2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

[Captain Kangaroo]

6 hours ago, Hilltopper said:

They have been close friends for years.

Celtics had the 54th pick...4 after the Pacers in last year's second round. I have to believe they'd have taken Enrique with that pick had he been available. 

 

Instead they picked Antwon Watson from Gonzaga...a slightly thicker, slower version of Enrique. They cut Watson half way through last season.

[clarkwgriswold]

The Zips are hosting the Akron Men's Basketball Alumni Camp this Thursday, July 24th at the JAR. The schedule is:

4:30pm - Cocktail Hour with cash bar and light hors d'oeuvres.

5:00pm - Watch former Zips basketball student athletes take the floor at the JAR for the Alumni Game.

 

Parking is available in the Lot 1 parking garage on the corner of Spicer and Carroll St. and must be paid for via the scannable signs in the lot.

[Zippy87]

19 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

The Zips are hosting the Akron Men's Basketball Alumni Camp this Thursday, July 24th at the JAR. The schedule is:

4:30pm - Cocktail Hour with cash bar and light hors d'oeuvres.

5:00pm - Watch former Zips basketball student athletes take the floor at the JAR for the Alumni Game.

 

Parking is available in the Lot 1 parking garage on the corner of Spicer and Carroll St. and must be paid for via the scannable signs in the lot.

 

Is it free?

[clarkwgriswold]

8 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

 

Is it free?

Appears to be from the email.

[NWAkron]

2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Appears to be from the email.

Would hate for people to have to pay for their entertainment.  

[clarkwgriswold]

5 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

Would hate for people to have to pay for their entertainment.  

 

The drinks are on NWAkron.

[Zippy87]

3 hours ago, NWAkron said:

Would hate for people to have to pay for their entertainment.  

 

I would be happy to pay. Donated to the program recently. Just asking a question. 

[clarkwgriswold]

The alumni game was fun.   LCJ, Cheese, Banks, Dawson, Sayles, Tribble, Thornton, Hunter, Diggs and Gray played.  Enrique was there but didn't play. 

 

Two pieces of news from the event:  Enrique has been signed by Minnesota (I believe on a 2-way); and Groce was in Europe recruiting. 

[Zippy87]

1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said:

The alumni game was fun.   LCJ, Cheese, Banks, Dawson, Sayles, Tribble, Thornton, Hunter, Diggs and Gray played.  Enrique was there but didn't play. 

 

Two pieces of news from the event:  Enrique has been signed by Minnesota (I believe on a 2-way); and Groce was in Europe recruiting. 

 

Minnesota is a good fit! Is it a done deal?

Edited Friday at 02:31 PM by Zippy87

[clarkwgriswold]

15 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

 

Minnesota is a good fit! Is it a done deal?

I believe so.  He was standing 50 feet away talking into a microphone as it was spreading around the room so I suspect it is pretty solid.

[Zippy87]

5 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

I believe so.  He was standing 50 feet away talking into a microphone as it was spreading around the room so I suspect it is pretty solid.

 

Awesome, thanks for sharing! 

[Let'sGoZips94]

On 7/25/2025 at 8:53 AM, clarkwgriswold said:

The alumni game was fun.   LCJ, Cheese, Banks, Dawson, Sayles, Tribble, Thornton, Hunter, Diggs and Gray played.  Enrique was there but didn't play. 

 

Two pieces of news from the event:  Enrique has been signed by Minnesota (I believe on a 2-way); and Groce was in Europe recruiting. 

 

This is a little off topic, but is our soccer program able to recruit the world like apparently Groce is? This is a pretty big piece of information that shows just how deep Bud's pockets are along with the other financial support for the program. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

What a picture. 

[clarkwgriswold]

8 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

What a picture. 

 

What a CULTURE.

[kreed5120]

16 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

This is a little off topic, but is our soccer program able to recruit the world like apparently Groce is? This is a pretty big piece of information that shows just how deep Bud's pockets are along with the other financial support for the program. 

 

Our soccer team has had foreign born players for a long time.

 

This is kind of the first I'm hearing about Akron basketball actively recruiting overseas players. Not to say they haven't before. Just that I don't recall seeing it mentioned. The overseas players I recall Akron landing in the past were either transfers or guys that came to US to play basketball at either a high school or prep school.

[clarkwgriswold]

Word is that a former Serbian Zips player is helping Groce in Europe.

[Illini Zip]

Now that we are expanding our recruiting to Europe maybe we can finally get that serviceable backup big?

[kreed5120]

2 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

Now that we are expanding our recruiting to Europe maybe we can finally get that serviceable backup big?

 

Then people would just complain that he isn't a 1970s style back to the basket scorer.

[Illini Zip]

45 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Then people would just complain that he isn't a 1970s style back to the basket scorer.

For 1970’s style retro bigs we will probably need to recruit out of Cuba. 

[RoyalBlu]

6 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Our soccer team has had foreign born players for a long time.

 

This is kind of the first I'm hearing about Akron basketball actively recruiting overseas players. Not to say they haven't before. Just that I don't recall seeing it mentioned. The overseas players I recall Akron landing in the past were either transfers or guys that came to US to play basketball at either a high school or prep school.

Groce has signed several players from USA-Africa, I believe. They just haven't stuck for long. As far as basketball, those guys seem to be pretty transient - quick to transfer if they show any definite skill (blocked shots, rebounding) scoring usually comes late to most of them as well, if at all. Frankly, most would be better served staying and improving at the mid-major level but I'm guessing handlers and agents are pushing for bigger bucks as fast as possible.