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Dr. Z's post got me excited.

Let GT know that the Kent vs UA game is on ESPN U (not ESPN 2) Friday. I wouldn't want him to miss it!

Nothing is guaranteed, but it would take an incredible collapse for the Zips to not win the regular season title. They have a full 2 game lead with 6 games left and perhaps the easiest remaining schedule in the MAC. Of those 6, 4 are at home where they have yet to lose this season. 3 of them are against perhaps the 2 worst teams in the entire MAC in MIA and BG, Another 2 are against Ken+ who the injury bug has gotten the best of and have lost 4 out of their last 5. Even if the Zips were to lose 2-3 games, have any of those 7-5 MAC teams shown the ability to win 6 straight to steal the regular season title? The Zips currently sit #2 in 3PM per game and 14th in 3P%. That being said anything short of a NCAA tournament berth would have to feel like a disappointment because you would hate to see all that shooting go to waste. I don't think they are guaranteed to win the berth as MAC teams have shown the ability to beat them this season, but I'm confident they will be in a position to finish no worse than the NIT.

As we get ready for the spring game, it doesn't hurt to take a look back at what the Zips are going to be building on. @ZipsFBVideo has put a 2015 highlight video together. I hope 7 and 13 continue to build on those highlights. Could be special in '16.

"InfoCision Stadium, a sparkling facility that cost $65 million to build, holds about 30,000." "The total number of fans going through the turnstiles rose 2.3 percent to 32,280 during six home games last season." "Just make sure you stand behind that Odd Lots barricade."

The real numbers broken down in the ABJ are truely scary

If a #1 seed actually played the 68th best team, we would have seen a 16 seed beat a 1 by this point. Those 16 seeds come from awful conferences and are more like the 200th best team and that might be me being generous. A 12 seed typically features some of the best mid-major teams plus the final 1-2 at-large teams. 11 seeds are typically bubble teams that squeezed themselves in. After you get past the top dozen or so serious contenders, teams 20-30 aren't that far apart. If you don't believe me, just look at how often teams juggle in the AP poll. Edit: 6 seeds are 4-3 vs 7 seeds. Small sample size, but it just goes to show how even those teams are.

Again, it is when you have to consider that the competitor is a step up too. Essentially, you're matching a team that's as many as 4 spots higher (one seed level) with a team 4 spots lower. That's the point. You can call it insignificant, if you like. For that matter, you could also say that #68 and #1 isn't a significant difference because there's another 300 teams that were worse.

Yeah! Let's join CUSA! Their basketball refs are infallible!