The University of Akron Athletics
athletics emails tom 2012 13 march 20 2013
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IT’S TIME TO DANCE
Greetings from Detroit, where our Men’s Basketball team is hard at work preparing for its NCAA Tournament Second Round game against Virginia Commonwealth. We tip off against the Rams at The Palace at Auburn Hills at approximately 9:45 p.m. ET tomorrow, 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Michigan-South Dakota State game, and our guys are fired up to seek the first NCAA Division I win in program history.
This game will be televised nationally on CBS with some of the best in the business – Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery and Rachel Nichols – calling the action … as will, of course, our Akron IMG Sports Network radio crew on SportsRadio 1350 AM and iHeartRadio.
While we’re always active on social media, another great way to follow the team is through our NCAA Tournament blog that chronicles every step of this postseason trip.
For those of you who purchased tickets through us, our Director of Ticket Operations, Adam O’Connell, will be in the lobby of the team hotel, the Marriott Centerpoint, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. He also will be at the arena’s west atrium box office starting at 5:45 p.m. tomorrow until halftime of our game. Please bring photo identification to claim your tickets.
The Alumni Association is encouraging Zips alumni, fans and friends to gather at The Moose Preserve Bar & Grille in Bloomfield Hills before the game at 5 p.m.
If you’re not coming to Detroit, remember that Johnny J’s in the Valley is hosting a Zips Watch party.
POSTSEASON HOOPS TOMORROW FOR OUR WOMEN
Congratulations to our Women’s Basketball program for being selected to participate in the WNIT. It’s just our third trip to the postseason in program history but our second in the last four years, so that shows how far Head Coach Jodi Kest has taken our program from when she took over.
We play at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Duquesne in the Palumbo Center, located in downtown Pittsburgh. The timing should work out perfectly for our radio listeners, who can hear Bill Morgan on SportsRadio 1350 at 6:45 p.m. and after he interviews Coach Kest he’ll send it over to Steve French and Joe Dunn at The Palace.
More info about the Women’s postseason journey is available on their WNIT blog.
VIDEOS OF THE WEEK
… This inside look at our Men’s Basketball team around the MAC Championship game – including Coach Dambrot’s post-game locker-room speech – will give chills to every Zips fan …
… In her weekly update, Jodi Kest talks about the MAC Tournament, Hanna Luburgh and WNIT prep …
… if you want to watch some more MAC Championship highlights, click here to see them with Steve French’s radio call providing the narration …
… for our Student-Athlete Profile of the Week, watch senior outfielder Cassie Gleisner describe what it means to her to play softball for the Zips …
DRIVE FOR 5 DONOR OF THE WEEK
Thanks to Kent and Judith Smith for joining our team through the “Drive for 5”! You can join Kent and Judith – and our team – by signing up here as we seek to elevate Zips Athletics by having 5,000 donors and fundraising $5 million annually by 2015.
ZIPS CONGRATS TO …
… Women’s Soccer for starting its spring schedule with two wins Sunday – against Youngstown State and West Virginia Wesleyan …
… Keith Dambrot for being named a finalist for the Red Auerbach College Coach of the Year Award …
ZIPS CLIPS …
… Zac Jackson of FoxSportsOhio.com writes about the best friend matchup between Men's Basketball coach Keith Dambrot and VCU's Shaka Smart …
… Women's Basketball's greatest season in program history is analyzed by Akron Beacon Journal columnist Marla Ridenour …
… Men's Basketball freshman walk-on Darius Hoisten talked with Michael Beaven of the Akron Beacon Journal about his role on this season's championship team …
ASK THE AD …
As always, if you have a question or want to comment about Zips
Athletics, click here now or at any
time on the “Ask the AD” button on the home page
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Go Zips!
Tom Wistrcill
Director of Athletics
