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From the monthly archives:

November 2006

Zips lose, but hope thrives

November 29, 2006

Women's basketball
The most quickly accelerating team on campus might be Jodi Kest's squad.
Sure, Akron (1-5) lost 74-55 to Pittsburgh (7-0) tonight, but the attitude is right. Kest said the team is much, much better than it was three weeks ago.
The first-year coach also said Pitt is a team Akron aspires to be.
Solid young post players [...]

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Cincy has not contacted Brookhart

November 29, 2006

Football
Buchtelite football reporter Adam Ferrise just spoke with coach J.D. Brookhart.
Cincinnati has not contacted him about its coaching vacancy, he said.
Brookhart will head out on the recruiting trail starting Sunday. That's what his staff is already doing.
For those of you wondering what assistants will come or go, Brookhart will evaluate them in February, once recruiting [...]

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Who is Oral Roberts?

November 29, 2006

Men's basketball
My business editor at the ABJ used to tell me people love reading lists.
Here are the top-10 things you need to know about Oral Roberts…

The Golden Eagles knocked off No. 3 Kansas on Nov. 15. The Jayhawks missed 10 free throws and allowed Oral Roberts' Marchello Vealy to hit seven of eight 3-pointers.
That said, [...]

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Podcast: The future for Getsy

November 27, 2006

Football
Along with discussing the Western Michigan debacle, the Buchtelite guys assess Luke Getsy's chances in the pros.
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Dan Kadar wrote a good feature about defensive back John Mackey. With what the Walsh Jesuit grad has gone through this season, it's no wonder he'll be a leader in 2007.

Men's basketball
The AK-Rowdies held a meeting tonight. If [...]

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Four Zips on All-MAC teams

November 27, 2006

Football
I'm still waiting to hear more out of Cincinnati.
While I do, read about the four Zips on All-MAC teams this year.
Earning a spot on the All-MAC Second Team were sophomore lineman Chris Kemme, freshman receiver David Harvey and sophomore running back Dennis Kennedy. That's plenty of youthful talent to look forward to.
Senior quarterback Luke Getsy [...]

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More on Brookhart, UC

November 27, 2006

Football
I just got off the phone with athletic director Mack Rhoades, who genuinely does not know anything more than you or me about Cincinnati's coaching decision.
Typically, an athletic director will contact his counterpart before speaking with a coach about a new job. I'm guessing this would go double for Mike Thomas, Akron's former athletic director. [...]

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Brookhart a candidate at UC

November 27, 2006

Football
As you all know by now, Cincinnati's Mark Dantonio officially took the head job at Michigan State this morning.
Immediately, the speculation was that J.D. Brookhart would be his replacement, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
Dantonio said he would be comfortable endorsing either of his coordinators, according to the Enquirer's beat reporter. The writer, C. Trent Rosecrans, says [...]

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Dayton rips Zips with 8 seconds remaining

November 26, 2006

Women's basketball
Dayton hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds left to crush the Zips' hopes of winning over a quality team.
Akron lost 58-57 in front of 349 fans at Rhodes Arena this afternoon.
I am no expert in scheduling, but you'd assume the women would have a much greater shot at drawing a crowd if the game [...]

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Niagara tried to slow pace

November 26, 2006

Men's basketball
When Niagara slowed the pace on offense, Akron made a fairly common-sense adjustment.
Only guard them tough in the last 10 seconds of the shot clock. The Niagara Gazette gives other interesting details from the game.

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Zips D' up Niagara, win big

November 25, 2006

Men's basketball
Akron used solid defense and spread the scoring to win 63-48 over Niagara.
Romeo Travis and Nick Dials scored 13 apiece, but the real work was done on the other end of the floor as the Purple Eagles made only four of 17 3-point attempts. What's funny is that performance actually lifted their percentage from [...]

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