SEATTLE — Fighting back tears became difficult for several members of the Akron Zips men's basketball team after their ...

SEATTLE — The Akron Zips had a good thing going until their 2024-25 season ended with a thud, but there are reasons to believe the UA men's basketball team will be back in the NCAA Tournament a ...

Three trips to the NCAA Tournament in the past four years makes this the Akron Zips men's basketball team's most successful stretch of the program's Division I era. Former Akron Zips player ...

John Groce didn't make any guarantees Monday evening about his future as the University of Akron men's basketball coach, but Groce emphasized he loves guiding the Zips, and he's thrilled the vast ...

University of Akron men's basketball coach John Groce loves to talk about his current team and reminisce about past Zips teams. He values his time and memories as the lead voice of teams at Ohio ...

You get the hint. Why then is the University of Akron known as the Zips, and why would the school have the kangaroo Zippy as a mascot? The story hops around more than a pouched marsupial in Australia.

SEATTLE — The Akron Zips men's basketball program has been akin this week to a college student cramming for a test. How unfamiliar are the Zips with the Wildcats? Well, the two teams will meet ...