Zips sports news, features and notes
- On the record: Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame announces inductees, including ABJ’s Sheldon Ocker
- UA football: Zips lift quarterback prospect Chandler Kincade from Pitt’s backyard
- Mid-American Conference announces kickoff times for some UA and KSU football games
- George M. Thomas: Finals ratings go up with stakes
- George Thomas: Magic Johnson prescribe’s Heat’s cure
- UA notebook: Keith Dambrot has Zips working for future
- On the record — Three former KSU golfers in U.S. Open
- Zips teams showing academic progress
- Q&A with Quincy Diggs, who returns to Zips basketball after suspension
- Former Zips point guard Abreu pleads guilty in drug case
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Men's basketball
This is the second game in Akron's stretch run. The university expects a sell-out crowd today. ESPN2 will televise the game. I'd say this is the basketball program's most prominent game since the late '80s.
- GoZips.com's preview says a win would clinch a first-round bye for the Zips, effectively forcing the Bobcats to play a first-round game.
- Danny Sheridan has Akron as a 6.5-point favorite.
- Other oddsmakers are guessing between 6.5 and 7 points for the spread.
- Remember when ESPN called Ohio its "it" team? Well, you could make an argument that ESPN forgot a couple consonants. The Bobcats at 16-8 and 9-6 have disappointed all of the national media members who hoped Jeremy Fears could backflip his way to another NCAA Tournament berth. I won't watch the telecast, but hopefully ESPN's anchors correct this horrible error.
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