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To be honest I've only watched 3 or 4 Miami games all season. I can't really weigh in on the games I haven't seen. I do know a few of their close games they came from behind in and others they were up and protecting the lead. If you're trailing, you foul. If you're up you don't. I'm not invested enough to go back and look at the boxscores for each game to see which were which.

That's the most obvious trend from all this data. 😂

UMass simply fouls more.

Let's say they are shooting 8 FT in the final minute for each of those games. That's 32, which would still leave them at +75. In addition, they've only had one road game with a greater than 10 margin of victory. Why is their road advantage only +2 despite 7 games being 10 pts or less for margin of victory if that's the explanation?

And before that they bragged about attendance numbers. When you haven't made it to the Big Dance in nearly half a century you have to find something to boast about.

Akron City FC - Matt Dreas, Brett Kaminsky Flint City Bucks - Jack Roman

Toledo still brags about their 4 straight.

4 is a lot when you only play 9 home games in total during conference play. Not saying it makes up the full +107, but it does represent a chunk.

They hang a banner for it. We add a number to an existing banner.

Miami OH has had 4 home games decided by single digits. They are +107 FTA at home in the MAC. Not sure how many FTA you think they are getting in the final minute, but it's not enough to make that number look any less absurd.

Yes, Miami also plays in a lot more close games where they're ahead. I feel you would need to subtract end of game FTs where opposing team is intentionally fouling to extend the game to give this any context. In a lot of our match-ups, like last night, we're up double figures with <1 minutes so the opposing team doesn't bother trying to extend the game.

Miami OH has 2.5 less 3PA per game. Akron averages 5 more FGA per game than Miami OH, meaning a similar percentage of our offense vs. M-OH's is 2PA. M-OH is averaging 5.4 more FTA per game on the season than Akron. According to another Zips fan in a group chat I'm in, Akron's 2P Rate in MAC play is 2nd best in the conference, yet look at the in conference FTA discrepancy. Not sure where you're getting off on there being some obvious explanation for the gross FTA discrepancies.

They bang inside more and we play a more perimeter game LGZ might need his own Miami conspiracy thread soon

For comparison, here are Akron's numbers... EMU: 26 Akron: 14 Akron Margin of Victory: 21 CMU: 27 Akron: 9 Akron Margin of Victory: 13 Balls: 19 Akron: 16 Akron Margin of Victory: 10 WMU: 14 Akron: 9 Akron Margin of Victory: 15 Toledo: 13 Akron: 14 Akron Margin of Victory: 10 Kent: 21 Akron: 12 Akron Margin of Victory: 17 UMass: 17 Akron: 43 Akron Margin of Victory: 7 Buffalo: 33 Akron: 29 Akron Margin of Victory: 14 Total Home FTA Advantage: -24 Average Home FTA Advantage: -3 * Without UMass it's -50 Total and -7.14 Average Akron: 10 M-OH: 30 Akron Margin of Victory: -3 (L) Akron: 18 BG: 14 Akron Margin of Victory: 10 Akron: 19 Buffalo: 13 Akron Margin of Victory: 19 Akron: 26 Ohio: 27 Akron Margin of Victory: 21 Akron: 13 EMU: 16 Akron Margin of Victory: 2 Akron: 16 WMU: 13 Akron Margin of Victory: 17 Akron: 15 Balls: 9 Akron Margin of Victory: 13 Akron: 18 Kent: 11 Akron Margin of Victory: 22 Akron: 11 CMU: 6 Akron Margin of Victory: 13 Total Road FTA Advantage: +7 Average Road FTA Advantage: +.78 Total MAC FTA Advantage: -17 Average MAC FTA Advantage: -1

