The University of Akron Athletics
New Season, New Look for Akron Basketball
November 17 | Men's Basketball
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Akron, Ohio – The Akron Zips men's basketball team will be sporting new uniforms for the season home opener at James A. Rhodes Arena against American on Thursday, Nov. 17, starting at 7:30 p.m.  The new look represents a reinvigorated pride in our University, our City, and Zips Athletics.
The new design for both home and away were inspired by the "Pride of the City" slogan that men's basketball will carry throughout the season. The goal is to strengthen the pride for the University of Akron within community. The home uniforms are white with dark blue trim and accents, while the away are dark blue with white trim and accents.
The "Pride of the UniverCity" uniforms display the name Akron in a prestigious old-style script font on the chest with the number(s) below. The script font and numbers are the same color as the jersey top (white/white or blue/blue) and outlined with the opposite color. The inspiration for the script writing and to use Akron on the chest stemmed from tradition and an overwhelming amount of pride for the city of Akron and its University.
The game shorts have three distinguishing marks. The right side of the shorts depicts the Zips' mascot Zippy, and her Fear the Roo head logo, while the left side dons the University's official seal. The final mark on the shorts is the notorious Z logo, which appears on the front waistband.
Since June 2008, the Akron men's basketball program has been partnered with Nike under which the Zips' shoes, game uniforms, warm ups and accessories are licensed under the Nike and LeBron James Trademarks. The Zips are just one of two college programs in the country that are partnered with the LBJ line of Nike equipment, the other is Ohio State.
