2017-2018 Akron Zips

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2017-2018 Akron Zips Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
11 Virshon Cotton Fr G 6-2 170 - Milwaukee (WI) United States Hillcrest Academy
4 Malcolm Duvivier Sr PG 6-2 210 Mar 28, 1995 Toronto Canada St. Michael's College School
5 Craig Eubanks Sr SG 6-4 200 Oct 26, 1994 Cleveland (OH) United States Glenville High School
14 Sina Gbadebo Fr G 6-1 190 - Windsor Canada SPIRE Sports Academy
0 Jimond Ivey Jr G 6-5 200 Mar 29, 1996 Cleveland (OH) United States / Luxembourg Glenville High School
44 Mark Kostelac Fr C 6-11 250 Feb 4, 1998 Cleveland (OH) United States Glenville High School
12 Marquelle McIntyre So G 5-10 175 Apr 23, 1996 Greensboro (NC) United States Greensboro Day School
22 Emmanuel Olojakpoke So PF 6-8 190 Jul 19, 1997 Houston (TX) United States Cypress Springs High School
20 Eric Parrish Fr G 6-6 195 May 25, 1998 Cypress (TX) United States Sunrise Christian Academy
24 Torrey Patton Fr G 6-5 195 Nov 6, 1998 Trotwood (OH) United States Trotwood-Madison High School
23 Jaden Sayles Fr PF 6-9 250 Feb 19, 1999 Cincinnati (OH) United States Sycamore High School
25 Lucas Smith Jr GF 6-5 195 - Omaha (NE) United States Bellevue East High School
3 Daniel Utomi So SF 6-6 215 Mar 7, 1997 Houston (TX) United States / Nigeria Westside High School

Akron Transfers Sitting Out 2017-2018

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Eric Hester RS SG 6-3 185 Oct 2, 1997 Oldsmar (FL) United States Florida
- Loren Cristian Jackson So PG 5-8 150 Dec 15, 1996 Chicago (IL) United States Long Beach State
- Deng Riak So C 6-10 225 Jun 1, 1995 Melbourne Australia / South Sudan East Carolina

Recent Akron Zips History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 24-11 (13-5) 2nd (MAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2022-2023 22-11 (13-5) 3rd (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 24-10 (14-6) 3rd (MAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2020-2021 15-8 (12-6) 2nd (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 24-7 (14-4) 1st (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 17-16 (8-10) 7th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 14-18 (6-12) 11th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 27-9 (14-4) 1st (MAC) Runner Up NIT 2nd Rnd
2015-2016 26-9 (13-5) 1st (MAC) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2014-2015 21-14 (9-9) 7th (MAC) 4th Rnd N/A
2013-2014 21-13 (12-6) 4th (MAC) 4th Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 26-7 (14-2) 1st (MAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2011-2012 22-12 (13-3) 1st (MAC) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 23-13 (9-7) 5th (MAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 24-11 (12-4) 2nd (MAC) Runner Up CBI 1st Rnd
2008-2009 23-13 (10-6) 3rd (MAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2007-2008 23-12 (11-5) 3rd (MAC) Runner Up NIT 2nd Rnd
2006-2007 26-7 (13-3) 2nd (MAC) Runner Up N/A
2005-2006 23-10 (14-4) 2nd (MAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2004-2005 19-10 (11-7) 2nd (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 13-15 (7-11) 9th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 14-14 (9-9) 6th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A

2017-2018 Akron Zips Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Daniel Utomi All-MAC Honorable Mention
Jimond Ivey MAC Player of the Week (East) (Jan 29, 2018)
Emmanuel Olojakpoke MAC Player of the Week (East) (Dec 11, 2017)
Daniel Utomi MAC Player of the Week (East) (Feb 26, 2018)

2017-2018 Akron Zips Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Duvivier J. Ivey E. Parrish D. Utomi E. Olojakpoke
Rotation V. Cotton T. Patton   J. Sayles M. Kostelac
Rotation   L. Smith      
Lim PT S. Gbadebo C. Eubanks      
Lim PT M. McIntyre        

2017-2018 Akron Zips Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Daniel Utomi 32 34.5 16.7 5.3 1.9 0.9 0.3 2.1
Malcolm Duvivier 32 32.5 14.2 2.5 3.1 0.8 0.2 3.0
Jimond Ivey 32 33.1 13.1 5.7 3.5 1.1 0.4 2.4
Eric Parrish 32 27.0 8.8 4.7 1.4 1.2 0.2 1.4
Virshon Cotton 29 20.5 7.3 2.0 1.8 0.7 0.0 2.0
Emmanuel Olojakpoke 15 19.7 6.3 4.1 0.4 0.5 1.7 0.7
Jaden Sayles 16 14.6 5.1 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.8
Torrey Patton 32 16.0 3.3 3.1 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.7
Mark Kostelac 30 12.3 2.2 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.0
Lucas Smith 25 11.4 1.4 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4
Craig Eubanks 6 5.5 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3
Sina Gbadebo 17 4.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3
Marquelle McIntyre 10 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

2017-2018 Akron Zips Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
John Groce Head Coach 2017-2018 Head Coach (Illinois, 2012 to 2017)
Dustin Ford Associate Head Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Illinois, 2012 to 2017)
Rob Fulford Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Missouri, 2014 to 2017)
Robby Pridgen Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Robert Morris, 2009 to 2017)
Larry Williams Athletic Director 2015-2016 N/A
Tim Campbell Director of Strength and Conditioning 2014-2015 N/A
Cole Pittis Director of Basketball Operations 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Eastern Florida State College, 2016 to 2017)
Sean Carroll Assistant Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 Graduate Assistant (Akron, 2018 to 2019)
Bill Droddy Director of Sports Medicine 2014-2015 N/A