Zips sports news, features and notes
- Seven KSU baseball players earn All-MAC honors
- Marla Ridenour: From walk-on to champion: UA’s Alex McCune finds his niche
- KSU’s Jennifer Ha struggles to 79 in first round of NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
- Zips notebook: Quincy Diggs back in school; football player arrested
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 1: Flashes top Zips, get help from Bowling Green to win MAC title, earn top seed in tournament
- On the Record — May 18
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 3: Flashes muster enough energy to top Zips, stay alive for top seed in MAC Tournament
- Kent State golf in fifth after two rounds of NCAA Regional
- Kent State-Akron in-game updates: Kent State wins 4-3
- Kent State 5, Akron 4 in 17 innings: Diamond Classic turns into real gem
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Akron vs. Bowling Green - Preview
Men's basketball
In a way, I'm glad it's over.
No more talking about bubbles, berths or RPI.
If Akron's going to the Dance, it's going to be because they beat Kent State in Cleveland. And that's how it should be. The at-large talk is just a distraction, and it could be a hindrance in the MAC Tournament.
The RPI will, of course, help Akron if they win the tournament, but that's another story.
So it's back to MAC East play. And the Zips will get a warmup of sorts before a three-game gauntlet (@ Ohio, vs. Buffalo, @ Kent) by hosting Bowling Green on Wednesday.
Akron won by a single point on January 11, thanks to a Nick Harney floater. Since that game, of course, Akron has melded (is that a word?) as a team, and developed their spurtability (now I know that's not a word).
Getting this victory will be critical, because the Zips could easily lose two of their last three in the conference.
I would expect Akron to be at least a 10-point favorite.
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