December 2007

Men's basketball
Appropriately named, Illinois-Chicago seems to have flames coming off the ball.
UIC is a hot-shooting team that makes 45 percent of its 3-pointers, which is fifth in the nation.
At 8-4, the Flames have beaten Bradley, DePaul, Central Michigan and Toledo. It is a better team than the one that beat Akron last year 86-80. The [...]

Men's basketball
Akron's strength of schedule is 326th out of 341 schools in the nation.
That is asinine, after the Zips missed out on last postseason because their schedule was too easy.
However, eight of Akron's next nine games will come against teams with a higher RPI than the Zips' number of 161…
UIC (109)
@ Dayton (16)
Miami (28)
@ Buffalo [...]

Men's basketball

Dambrot:
"For 16 minutes, we were as good as any of the teams we've had in here."
The game was a "clone" to YSU's matchup with Kent State, where the Golden Flashes opened a huge lead and the Penguins chipped away to make it close.
"We looked lethargic."
"Woody had some trouble in the second half. I thought [...]