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Article: Akron can Zip to the NCAA Tournament with another win.
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- Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
- Article date:
- March 9, 2007
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Byline: Terry Pluto
CLEVELAND _ If you're a University of Akron fan, can you believe this?
Not that your Zips defeated Kent State, 61-54, in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena.
The Zips were the favored team; they had defeated the Golden Flashes twice in the regular season. But to win like this _ outscoring KSU 42-21 in the second half to earn UA's first trip to the MAC final in school history?
All winter, there was a sense this is the year of the Roo, and the Zips are 26-5 with a shot at an automatic NCAA Tournament bid with a win over Miami University on Saturday night at ...