Zips sports news, features and notes
- UA athletes fail to qualify
- UA’s Alexis Cooks wins discus with school-record throw
- 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
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Men's basketball
Bubba Walther fits in better at OU than Akron because his poor defense is hidden through Tim O'Shea's zone, the ABJ's Tom Gaffney writes.
- The PD's Elton Alexander wrote a bit about how disappointing the MAC has been this season as a whole. For example, the league's record is 68-71 through nonconference play. What does that mean? You better win the MAC Tournament if you want to dance.
- Akron is a one-point underdog tonight at OU, oddsmakers say. The over-under is 146.
- Danny Sheridan agrees.
This game is crucial to Akron's hopes for a respectable RPI. Ohio has a strong offense, and despite a middling defense, the Bobcats' zone is likely to give Akron problems like other zones have.
Obviously the Zips can win in Athens; they blew out OU two years ago. But I like the Bobcats to win for those reasons. If it's any consolation, this will be one of only two MAC games I give the advantage to the Zips' opponent.
Prediction: Ohio 74, Akron 71
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