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Miami RedSquawks are +6.5 vs. SMU; has potential to be a good game..

Because creating new threads is fun (and it might be nice to have a specific game thread) 😁 Fri. 3/20 at 12:40 ET at Tampa NHL arena on TruTV Zips +7.5 on DraftKings The game is getting some media buzz as one of the most likely upsets due to TT injuries and good team size matchup.

Calhoun is also mentioned as a candidate for KS State but sounds like he would prefer Cinci.

We want Hofstra!

3 Ohio schools all playing Texas schools

And a box of cigars. Watch out for chickens on the loose.

At least the MAC finally got 2 teams in. One of 8 multi bid leagues.

USA Today has us playing Alabama in Philly with Miami as a play-in. There should be a pool to guess the selection bracket 😄

CBS Sports has Yale drawing St. John's and us vs. Wisconsin.

FWIW the new Academy Sports store is supposed to be opening this weekend at the N. Canton Strip. It's outside Akron city limits so not sure if they will have any Zips gear 🫤

Bud Wentz.

Anyone else surprised they didn't have tighter defense on SS or even a double team? No defender(s) to be seen in this clip: I love that we didn't try to run some cute passing play that could have resulted in a turnover.

Could have used that a couple times earlier in the season. Would have been nice to have the win over the SB champ instead of vice versa.

ESPN bracketology as of this hour has us as #12 vs. St. Johns in Tampa

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48167700/coaching-carousel-tracker-firings-openings-candidates-hirings-buzz-2026 What names will be in the mix? (Cincinnati) There are three sitting head coaches who stand out as potential options: Utah State's Jerrod Calhoun, Miami (Ohio)'s Travis Steele and Akron's John Groce. Calhoun is considered the favorite and checks a lot of boxes. He's from Ohio, he was a student assistant under Bob Huggins at Cincinnati and an assistant under Huggins at West Virginia, and he has had varying levels of success at three different schools. He led Utah State to the NCAA tournament last season and won the Mountain West regular-season title this season. He was Kansas State's top target before the Wildcats were forced to move on, but Cincinnati is a more appealing job to Calhoun. Steele is plenty familiar with the area. He spent 14 years at Xavier, first as an assistant coach then as a head coach, and has been at Miami (Ohio) since 2022. He led the RedHawks to a remarkable campaign, going 31-0 in the regular season before losing in the MAC tournament quarterfinal. Groce is another name with success as a head coach and ties to the state. He was an assistant at Xavier and Ohio State, a head coach at Ohio -- and after five seasons at Illinois, he has been at Akron since 2017, leading the Zips to three NCAA tournaments in four years.