2024–25 Akron Zips men's basketball team

2024–25 Akron Zips men's basketball
2024–25 Akron Zips men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	1–1 (0–0 MAC)
Head coach	John Groce (8th season);
Associate head coach	Dustin Ford (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Rob Fulford (8th season); Robby Pridgen (8th season);
Home arena	James A. Rhodes Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Buffalo	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Kent State	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Miami (OH)	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Northern Illinois	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Toledo	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Central Michigan	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Eastern Michigan	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500
Akron	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Ball State	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Bowling Green	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Ohio	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Western Michigan	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333

† 2025 MAC tournament winner As of November 13, 2024

The 2024–25 Akron Zips men's basketball team represents the University of Akron during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Zips, are led by eigth-year head coach John Groce, and play their home games at the James A. Rhodes Arena located in Akron, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.

Previous season

The Zips finished the 2023–24 season 21–10, 13–5 in MAC play to finish tied for 2nd place. They defeated Miami, Ohio, and Kent State to win the MAC tournament, earning them a bid to the NCAA Tournament as a 14-seed in the Midwest region. They were defeated by Creighton in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, bringing their final record to 24–11.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Akron vs. Creighton". ESPN. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ "Late mistake by Kent State allows Akron to pull out 62-61 win for MAC title, NCAA Tournament bid". NEWS5Cleveland.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ "2023-24 Akron Zips Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[1] "Akron vs. Creighton". ESPN. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[2] "Late mistake by Kent State allows Akron to pull out 62-61 win for MAC title, NCAA Tournament bid". NEWS5Cleveland.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[3] "2023-24 Akron Zips Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

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v t e Akron Zips men's basketball
Venues	Crouse Gymnasium (1902–1920s) Akron Armory (1920s–1954) Memorial Hall (1954–1983) James A. Rhodes Arena (1983–present)
Culture & lore	Zippy
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25