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Personally ... the culprit and the fix are with THE NET. It is set up for .500 power conference teams that pull a home upset over a T25 team they annually play 2 or 3 times a year vs. an Akron team that is 'upset' by (for example EMU) it also plays 2-3 times a year. One team is rewarded, one is penalized. I suggest THE NET add another metric to the equation: Every team is penalized for playing more than 2 teams 150 spots or lower than them in THE NET from the previous season (and mid-majors should be penalized as well for playing more than one non D1 (NAIA, D2, D3) game. This is a non-con metric, so THE NET from the end of last season is used until Jan 1. This means a power conference program can't load up on 4 or 5 HBCUs or backend Ivys for 7-8 wins before conference play. Then got 8-10 in conference play and still make the NCAA Tournament. Right now (11/22/25) I believe there are 5 MAC teams Kenpom 153 or higher. That means a ton of power conference teams would have to play MAC teams -- even if all of them were on the road -- I'd take them. Over the long haul the MAC would get its share up upsets. The league power ranking would rise and the chances for an at-large team would increase. It would be easier for the NCAA to say no at-large team is eligible unless it is above .500 in league play. But that's too easy, simple and absolute. Or, no team can be an at-large team with a non-con SOS less than 150 spots below its NET ranking and have less than 20 regular season wins overall. Again, pretty easy, simple and absolute which it why it has no chance of happening, either.

Any comments on the communication from the AD?

Iona is a very nice squad. Completely brand new roster so they should keep moving up

Iona was substantially more athletic than Oregon State albeit less skilled. Which says a lot about Akron.

Yes, I guess it went to only 2OT. I turned it on with about 15 minutes left in the 2nd half. It was a really great game. Iona looked a bit lost defensively and forced too much offensively, which allowed OSU to build that lead. They regained their composure and never quit fighting. Much like they did against us. Difference is I feel we were able to respond to Iona's runs by running the score back up to 20 everytime they got it down to ~12.

I believe it was double-OT. That would mean that with an additional 10 minutes of play Iona still scored 5 points less than us in regulation yesterday. (91 vs our 96) And Oregon State doesn’t strike me as a defensive juggernaut.

The next TV deal will tell us the answer.

They rallied from a 19 point 2nd half deficit to win in 3OT.

That's not the point. JD won his first year. I don't care who he did it with. When fans say "ya, but" it's a dick thing for fans to do and dismisses a real accomplishment. Let's not forget 2005 with Luke and a better supporting cast he brought in including an NFL offensive lineman. I don't know a single Wake Forest fan today who is saying, Dickert won 8 games this year, but he did it with Clawsons recruits. In 20 years, they won't be trying to make a dumb point about a successful season.

Serious question - did it help or hurt the MAC to take UMass if basketball also struggles?

Evansville started 2, 6-10 forwards and brought a 6-6 and 6-9 forward off the bench for significant minutes against Oregon State. I imagine we will play bigger, but how much bigger? Against Iona a fast team that likes to run we played a lot of five guard lineup; Tavari, Scott, Young, Evan and Eric. Groce said after the Purdue game that one positive was Purdue had trouble guarding us as well. So do we try to run Evansville off the court? Do we give Lyles, Marvin, Oggie, Barre and maybe even Brisco the call? Or split the difference with just more Amani, Marvin and Oggie than we saw in game 1?

I loved Biggsy! You really think that w/o Frye,Hixon, Blackburn some of the O-line Owens brought in Akron would have been as good in 2004? Naw. JD got his QB in Getsy and still had Hixon and some O-line. Biggsy was a great piece of that offense. Hixon caught the pass from Getsy in the MAC Champ game. And actually they had a losing season in 2006 if I remember correctly. 5-7. 3-5 in the MAC. Owens guys were gone.

Iona just hit a 3 with 1.5 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 70.

Has he lost to Nowhere You yet this season?

It's been this way for years, too. You can't even buy a fitted hat with the current logo on it. It's crazy to me.

Didn't say it was a permanent fix, but I think Goodrich should at least get a chance to follow through here.

So I'm not the only one that does this! I believe a lot of the extras/overruns end up there. I got a Zips football hoodie, basketball quarter zip and generic pullover. All Nike, brand new and probably cost $20ish each, if that. Also got a game worn football jersey for $80.

We will see soon enough, but I would guess worse than Toledo and OU. I don’t remember any transition game. Mostly walk the ball up the court.

Gotlieb's presence alone accomplishes that.

Green Bay making everyone on the islands life hell. Who could’ve seen that coming!

Hosting the Avon-Walsh state semifinal isn't going to solve $5M worth of issues but every little bit helps. Doesn't hurt getting people on campus either.

I tuned in around the same point and I agree. I'm not sure where this NIL money is getting spent as the talent level on the team looks the same as a Toledo or OU.

Watched the last 8 minutes. Not many 3 point shots taken by UMass. Not very impressed with them at all.

UMass falls to Green Bay 79-75. If Frank Martin can't turn this around one would have to think he'll quickly find himself on the hot seat. UMass isn't paying him $1.2 million and their collective isn't spending in the neighborhood of $2 million on players just so UMass can be an average to below average MAC team.

Look out, Gottlieb has Green Bay rolling now!! Down goes UMass, again.