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I wouldn't be surprised if Dustin Ford was offered the job under said scenario. Especially since the closest thing to a Groce hire (coach with previous MAC success) would be Hurley and he doesn't fit the culture we've built. In that case I don't feel it's a given that either leave

If Groce leaves, I'm guessing Young and Mahaffey leave, too, which means a new coach would basically be building from scratch. I also don't think we'll be as fortunate as we were when KD left in having a coach the caliber of Groce being available.

Thats the biggest problem with the game today, people outside the program that didn’t watch the game just assume we got demolished. Amani makes that 3 and it’s a one possession game in the final 7 minutes. The discourse in here reminds me of when the guardians got eliminated by the tigers this past year. They had a tremendous final month of the season but once they lost, people acted like the whole year was some big failure. Sure not all the goals were accomplished but at the end of the day only 1 team ends the year on a win, and making the postseason is something to be proud of even if you still have room for improvement

OP updated with Tavari's final career numbers.

You're fun. Talk to the committee about who the better team is. Even without Toppin, Texas Tech was a 5 seed vs. Tennessee's 6 seed. Iowa State lost to Toppin-less Texas tech. 39.3% 3P shooting team vs. 33.4% (Tennessee). The 3 ball is the great equalizer and Texas Tech is NASTY. Arguably would've been a 3 or 4 seed at worse with Toppin. Akron did matchup better vs. them, but that doesn't mean they aren't lethal when they're on. We still needed them to be off.

Do we really need 8 Ivy League schools?

Tennessee would beat that Texas Tech team without Coppin worse than they beat Miami. Akron matched up way better v TT with a Senior laden lineup and Tech was without its best player. Akron gagged on the moment as usual, while Miami just got beat by a superior physical team, kind of like Arizona huh? Come back and mock after Akron actually wins a tournament game. That’s what hurting the MAC prospects for the future, the fact that Akron can’t represent.

All of the teams that you cited aren't that much different than Akron. Akron was within 4 with about 8 minutes left. Sometimes those the times that Akron makes a run and it just didn't happen today. We played a good team but we no, were in no way overmatched despite the final score.

Of those schools it's not surprising to hear Gonzaga (doesn't even feel right calling them a mid-major), VCU, and St. Louis are spending significantly more than other mid-majors. I wasn't aware of High Point, but evidently it's an elitist private University. There are talks of expanding the tournament, perhaps to 76 teams. Under that scenario the bubble line would be pushed back so using this year as an example instead of Akron being a 12 seed it would become a 13 seed with an expanded tournament. Things are probably going to get worse for mid-majors before they get better.

This guy is saying is the reduction of competition is good for Ohio. If you live UofA, know this clown is a threat to the future of the University. If you vote for him, know he sees no difference between Akron and Kent. https://www.cleveland.com/education/2026/03/vivek-ramaswamy-says-he-loves-ohios-universities-but-we-have-too-many-calls-for-consolidation.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQqvxljbGNrBCq-92V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHsAbgtUgWdjwpxEeJLrzA_rmd_QjlMMEzH5T1gztL19VDhEElO5BfuH02-SY_aem_SN5-Hj82s0mjxvTaPIhObg

Akron would give him the key to the city. He'd have to win a Natty at a P4 for that kind of love.

Don’t see teams like BG, Toledo, WMU on here. I’d rather have Akron be on this list than what they have to show for basketball

If Groce can win a tournament game for the Zips he deserves a statue and a new arena built in his honor. Unlike Cleveland sports, we actually appreciate accomplishments.

This is a problem.

And for that, we thank SMU for being so unprepared and uninterested. 🫡

Meh, I will still take the $4M extra from the 2 credits Miami got for the MAC by being an at-large. That's money Akron, Miami, Kent, and Toledo can all reinvest into our programs to improve as a conference. I exclude the directionals because WMU will use the money for hockey and the others with use it for football. Edit: Speaking of which the MAC should consider evaluating payout structure for these credits. You have a handful of teams trying to compete, but the other half spending the bare minimum just trying to collect a paycheck. If there is more incentives to be good, more schools will focus on basketball.

MAC got $6 million though. 3x more than usual.

You notice when we went to the zone that's when they extended the lead? We also tried using zone in the first half a bit, but they hit a couple of 3s so we switched back to man.

Yes, because our man to man defense was so effective today. We went to zone to try and mix it up to get a stop AND to try to limit the fouls to our front court players who were in danger of getting in bad foul trouble. It didn’t work, but it’s not like our man defense was working either.

Which is why I wanted Miami OH snubbed. Let the conversation be "what if" and save the at large for a legitimately good team.

Much better showing for Akron, who at least pushed Texas Tech. This isn't great for the MAC, though. I'm sure Miami will try to pump up their "tournament win", but the actual tournament saw both teams lose by 20. They will absolutely hold that against the MAC in future years.

Miami OH even faced a worse team. Really pathetic effort.

Well at least our game was competitive 80% of the time unlike Miami.

I don't want anything I've said to be misconstrued as pessimistic. There was a lot to be proud of this season. Even without a tournament win it was an enjoyable ride. There will naturally be a lot of new faces, but I'm looking forward to seeing what next year brings. As long as we have Groce and Bud we should be MAC contenders.