ewbrooman1 Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: They were getting hammered and got it down to 5 late. Then I can’t really even describe what I saw after that. No one shot it well, but they kept within striking distance after getting blitzed 21-10 in the 1Q 🙄. Gotta win on Saturday at Mt. Pleasant to avoid a bunch of tiebreakers. No excuses for losing to 3-14 CMU. I'm gonna guess that if Buffalo loses to Western, they would be in. They beat EMU twice and split with Buffalo. Not sure what tiebreakers come after that. Edited March 2, 2023 by ewbrooman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 8 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said: No one shot it well, but they kept within striking distance after getting blitzed 21-10 in the 1Q 🙄. Gotta win on Saturday at Mt. Pleasant to avoid a bunch of tiebreakers. No excuses for losing to 3-14 CMU. I'm gonna guess that if Buffalo loses to Western, they would be in. They beat EMU twice and split with Buffalo. Not sure what tiebreakers come after that. http://bball.notnothing.net/mac.php?sport=wbb. this also works for the women's bracket. clear as mud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 Here's the latest. Not sure how Zips are seeded ahead of WMU when they have the same record and Zips lost at Kalamazoo. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 20 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said: Here's the latest. Not sure how Zips are seeded ahead of WMU when they have the same record and Zips lost at Kalamazoo. 🤔 when multiple teams have the same record they do a "round robin" between all of them. who had the best record of the three against the other two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 Buffalo women draw as well as our men's team! 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 14 hours ago, NWAkron said: when multiple teams have the same record they do a "round robin" between all of them. who had the best record of the three against the other two. Apparently we were fortunate to play Miami twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip JD Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 2/23/2023 at 4:05 PM, 72 Roo said: I also thought our team was lucky to have a true point when Camp came in. It didn't take much time to see that discipline was not her strong suit. As the season went on she played more and more out of control and her TO's mounted up. MJ was faced with a huge dilemma, play Camp and tolerate her or turn to Thorpe, who proved to be Inadequate for D1 play. I wish the staff could have coached up both of them but we all see how that has gone. Neither seemed capable of improving. I'm a long-time season ticket holder to FB and MBB but had never gone to WBB games in the past. My daughter is now playing travel ball, so we went to 4 or 5 WBB games. I was amazed that Camp as a Sr. point guard could be so out of control and so sloppy with the ball. Not only the TO's but the pull up jumpers with no rebounders in place, lazy defense in transition and the inability to make good crisp passes drove me crazy. The poor, poor point guard play with no consistent scoring from the 2 guard really killed any chance to have what could have been a really good season. It wasted the talent of the 4 quality bigs on the roster. I do not have enough knowledge or insight to say if it was a good or bad move to let the coach go, but with a slightly over .500 career record, losing 4 starters and having an AD that did not hire her, the writing was on the wall. Getting housed by 40 plus at Can't did not help. Hopefully they can get hot at the right time and make some noise in the MACC. Go Zips! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2023/03/04/akron-zips-womens-basketball-coach-melissa-jackson-denies-accusations-investigation-closed-mac-ncaa/69959775007/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 Good luck to Coach Jackson. I hope she lands on her feet in a position that works best for her and her young family. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Hilltopper said: https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2023/03/04/akron-zips-womens-basketball-coach-melissa-jackson-denies-accusations-investigation-closed-mac-ncaa/69959775007/ it's paywalled. anyone have a summary? although, I can see from the headline this appears to be only an allegation that the ABJ stuck on front page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, NWAkron said: it's paywalled. anyone have a summary? although, I can see from the headline this appears to be only an allegation that the ABJ stuck on front page. Did the ABJ place that on the front page?!? 🤬 Yeah, it's an allegation which was investigated & didn't find anything. Article didn't say who made the allegation or what it was. Whatever it was, it obviously wasn't serious enough to cause coach Jackson to miss any time on the sideline. It's bad publicity for UA, which causes the ABJ to salivate. 🙄🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 48 minutes ago, NWAkron said: it's paywalled. anyone have a summary? although, I can see from the headline this appears to be only an allegation that the ABJ stuck on front page. Summary- nobody can tell anybody about anything due to privacy rules. It's essentially an article with no info. A former player filed a complaint about Melissa. This pretty well sums it up- “Because the investigation has been closed, there are no findings.” They closed it because she's done today so they didn't see the need. She sees it as vindication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Did the ABJ place that on the front page?!? 🤬 Yeah, it's an allegation which was investigated & didn't find anything. Article didn't say who made the allegation or what it was. Whatever it was, it obviously wasn't serious enough to cause coach Jackson to miss any time on the sideline. It's bad publicity for UA, which causes the ABJ to salivate. 