Akron, Kent State & Ohio schedule notes

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:51 am

From the Plain Dealer (Akron & Kent State) & Troop Sports (Ohio):

- Look for the Zips to play North Carolina State, Drake and Howard in a season-opening tournament in Florida. Also on the docket will be games with Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Niagara, Texas A&M, Malone, North Carolina-Greensboro, St. Francis, Valparaiso, Austin Peay, Wyoming and Rhode Island.

- Kent State's men's schedule is close to being finalized, and will include Norfolk State, Samford and Rochester College, along with games against Pittsburgh, Xavier and UAB.

- Ohio will have eight or nine home non-conference games in 2009-10, Groce said. The schedule is still one game away from being completed. The ‘Cats hosted five non-conference regular season games in 08-09.

threestooges · Post by **threestooges** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:20 pm

According to this page http://community.foxsports.com/goodmanonfox/blog/, BGSU will play road games vs. Xavier, Fordham, Towson, Temple and Canisius.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:56 pm

threestooges wrote:According to this page http://community.foxsports.com/goodmanonfox/blog/, BGSU will play road games vs. Xavier, Fordham, Towson, Temple and Canisius.

Thanks for the info. Here's the rundown on the rest of the MAC from that article:

Akron – The Zips will play in the Glen Wilkes Classic down in Florida from Nov. 19-22 and also have non-conference games at Texas A&M and at home against Rhode Island. Head coach Keith Dambrot also lost assistant Jeff Boals to Ohio State. Dan Peters was brought in as the director of basketball operations and Rick McFadden was promoted from DBO to an assistant coach.

Ball State – The Cardinals will play non-conference road games at Purdue and Dayton and home contests against Butler and Valparaiso. Eric Wormley transferred out of the program.

Bowling Green – Assistant coach George Jackson left for Cincinnati and the Falcons had Adrion Graves transfer to Cumberlands College. Non-conference games include at Xavier, Fordham, Towson, Temple and Canisius.

Buffalo – Not a don going on with the Bulls – who still haven’t completed their schedule. Former Northern Arizona guard Zach Filzen will be eligible this season.

Central Michigan – Assistant William Eddie Jr. left the staff and Terrance Chatman was promoted. The Chippewas will play non-conference games at Purdue and South Florida. Four players – Jeremy Allen, Lawrence Bridges, William Eddie and Adrian Hunter – transferred out of the program.

Eastern Michigan – The Eagles will play in the Hall of Fame Classic at Missouri State from Nov. 20-22 along with host Missouri State, Maryland Eastern-Shore and one other team. The Eagles, who will also play at Ohio State on Dec. 5 in a non-conference game, had Danny Barnes (Kaskaskia JC) transfer out of the program.

Kent State – The Golden Flashes will host the Hispanic College Fund Classic from Nov. 13 with UAB, Wisconsin-Green Bay and Samford. Geno Ford’s team will also play in the Cable Car Classic at Santa Clara along with Northeastern and Wofford. Kent State will take a trip to Italy from Aug. 20-30 and also have non-conference games against Pittsburgh and Xavier.

Miami (Ohio) – The Redhawks will play in the World Vision Basketball Classic at New Mexico along with the host Lobos, Louisiana Tech and Nicholls State. Charlie Coles, who received a three-year extension, will also have a non-conference schedule that includes rod games against Kentucky, Xavier, Cincinnati and Colorado and home contests against Temple and Dayton.

Northern Illinois – Assistant Dennis Gates left for Nevada and was replaced by Todd Townsend. Director of operations Scott Stevens has also left and no replacement has been named as of yet. The Huskies will play non-conference games at Illinois (Nov. 17), at Minnesota (Dec. 15) and at home against Bradley (Dec. 2) and Temple (Dec. 30).

Ohio – Jamaal Walker left to become the director of operations at Arizona and was replaced by former DePaul assistant Ramon Williams. Two players left the Bobcats program – Frankie Dobbs (Bryant) and Stacey Waters (Wayne State) – while head coach John Groce and his staff added former Providence forward Alex Kellogg via the transfer route. Non-conference games include at Pittsburgh, at home against Illinois State and against IUPUI in Indianapolis.

Toledo – The Rockets will play in the Legends Classic in a pod at Michigan State and also have a non-conference game at Cincinnati. Two players transferred out – Terrence Tubbs and Clayton Sterling.

Western Michigan – Andy Hipsher left and was replaced by Clayton Bates – who returns to the staff after a one-year hiatus. The Broncos will play in the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii in December and also have non-conference games at home against VCU (Nov. 18), Holy Cross (Nov. 28) and Temple (Dec. 1) and on the road against Detroit (Nov. 15) and Illinois (Dec. 13). Juston Hairston (Park University) and LaMarcus Lowe both left the program.