2025-26 season in process

[Reslife4Life]

11 hours ago, NWAkron said:

Why aren't they hanging Ben Finley's jersey in the JAR?

 

Jeff Undercuffler is in line first

[Hilltopper]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQu_d2yAWy0/?igsh=MXQzaHNnNHR1cXlteA==

 

 

[MDZip]

7 hours ago, Hilltopper said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQu_d2yAWy0/?igsh=MXQzaHNnNHR1cXlteA==

 

 

How in the hell did that happen? 🤣

[Illini Zip]

I don’t want an instagram account, but I would like to know what Hilltopper’s video is about. 

[Hilltopper]

1 hour ago, MDZip said:

How in the hell did that happen? 🤣

She attends quite a few games every year. I see her in Tommy Evans on the regular.

[Hilltopper]

6 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

I don’t want an instagram account, but I would like to know what Hilltopper’s video is about. 

It's a video of Cathy Nesbit-Stein from Dance Moms teaching President Nemer and some of the guys the Cha-Cha. If this site had better upload capability I would post it.

[csims0917]

Zips SOS went 3-0 today. Murray state beat the worst time in D1 by a ton. Bucknell beat the last year 16 seeded Mount and Purdue beat Oakland… by only 10. Interesting one. But more good results! 

[LZIp]

I’m calling it now- Amani Lyles first team all MAC.

[LZIp]

Also - John Groce is a freaking legend. We are lucky to have him.

[csims0917]

Akron is now 73 in KenPom. Might be the highest I’ve ever seen them the 5 seasons I’ve been closely following the team 

[Illini Zip]

7 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

Akron is now 73 in KenPom. Might be the highest I’ve ever seen them the 5 seasons I’ve been closely following the team 

Just wait until we upset Purdue… Someone had to say it. 😄

[csims0917]

Tulane has beat Texas State after being down 20 at home. They went 30/30 on FTs. They should crack top 100 in KenPom after that. They were 107 before 

[Let'sGoZips94]

4 hours ago, csims0917 said:

Tulane has beat Texas State after being down 20 at home. They went 30/30 on FTs. They should crack top 100 in KenPom after that. They were 107 before 

 

I love our OOC schedule. 

[csims0917]

JMU looked a lot better today than against their exhibition on Wednesday. 14pt win against Coppin state. Still seem to need more work 

[NWAkron]

On 11/7/2025 at 5:44 PM, Hilltopper said:

It's a video of Cathy Nesbit-Stein from Dance Moms teaching President Nemer and some of the guys the Cha-Cha. If this site had better upload capability I would post it.

She and her husband purchase 4 seats on the floor.  She uses one of the seats for her purse.  Celebrities.

[csims0917]

Massive matchup tonight with UNCW coming to Kent for a OOC matchup. UNCW is 120 in KenPom (Miami OH is 121 for comparison) and Kent is up to 136. Really wish we could get a team this high to come to the JAR yearly. (Outside of the SBC) but this years OOC seems like a step in the right direction at least 

Edited 10 hours ago by csims0917

[csims0917]

 

[Illini Zip]

1 hour ago, csims0917 said:

 

Good representation by the MAC. I think this might be Bowling Green’s year. Are there any Sun Belt teams on there?

[roopride]

YSU and PS Shenago on espn+

[LZIp]

27 minutes ago, roopride said:

YSU and PS Shenago on espn+

Need help understanding why that game is on ESPN+ but ours isn’t..

[kreed5120]

28 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

Good representation by the MAC. I think this might be Bowling Green’s year. Are there any Sun Belt teams on there?

Arkansas State and Marshall are the two that jump out to me.

[kreed5120]

1 minute ago, LZIp said:

Need help understanding why that game is on ESPN+ but ours isn’t..

 

It's up to Akron to produce the games. If it's not on ESPN+ then it would be because for whatever reason we didn't decide to produce it.

[Illini Zip]

7 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

Arkansas State and Marshall are the two that jump out to me.

I did see that JMU got consideration.