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Honestly, a win might save Boals job. It would be that big of a win for OU.

Yes, this is the likely correct answer. Especially once you consider this is football so it automatically attracts 10x the number of eyeballs compared to basketball.

I'd think the 2003 BGSU (#23) vs. NIU (#12) football game, complete with ESPN Game Day, was probably the biggest MAC sports tilt of all time? Certainly the most-hyped.

I expect a Conner Groce sighting tomorrow. I'll settle for nothing less.

For me it's because basketball is clearly the distant 3rd sport behind both football and hockey. WMU I don't see investing in both basketball and hockey given the overlapping seasons. CMU and EMU basketball is still the #2 sport. They just aren't good. CMU might be on the up as their new coach is at least showing progress. I won't dispute banishing all 3.

Crazy how long 15 years ago really was.

I'd rather CMU and EMU go ahead of WMU, but I will gladly go the efficiency route and vote to exile all Directional Michigans. Banish them all to the Horizon League.

Was looking at EvanMiya today and found it interesting that Akron has the top 3 rated BPR players in the MAC. Akron is also the 56th rated team according to their metrics, with Miami OH being 70th.

Let's vote off WMU next.

The seniors are going to be overshadowed by the celebration of this being our last ever conference game vs. NIU!

And take advantage of it. No letdowns next week.

A rising tide lifts all ships.

Clearly there has to be some juggling going on. It's quite the exception that a new member is being incorporated so quickly.

Let's get the excitement building for this very (not at all) meaningful game! In all seriousness though, looking forward to the senior day ceremony as we have a great class playing their last game at the JAR.

I have been a member of this board for years and in the past we would always have discussions about whether Akron could get an at large bid. We would then lose on the road to a terrible MAC team and end of discussion. But this week Akron had been mentioned numerous times in relationship to March madness in the national media. Why, because the discussion revolves around whether Miami, the only undefeated team in the nation, should get an at large bid if they do not win the conference championship. And the argument set forth by national commentators is that they are not even the best team in the MAC because the Zips had a better schedule and have been blowing out teams in the MAC. Lets enjoy the national attention!!!

And if somehow they end up in the NIT, they won't be on the road.

I think that's true. It looks like the only way CMU makes it is via a three-way tiebreaker between UMass, CMU, and Buffalo. CMU win and Buffalo loss = Three way tie between UMass, CMU, and Buffalo with UMass getting #7 and CMU getting #8 while Buffalo would miss out. Buffalo is in an interesting position as they can finish anywhere from 6th to 9th.

I know. Zips tried to make the games closer at the end but all the fans got upset because they weren't putting their foots on the opponents necks.

I'm similarly worried given how few close games we've played and won this year.

Mr. Joe Dunn.

Regardless of how earnest Miami's efforts were in creating a challenging schedule, they've clearly benefited from the eventual result. To their credit, it's tough to go undefeated even against a weak schedule as there are always down nights. The Zips have certainly told us how difficult it is to find quality opponents over the years. Another aspect of their schedule that many seem to overlook is how it prepared them for the month of March. Facing tough competition steels you for high pressure tournament games. They have not had that experience and it may well come back to bite them.

True, but just ask him about Alderaan.

Saving people a click into the cesspool that is Reddit... Somebody on the Miami message board paid for the sub and this is the list they gave: No available responses: Pittsburgh Wisconsin Marquette USC Sacred Heart Oregon Ohio State Mississippi State Florida Response(s) but no agreement: Michigan State UCLA Boise State Grand Canyon Kansas (“We’ll need to look at next year”) BYU Utah Illinois (“I need to get two high NET games 300+ before I would think about playing you.”) Virginia Tech Nebraska Not sure this helps Miami OH's case at all. I certainly hope it helps expose how stupid CBB scheduling is, but Miami OH's schedule is their own fault. We don't know what Miami OH wanted for terms - buy game, home & home, etc. - and after they failed with these schools, they turned around and scheduled 3 non DI teams and Wright State as their toughest controllable OOC opponent.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/iSzloBf4PH Full list in the comments of all the teams that Miami tried to schedule and got turned down