Dambrot article in the Beacon Journal

[blueandgold]

Did anyone see this in the Beacon today? Sounds promising!Dambrot will be taking the team to the Alaska tournament (Great Alaska Shootout I believe). Oregon State and Colorado State will be in it so far. We will play Temple at the JAR, and maybe Saint Louis Univ. Possible road games at Clemson, Mississippi State or a Big Ten school if we can fit into one of their schedules.Also it mentioned that he is more determined than ever to make it work here at Akron!

[sgm405]

Quote of the article:``I believe in bouncing back,'' he said. ``Right after the NIT thing happened, I got a couple of calls from (coaching) friends who said I had to get out of Akron, because if you win 26 games and can't get an NIT bid, something is wrong.''So what did Dambrot think?``For a day or two, I probably felt like leaving,'' he said. ``But then I got over it. This has made me even more determined to make it work at Akron.''

[zippyrifle32]

Dambrot will be taking the team to the Alaska tournament (Great Alaska Shootout I believe). Oregon State and Colorado State will be in it so far.

that's exciting for me. i would love to see akron stomp the beavers so i can rub it in to all my osu (oregon state) friends.

[blueandgold]

I did some checking. According to www.goseawolves.com the teams participating in the Great Alaska Shootout in 2007 doesn't list Akron, not does it show Oregon State and Colorado State. Maybe a lot has changed since their list was put together. Here are the teams listed:Butler, Liberty, Gonzaga, Michigan, Texas Tech, Washington State, Western Kentucky and host UAA.

[Zip Watcher]

There's another of those exempted pre-season tourneys in Alaska.Go HERE.

[blueandgold]

Thanks Zip Watcher. You found the corrent one! I think we need to be in the other one though. It has much better participants! And would give us much better exposure and competition.

[Zip Watcher]

All in good time. The Top of the World is one which will get us one or 2 good RPI games and yet also be a completely winnable tournament for the Zips. Let's go after the Shootout when Ronnie & Jimmy & Steve have more games under their belts.

[Captain Kangaroo]

"South Carolina Upstate?" I thought I had heard them all?! Overall, I like it. How many AK-Roadies will make the trip?

[BirdZip]

Looks to me like a tournament where we bring home the trophy.

[w00t]

How many AK-Roadies will make the trip?

I can fit three people in my Mazda... and look, it's only 4,000 miles away (63 hours of continuous driving).

[Captain Kangaroo]

USC Spartan 2006-7 Results

[w00t]

SC Upstate is making the transition to D-I next year in the A-Sun. We could potentially be their first game as a D-I program.

[mcperp]

Wow, I thought SC Upstate was just a derisive term for Clemson by a Gamecock fan, but it actually exists! Must have been a lot of free Pabst Blue Ribbon at that marketing meeting. I like the tournament, we have a great shot at winning the whole thing. Oregon State had a rough year, and I think only Colo St and Portland State would be the other potential threats.

[UAZips]

I could very well be living in Nome again next year at that time. I'll put some Rowdies up at my place and we can all fly over to Fairbanks for the games. Seriously though, If I am living up there again, I'm definately making the trip over to Fairbanks for this!