2025-26 season in process

[ZipsFan31]

Akron comes in at 94 in the Preseason Kenpom! Kent is 125 and Miami is 127 

[Z.I.P.]

6 hours ago, ZipsFan31 said:

Akron comes in at 94 in the Preseason Kenpom! Kent is 125 and Miami is 127 

Do you have a link?  Would be nice to see our opponents, e.g., Charleston.

[kreed5120]

8 hours ago, Z.I.P. said:

Do you have a link?  Would be nice to see our opponents, e.g., Charleston.

Kenpom.com

 

I personally wouldn't place too much stock in preseason ratings. Especially since we see so much roster turnover these days. 

[Zips1991]

Akron has added an exhibition game at Youngstown State on October 29.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AqJdnhuDp/

[clarkwgriswold]

5 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

Akron has added an exhibition game at Youngstown State on October 29.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AqJdnhuDp/

$20 a ticket GA.  Hmmm.

[ZipsFan31]

I got my parking pass in the mail today, I got lot 8 which is an upgrade for me! No longer stuck in lot 1! 

[clarkwgriswold]

12 hours ago, ZipsFan31 said:

I got my parking pass in the mail today, I got lot 8 which is an upgrade for me! No longer stuck in lot 1! 

I'm still in 1 but I like the cover in the bad weather.

[GP2]

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

Come on CBS/ESPN - get your crap together regarding the JMU game. 

[clarkwgriswold]

On 10/13/2025 at 12:28 PM, Zips1991 said:

Akron has added an exhibition game at Youngstown State on October 29.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AqJdnhuDp/

That will be a fun preseason week with the Tip-off Reception on the 28th and the YSO scrimmage on the 29th.

[Z.I.P.]

12 NOON tip for Princeton??  They DO know that's SIX A.M. where I live, DON'T they?!?  Yikes!  😬

[mrelegazna]

On 10/8/2025 at 4:39 PM, Let'sGoZips94 said:

. They have more money than anyone in the MAC, a better coach than anyone in the MAC not named John Groce and maybe Travis Steele, and the MAC is a significant step down from the A10 after the first few teams. 

Not sure I agree with the bolded part.  In ten years at South Carolina and three at UMass, he has zero NCAA tournament appearances outside the 2017 Final Four run, and he he's 26 games under .500 in league play in those 13 years.

My feeling is, he gets more hype than others because he's a Bobby Knight-esque tough guy (minus serious transgressions like choking players).  A lot of people love that type, a lot of people hate that type, and so the media is eager to cover him; he drives eyeballs.

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, mrelegazna said:

Not sure I agree with the bolded part.  In ten years at South Carolina and three at UMass, he has zero NCAA tournament appearances outside the 2017 Final Four run, and he he's 26 games under .500 in league play in those 13 years.

My feeling is, he gets more hype than others because he's a Bobby Knight-esque tough guy (minus serious transgressions like choking players).  A lot of people love that type, a lot of people hate that type, and so the media is eager to cover him; he drives eyeballs.

 

Frank made the NCAAT 4 times in 5 seasons at K State, including an Elite 8 run in 2009-10. USC could've made the NCAAT in 2015-16, but ultimately peaked with a Final Four run in 2016-17. COVID-affected 2020-21 was his only losing season at USC after his first 2 years. He had winning records in 7 out of 10 seasons at USC. His UMass years haven't been the best, but that's a much larger reclamation project. UMass hasn't been anything special since the early 90s aside from a few sporadic years in the late 00s and early teens.

 

He gets hype for taking two lesser P5 programs to the Elite 8 and Final Four. Groce is the only other coach in the MAC with any sort of March success, so I will maintain that Frank Martin is at worst a top 3 coach in this league. 

[RoyalBlu]

58 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Frank made the NCAAT 4 times in 5 seasons at K State, including an Elite 8 run in 2009-10. USC could've made the NCAAT in 2015-16, but ultimately peaked with a Final Four run in 2016-17. COVID-affected 2020-21 was his only losing season at USC after his first 2 years. He had winning records in 7 out of 10 seasons at USC. His UMass years haven't been the best, but that's a much larger reclamation project. UMass hasn't been anything special since the early 90s aside from a few sporadic years in the late 00s and early teens.

 

He gets hype for taking two lesser P5 programs to the Elite 8 and Final Four. Groce is the only other coach in the MAC with any sort of March success, so I will maintain that Frank Martin is at worst a top 3 coach in this league. 

I would say Boals and Oats (Buffalo) are the only coaches with any NCAA/March success for the MAC in the last 10 years while Groce has not won a March/NCAA game since 2013 (Illinois). Such is life in the MAC. Martin likely slots in the top third of the league, going into his first MAC season with a clear chance to climb a notch or two higher, pending initial MAC success. 

 

Until a MAC coach starts winning NCAA Tournament games, or even having consistent NIT success, I say there is no real clear No. 1 .... although we do have our favorites. Toledo's MAC titles (regular season) and Akron's titles (MAC Tournament) are great 'MAC' achievements. Until the MAC gets another true powerhouse program that steps up in March ... we (MAC) are who they say we are.

Edited 1 hour ago by RoyalBlu

[clarkwgriswold]

There's only one Stan Heath.

[RoyalBlu]

4 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

There's only one Stan Heath.

How did his name get into the conversation?????

[Let'sGoZips94]

11 minutes ago, RoyalBlu said:

How did his name get into the conversation?????

 

The same way Oats got added to the conversation. 

[RoyalBlu]

Sorry, still confused??? Oats (2018, 2019) and Boals (2021) are the only MAC coaches to win NCAA Tournament games since Groce (2012). Heath was a decade even before that. Am I missing something?