2012-13 University of Akron Men’s BASKETBALL 2009 & 2011 MAC Champions | 2012 & 2013 MAC Regular Season Champions | Eight-Straight 22-Plus Win Seasons | 77 Winning Seasons MBB SID: Dallas Moyer | Office: 330-972-6292 | Mobile: 330-571-4145 | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @ZipsDallas | GoZips.com 2012-13 SCHEDULE/RESULTS News, Notes and Storylines OVERALL 24-6 | MAC: 14-2 • Akron will play in its eighth-straight Mid- GAME HOME 15-1 | AWAY/NEUTRAL 9-5 American Conference Tournament semifinal contest tonight, its second-straight as the No. 1 31 Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) overall seed. O. 31 TIFFIN# W, 111-72 • The Zips will be making their 16th appear- N. 3 MALONE# W, 106-67 ance in the MAC Tournament, posting a 18-13 N. 9 at Coastal Carolina L, 70-74 (ot) record in 31 games. No. 4 Kent State (19-12) or N. 12 JOHN CARROLL W, 97-53 N. 15 vs. Oklahoma State$ (ESPNU) L, 65-69 (ot) • Akron is 17-6 in the MAC Tournament under No. 8 Buffalo (14-19) vs. N. 16 vs. UNC Asheville$ (ESPN3) W, 82-63 head coach Keith Dambrot, including a 6-1 re- No. 1 Akron (24-6) N. 18 vs. Penn State$ (ESPN3) W, 85-60 cord in the semifinal round. D. 2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W, 82-77 (ot) • In the MAC Tournament, Akron is 4-6 in the Friday, March 15, 2013 • 6:30 p.m. ET D. 9 at (16/13) Creighton (ESPN3) L, 61-77 opening round (3-0 under Dambrot), 0-0 in the Quicken Loans Arena (20,562) D. 15 at Detroit (FS Detroit) L, 73-80 second round, 6-2 in the Quarterfinals (6-1 under Cleveland, Ohio D. 18 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W, 76-46 Dambrot), 6-1 in the Semifinals (all under Dam- D. 23 CLEVELAND STATE W, 87-57 brot) and 2-4 in the Title game (all under Dam- D. 27 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 83-68 Television: SportsTime. Michael Reghi (play- brot). D. 30 PRINCETON W, 62-58 by-play) and Dave Cecutti (color). J. 2 COPPIN STATE W, 91-63 • Akron is 16-7 when playing in Cleveland un- der coach Dambrot, including a 15-6 record at J. 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN* W, 65-43 Webcast/Live Statistics: Quicken Loans Arena. J. 12 at Northern Illinois* W, 68-53 Available at GoZips.com – webcast and live J. 16 BALL STATE* W, 71-64 • UA’s 14 conference wins this season tied the statistics free of charge. J. 19 at Kent State* (ESPNU) W, 71-67 2005-06 squad for the most in school history. J. 23 at Toledo* (STO) W, 71-56 • Akron is just third team in the last 30 years Radio: SportsRadio 1350 AM (WARF) in Akron J. 26 BUFFALO* W, 68-64 and the 12th team in 65 years of MAC basketball (flagship), for free at SportsRadio1350.com J. 30 at Bowling Green* (STO) W, 68-55 to win back-to-back regular season crowns. and on iHeartRadio. Steve French (play-by- F. 2 OHIO* (ESPNU) W, 86-72 • The Zips have won 11 of their last 13 MAC F. 5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (STO) W, 68-56 play) and Joe Dunn (analyst) will have the call Tournament contests. F. 9 at Miami (Ohio)* (ESPNU) W, 54-50 beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET. F. 13 at Eastern Michigan* W, 70-62 • This senior class is the fifth-straight senior class to appear in the MAC Semifinals in each of F. 16 BOWLING GREEN* W, 67-50 Akron Coach Keith Dambrot their four years at Akron. F. 22 NORTH DAKOTA ST.^ (ESPN2) W, 68-53 (Akron, 1982): F. 27 at Ohio* (STO) W, 88-81 (ot) • Against Kent State on March 8, senior center Is in his ninth season at Akron, posting a 208- M. 2 at Buffalo* (STO) L, 67-81 Zeke Marshall broke the MAC’s single-season 93 (.691) mark. Dambrot is 316-163 (.660) in M. 5 MIAMI (OHIO)* (STO) W, 72-58 blocked shots record and now has 109 on the 15 seasons as a collegiate head coach. He M. 8 KENT STATE* (ESPN2) L, 64-68 season. He passed Ohio’s Patrick Flomo’s mark has led the Zips to a 17-6 mark in the MAC of 105 swats in 2000-01. MAC TOURNAMENT Tournament. M. 15 Semifinals& (STO) 6:30 p.m. Back-to-Back Crowns M. 16 Finals& (ESPN2) 6:30 p.m. With Akron’s 72-58 win over Miami (Ohio) on All times Eastern, subject to change March 5, the