Looks like Akron Men's Basketball Coach Keith Dambrot will be leaving the Zips for Duquesne.

https://twitter.com/Steve_424/status/846521689362042883

Haven't seen anything official yet, but it's starting to look like a sure thing.

Seen stuff from ESPN. 7 year deal.

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-06...89047048-4

I'm guessing Duquesne committing to the $40 million renovation is what did it. The money seemed to be in the same ballpark that he turned down previously.

From the A10 board, a lot of people liked having the conference tournament in Pittsburgh. Guess it's a nice place.

Duquesne's NCAA appearances:

1940 (1-1)
1952 (1-1)
1969 (2-1)
1971 (0-1)
1977 (0-1)

tradition.

(03-27-2017 08:19 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Duquesne's NCAA appearances:

1940 (1-1)
1952 (1-1)
1969 (2-1)
1971 (0-1)
1977 (0-1)

tradition.

That is better than Akron's.

So long Keith. One of those things where maybe it was just time. He always had Zips playing at the top of the league and I think some of his best teams didn't make the NCAA tournament. But making the tourney out of the MAC is a hard gig. The bar is low at Duquesne and if he gets them even middle of the pack, he'll get offers elsewhere. Maybe Gary Waters can take a third shot at NE Ohio?

(03-27-2017 08:23 PM)MacLord Wrote:  So long Keith. One of those things where maybe it was just time. He always had Zips playing at the top of the league and I think some of his best teams didn't make the NCAA tournament. But making the tourney out of the MAC is a hard gig. The bar is low at Duquesne and if he gets them even middle of the pack, he'll get offers elsewhere. Maybe Gary Waters can take a third shot at NE Ohio?

Dambrot will be 59 by the start of next season. I don't see larger programs going after a 62 or 63 year old coach. He'll finish his career at Duquesne.

The local paper in Kent has a rumor of Rob Senderhoff being in the running for the Dayton job, replacing Archie Miller. Herosports.com also reports it

Dayton was first in the Atlantic 10 this year, and Duquense was last.

Tavian Dunn-Martin is going with Dambrot.

(03-27-2017 09:26 PM)EagleSam Wrote:  Tavian Dunn-Martin is going with Dambrot.

Currently, Tavian Dunn-Martin, Mike Hughes and Ty Dalton have all expressed that they are following KD. Out of those three, Hughes is the only huge loss.

(03-27-2017 08:12 PM)kreed5120 Wrote:  I'm guessing Duquesne committing to the $40 million renovation is what did it. The money seemed to be in the same ballpark that he turned down previously.

Akron it sounds like was ready to match....Keith was just bored of a program he couldn't build up any further.

its rich to see Dambrot point to the MAC's lack of at-large bids as a deciding factor in leaving Akron when he scheduled a cup cake OOC every year to protect his 20 wins/yr streak. Also, maybe don't lose 6 of 9 MACC games if you really want to dance.

(03-27-2017 10:31 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  its rich to see Dambrot point to the MAC's lack of at-large bids as a deciding factor in leaving Akron when he scheduled a cup cake OOC every year to protect his 20 wins/yr streak. Also, maybe don't lose 6 of 9 MACC games if you really want to dance.

From the twitter feed of 2017 prospect Torry Patton

Torrey 24‏ @swag2423 45m45 minutes ago
Blessed to receive my first Division 1 offer from The University of Akron #GoZips ⚜️


Torrey 24‏ @swag2423 31m31 minutes ago
Blessed to receive my 2nd Division 1 offer from Duquesne University ???


Those two announcements came just 14 minutes apart. That's some PJ Fleck level recruiting right there.

This is just weird all the way around. Dambrot is from Akron, went to Akron, and was an assistant there before spending a decade as their coach. If Akron was willing to match the money, is being an hour or so closer to his son for a year enough motivation to leave?That is, unless he just feels like taking over a bad program and rebuilding them out of boredom, like when I'd take over EMU or New Mexico State when they were really bad on NCAA Football just so I could win the Rose Bowl with them. But this isn't NCAA Basketball, and nor is Dambrot going to make Duquesne into the next Dayton.

Leaving the MAC for Duquesne...says a lot about this crap conference.

(03-27-2017 11:00 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  Leaving the MAC for Duquesne...says a lot about this crap conference.

There is an opening in the MVC.

MVC should add FBS football and take 9 MAC programs that care about basketball.

What was looking to be a weak MAC next year is going to be even weaker. Not enough MAC schools invest in basketball. Ohio and Akron were #122 & #123 in basketball budgets for the year 2015-2016, each spending ~3.1 million. The next highest was #162 BGSU who spent 2.4 million. CMU had the lowest budget at $1.65 million which placed them at #240 and was roughly half of what Akron and Ohio spent.

(03-27-2017 11:00 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  Leaving the MAC for Duquesne...says a lot about this crap conference.

leaving the MAC for Dewkesney says nothing about the MAC and everything about Keith "whoa is me" Dambrot.