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2012 Pre-Season Preview: Akron Zips
2011 Record: (1-11, 0-8 in MAC)
Head Coach: Terry Bowden (first year at Akron, 139-63-2 overall)
Last Bowl Game: 2005 Season Motor City Bowl: lost to Memphis 38-31
2011 Preview
Schedule Glimpse:
2012 Schedule Link
Big Name Opponent: 9/22 at Tennessee
Must Win: 9/15 vs Morgan State, 11/10 vs UMass
Swing Games: 9/29 vs Miami (OH), 10/27 at Central Michigan
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Disappointed Zips hit the road in NIT
Akron got a double-dose of negative news on Sunday. The Zips didn't earn an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament, forcing them to wait a few more hours for a potential NIT berth. The Zips found out their fate, but received some bad luck. The Zips will play at Northwestern on Tuesday.
Akron coach Keith Dambrot thought his team deserved a home game in the NIT on the strength...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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March 12, 2012
FSU beats UNC again, wins ACC Title for 1st time ever. How far can the Noles go in NCAA Tourney?
SCOTT JACOBS
Just 5 seasons ago FSU lost to the Akron Zips on their home floor in the 1st round of the NIT. Hard to believe, after FSU just defeated Duke and North Carolina in consecutive days, in a span of less than 24 hours to win the ACC Tournament title. O how far they’ve come. It’s almost incomprehensible considering that the Noles were just 9-6 earlier this...
Via Juiced Sports Blog
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March 11, 2012
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March 11, 2012
Zips win MAC regular season, set sights ahead
KENT, Ohio - The Akron Zips are Mid-American Conference champions, but not the kind that really counts.
Yet.
Akron overcame a late-season rut -- and a nightmare of a first half Friday night -- to win the MAC regular-season title, but the Zips still have to win the MAC Tournament next weekend to reach their true goal of the NCAA Tournament.
The Zips gave new meaning to the term...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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March 02, 2012
UB Gets Huge Road Victory Over Akron
Buffalo entered Wednesday night’s matchup vs. the Akron Zips hoping to put themselves in a better position to claim one of the top two seeds in the upcoming MAC Tournament. They left Akron Wednesday night with more than just a little hope after taking down MAC leader Akron 74-70 to take over sole second place in the MAC. The reason why claiming one of the top two seeds in the MAC...
Via Queen City Sports
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February 29, 2012
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February 29, 2012
Charlie Coles is truly one of a kind
AKRON, Ohio When Miami (Ohio) head coach Charlie Coles took the floor about 90 minutes before his team's game at Akron Wednesday night, he walked deliberately and with a slight limp. He looked his age, frankly.
Coles turned 70 last week.
Almost exactly three hours later, Coles was mostly sitting and watching a superior Akron team steadily take over the game when one of his...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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February 16, 2012
“Football could not save Chris Jacquemain and Tyler Campbell from painkiller addiction”
Excellent work by the Plain Dealer’s Jodie Valade in reporting on the drug addictions that killed former University of Akron football players Chris Jacquemain and Tyler Campbell. As disappointing as it was when the Zips football team failed to close out the Rubber Bowl with a win in its last game in the historic structure, it’s at least a little bit easier to understand...
Via Cleveland Frowns
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February 13, 2012
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February 13, 2012
Akron's Harney just scratching the surface
AKRON, Ohio - What had been a sold-out crowd at James A. Rhodes Arena eventually cleared out Saturday night, but for the guys still in white jerseys walking the hallways, the glow remained. This was the first Akron-Kent State backyard rivalry game for Nick Harney, and it turned into an Akron runaway in part because Harney wouldn't miss in the second half.
"I felt like...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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January 22, 2012
Akron's dominating man in the paint
AKRON, Ohio As a 6-foot-7 eighth grader playing AAU basketball for the first time, Zeke Marshall dreamed of one day being highly ranked and regarded amongst his competitors.
In video games.
Basketball was something he felt like he had to. Progress, back then, was measured by not having to ice his body down after games and scoring more than a single basket.
To really love the...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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January 10, 2012
Zips' big man putting growing pains in his past
AKRON, Ohio As a 6-foot-7 eighth-grader playing AAU basketball for the first time, Zeke Marshall dreamed of one day being highly ranked and regarded amongst his competitors.
In video games.
Basketball was something he felt like he had to do. Progress, back then, was measured by not having to ice his body down after games and by scoring more than a single basket.
To really love...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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January 10, 2012
Akron hires ex-NC State coach Amato
Former North Carolina State coach Chuck Amato is Akron's new defensive coordinator.
New Akron coach Terry Bowden named Amato his associate head coach Tuesday. The 65-year-old Amato coached North Carolina State, his alma mater, from 2000-06, posting a 49-37 record and leading the Wolfpack to five bowl games.
Bowden, hired last month to turn around the Zips, called Amato '...
Via AP on Fox
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January 03, 2012
Smart, new VCU team still working
AKRON, Ohio -- With VCU trailing by 12 points in the second half Thursday night, Akron dominating the glass and a crowd of 4,000 on its feet, getting louder with each positive play the home team made, at least one thing was clear.
VCU wasn't in -- er, playing -- Kansas anymore.
But VCU coach Shaka Smart doesn't have time to think about anything that happened last year...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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December 29, 2011
Former University of Akron, Mentor High School QB Chris Jacquemain found dead
The Lake County Coroner's office said foul play is not suspected in the death of former Akron Zips and Mentor quarterback Chris Jacquemain, who was found dead in his home Wednesday afternoon.
Via Cleveland.com
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December 01, 2011
Ianello fired on way to mother's funeral
If the news of Rob Ianello's firing wasn't entirely surprising due to the Zips' poor showing down the stretch and pair of one-win seasons, the timing of it raised eyebrows and some national attention.Ianello, whose team went 1-11 in each of his two seasons, was informed of the decision while traveling to Eastern New York with his family to attend the funeral of his mother...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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November 29, 2011
Dead Body Found in Akron Zips Stadium, But They Played Anyway
Nothing like starting off your morning getting ready for the big game by hearing a body was found in the stadium.
Here are the details.
A dead body was found inside InfoCision Stadium, the home field of the University of Akron Zips, according to reports on Saturday morning.
According to WKYC’s report, police found a suicide note at the man’s home and began searching for...
Via BlackSportsOnline
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October 22, 2011
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