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ESPN not giving UMBC enough credit. All I heard was how bad UVA played. It really should be how great UMBC was. This isn't a 16 seed beating a 1 seed. This is technically a 64 seed beating a 1 seed. Amazing...

Pretty sure Chauncey Gilliam played for UMBC before transferring to Akron.

UMBC ... the type of school I really don't like to see on the preseason schedule i.e. "WHY do we schedule these schools?!?" What they just did to Virginia is EXACTLY why consecutive 20-win seasons don't amount to much after the 2nd or 3rd season if those wins don't prepare you to consistently make the NCAA Tournament and are ready to truly compete. UMBC just did what they did convincingly against Virginia's starting 5. This game wasn't even close in the second half and Virginia should feel fortunate to have been tied at the half. UMBC, I salute you - DILLY, DILLY! Excited to see what UASC can do going forward - Go Zips!!!

Put me in the category of being glad to see the MAC pull off the win. People are right when they say one year won't change the perception of the MAC, but you have to start building from some point.

A Buffalo win gives the MAC some national respect. Buffalo games will generate a lot more interest across the MAC next year. No whining about their seed or being from a 1-bid conference. They just went out and kicked some ass. Awesome job by the Bulls tonight. They lost their marquee coach and just keep rolling with the next one.

If Akron ever wants to be respected at all on a national level, we will need at least one more MAC team to make a jump with us. Buffalo sure seems like the most likely candidate. Go Bulls (for this specific tournament)!

I had this thought when I saw Antino not getting to the NCAA his senior year. Antino had a great game and led his team in scoring and always played his best basketball in the MAC tournament.. The Zips need players who are going to play their best basketball at the end of the season. I thought Utomi, Cotton, Parish, and Patten were playing their best basketball at the end of the season. That bodes well for the future.

I actually found that data doing a quick search to confirm that this indeed will be Buffalo's third trip to the NCAAs in the last four seasons. It was sitting on the Wikipedia page. I'm not sure what other factors you want to look at. Just thought it was interesting that they seem to be more competitive on that stage than we were during our great run. A jab a Dambrot? Maybe. But hey, facts are facts, right? What's wrong about comparing this particular team against themselves, to previous years against themselves? If this team, with its decimated roster and all, was playing its best basketball at the end of the season, and previous teams weren't playing their best basketball at the end of the season, wouldn't that suggest that this team had a stronger finish? I'm not saying this team would beat those teams, but this team was playing its best basketball in the final month or so of the season. That's a fact.

To get back on track, since this is a 17-18 thread, and the comment starting this was we were playing our best basketball to end the year.. I think anyone that actually watched the games would agree that was the case. You could make an argument that our best ball was perhaps leading up to halftime of the USC game, but we also had E and Sayles. I'm encouraged by the progress and fight we saw from such a shorthanded team.

I never said this team was better than the past two years I said they were playing their best basketball at the end of the year unlike the last two. Last year 2-3 to end the regular season (after being 22-4), 2016 3-2 (after being 21-5) and both years losing as higher seeds in the tournament. Is that playing their best? Anyone watching this year knows they were playing their best at the end. Don’t let basketball knowledge get in the way.

Bingo. This roster is depleted. Next year will be a much better year to judge, and should be much more fun.

I like to eat both on my devil strip..