early signing period. But that has not kept the Zips from possibly adding another player."We haven't done anything, yet,'' Akron coach Keith Dambrot said. "But we're fooling around a little bit.''Anybody have any idea about this at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/in..._hoops_rec.htmlLocally, Akron officially only had one scholarship to give this season and awarded it to 7-0 Zeke Marshall in the early signing period. But that has not kept the Zips from possibly adding another player."We haven't done anything, yet,'' Akron coach Keith Dambrot said. "But we're fooling around a little bit.''Anybody have any idea about this at all?I hadn't heard about Alex Kellogg transferring to OU -- that's news. Has his brother committed yet? I thought he was headed to Provo too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACER Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 i thought you could split scholly's up.i thought faust did that a few times in football? you would get two guyson partial scholly's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 It's been discussed here quite a bit that the Zips are pretty well stocked for next season in terms of both returning experienced players as well as true and redshirt freshmen. The biggest problem is going to be finding playing time for all these guys. I just don't see a lot of value in trying to add the level of player you'd get with a split scholarship. It's going to take a full scholarship to attract the level of player it will take to earn any game time on this team. But if KD says he's "fooling around" in this area, it will be interesting to see if he has some kind of surprise for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zips fan Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Basketball and football are considered head count sports. Coaches are allowed to give a certain number of players any amount of scholarship money. If a coach gives a player any money toward scholarship, it counts against their scholarship number limits(football is 85, m-basketball is 12 I think); hence it is rare for a football or basketball player to receive anything other than a full ride. If Faust gave someone less than a full ride it was probably a penalty of some kind. Other sports are considered equilency sports such as track and swimming. Their coaches are given a number of scholarship that can be divided up amongst many athletes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 So are we talking another walk-on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinZip Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 So are we talking another walk-on?thats the way I took it...something up with a player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 At the party last night someone asked coach if that was true, KD said they were not adding any players other than Zeke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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