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It's usually around the time that people start talking about at-large bids or getting votes in a poll that we suddenly have a head scratching loss.

Very impressed with how Seth has come along. Early in the season I didn't think he'd develop into a guy who'd get on the floor for loose balls and make the hustle plays, but he's really bought in.

Great interview. Very lucky to have him as a coach. He has brought in a bunch of quality guys who are also good basketball players.

I bet we get votes next week or the week after if we don't lose in between

Anyone drinking one Zips Hoppin’ Blonde Ale per Tavari three pointer is going to have to take an Uber home.

Tavari = 🔥

Sloppy game, but I’ll take being up 6 at the half in spite of it.

My loooonnng-shot $5 parlay: Troy ML App State ML GSU ML Arkansas State ML Louisiana ML Akron ML Toledo ML BG ML Ball St ML ODU ML CMU ML Here's hoping, haha

That must have hurt. Did he help you up off the ground?

The last time I think there was real discussion here was Dambrot's final season. Ever since then it's usually just 2-3 delusional posters with the rest of us trying to talk some sense into them.

We used to talk more about at-large bids on here more, but it's never completely gone away. It has decreased over the years with our collective conclusion based upon the history of the MAC never getting one and the rational realization that it's highly unlikely to ever happen. It becomes more unlikely as the level of play in the conference continues to slide.

A Yale or Princeton victory and we might be there right now.

Replacing dead weight NIU with UMass will greatly improve the MAC's chances of competing in this in future years.

Anyone know the tiebreaker?

I know we lost most/all measuring stick games in the OOC… but at what record or what win streak does this team start getting AP votes? Especially if the voters aren’t as cynical as us fans and recognize it just took time to gel. Ole Miss is #25 and we have a common opponent… they beat this USA team by 10… I bet at 23-5 we get a vote.

At least we weren’t shut out in the non-conference.

FIFY

I hope Young is going to be alright.

Comfortable win over a similarly ranked team in a better conference. Good measuring stick. Hope Sharron doesn’t miss too much time.

24 assists on 28 field goals. Not bad, eh?

Ruled a block!

That was a block - not a goal tend.

Holy Toledo, the rockets were losing 32-16 in the first and now are up by 3

Gonna be a lot of corrrner threes today

Don't worry, I couldn't either. 😉

Some of the Jag's defensive numbers are amongst the top ten nationally. For sure, a clash of styles here.

He has. I ran into Amani at Chipotle in the summer of '23 & was extremely impressed by how polite, humble, and friendly he was.

GVH would be a good choice. He already knows all the donors and the community. He would hit the ground running.

This is for me the most disheartening outcome of the new era and where I find myself getting sentimental about the loss of the 'way it was' being a fan of a program and seeing the growth and maturity pay off with championships and the core/program stars basking in what those years of hard work delivered ... the Enrique experience for fb or bball is / will be few and far between. That's what many of us grew up appreciating and where the true fan experience came from, but alas...here we are. We root for a second year with Ben Finley. Go Zips!

(But that's water under the bridge...) Finally! No disrespect, but I appreciate your commentary on actual happenings with the sports programs much more valuable then your whining and nicknames for someone who's rubbed you the wrong way and moved on. Maybe it's just to get a chuckle (no pun intended) but no need to beat a dead horse. The cycle is what it is...Larry Williams similarly pushed out by the incoming, now former President and he's off working on getting USF to the dance. These guys move on when a new administration comes in...it's a common thread everywhere at every level. I think UA AD is lowest paid in the MAC so at least they pay less for our figurehead! As you say so eloquently 'hope springs eternal' couldn't agree more - what matters now is getting someone in here who won't just be another flash in the pan hired by Nemer and then moves on when Nemer is gone. That's why...and I think we disagree on this but that's what these forums are for...I wish they would seriously consider someone with local/UA ties like George Van Horn -- at least he'd be here for the long term and maybe they/he could put people around him who do things to help win operationally, hire the right coaches etc. and he could be the face of the program and raise dollars. I think what rings true with UA is that the BOT more so than the president is calling the shots and are around to actually execute a longer term vision. Also with the changing face of college athletics more of the strings will be pulled by guys like Bud Wentz. Giving upwards of $100K additional dollars towards marketing to MBB this season. You need someone who can bring in local guys like that who care enough to not only invest in NIL etc. but who are then also willing to put annual dollars toward things being cut like marketing because they enjoy having a seat at the table. GVH has all of those relationships. BTW did anyone see the news the provost 'stepped down' going back to faculty after a sabbatical (wink, wink)? It was buried news and somewhat of a surprise given he's the one who pushed to move Miller out and place Nemer quickly with no public search. I thought this was intentional so he'd have the president's ear on the upcoming faculty negotiations etc. Have to imagine this is excellent news for athletics... heard the provost was one of the biggest obstacles and despised the attention and money athletics receives. He was certainly always throwing shots in his budget reports at the board meetings if you tune into those things to get the state of UA affairs.

I was thinking about this thread as I watched the success of the Zips basketball team. I'm really proud of their accomplishments in the face of a lot of institutional head winds. What would it say about career athletic directors if Akron can maintain a top level basketball team while at same time getting the football program turned around? I know Ohio U has a graduate degree in sports management. What if we are creating a group of "experts" in college athletics who are little more than mental midgets bankrupting every institution they touch? What if we could have a good mac athletic department with a professor heading up the department part time as long as the subordinates were competent? Just sort of thinking out loud.

8 hours of non stop MACtion. Let’s go!!!! Men need to go 9-3 Women only need to go 5-7