🙄🤬 Bad publicity for the entire city causes them to salivate. When u open the beacon website...not a front page pic of Kent's team or God help us Sincere Carry. Instead a fired basketball coach accused of something that we really don't know what it is. Who coached a program they barely covered. Edited March 4, 2023 by NWAkron 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Bad publicity for the entire city causes them to salivate. When u open the beacon website...not a front page pic of Kent's team or God help us Sincere Carry. Instead a fired basketball coach accused of something that we really don't know what it is. Who coached a program they barely covered. It's because scandals and gossip generate clicks, not feel good stories. This is why so much media has turned into TMZ instead of actual reporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip JD Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: It's because scandals and gossip generate clicks, not feel good stories. This is why so much media has turned into TMZ instead of actual reporting. 100%. A freelance reporter recently told me the ABJ is now paying based on where the article is placed in the paper. I don't know if that is true, but it would explain why they focus on written-version click-bait instead of actual reporting. I cannot believe how bad that rag is. It's embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) Zips trail 29-21 at half. 🤨 Edited March 4, 2023 by ewbrooman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said: Zips trail 29-21 at half. 🤨 they should hold on for a short (and i'm sure) meaningful trip to Cleveland even if they lose unless Buffalo, Miami, and Ohio all win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 Geez...CMU is bad. brick after brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 Women rally 21-8 in 4Q to beat CMU 61-54. Probably not the first time a bad CMU team has failed to close this year, but credit to the Zips for coming back on the road. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said: Women rally 21-8 in 4Q to beat CMU 61-54. Probably not the first time a bad CMU team has failed to close this year, but credit to the Zips for coming back on the road. very happy for Jackson and the program. Looks like a 6th seed and a date with Ball State. Winning those early games over the garbage teams paid off in the tiebreakers. I guess they could drop to 7 if Western beats Buffalo Edited March 4, 2023 by NWAkron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 4, 2023 Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) Zips are #6 seed and will play #3 Ball State in the last game on Wednesday. I've tried to attach the whole bracket graphic, but it says the file is too big. Worked fine for men's. Edited March 4, 2023 by ewbrooman1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy-claws Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 11:06 AM, clarkwgriswold said: Summary- nobody can tell anybody about anything due to privacy rules. It's essentially an article with no info. A former player filed a complaint about Melissa. This pretty well sums it up- “Because the investigation has been closed, there are no findings.” They closed it because she's done today so they didn't see the need. She sees it as vindication. Not to go all conspiracy theorist on this, but, could something from the Athletic Department been "leaked" to George to deflect from all the bad PR it got by "not renewing" MJ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted March 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 19 minutes ago, zippy-claws said: Not to go all conspiracy theorist on this, but, could something from the Athletic Department been "leaked" to George to deflect from all the bad PR it got by "not renewing" MJ? While possible, I don't see that as likely. And while this move has been bad PR in a post's Facebook comments, I think there is a fairly decent understanding from the people that matter, whether they agree with the move or not. One thing has stuck out through this whole thing--a former player and her family vocally being anti-Jackson, which is not something we have seen anywhere. Full disclosure on my end--while I am disappointed coach Jackson hasn't been able to build Akron like I believe she was capable, and I do in fact support the decision to move in a different direction, to suggest anything other than running a good and clean program and environment would go against anything I have ever heard. That's not to see it's impossible that something not so great happened, I just find it extremely unlikely. The player whose family I have seen openly criticize Jackson transferred out after last year and wound up leaving the team she ended up going to. I hesitate to name names, but it's pretty obvious who it is. No player is named in this "investigation," but I would be shocked if it wasn't from this player. Stupid stuff. And shame on the ABJ for finally covering the Jackson tenure and giving it a bad look. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozips10 Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, zippy-claws said: Not to go all conspiracy theorist on this, but, could something from the Athletic Department been "leaked" to George to deflect from all the bad PR it got by "not renewing" MJ? This is 100% true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, zippy-claws said: Not to go all conspiracy theorist on this, but, could something from the Athletic Department been "leaked" to George to deflect from all the bad PR it got by "not renewing" MJ? What bad P.R? this was a mere blip in the media...if that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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