Camryn Justice is a reporter at News 5 Cleveland.
The past few years have been full of success for the Akron Zips men's basketball team and have included bids to the NCAA Tournament in both 2022 and last season in 2024. But what happens when you see five seniors—including star Enrique Freeman who the Indiana Pacers drafted—depart? The Zips had to learn how to be successful in new ways. 'We struggled early to kind of figure it out, but that's how it's supposed to be.
'We got guys from different programs coming in, but coach was just preaching, 'stay together, play together, and we'll end up winning and it'll all work itself out,' so that's what he said and that's what we tried to do,' Wilson said. Now set to take on the Kent State Golden Flashes on Friday, the Zips enter the game leading the MAC and undefeated in conference play. That, they say, is a testament to being able to find a new identity.
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