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What a butt kicking. Seniors got to walk off the court to a standing ovation with 5:00 minutes left.

I'd prefer to think that it is more like five to go!

Akron's 34-2 record in MAC play is the best record in MAC history over a 2 year span.

#CUNIU - stop by to say hi when you come and play Cleveland State. 👋

In a perfect world, Pavs three pointer at the end of OT should have banked in.

I really like how this has worked out with the Zips coming into the MAC tournament as the hunter and Miami coming in as the hunted.

Miami finishes the season with three straight two-point wins. Akron finishes the season with three straight double-digit wins. I like the way this is trending.

It's gonna be great giving these douches their first loss

It's gotta be a fix, Suder the human offensive foul shoves a guy to the ground and gets the call. Pav puts up a shot on the other end gets hammered and no call. 🤮

Zips and Cryhawks at their best … Zips win by 10-15.

UMass is the 8 seed. Akron will play a 7 man rotation (most likely) Buffalo squad. Incredible.

Dear NIU, A 39 pt butt whooping is the proper send off. Enjoy the Horizon League and don't let the door hit you on the way out. Sincerely, The MAC

These early Friday games have been rough on me. Need to watch the replay soon. I did see that Mike LaTulip was the announcer tonight. Mike was the Evan Wilson on Groce’s Illinois team. Very similar in personality and both were incredible glue guys in the locker room.

Ight get the benchwarmers in. We have a busy week ahead of us!

Young could not have found his shot at a better time. It will be huge to have yet another scorer feeling hot next week.

You rang?! And I'll have you know that CK is at least a year or 2 older than me. Whitlock should be calling the Toledo Blade .. with Elton retired, that's where I'd start with a historian. Go Zips!

He should start all 5 seniors from here on out IMO.

You are right. If they have that many good 5 point shooters we are in deep trouble. 😉

Main stream media probably hasn't watched a MAC game that Miami didn't play in.

Yes, I agree their play likely declined. I'm more pointing out even a slight regression could make them lose often in the MVC. Akron can have a bad game and still win comfortably over half the teams in the MAC. You don't get that luxury in the MVC.

I haven't followed closely tbh. That could be the case. The MVC is also very deep. Not many games you can feel safe penciling in wins. Key example Belmont during Arch Madness. IMO the MVC is one of the few mid-major conferences that puts on a better conference tournament than the MAC. Mainly because there are usually so many quality teams and fans show up in large numbers.

The TNT pre-game show just had Travis on. Bruce Pearl tuned into an apologetic kitten and they proceeded to kiss Travis's a** for 10 minutes. Travis actually made a nice appearance and said nice things about the Zips and Groce.

Miami over UMass Toledo over BGSU Akron over Buffalo Kent over OU Toledo over Miami Akron over Kent Akron over Toledo Toledo is actually peaking in March, which is a first in many decades.

Fantastic job of showing even though spring break had just started as well.

The Miami guys yelling F bombs at the Ohio crowd at the end was a particularly nice touch.

The haughty (Miami). LOL.

the hated.

UMass well-rested

Not a directional to be seen.

Call me crazy, but I think UMass beats Miami in round one. Miami hasn't looked the same since Skaljac got hurt, and I don't think there's enough time for him to get even close to 100%. In his two games after missing the WMU game, Skaljac scored 18 points on 6/14 shooting, but was 1-8 from deep and had a negative +/- in both games. Tonight, Perry played a lot down the stretch while Skaljac sat.

All 6 Ohio MAC teams made the tournament. Basketball just means more here evidently. Edit: Not only made the field, but also claimed seeds 1-6.

The last team I remember seeing do something like this in a regular season rivalry game ended up losing to their rival by 20 pts in the MAC Final. This year, Miami OH and Akron are rivals. Get. To. Saturday.

They were stupid for playing Skaljac these last couple games.

@Captain Kangaroo has to be a little disappointed tonight as his favorite microphone screamer is absent.

Nice to see Barre getting a little time.

I can't be there tonight but the crowd looks nice on tv

It should be noted that Belmont was the only MVC team that would in all likelihood be seeded ahead of Akron had they made the tournament. This increases our odds of backdooring from a 12 seed into an 11.

Bracketology trends as regular season winds down We've reached the final weekend of the regular season in men's college basketball, and conference tournaments are nearly finished on the women's side. It's only March 6, but the madness is already here. Few things this time of year are as important as momentum, and while some teams are improving their NCAA Tournament stock each time they step onto the court, others are slipping down seed lines and putting themselves in danger of missing the dance altogether. We took the temperature of 19 teams in our bracketology stock watch. Trending up: Florida, Michigan State, Saint Mary's, Ohio State, Georgia, Cincinnati, TCU, South Florida, Akron Trending down: SMU, BYU, NC State, Clemson, Iowa State, Kansas, Louisville, Iowa, Purdue, San Diego State You'll be hearing a lot of bubble talk over the next week. Anxiety levels are high for at-large teams teetering on the edge of the bracket. In addition to taking care of business, they also need to root against potential bid stealers. Our model projects the MAC as the likeliest conference to produce one of those thieves. David Cobb explains. Cobb: "It's Akron -- not Miami (Ohio) -- that our model views as the favorite to win the MAC Tournament. The Zips have won 15 straight league games since taking a loss to the RedHawks early in league play. Akron also rates better in predictive metrics than Miami, but Miami will have a strong at-large case if it fails to win the league tournament."

Was about to post about this. Looks like Hardman is gearing up to graduate. Maybe the waiver decision will come later or it already has, but they're going to make sure he won't miss his moment to be celebrated.

I think this is great. I hope they go undefeated and we take them out for 2 bids. I hope they keep Steele and we keep progressing, and UMass joins that tier with Kent, Toledo and OU right behind. The wheels are in place for a very good mid major conference with multiple bids, if the schools invest and keep these coaches..

I'd think the 2003 BGSU (#23) vs. NIU (#12) football game, complete with ESPN Game Day, was probably the biggest MAC sports tilt of all time? Certainly the most-hyped.

I expect a Conner Groce sighting tomorrow. I'll settle for nothing less.

The seniors are going to be overshadowed by the celebration of this being our last ever conference game vs. NIU!

I’m guessing anyone they announce is on scholarship.

Not exactly a "Portal Departure" but Defensive Line coach Leonard has departed for Marshall university. I don't know if they have named a new d line coach yet or not but I don't certain players are going to be getting 700 snaps this upcoming season

Texas still doesn’t know how the NCAA will rule on Seymore’s waiver

Ranking the Top 25 USMNT Players in the Last 25 Years https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25340227-ranking-top-25-usmnt-players-last-25-years 20. DeAndre Yedlin Caps: 81 Goals: 0 World Cups: 2 (2014, 2022) DeAndre Yedlin is the lone player on this list who managed to appear in both the 2014 and 2022 World Cups, surviving the carnage in between and failing to qualify for the 2018 tournament. That durability earns him a place on this list even while he is rarely thought of as a core piece of any of the three World Cup cycles in which he participated. The hype around Yedlin coming out of the Seattle Sounders was so high that merely establishing himself as a Premier League regular for four seasons at Newcastle United was seen by some as a disappointment. But he was always a useful player as an international outside back, and is still one of the better MLS fullbacks well into his 30s. Yedlin hasn't received a cap under current manager Mauricio Pochettino, and the switch to a 3-4-3 as the Americans' primary formation means it's unlikely he will. But at just 32 years old, there's still a remote chance he could return to the USMNT picture if there's an injury crisis.

Congratulations to Evan Bush on re-signing with the Columbus Crew.