I'm going to tee off here in a sec on Zippy. But realistically, it's more a rant against their fan base than their team.

Do any of you ever go over to the Zips message board and read the nonsense over there? If not, it's good for a chuckle. There is such an air of superiority coming from them that it's disgusting. Here's my big question: why do they have this superiority complex? All that bunch has ever done is win MAC games. And it's only recent history that has even seen them sniff the NCAA brackets. Talking about being an at-large selection, speaking of their squad as "a sweet 16 team," it's beyond hysterical to me. Try talking like that after you notch that first NCAA win, there, Zippy. That's right, 0 NCAA wins. 0 NIT wins. Heck, has Akron ever won ANY basketball postseason tourney game? Ever? Reading their boards shows you how condescending and dismissive most of their fan base is towards the rest of the MAC. We may well go up there and lose tonight. But there is nothing...NOTHING I would love more than to see them in Cleveland and send them back home in a 39 mile long trail of sadness and tears. And you know what, Zippy nation? You should thank us when we do it. It will save you the longer travel to the tourney sites for your inevitable 1-and-done there. There are 12 teams in the MAC, only 3 of them have never won an NCAA tournament game. You're one of them, Zippy. Chew on that for a while.

I respect the team. I laugh at the fan base.

My guess is that they say the same thing about us. Yes we've won more NCAA tournament games but they are over the last 10 years the best team in the MAC unfortunately.

How did I forget that? When are we going to do an Oscar Robertson Ohio bobblehead? I mean he went to college IN Ohio, right?

Without question.

I read something on there that their recruits appreciate the "20 wins a season" thing. Yeah, I bet that gleaming 20 win plaque in the trophy case is a lot better than an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 banner, an upset over Georgetown, front page of the USA Today, two guys close to being in the NBA recently (Cooper, Mo), a better arena, a better campus, a better education, etc, etc, etc.

I can't wait till they change their name to Ohio Tech. Then they'll actually be somewhat interesting.

Speaking of the James A. Rhodes Gym, any updates from those up north on a new building in Akron for basketball? (and other sports/concerts, etc)

I don't see anything on their message board that is different from every other message board I've ever seen.

Uh... I dislike Akron almost as much as the rest of you guys. But, 7 straight MAC Championship game appearances, 4 MAC East titles, and 3 MAC Tourney titles means you are the best team in the MAC in the last 10 years.

Unfortunately, they are the equivalent of "4-A" baseball players. They do great all the way through AAA but can't handle the majors....

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I get it. If you're a junkie of the MAC and you follow it closely, Akron is without question the most consistently successful team over the last 10 years. I still say that no program in this league would trade three NCAA Tournament wins for even 10 outright regular season MAC titles. Our co-championship year featured an opening round NIT loss to Denver(!!) - that season is hardly a cherished memory.

If you are willing to trade Akron's regular season championships in basketball for our NCAA tournament success in basketball, you probably agree too strongly with that crazy guy over on the football board.

Which OHIO team would you prefer, the 2012 team that won the MAC tournament or the 2013 team that won the MAC regular season??? Zero debate in my mind.

He specified last 10 years. If you go back to 2000 the standings are different.

It's kind of silly to rail on a program for their postseason failures...when your program is in the conference that they've dominated to reach those postseason games in the first place. I'm not saying I would trade our postseason success for their regular season success, but I might be more proud of it.

Read more closely, I am railing against the fan base's perception of their program. When I read on their Miami thread about how "we're a Sweet 16 team fooling around" and other such nonsense, I literally laughed out loud. You've never even won a tournament game, but you think you're a Sweet 16 team? The only Sweet 16 teams they have seen have been OTHER MAC teams!

"Kent State University - Akron Campus" does have a nice ring to it.