Akron Zips NCAA Basketball News

As much as the teaching side of Akron men's basketball coach Keith Dambrot wanted to ease prize recruit Zeke Marshall into the college game, his coaching instincts kept reminding him that this skilled 7-footer could take his team to greater heights.

Nikola Cvetinovic and Chris McKnight scored 13 points apiece to lead a balanced attack in Akron's 69-52 victory over Howard on Sunday.

N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe couldn't help being impressed by his team's start. Tracy Smith had 16 points and 11 rebounds as N.C. State beat Akron 66-45 at the Glenn Wilkes Classic on Friday.

Anthony Hitchens scored all of his 17 points in the second half and Akron rallied to defeat Drake 63-59 for the Zips' first win of the season on Saturday.

NC State kicks off the 2009 Glenn Wilkes Classic today at 3:30 against Akron . The game will not be televised and will be the first of three for the Wolfpack in the tournament.

Coach Keith Dambrot believes the benefits are many for his University of Akron basketball team this weekend as one of the 10 participants in the third annual Glenn Wilkes Classic.

Wes Channels scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Austin Peay Governors to an 80-77 win over the Akron Zips in a non- league matchup as part of the Glenn Wilkes Classic at James A. Rhodes Arena.

University of Akron sophomore men's basketball player Anthony "Humpty" Hitchens has earned an honorable mention spot on the www.CollegeInsider.com Preseason Mid-Major All-America Team, announced by the web site on Friday.

For 33 minutes Sunday, Akron's effort against Austin Peay resembled the glorious highlights of last spring's run through the Mid-American Conference postseason tournament and into the NCAA.

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It's easy to understand why Akron senior basketball player Jimmy Conyers slides next to the Zips' highly-touted freshman, center Zeke Marshall, and offers a bit of advice.

Kansas, as the heavy favorite, projects to receive the top overall seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament and should stay on that top seed line throughout the season.

So, the Ball State men's basketball team was selected to finish fourth in the West Division by the Mid-American Conference News Media on Wednesday.

One thing is clear after the first full week of Zeke Marshall's college basketball career with the Akron Zips: His career will be a marathon, not a sprint.

Miami University's men's basketball team was predicted to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference East Division in a poll of the league's media, and RedHawk senior guard Kenny Hayes was selected to the East Division All-MAC Preseason Team, the conference office announced on Oct 28.

Akron freshman center Zeke Marshall is a rare top recruit for the Zips, but that doesn't mean he won't experience plenty of growing pains in learning the college game.

There was bad news even before the Akron Zips held their first team scrimmage Friday morning.

Today, we continue our conference countdown. We're working backward, from our No.

Akron head coach Keith Dambrot loves his little guards. He has apparently found another one as 5-10 Dylan Ennis has given a verbal committment to the Zips for 2011, according to hoopmasters.com. Ennis is a product of Toronto who played last season at Wings Academy in N.Y. and this season has transferred to Lake Forest Academy outside of Chicago.

Coach Keith Dambrot wants his 2009-10 University of Akron basketball team to appreciate the recent past, but not be impressed by it.