Questions for ZTV Sports

[ZTVSportsProducer]

**The BIG NEWS that I had mentioned in the Can't State Post game thread**

I made an executive decision this past week for our show, and decided we needed more fan interaction. SO... this is what's going down...

The show itself is pretty much Men's basketball, and Women's basketball. The only thing is this leaves us with one segment of the show in which we need to fill up. Feature stories are obviously going to be placed here... but for the SPT Overtime Edition segment, we need something to talk about.

THIS IS WHERE YOU ALL COME IN!! We are going to make a Q & A segment in which YOU guys ask us questions on the Zips Basketball program, what we think is going to go down etc etc.

On this thread, send us your questions that you want us to answer on our show. If we like it, we'll talk about it and also give a "special thanks" to those screen names that submit us a question in our closing credits!

We film our show next week Wednesday and it should be ready by that Friday to be put online for everyone to see!

The segment itself will feature myself as well as a new member to the TV team and relatively new member to WZIP Sports, DJ Johnson. (please bear in mind that I've only appeared on this segment a couple shows and DJ has never been on it. It'll be better by show 2 for sure.)

SO SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS AND STAY TUNED TO www.ztvsports.com NEXT WEEK TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY!!

[72 Roo]

There is so much going on in the entire athletics dept. why limit the questions to only men's and women's BBall? Open it up to all Zip sports and you may get far more content. This way you could cover recruiting, spring soccer, winter track , spring track, tennis, softball, coaching hires, facilities upgrades, campus improvements, etc.

I think this could make for a more entertaining show and get greater involvement of ZNO and students.

Just a thought.

[ZTVSportsProducer]

We could open it up if you all want. What that does for us, though, is make us have to go out and film every little event on campus. Frankly, I wouldn't mind having more content like that, but with unfavorable schedules between class, work, and (for a majority of the team) WZIP with production, Power Talk on Sundays, and HS games on Friday nights. I figured if we kept it to basketball, it would fit in better with the theme of the show this semester, since most of the stuff going on around campus is related to basketball (I know track is going on right now, and practices for spring sports are underway).

If you want to send questions on anything dealing athletics, feel free. We'll be more than happy to discuss whatever you guys want. More work, yes, but if it makes the fans happy, then might as well push forth with it.

[Blue & Gold]

Q's for KD:

-When did he come to the realization that he was going to have to recruit better athletes to compete w/ Can't State & other more athletic teams?

-How are Demetrius Treadwell & Nick Harney coming along in thier studies & quest of eligibility?

-Are Brian Walsh and Chauncey Gilliam able to practice with the team? If so, how are they fitting in? What roles do you see them fulfilling next season?

-How are our two high school senior recruits faring in their senior seasons?

-What's the story behind how you came across Alex Abreu?

-How is Willie enjoying his position as an assistant coach? Do you see coaching in Willie's future?

-Looking ahead, have we started recruiting any high schoolers to replace Zeke in 2 years, or is 2&1/2 years too far down the road?

-(He may not be able to comment on this one, but) Are there any greater Akron-area high school players you and your staff have your eye on? Is City Series senior Darius Carter (Firestone) on the radar? Are you trying to get him to walk-on? How about City Series juniors Antonio Hearn (Kenmore) and Davonte Brunson (East)?

[Dr Z]

I'll go with the questions that I thought that should have been asked at the KD's post game OU press conference.

Do you think our team is more talented than OU? If yes...so much more that we can't beat them?

If no...why is it that we got smoked so bad?

Do you think that OU was more excited to play us than we were to play them? You don't have to give me

specifics but will the Zips have a different game plan when we play them at the end of the season schedule?

Do you anticipate meeting OU at the Q?

[zip37]

Walsh and Gilliam are practicing w/the team.

[zip37]

ZTV-- we CANNOT not have Caleb, Staff, and players not interviewed.

[skip-zip]

There is so much going on in the entire athletics dept. why limit the questions to only men's and women's BBall? Open it up to all Zip sports and you may get far more content. This way you could cover recruiting, spring soccer, winter track , spring track, tennis, softball, coaching hires, facilities upgrades, campus improvements, etc.

I think this could make for a more entertaining show and get greater involvement of ZNO and students.

Just a thought.

I'm with you on the campus changes, facilities, and coaching hires as additions to the normal football and basketball discussions.

But, realistically, how many people would tune in for discussions about things like tennis, exhibition soccer, and indoor track? I don't think even the largest schools in the country could keep people awake with that kind of content.