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I wonder if we'll ever learn how to close out these close games because all these last minute losses feel like a swift kick in the nuts

We tightened up with 5 minutes left in the 2nd half. Guys were trying to do too much offensively instead of moving the ball around and taking what the defense gave us. We fell apart defensively in the 2nd half.

4 minutes left is too much time to be holding the ball to run the shot clock. We need to run our offense.

Hopefully Utomi seeing the ball going through the net gets him going this half.

Yeah, I saw a similar post a few weeks back on cfb reddit page that had Akron on it. There were fans from Pitt, Appalachian St, and others who were quick to say the same that Infocision doesn't deserve to be on this list based on their visit here. Don't read too much into it.

What's with this off the ball movement we're seeing? I didn't know we had this in our offense.

I had to close out of app then go backnin then it loaded.

Anyone else getting the "This event has not yet started" message on ESPN+ or is it just me?

I hear people saying lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the US so I have to guess that plays a reason behind it. That being said, I'm all for minimizing the costs of our olympic sports. I'd have to think field hockey would be the cheaper option plus it gives us another opportunity to win a MAC championship.

I'd settle for the cash bar...

Are we still at 1 commit?

His name is Xeyrius Williams and unfortunately he isn't elgible to play until next season.

We don't have a post up big, which is a definite weakness, but we have some guards who have shown the ability to attack the basket. Tyler Cheese is one that comes to mind. LCJ is another that I see attacking the basket a lot. Sayles I think has the potential to develop into a pretty decent post player. He's already shown some pretty decent footwork. He needs to work on his touch near the basket.

Watching the WMU game it seemed Dugan, whose listed at 7', really disrupted our inside game. Either by altering shot attempts or by discouraging shots all together with his help defense. CMU starting front court consists of 6'7 DiLeo and 6'6 Montgomery. I'd like to see our guards attack early and get some easy buckets in hopes of building confidence. Maybe then we'll see the 3's start to fall.

You get a parking pass to the deck with GA season tickets. I'm guessing that's who you're mostly seeing coming in and out of the deck before and after games.

What's surprising about their 19% day from behind the arc is I thought they had a lot of quality looks. Not many of them looked forced. We did enough to scrape out a win. Hopefully we find our shooting by Tuesday, we'll need it against CMU.

What caused the stoppage?

It would be nice to give Roscoe some minutes in the 2nd half. We need an offensive spark.

It would be nice to have a big that could finish at the rim...

In the words of Charles Barkley, Toledo looks turrible.

I figured since the MAC is starting conference play today I'd revisit this to see how the MAC closed the OOC season. I added 3 additional mid-major conferences to the mix. The MAC improved their KenPom average from 139.25 to 135.50, which is about 30 spots better than the average MWC team. The MVC had a strong finish, but the MAC still leads them by a healthy margin. They also still lead the A10 and C-USA. The AAC by the numbers looks like it should get more at-large bids than the PAC-12. Bravo to the season they're having. The MAC actually looks pretty comparable to the WCC except for the fact we're missing a team as good as Gonzaga. It surprises me they haven't been poached by a larger conference yet. I may revisit this before selection Sunday or after postseason play if anyone is at all interested in seeing how things finish. Edit: After I posted I noticed that I only included 9 MVC teams into the total while still dividing by the 10 total teams they have in the conference. That explains why they looked so much better than they did 2 weeks ago. I've updated the graphic.

Hawkins is 150-106 (.586) against the MAC and has made 2 NCAAT appearances. He's done well enough that it would be hard for WMU to justify firing him, but hasn't done well enough to be poached. He's pretty much the Frank Solich of MAC basketball.

Northwestern is never going to contend for national titles. Much like Notre Dame, their handicapped in recruiting because they're a private university that has very high admission standards. Unlike Notre Dame they don't have the brand. The reason Fitzgerald gets thrown around so often when it comes to NFL hires is because he's a great x's and o's guy who finds ways to maximizes his teams potential and is able to compete against schools that frankly are more talented on paper.

This year is the best the MAC has been in two decades. Buffalo barring a MAC regular season letdown is already an at-large team and Toledo is currently on the edge of being a bubble team. Toledo would probably need to beat Buffalo to have any real chance of sneaking in with an at-large. Outside of those that MAC is filled with a lot of good to mediocre teams with really no cupcakes.

Illinois has always been a mess in football. The only time I can remember them being relevant was when they had Juice Williams. They're a basketball school and always have been. It makes their fall to the bottom of B10 surprising.