Comments on: Rydell’s Excessively Tinted Windows http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/19/rydells-excessively-tinted-windows/ the ubiquitous college basketblog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:12:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rush The Court » Blog Archive » NCAA Preview: Akron Zips http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/19/rydells-excessively-tinted-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 Rush The Court » Blog Archive » NCAA Preview: Akron Zips Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:58:22 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=880#comment-2962 [...] Other Six Degrees to Detroit: Akron football team won first-ever MAC football title with win in MAC Championship at Ford Field in Detroit in 2005 Distance to First Round Site: 2470 miles. School’s Claim to Fame: LeBron James is from Akron and played for Zips Head Coach Keith Dambrot at St. Vincent/St. Mary High School. He occasionally goes back to work out with team. School Wishes It Could Forget: Losses in the previous two MAC title games. Lost in 2007 on buzzer-beater by Miami and were beat by 19 by arch-rival Kent last season. Prediction: After getting so close to the postseason the past two years, the Zips finally broke through and won the MAC Tournament for the first time ever. It gets the Zips back to the Big Dance for the first time since 1986 when a guy by the name of Bob Huggins led the Zips through the Ohio Valley Conference and into the NCAA Tournament. Huggins went on to bigger and better things. The Zips floundered for years. Finally Keith Dambrot has them in the tourney, but unfortunately that will be the high point for them. Akron just hasn’t matched up with NCAA tournament-bound programs this year, much like the rest of the MAC. They lost to Pitt by 19, Dayton by 4 and VCU by 4. They also lost by 19 to the A-10’s Rhode Island. Don’t expect much from Akron. Gonzaga should roll in this one. Major RTC stories: Rydell’s Excessively Tinted Windows [...] [...] Other Six Degrees to Detroit: Akron football team won first-ever MAC football title with win in MAC Championship at Ford Field in Detroit in 2005 Distance to First Round Site: 2470 miles. School’s Claim to Fame: LeBron James is from Akron and played for Zips Head Coach Keith Dambrot at St. Vincent/St. Mary High School. He occasionally goes back to work out with team. School Wishes It Could Forget: Losses in the previous two MAC title games. Lost in 2007 on buzzer-beater by Miami and were beat by 19 by arch-rival Kent last season. Prediction: After getting so close to the postseason the past two years, the Zips finally broke through and won the MAC Tournament for the first time ever. It gets the Zips back to the Big Dance for the first time since 1986 when a guy by the name of Bob Huggins led the Zips through the Ohio Valley Conference and into the NCAA Tournament. Huggins went on to bigger and better things. The Zips floundered for years. Finally Keith Dambrot has them in the tourney, but unfortunately that will be the high point for them. Akron just hasn’t matched up with NCAA tournament-bound programs this year, much like the rest of the MAC. They lost to Pitt by 19, Dayton by 4 and VCU by 4. They also lost by 19 to the A-10’s Rhode Island. Don’t expect much from Akron. Gonzaga should roll in this one. Major RTC stories: Rydell’s Excessively Tinted Windows [...]

]]> By: rtmsf http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/19/rydells-excessively-tinted-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-696 rtmsf Wed, 21 May 2008 17:37:14 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=880#comment-696 Wow, the distancing of the Akron program has already begun in earnest... Wow, the distancing of the Akron program has already begun in earnest…

]]> By: Steve http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/19/rydells-excessively-tinted-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Steve Tue, 20 May 2008 21:33:06 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=880#comment-695 Just to be clear: 1) Although Rydell was technically an Akron basketball player, he was just set to try out as a preferred walk-on. His chances were slim-to-none on being on the team. 2) He never played a game or dressed even once for Akron. Just to be clear:

1) Although Rydell was technically an Akron basketball player, he was just set to try out as a preferred walk-on. His chances were slim-to-none on being on the team.

2) He never played a game or dressed even once for Akron.

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