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I’ve watched a few Kobe Mitchell games & he can really shoot the ball from deep. 3-4 feet behind the high school line easy.

His opinion just stinks, honestly. Outside of EMU and NIU clunkers, which were clearly an anomoly, we've lost to MAC leading Toledo and St Bonaventure, who is currently 4th in the A-10. We have a 2 game lead over Can't with the tiebreaker and they have a similar schedule to end conference play. Its more likely we win the conference than finish 3rd place IMO.

Here's the problem: The days of having a 'beat writer' and a columnist are long gone. Newspapers (and TV) want more opinion than news to get just what we have here, friction. Sports stories in particular are more often than not a one-way spin. (The Browns didn't lose, the Chiefs got lucky). And while 'fans' can criticize, they want their newspapers to 'support.' .... This article by GT (short of mentioning tiebreakers) points out that Akron is struggling a bit (correct) but does not point out Toledo is struggling a bit as well, and Kent is hobbled by injuries and led by a guy with two gate creaking knees. (And no mention of Ohio lurking in the weeds via winning percentage). In reality, if Akron doesn't wind up with the No. 1 seed, the Zips will have none to blame but themselves. Of course, GT did not write that, because it's overall probably a bit harsh (and rightfully so) but at this point it is still a hard fact (with tiebreakers) the Zips control their own fate ... and should be responsible for the end result.

Zips are 5 point road favorites in this one. Hope the guys are ready, because the Cardinals really took it to Toledo in Muncie two weeks ago. I've got my Youtube TV free subscription trial lined up. Unfortunately, they've shortened the free trial to 5 days and the Zips' next 3 are on CBS Sports Network. Looks like my wife may need a free trial subscription next week before the BG game....

You can be critical of the team and not be disdainful and be obviously hoping for that "I told you so" moment.

I have no problem with GT critiquing the Zips. Those statements were fair and accurate. The problem is as the Zips beat writer he should know Akron as of now would own a tie-breaker over Toledo therefore we don't need Toledo to do anything. What we need is to win the games in front of us and hope covid doesn't prevent us from playing fewer games than Toledo. As of now both teams are scheduled to play 19 games.

Here is what I don't understand: By current head-to-head and overall MAC measures to date, Akron and Toledo are clearly the top two teams. Perhaps not significant, but clear. Yet all the top metrics have Toledo as a clear No. 1 team in the league and Akron trailing teams they have beaten. Kenpom NET RPI 64 Toledo 71 Toledo 60 Toledo 85 Buffalo 84 Kent 72 Kent 91 Kent 85 Buffalo 97 Akron 99 Akron 90 Akron 120 Ohio 104 Ohio 109 Ohio 138 Bowling Green (169 Buffalo) Looking at this, the MAC Tournament belongs to Toledo with all others as solid underdogs. I suspect the Zips (and all the rest) would take those odds just the same.

Looks like 3 of the 6 coaches in the MAC predict that Akron will finish first in the league

Lots of home games. We play at Kent five times. We host Kent zero times. Strange.