RoyalBlu Posted July 19 Report Share Posted July 19 15 hours ago, zippy5 said: Did we go somewhere? Definitely have much more size/girth at every position. Should be able to bully a lot of teams, especially in the MAC. Next step is how Zips look against a true opponent. That's still months away. Lots of time to bring it all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 9 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Tavari needs to work on his trigger discipline. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 On 7/9/2024 at 8:48 PM, ZipsFan31 said: Who is everyone most excited player to watch? Also who do you think will be the fan favorite by the end of the season for me I am most excited to Sharron Young. I think the fan favorite will be Nate Johnson I think Amani Lyles could be a big contributor this season. He didn't transfer after 2 seasons of not really having a big impact, I feel like this year will be his breakout year with such an open rotation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsFan31 Posted August 6 Report Share Posted August 6 Do you guys see season tickets are on sale now! Sad there has not been a marquee opponent announced yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 Based on what I've seen from around the league, the two projected MAC favorites, Akron and Ohio, look to have the weakest non-conference schedules. Miami, Toledo, Kent and several others have at least two games vs. teams from power conferences; Miami, Michigan-Indiana; Toledo, Houston-Purdue, Kent, Alabama-Auburn. Ohio and Akron, at least to this point - from what I've seen - don't have any power conference (B10, B12, SEC, ACC) teams on their schedules. Lots of solid mid-majors, however. Let's not fool ourselves. If Miami, UT and Kent can get those games the mantra - 'nobody wants to play us' - is a little weak. If you can go to St. Mary's for a buy game, you can go to B10, B12, ACC, SEC for a buy game. Just saying. Still pick Zips as MAC favorites. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 Our schedule isn't out yet is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 19 minutes ago, zippy5 said: Our schedule isn't out yet is it? No, not yet. Still looking for games, but not many out there from the power conference ranks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelegazna Posted August 9 Author Report Share Posted August 9 7 hours ago, RoyalBlu said: Let's not fool ourselves. If Miami, UT and Kent can get those games the mantra - 'nobody wants to play us' - is a little weak. If you can go to St. Mary's for a buy game, you can go to B10, B12, ACC, SEC for a buy game. Just saying. Still pick Zips as MAC favorites. UT maybe, Kent maaaaybe, but surely there are schools the would be happy to play Miami and would not be happy to play us. Also, personally, as I am not in the athletic department office on a daily basis, I am loathe to insinuate anyone involved with Akron scheduling is falling down on the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 9 hours ago, mrelegazna said: UT maybe, Kent maaaaybe, but surely there are schools the would be happy to play Miami and would not be happy to play us. Also, personally, as I am not in the athletic department office on a daily basis, I am loathe to insinuate anyone involved with Akron scheduling is falling down on the job. Not saying anyone is falling down on the job. Not at all. This has been a Zips schedule pattern going back to Hipsher. The Zips best schedules, IMO, were during the BracketBuster years when the Zips faced really good BBuster competition. But even that wasn't 2 or more power conference teams. I haven't looked, but I doubt there have been more than 3 or so years since the turn of the century Akron has played two non-con power conference teams in the same year. Yes, that means you have to play them on the road, unless you get lucky enough to catch one in a pre-season tournament. Understand, this is not unique to Akron. But you have to first, commit to playing these games. Then you have to lock them in. To have so many power conference transfers, but no power conference games, is a question that needs to be asked. I understand MAC teams are not going to win many of those games. But playing those games first, boost your overall strength of schedule. And second, prepare MAC teams for what they will face later in the NCAA Tournament. As MAC teams have constantly shown, losing these two games does not stop a team from overall 20 wins, or winning a MAC title. Like I said .. not matter what schedule ... Zips favored to win the MAC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 A lot of criticism over a schedule that isn't out yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 We had a couple of opponents back out at the last minute. The schedule should be released soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 1 hour ago, zippy5 said: A lot of criticism over a schedule that isn't out yet Just saying .... If Michigan, Purdue and Alabama can play Miami, Toledo and Kent, then Akron should be able to find a comparable opponent as well. Miami, Toledo, Kent won't win any of those games. But they are worth playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 Maybe we will? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 3 hours ago, zippy5 said: Maybe we will? Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 Lame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 Are we playing in a tourney this year in Florida or on the islands like we have in the last few years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 23 hours ago, RoyalBlu said: Just saying .... If Michigan, Purdue and Alabama can play Miami, Toledo and Kent, then Akron should be able to find a comparable opponent as well. Miami, Toledo, Kent won't win any of those games. But they are worth playing. My last word on this: Boals, Groce, Kowalczk and Senderoff are all proven successful coaches under no pressure to be fired. To a lesser extent the same can be said for Steele at Miami. At this point in their careers all of them should have solid coaching connections throughout the fraternity to get one or two quality power conference games a year if they want them. The end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 With our soccer affiliation we should be trying to schedule a couple Big East schools/year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 1 hour ago, RoyalBlu said: My last word on this: Boals, Groce, Kowalczk and Senderoff are all proven successful coaches under no pressure to be fired. To a lesser extent the same can be said for Steele at Miami. At this point in their careers all of them should have solid coaching connections throughout the fraternity to get one or two quality power conference games a year if they want them. The end. I mean we did before. Almost won at Louisville, should have won at OSU. For whatever reason, Groce thinks this is the best schedule for this team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 Bud Wentz stated last year that Akron has attempted to schedule big time schools and they've said no. It takes 2 to tango. If the P5s/P6s want hide away in their safe spaces, let em. March is the only thing that matters at the G5 level and Groce will most likely put us in a position yet again to force the bigger programs to play us at that point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 10 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Bud Wentz stated last year that Akron has attempted to schedule big time schools and they've said no. It takes 2 to tango. If the P5s/P6s want hide away in their safe spaces, let em. March is the only thing that matters at the G5 level and Groce will most likely put us in a position yet again to force the bigger programs to play us at that point. I find that very hard to believe. The first school that I could think of in a similar situation and even better as a program is JMU. They're playing at Wake 12/17. Groce doesn't want to schedule a road P5 game, and while it's disappointing as a fan, he feels it's best for this team. And he knows better than I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 3 hours ago, zippy5 said: I find that very hard to believe. The first school that I could think of in a similar situation and even better as a program is JMU. They're playing at Wake 12/17. Groce doesn't want to schedule a road P5 game, and while it's disappointing as a fan, he feels it's best for this team. And he knows better than I do Bud Wentz stated last year that Akron has attempted to schedule big time schools and they've said no. Listen. Unlike football, basketball coaches almost exclusively make their own schedules. Now ... Akron may have tried to tie in a BB game with a P5 FB contract, which I think should be mandatory. But overall, ALL MAC BB coaches make their own schedules (shy of the MAC-SunBelt Challenge). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 5 hours ago, zippy5 said: I find that very hard to believe. The first school that I could think of in a similar situation and even better as a program is JMU. They're playing at Wake 12/17. Groce doesn't want to schedule a road P5 game, and while it's disappointing as a fan, he feels it's best for this team. And he knows better than I do This is my thought as well. Last years team had a lot more hype than this years team and Groce had no problem compiling a top 50 (per KenPom) OOC schedule. In the past if we wanted games against P5 or top echelon mid-majors we could find them. Groce probably just wants a lighter OOC schedule as he wants to give the team time to gel since it's mostly a completely new roster. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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