Zips reached rare status in the Mid- Home games in CAPS American Conference. The Zips became just the #-Exhibition third team in the last 30 years to win back-to- $-2012 Puerto Rico Tip-Off (Bayamón, P.R.) back regular season crowns (Ball State 1989-90; *-Mid-American Conference game Kent State 2010-11) and just the second since ^-Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters (Akron, Ohio) the league went to divisional play in 1997-98 &-Played at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio) (Kent State, 2010-11). In all, 12 programs have ()-AP/USA Today Coaches Polls repeated as regular season champions in the MAC’s 65 years of basketball. 2012-13 Zips At-A-Glance ^ - Indicates Previous Game Starter * - Blocked Shots Per Game 2012-13 Statistics No. Name (Career GP/GS) Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. PPG RPG APG Notables 1 Demetrius “Tree” Treadwell (59/25)^ F 6-7 225 Jr.-1L 11.2 7.7 1.6 Averaging 13.8 points and 9.2 rebs. per game over last five games 2 Brian Walsh (63/54)^ G 6-5 200 Sr.-1L 7.6 3.6 1.7 Has at least three rebounds in each of the last eight gms. (4.0 rpg) 3 Luke Avsec (8/0) G 5-10 180 Jr.-1L 0.0 0.2 0.3 Has appeared in six games this season 4 Deji Ibitayo (39/3) G 6-3 205 So.-1L 3.0 1.8 0.7 Five points, three boards against North Dakota State 5 Jonas Stalyga (5/0) F 6-8 220 So.-TR 2.8 0.4 0.0 Has 14 points in just seven minutes of playing time 10 Nick Harney (56/21)^ F 6-7 210 Jr.-1L 9.6 4.1 1.1 Scored in double figures in four of the last seven games (10.3 ppg) 11 Alex Abreu (96/74) G 5-10 175 Jr.-2L 10.3 2.5 6.0 Owns the UA single-season assists record (173)/450 career dimes 12 Carmelo Betancourt (30/2)^ G 5-11 175 Fr.-HS 1.8 0.5 1.4 Five pts., four assists, two steals & two boards vs. Kent State 14 Blake Justice (5/0) G 6-3 195 RFr.-HS 0.4 0.4 0.2 Made collegiate debut vs. John Carroll 15 Jake Kretzer (30/4) W 6-7 210 Fr.-HS 6.0 3.2 1.0 Career-high 19 points on 6-of-6 shooting at Ohio 21 Reggie McAdams (29/1) W 6-7 200 Fr.-HS 4.8 1.2 0.4 Shooting 50.9% from the floor & 46.5% from long range in MAC play 23 Chauncey Gilliam (60/37) F 6-5 230 Sr.-1L 5.2 1.7 0.7 Seven points, two boards against Kent State on March 8 30 Darius Hoisten (5/0) G 6-5 180 Fr.-HS 0.4 0.8 0.0 Had two points, two rebounds in collegiate debut vs. JCU 34 Pat Forsythe (30/0) C 6-11 240 RFr.-TR 3.9 3.0 0.3 Four points, four boards and one steal vs. Bowling Green 44 Zeke Marshall (135/127)^ C 7-0 235 Sr.-3L 13.0 6.9 3.6* MAC all-time & active NCAA career blocked shots leader (355) QUICK FACTS/MEDIA SERVICES History of the No. 1 Seed Akron vs. Buffalo In the 34-year history of the MAC Tournament, Akron leads the all-time series 28-21, with GENERAL the No. 1 seed has seen a lot of success. Since the two teams splitting the season as the Zips won 68-64 in Akron and the Bulls won 81-67 in Location Akron, Ohio 1980, the top overall seed has won 17-of-33 Population 200,000 MAC Tournaments. The last No. 1 seed to win Buffalo. Akron is 1-0 against Buffalo in the MAC Founded 1870 came in 2008 (Kent State). Tournament, taking down the Bulls 65-53 in the Enrollment 29,699 The No. 1 seed has made the MAC Champi- 2009 championship game (March 14). Nickname Zips onship game in 23-of-33 tournaments, including Colors Blue (PMS 282) and Gold (PMS 871) each of the past two seasons. The last time the Last Time in the MAC Tournament Conference Mid-American top overall seed did not play in the title game Alex Abreu scored a career-high 19 points President Dr. Luis M. Proenza came in 2010 (No. 3 Akron and No. 9 Ohio). and Akron nearly got the game-tying basket in Director of Athletics Tom Wistrcill the final seconds, but the Zips would fall 64-63 Web Site GoZips.com Marshall Repeats as MAC Defensive POY to Ohio MAC Tournament Championship game Akron Ticket Office 1-888-99-AKRON For the first time in 11 years, the Mid-Ameri- on March 10, 2012, at Quicken Loans Arena. Press Row Phone (330) 374-8771 can Conference has a repeat king of defense as The Zips nearly rallied from eight points down Twitter @ZipsMBB in the final minutes.