kreed5120 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said: The players who made their intentions known during locker room interviews at Climate Pledge Arena are redshirt junior guard Nate Johnson, junior guard Tavari Johnson, senior guard Shammah Scott, senior forward James Okonkwo and junior forward Amani Lyles. Without knowing what the other players plans are, this would give us a solid foundation to build off of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said: The players who made their intentions known during locker room interviews at Climate Pledge Arena are redshirt junior guard Nate Johnson, junior guard Tavari Johnson, senior guard Shammah Scott, senior forward James Okonkwo and junior forward Amani Lyles. Sooo did they not ask the others or did they not commit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpsjugglerdude Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 With Akron winning back-to-back MAC championships and returning a strong foundation, maybe that will help us get in a decent early season tournament. Hopefully this is the year we up our scheduling. The schedule this past year was perfect for the team that was assembled, so I’m sure JG will put together another great schedule for next year’s team. I’d love to see some P5 teams, but if they won’t schedule us, take a look at the mid major top 25. Start at the top and work our way down the list, calling them all until we have a good schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Random thoughts: I agree that we should only have one Malone/Heidelberg/Concord/Ohio Wesleyan/SUNY Brockport...each season, as a warmup. I find it a little amusing that many on ZipsNation gripe about football's OOC schedule for being too tough and about basketball for being too easy. I think we all like Groce and trust what he tells us to be true. Is he lying to us when he tells us how hard Dustin works on the schedule and how difficult it is to put together the OOC schedule? I don't need to see the Zips play big time P4 teams, but I would like to see more of top mid-majors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsFan31 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 With so many players that can come back. I would assume the back ups have a decision to make. Come back and be a back up or go to another team and maybe start. With the 10 man rotation that will help people stay as everyone plays but here is the list to watch for me T. Johnson, N. Johnson, Lyles for sure coming back Scott, Okonkwo I believe they stay Hardman, young, MMK, Harris, 2 redshirt freshman. Are the question marks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 2 minutes ago, ZipsFan31 said: With so many players that can come back. I would assume the back ups have a decision to make. Come back and be a back up or go to another team and maybe start. With the 10 man rotation that will help people stay as everyone plays but here is the list to watch for me T. Johnson, N. Johnson, Lyles for sure coming back Scott, Okonkwo I believe they stay Hardman, young, MMK, Harris, 2 redshirt freshman. Are the question marks. The article said Scott and Okonkwo indicated they will be back. I don't see MMK having a big market so I think he's back. Hardman loves it here. I spoke to his mom after the championship and they all feel blessed that he found his way here, so he's back. There are rumors Harris will not be back. Mahaffey had a great camp before he got hurt and had established a clear role and was with the team all through the season so I am encouraged he will return. I have no idea on Brisco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 4 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: The article said Scott and Okonkwo indicated they will be back. I don't see MMK having a big market so I think he's back. Hardman loves it here. I spoke to his mom after the championship and they all feel blessed that he found his way here, so he's back. There are rumors Harris will not be back. Mahaffey had a great camp before he got hurt and had established a clear role and was with the team all through the season so I am encouraged he will return. I have no idea on Brisco. I wonder on MMK's ceiling. He plays solid defense, but he's too small to play against good bigs but doesn't have much scoring ability as a wing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 I hope all the players come back and that they improve as much as last year returning players. After the Arizona beat down, they have to get stronger on the boards. Hardman has to improve his defense. Okonkwo need to be able to finish at the basket. However, I thought his offense improved a great deal from the beginning of the season. Lyles has shown what a great rebounder against Miami, but he must improve on the boards against better competition. Looking forward to big improvements from this group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 1 minute ago, Zippy87 said: I wonder on MMK's ceiling. He plays solid defense, but he's too small to play against good bigs but doesn't have much scoring ability as a wing. He does have a huge heart playing as the third big many nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 25 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: I find it a little amusing that many on ZipsNation gripe about football's OOC schedule for being too tough and about basketball for being too easy. I don’t think scheduling between the two sports is comparable at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 6 minutes ago, LZIp said: I don’t think scheduling between the two sports is comparable at all. I don't think it is either. I just find the contrast amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 27 minutes ago, Zippy87 said: I wonder on MMK's ceiling. He plays solid defense, but he's too small to play against good bigs but doesn't have much scoring ability as a wing. Sounds like Freeman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted Sunday at 01:40 PM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 01:40 PM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted Sunday at 02:07 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 02:07 PM 17 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: He does have a huge heart playing as the third big many nights. As Eileen Ford of Ford Models once said...we aren't looking for inner beauty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Let'sGoZips94 Posted Sunday at 11:24 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 11:24 PM We may have our first portal commitment coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted Sunday at 11:40 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 11:40 PM Whole team is back. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted Sunday at 11:53 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 11:53 PM (edited) 13 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Whole team is back. The whole team is back??? How do we know??? Edited Sunday at 11:54 PM by Illini Zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted Sunday at 11:54 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 11:54 PM (edited) 1 minute ago, Illini Zip said: The whole team is back??? Whole team. So far everyone except Mahaffey, Harris, and Hardman have tweeted, but I'm 99% sure Hardman will be back. Edited Sunday at 11:55 PM by Let'sGoZips94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted Sunday at 11:57 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 11:57 PM https://x.com/shammahscott1/status/1903956677822410769?s=46&t=fdW5bdNvHvqWwR8-G5EoPQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted Monday at 12:00 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 12:00 AM LFG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted Monday at 12:06 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 12:06 AM Anything from JG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted Monday at 12:07 AM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 12:07 AM Wow. This is incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted Monday at 12:07 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 12:07 AM Im betting Harris is gone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted Monday at 12:07 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 12:07 AM Apparently Mahaffey is back as well. Only one we haven't heard from is Harris, but there has been speculation he won't be back. Everyone else that is eligible is staying. Unbelievable. Keep an eye on the Portal tomorrow for a commitment based on Ford's tweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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