Kretzer/Akron vs Kent st. today 3-8 on ESPN2 7:00 p.m.

[cowbell oh]

akron pt.guard off team players will have to step up.

[smurray]

Yep, hopefully they won't be stripped of the MAC Championship. You never know about the NCAA!

[danicalifornia]

Not really sure how you can strip a team of something they accomplished before the arrest.

[smurray]

I wouldnt think so either but who knows with the NCAA. There shouldnt be any team repercussions from it, other than losing your starting point guard.

[sparky]

i wonder if justice will get to play some with the good guard missing?

[TribeManiac10]

i wonder if justice will get to play some with the good guard missing?

It would be nice. Their backup just went out with a cramp in this one as well. Just give him a shot.

[sparky]

what are the craps? did you mean cramps? or a cramp? if he's got cramps he could have more troubles than he realizes.

[TribeManiac10]

what are the craps? did you mean cramps? or a cramp? if he's got cramps he could have more troubles than he realizes.

A cramp. He is back in the game.

[sparky]

good save. i wonder if n.ky would be interested in justice? i would think rio or shawnee would be interested if he wanted to go that direction. i would like to see him go somewhere where he gets to play. if he transferred to naia or d3 would he have to sit a yr?

[jottings]

Kent State holds on for 68-64 victory over regular season champ Akron. Zips finish league play at 14-2.

[Sid Farkus]

Bobcats get a share with a win tomorrow!

[Pol pot]

Yep, hopefully they won't be stripped of the MAC Championship. You never know about the NCAA!

You smoking the same stuff as Abreau? After tomorrow they will be co-Champs. And do really think a guy was buying 5lbs and his teammates did not know where all that stuff was going? Doesn't matter, Akron's season just went up in "SMOKE"

[Pol pot]

good save. i wonder if n.ky would be interested in justice? i would think rio or shawnee would be interested if he wanted to go that direction. i would like to see him go somewhere where he gets to play. if he transferred to naia or d3 would he have to sit a yr?

You want him to go from NCAA DI to playing mid week games at Good Shepard Manor?...please! The old bartender at the Maple Grove would score 20 on Rio.

[sparky]

i would rather play on a d3 or naia team than sit the bench on a mac team or just about any d1 team.

[TribeManiac10]

good save. i wonder if n.ky would be interested in justice? i would think rio or shawnee would be interested if he wanted to go that direction. i would like to see him go somewhere where he gets to play. if he transferred to naia or d3 would he have to sit a yr?

If he goes anywhere it will probably be a D2 school in the GMAC or GLIAC, an NAIA D1 school like Shawnee State would be a little more of a stretch but who knows. Upper level NAIA teams like Pikeville, Georgetown, and Lindsey Wilson would all give the MAC lower tier a scare if they went head to head. Elisha Justice, who played at Louisville last season, currently plays for Pikeville and Georgetown had a kid on their squad last season that previously played at Florida State. One thing I will say for sure though is that he will not play at a D3 school due to their inability to offer athletic scholarships.

[danicalifornia]

i would rather play on a d3 or naia team than sit the bench on a mac team or just about any d1 team.

But a free education is more important than a playing preference, IMO. I'd take sitting for 4/5 years and not paying a lick for school then getting some D3 minutes and paying ridiculous loans for the next 20 years.

[sparky]

i agree about the money. tribe said d3 was out of the question. with the cost of d3 i don't know how they get players. must be a lot of grants out there. so d2 or naia would be able to offer scholarships. tyler morgan from western brown ended up at shawnee and he is completing a very good naia basketball career. could have gone to some small d1 or a d2 school. i would bet he is very happy with his decision. set some shawnee records. bennington from west union is at shawnee now and doing quite well. brett beucler had a successful career at rio.