NWAkron

CMU is certainly an enigma.

Apparently, Kenpom predicted the Toledo game right on the nose. We will see who wants it more.

https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2024/02/judge-rules-tj-crumble-star-richmond-heights-basketball-prospect-ineligible-for-rest-of-sophomore-season.html This is off-topic (and not behind a pay-wall). Thought this was as good a place as any other to drop this.

Here is the simulator that considers all the tiebreakers: https://bball.notnothing.net/mac.php?sport=mbb

He kept retying is shoe lace to tighten the shoe and give his ankle support. remember, Tribble had an ankle injury right before the 2022 tournament.

here is the MAC tourrnament simulator: My first draft had Zips playing Ball State in the Quarters and the Flashes staying home. https://bball.notnothing.net/bracket.php?conf=macm

I don't care how ugly it got. A win v Toledo is a big deal.

I think you all over bid, so I will bid: $1.00

My point was that the top tier MAC guys aren't making lateral moves to other MAC schools. Both Toledo and Akron poached from NIU. The benefit is that they have more familiarity with the players other than film and see developing potential and attitude problems (the latter something Senderoff missed with Bass).

Normally, i would agree with you @clarkwgriswold, but hopefully we all know this thread is silly. so doesn't count towards any jinx.

Right. Groce whiffed on Ray J Dennis and Mark Sears. Did Fulford even call them?

I didn't watch the game but watched the replay, so I saw this and kept looking for Darrion Baker on the floor during the first few minutes. No..that's Dawson. Wait..nope that's Ali. Hmm.

Owned the Zips except in MAC tournament. But, yeah, I, like everyone else, am tired of losing to them at the JAR>

When we get in late February, I will post the MAC tournament simulator. you can play out all the remaining MAC games to see how the teams will be seeded in different scenarios.

None of this will be possible unless Groce finds a "serviceable Big" before March.

Don't bother feeding the troll. He's only here to agitate

Amazing how a 2 point away game loss can set off such despair and rancor. We make Bobcat Attack look positively rational.

JMU should be undefeated in the Sun Belt. Zips should be undefeated in the MAC. Game is irrelevant now 🙄

And 2019 Buffalo shouldn't have lost at NIU or BG. Seriously, no team in 70 years or whatever has gone undefeated in MAC play, and I'm sure there have been a few other down years. Not this team nor any MAC team is getting an at large big or an NIT bid for that matter. The season for the high level MAC teams is about balancing: preparing for March and racking up wins to keep the administration, students, and fan base engaged with the team and the product on the floor. The MAC tournament is the post-season. A tournament win in Cleveland is never guaranteed. In 2020, Akron faced an Ohio U team with Preston and Van Der Platz. Was that first round a sure thing win? No. Win in Cleveland. Celebrate, and hope for a decent draw for March Madness. That's how this works. And I'm sure that Groce is as angry and disappointed as you are, but a team has to lose eventually. Loss by 2 on the road against a good coach. Suck it up. Move on. Don't take the loss personally.

Reading the article in the ABJ today, there will be lots of family there, including, if i read correctly, Coach Groce's dad who is battling cancer. Would be an excellent moment for the Zips to give their coach a less-stress game.

I went to the game last evening. There was a good, but not overly enthusiastic crowd. The concessions had more options and were less expensive than Akron. I think the JAR has a better set up for game day.

I know. Maybe with a shooting guard they would he undefeated in league play.

Brilliant.

Looked like a good crowd last night. Everyone had fun. When team is winning, more people show up.

It wasn't the last shot but: McNeese State being down 1 and missing both FTs. then the Corpus Christi guy making one of two to give them a 2 point lead and THEN the Corpus Christi guy, thinking they were up by 3, deliberately fouling McNeese guy and sending him to line for 2. The good FT shooter for McNeese makes one, misses the next, scramble for rebound and McNeese gets a hoop.