January 2007

Men's basketball
Coming into this week, I thought Eastern Michigan (8-12, 3-4 MAC) would give Akron a good test Wednesday night.
The Eagles have a lightning quick point guard in sophomore Carlos Medlock. He's a pesky defender, great scorer and plays point guard like an upperclassman.
Akron caught a huge break today (literally) when Eastern Michigan announced guard [...]

Men's basketball
Tom Gaffney's lead made me laugh this morning:
"Western Michigan had plenty of uncontested shots Saturday afternoon against the University of Akron — in warmups."
I really haven't seen defense like that at any level of basketball. Keith Dambrot is a magician for brewing such a tidal wave of pressure without many shut-down, on-the-ball defenders.
It all [...]

Men's basketball
The Zips absolutely shut down Western Michigan's potent offense today in a 69-36 decision in favor of Akron.
The Barbaros — I mean, Broncos — shot just 25 percent from the field. The Zips blocked seven shots and made 10 steals (although both stats seem a little lower than I remember).
The interior defense was particularly [...]

Men's basketball
Western Michigan, Akron's opponent Saturday, is a pretty good team — at home, that is.
The Broncos are 40-6 during Steve Hawkins' three plus years as coach. This year, they are 1-7 on the road, although most away games have been against good teams.
That brings me to the Broncos' strength of schedule, which is 84th [...]