All Activity

I think both are true. Our defense did improve greatly along the way, but teams sure came to play us this year. Some teams just didn’t miss.

Ohio will look very different next season. https://x.com/i/status/2034663924998484474

Looks like Ball State saw how poorly SMU played Miami and decided to hire Chris Capko off their staff as their next coach.

Sorry, figured that section was reserved for strictly Zips recruiting related topics. Figured this would be better for MAC tracking and anything that affects the Zips.

I would gladly take an 8/9 seed if it means I get to play teams like Ohio State and TCU round 1. I'll worry about the next round when I get there.

It will be deemed a forfeit therefore the Zips awarded the 3 points. Information second hand from an athlete on the team.

The only teams left trom Ohio are Akron, Miami and Wright State.

You generally don't want the 8/9 seed line if you hope to go on a run. Now TCU likely goes on to lose by 15 to Duke.

Troy is looking like crap today too. All the mid-major losses we had are looking bad now.

In the era of NIL, these are probably both unbreakable.

I vote for #2.

These power conference schools being locked into 8/9 matchups is BS. TCU and OSUcks BLOW.

I feel our defense improved considerably from earlier in the year. We were around ~#250 in defense per Kenpom when MAC play started. We currently stand at #114. If we played defense in November/December like we played in February/March we would have won those games. I feel inserting both Young and Halligan into the starting lineup played a part in that. They helped set the tone early defensively. Edit: Look at opening play by Halligan against Kent as a prime example. Those are the plays that energize a team.

Bingo. There is no shame in losing three games to teams that were red hot with their deep shooting. The other two losses were on the road to two Top 25 teams. What a great season!

The Red Mamba, Cooper Campbell, was amazing.

Suder is the epitome of a Miami bro. Was pulling for them but seeing him lose would have also been enjoyable

Yup. And I don't want to hear squat about Akron's 3P defense not being good enough. None of these power conference teams are playing super tight on the 3P line - teams either make their shots or they don't. Unfortunately against Akron this year, a lot of our opponents OOC made their shots.

What do you think? 1) Shammah Scott's game-winner vs Toledo (2026) 2) Akron beats Kent in OT on Marshall/McNees blocks, wins MAC Title (2011) 3) Nate Johnson's game-winner vs Miami (2025) 4) Akron beats Kent by 1 after Tribble hits FTs following KSU mental mistake (2024) 5) Short-handed Zips destroy OU in MAC Title game (2013) 6) Akron beats Kent by 20, wins first MAC Title under Groce (2022) 7) Akron beats Buffalo for first MAC Title (2009) 8) Akron beats Kent in regular season finale, wins MAC regular season title (2020) 9) Akron beats Toledo in OT on last-second alley-oop in MAC Tournament 10) Akron beats EMU in 2OT after McNees hits a buzzer-beating 3 to send it to OT Honorable Mention: Jimond Ivey sets the school’s single-game scoring record with 48 points against Ball State (2018)

Troy was sharp shooting against us too. They were hitting everything.

OSU looks terrible.

It would be interesting to see the leader board breakdown by coach. So far Groce has Tavari and Enrique. Dambrot of course has a bunch and Dan Hipsher is surprisingly well represented.

Corollary : Did Miami just notch an official NCAA Tournament win? Public preppy/money/sweater school vs. Private preppy/money/sweater school. I'll take the public..

A lot of Zona, I was tempted but went with Duke

We're witnessing why Ohio State won't play Akron, Miami OH, etc.

UMass shot 20% from 3P. Miami OH lost that game more than UMass won it.