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Bumping this thread. Round 1 the MAC went 9-4. The MAC needs 5 wins on Saturday to clinch the Belt and be crowned the superior conference. SB won year 1 and year 2 was a tie. Historically the home teams have done very well during round 2. The long road trip messes up these teams. Akron is 0-2 on the road during the MAC-SB (JMU and Arkansas St). Should be some very interesting matchups MAC-SBC Challenge Men’s Basketball Matchups Saturday, February 7 Eastern Michigan at App State Bowling Green at Arkansas State UMass at Coastal Carolina Northern Illinois at Georgia State Toledo at James Madison Central Michigan at Louisiana Ball State at ULM Miami (Ohio) at Marshall Ohio at Old Dominion Buffalo at South Alabama Kent State at Southern Miss Western Michigan at Texas State Akron at Troy MAC-SBC Challenge Women’s Basketball Matchups Saturday, February 7 App State at Kent State Arkansas State at Eastern Michigan Coastal Carolina at Bowling Green Georgia Southern at Miami (Ohio) Louisiana at Akron ULM at Buffalo Marshall at Central Michigan Old Dominion at Ohio South Alabama at Western Michigan Southern Miss at Toledo Texas State at Northern Illinois Troy at Ball State Sunday, February 8 James Madison at UMass

I'm guessing now that school is started and a couple weeks in that we will not be getting any college age commits until the end of the semester right? nobody would be able to start school this late i don't think? I could see getting some very late high school senior commits but it wouldn't make sense to get to get any commits from anyone right now in the portal that could not attend college or am I way off on this thinking? I remember last year laventure, duncan, and brown came at the beginning of june so i am kind of expecting the same. Not that it is necessarily a bad thing cause it will give the returning freshman the whole semester to get their feet wet and see what the have before any new blood comes in.

Very possible. I can see them dropping a couple of games before the end of the season.

Prediction: Miami drops their first game to Marshall.

They did one year during the KD era.

Didn't want to jinx anything with Zips3Peat?

Zips are favored by 12.5 points with an O/U of 151.5

Getting another year of Bowen would be welcome news. Good player, and we'll be losing a lot as is.

I just reached out to Angela. The code is ZIPS26

Thursday and... Saturday? 🤨 Is that correct?

MAC tournament tickets for Thursday and Saturday are on sale now. Use code BOUNDLESS and you can get discounted tickets. Angela rizzo has not sent her code yet

Yeah I don’t think he can get that now, but assuming he continues improving he will be able to later in his career

If Eric was able to parlay his marginal Freshman success this year into a $600,000 P4 payday like Okonkwo, we’re all doomed.

If Oggie started for another MAC team, that team would likely be terrible. He has a nice frame, a good motor, but he doesn’t merit any more minutes than he presently gets. In limited minutes he hasn’t shown much of a shot. He’s often off balance and on the floor. He needs to put in some work in the offseason and earn some minutes in 2026-7. He has potential, but he ain’t there yet.

If Eric were to transfer this year I don't think he will really get enough attention to go and get a lot of money from a P4. He can get at least Okonkwo money, but he needs to play more than 20 minutes per game. It might be a good thing he is in his current role in terms of retention

That's a really weird way to spell Elvis. People visit this site for one of two reasons: to read 700 page threads about people's favorite UA logo or for GP1's bar recommendations. Anyway, I guess I'll stop wearing my Akron edition Slayer God Hates Us All shirt to games 😂 /s Audrey and Rusty's dad is right, basketball/sport is a way to unite communities; or at the very least, it is a desperately needed escape from the horrors of our current age. That was a really bizarre Kent Akron game. Even my KSU Alum friends were in agreement. Hopefully the rematch at the MAC Center is just as bizarre and entertaining. On to Stan Heath's Squawkin' Eagles of EMU. This crap is exhausting.

Tavari, Evan, Scott, and Hardman are all seniors. If he's looking for playing time he will have plenty of opportunity to get minutes next year as we will be much thinner at guard/wing next year. I'm sure Akron is going to look to reload, but I kind of feel this year is similar to Freeman's senior year where this is our year to make noise. Next year, even with a reload, we will need a lot of time to develop as a team and our ceiling likely won't be as high as this team. For that reason I feel the best players need to play. If Oggy wants minutes he needs to earn them in practice.

"I'm going to transfer to EMU because then nobody will be able to tell the difference." - Carlos Hart (probably)

My concern with Oggie is that he leaves. He could start for other MAC teams. I'd like to see him get some situational minutes. He has offensive skills. Also why I think Eric M should be starting.

Really weird statement to make, Jesus is KING!!!!

Promise I’m done after this…I don’t equate religion with politics but if you do, the only ones making a political statement were the players wearing the shirt. Some of us found it a little JARing as it was unusual…pun intended

Yeah, Halligan and MMK are a bit redundant in their roles, and Halligan is at least an OK shooter. I love MMK, but I fear he will always have a limited role unless he develops at least a passable jumper.

MMK really hasn't developed at all as a shooter either. If he's undersized out there then he has no reason to be out there atm. Especially if he's out there with halligan then you have two nonfactors (or at least the teams treat them as nonfactors) on offense

He was involved in that point shaving scandal that came out a few weeks ago. The incidents he is connected to are before his time at EMU.