Was curious after seeing the Miami OH/Toledo game last night. Here are the Free Throw Attempts for all of Miami OH's MAC home games... Akron: 10 M-OH: 30 M-OH Margin of Victory: 3 WMU: 22 M-OH: 34 M-OH Margin of Victory: 11 CMU: 12 M-OH: 28 M-OH Margin of Victory: 39 Buffalo: 23 M-OH: 26 M-OH Margin of Victory: 3 (OT) UMass: 17 M-OH: 38 M-OH Margin of Victory: 2 NIU: 17 M-OH: 20 M-OH Margin of Victory: 24 Ohio: 20 M-OH: 28 M-OH Margin of Victory: 16 BG: 15 M-OH: 27 M-OH Margin of Victory: 14 Toledo: 2 M-OH: 14 M-OH Margin of Victory: 2 Total Home FTA Advantage: +107 Average Home FTA Advantage: +11.88 * Zero MAC home games with less FTA than opponent Here are their MAC road games... M-OH: 22 Balls: 18 M-OH Margin of Victory: 9 M-OH: 24 BG: 23 M-OH Margin of Victory: 10 M-OH: 8 Toledo: 20 M-OH Margin of Victory: 14 M-OH: 34 Kent: 31 M-OH Margin of Victory: 6 (OT) M-OH: 6 Buffalo: 18 M-OH Margin of Victory: 2 M-OH: 33 UMass: 16 M-OH Margin of Victory: 9 M-OH: 19 EMU: 23 M-OH Margin of Victory: 10 M-OH: 25 WMU: 20 M-OH Margin of Victory: 2 Total Road FTA Advantage: +2 Average Road FTA Advantage: +.25 Total MAC FTA Advantage: +109 Average MAC FTA Advantage: +6.41

Quit dragging your heels MAC, release the 2026 schedules. I’m sure the late addition of Sac State complicates things but surely they can get this done by mid March

We've received a waiver to be eligible for postseason next year. https://www.espn.com/contributor/pete-thamel/b9ef17c2cb182

This is the "Google" write up about the college that Buchanan came from: The Western Mustangs football team competes in Ontario University Athletics (OUA), which is part of the U Sports organization in Canada, not the NCAA. They play at the highest level of Canadian university football (formerly known as CIAU). Wikipedia Conference: OUA (Ontario University Athletics) National Organization: U Sports Location: London, Ontario, Canada They are historically one of the most successful programs in Canadian university football. I don't know anything about the level of competition he faced but to compare: Buchanan 6'1 245 lbs in 11 games 30 solo tackles 34 assisted Cooper 6'2 225 lbs in 11 games 27 solo tackles 39 assisted Summers 6' 225 lbs in 10 games 24 solo tackles 30 assisted Can't really complain about Tibs success with LBs though..

I would remove the "likely win" part. They certainly can win, but in the only matchup this year, Akron played their C game, Miami OH played their B game. Miami OH won by 3, at home, with a 20 FTA difference. In last year's title game, Miami OH played their A+ game and Akron played their B game; Akron won by 2. Miami OH needs to be 2 letter grades above Akron in the game for any real comfort IMO.

Here is the article and here is the part on the MAC. Mid-American Conference Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Borzello: Akron Lunardi: Akron Medcalf: Miami (Ohio) Why Akron will win: It feels morally wrong to pick against Miami becoming just the fourth team since 1991 to enter the NCAA tournament with an unbeaten record, but Akron took the RedHawks to the wire on the road on Jan. 3 and hasn't lost a league game since. Zips coach John Groce has won three of the past four MAC tournaments, and Tavari Johnson is a star in the backcourt. -- Borzello Why Miami will win: The only undefeated team in America just keeps winning. There are debates in the bracketology world about what the RedHawks would have to do to get into the field of 68 if they suffer a loss in the MAC tournament. Yet, they've won conference games by a landslide as well as games by a hair, making them equipped for whatever predicament they'll face in Cleveland. -- Medcalf My take: Yeah they've won some games by a lot in conference. Have you seen the bottom of our conference?

Rafters at the JAR are getting full anyways. Save the space for more NCAA Tournament banners.

I saw an ESPN article with three talking heads predicting the rep of every conference. Two of the 3 selected the Zips.