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As far as I understand it only factored in D1 football and NFL cities. Canton would therefore not be included. I just feel the metrics are kind of BS. Just sorting by the NFL ranks they ranked Cleveland 27th out of 30 cities. I wonder what kind of attendance and fan support those other 29 cities would have is they sucked like the Browns have for the past 20 years. Sure, some cities like Green Bay and Oakland would still be doing well, but no way LA, Miami, Charlotte, Indianapolis etc. would be doing better. If this study was conducted in 5 years using the exact same metrics the numbers will look completely different as of course the teams that are currently winning are attracting larger attendances and are able to command higher ticket prices due to bandwagon fans. A different sport, but Cavs are witnessing 1st hand the mass exodus of bandwagon fans. If a similar study was done on the NBA the Cavs would have been a top 5 "basketball fan base." This year they would have slid into the 20s.

Interesting that we're still recruiting for 2019. Even with the recent departure of a couple of players, we're still at 13 scholarships for next year so someone still has to go. I'm not seeing anyone having the type of season that makes you think a bigger school is eyeing them to transfer so I wonder what 1-2 players "decide" to transfer down.

I like ESPN+ a lot. Between ESPN+, Netflix, and the regular OTA stations I have no desire to have a cable package. Even during the dead period of Zips sports (April-July), ESPN+ will broadcast every single Columbus Crew match as long as you live outside Columbus area.

Given the Zips having the night off and the arctic temperatures barricading me inside, I'll most likely flip between the other 4 MAC games.

I quit reading when I saw he had Miami (FL) ranked 6th overall. Both the Dolphins and Hurricanes have trouble filling their stadiums even when they have good teams...

I had a co-worker sneak up on me when I was scrolling past the above pic. I'm probably going to be labeled as the office perv now

It's not easy to win on the road. The teams that can consistently do it are the good to great teams. The teams that can't are the mediocre to bad teams.

Akron still has yet to get a road win this season and it's not like we're in a position to think going in this will be an easy win. Ohio is only 1 game behind us in the standings. If we lose i don't feel it's because we looked past Ohio. It would be because frankly we suck playing on the road.

4 out of the 5 MAC teams currently with a winning conference record are in the MAC East. No MAC East team is worse than 3-4 in conference play. 9 out of our last 11 are against the MAC East and another against Toledo. The home stretch is going to be tough, but we should see a lot of quality match ups.

He also went something like 6-18 from the field with a couple of those makes being desperation 3s that somehow found the net. Overall I feel Akron has done a good job at making opposing #1 scorers work for their points.

Hated the decision to foul. We're terrible in boxing out on free throws. They missed an easy tip in that could have tied it.

Hippity hop race right on queue

Already 3 turnovers by Riak

I'm guessing it's one of those flags people wear like a cape. Just pure speculation.

They gave the shooter 2 shots because he was fouled in the act of shooting before the buzzer, but he didn't release it before the buzzer therefore the make didn't count. The Buffalo player missed both free throws

Still best to cheer for Buffalo. A Buffalo win plus an Akron win tomorrow would slide us into tie for 3rd place in the MAC.

EMU offers a deal called the Little Caesars 4 pack. You get 4 GA tickets, 4 slices of pizza, and 4 drinks for $34. The same 4 pack without a drink and pizza would have cost rowdyzip $87. I'm sure plenty of other schools are offering better promotions than we do.

I went out and tracked down the attendance numbers for the past two seasons off the MAC website. I found it a bit lazy these numbers weren't referenced in the article. Buffalo, Toledo, & EMU are all already eclipsing last years averages. February and March are typically the highest attended games as you're in the heart of conference play, students are back in class, and are when you play your rivals. I know both Akron and Kent still have home games left against one another plus Ohio and Buffalo. I have to imagine BGSU, CMU, and NIU will all surpass their last year averages. I think MAC attendance is going to be up compared to last year because of the higher caliber play of the conference this year. This is at a time when attendance has been trending down a crossed the board for all sports. It's unrealistic to expect going from playing in a 1/3 filled arenas to sell outs in 1 season. It would take a string of seasons of playing at a high level to see the big jump in attendance that Alexander is expecting. 2018-2019 1 Ohio 5,048.0 2 Buffalo 4,681.0 3 Toledo 4,400.0 4 Ball State 3,205.0 5 Akron 2,341.0 6 CMU 2,058.0 7 Kent 2,044.0 8 WMU 1,786.0 9 EMU 1,703.0 10 BGSU 1,561.0 11 Miami 1,327.0 12 NIU 921.0 2017-2018 Ohio 5598 Toledo 3990 Ball State 3721 Buffalo 3570 Akron 2824 Kent State 2800 WMU 2226 CMU 2132 BGSU 1917 Miami 1671 EMU 1233 NIU 998

I don't think I've ever made a food purchase at the JAR. I grab food beforehand or afterward, typically at Euro or Score.

Single game tickets are outrageous, I'd agree. The value comes in getting season tickets, but that also means your're committing to go to more than 1 game. That said, price isn't a deterrent for students as admission costs are already built into their student fees and I saw maybe 150 students at the game Tuesday. I'm not sure why we don't see better promotions such as a $1 dog night. Those type of events seem help draw fans to Rubber Duck games. Also selling alcohol at the JAR would open up opportunities like having a craft beer night which could appeal to the younger alumni.

Yes, I was referring to getting to the 34.4% NCAA median. 34.4% - 22.5% = to a tick under 11%.

Yes, I have to agree with Cheese doing an excellent job of running the point as of late. Earlier in the year I was a naysayer stating I felt he was only a 2 guard. I was proven wrong (not the 1st time). Since then he's gotten more aggressive attacking the basket which has led to him creating offense for both himself and for teammates.

Yeah, in general Buffalo is the only great in the MAC this year, but there are still a lot of decent other ones. 11 of the 12 MAC teams are in the top 50% of D1 basketball based off of the NET rankings. Buffalo will beat any team in the MAC when they bring their A game, but that's tough to do for 18 straight games. What we saw last night is Buffalo played their C game and NIU A game was good enough to beat it.

I was referring to winning the MAC tournament. I'm not sure if you're aware, but Akron is a combined 40/170 (23.5%) from behind the arc during MAC play. The NCAA median 3P% is 34.4%. I'd classify an 11% jump in 3P% major progress. In fact, if we shot 34.4% on our 170 attempts, it would have translated into an additional 18.5 makes. That's an additional 9 points per game.

Saul is in the last year of his contract so unless an unexpected turnaround these next 2 months I'd say he's definitely gone. Hawkins has 1 year left on his deal after this season. Whether he stays or goes depends on if WMU wants to be cheap or not.