After losing five seniors at the end of last season, there was some uncertainty of how successful the Akron Zips men’s basketball team could be entering this year. Success, however, certainly wasn’t fleeing for Akron,

Nate Johnson uses a 'Luka Dončić move' to lead Akron to a men's basketball win over Miami in the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship.

In one fell swoop, the Akron Zips men's basketball team captured its second consecutive Mid-American Conference Tournament title, the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and a program record for most wins in a season with 28.