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TDM has some sort of eye infection. According to Dambrot he is pretty much playing with vision in 1 eye. Hughes is having some sort of back trouble. From the sounds of it, it isn't anything severe. It is just a discomfort that is impacting his mobility and play.

Dambrot is on record as saying the reason TDM hasn't played more is because he hasn't been healthy enough to practice. Once his eye fully heals and he is able to practice daily (if he isn't already there now) he should expect an uptick in his minutes.

I'm going to venture to guess Antonio Campbell won't play considering he was seen in a walking boot. I know as a Zips fan I wouldn't want us rushing Big Dog back from injury for fear he would re-injure and not be able to play when games matter the most come March. Beating Ohio at home without their returning MAC POY should be expected out of us. I would take nothing out of that game if we were to win by 2 or 20. Edit: I honestly do think we are the best team in the MAC. We've at times allowed teams to hang around too long, but we have had various players step up for us down the stretch to squeeze out victories. We need to start playing a full 40 minutes instead of only stepping up the intensity when our back is against the wall. Getting Hughes and Martin back healthy would be a start.

Has anyone heard what round "experts" have him going?

At the half when Big Dog had 3 points and the Zips had 9 3s made, I thought I was a lock to get all 3 right assuming the Zips won. I was wrong...

What I'm interested to see is if more teams begin to front Big Dog in an attempt to deny him an entry pass. Got to give it to Miami. They found a way of limiting Big Dog.

And we still managed to win at a place we haven't won at since 2012. It doesn't matter to me how we win as long as we keep winning.

If Hughes could get back to being healthy, that would be great.

Let's play some D and protect the ball.

10 turnovers and 3/8 from the charity stripe is the only reason this is a game right now.

And Kwan is now in the game ???

Correct. I say WMU wins more games. You have Akron winning more games. PS: This is 1 bet I actually hope to lose.

I'd be willing to wager a $60 donation to the Z-Fund (value of 1 season ticket).

I still say WMU wins more games this season than Akron...

Its not like Mid-Majors are getting at-large bids under the current format. Edit: But yes, I'm sure Ohio's AD, 1 of the 2 guys spearheading this, is looking to screw over all mid-majors.

I don't see the selection committee going away in basketball. At the end they will still be the ones making the picks. It's just been a pretty known fact for years that RPI is outdated and is a pretty terrible metric. They are just looking for a new formula to be the go to like RPI once was.

It appears the selection committee is looking for a new metric to help standardize the process. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18468008/ncaa-tournament-officials-meet-analytics-experts-consider-creating-new-metric

Odds are looking pretty good OSU finds their way into the NIT. I'm praying and hoping the Zips don't join them. As fun as it was to play them last year, despite the sloppy play on both sides, I have my eyes set on a bigger prize.

We'll be better than 125/128 if for nothing more than the fact the University will buy tickets to make sure we stay over 15k threshold to maintain FBS status.

This is what I was meaning when I said Akron needs to mix up the boring same old entertainment and bring in new acts.

There is always a trickle down effect. If a player normally would have went to OSU but elected to do this semi-pro league instead that means OSU would instead take a player that went to MSU. MSU would then need to take a player that would have went to Minnesota. Minnesota would then take a player who would have otherwise went to Cincy. Cincy then takes a player that would have otherwise went to a MAC/C-USA or lower profile G5.

If the league flops, it will be terrible for the players. They would have declared themselves pro therefore couldn't return to CFB and they wouldn't be draft eligible for 2 additional seasons. Even if the league was to succeed you would be seeing some players cut from teams after 1 year to make room for some up and coming 18 year old. Where is that player to go?

TBH I expect the league to flop. A big reason why college football is as successful as it is is because of tradition and each school has 100,000+ living alumni that have a connection with the school not to mention the people that might not of went to college perhaps had a sibling, parent, kid, cousin, etc. that went there.

I'm not asking for a 3rd top 10 game. We played 2 top 10 teams then played nobody else in the top 100. I'd more so be looking for some team that I'd expect to finish in the 25-50 range. It's why I mentioned Cincy and Pitt specifically. It's been a while since I can remember either being a top 10 team, but each are normally very solid teams.

No offense taken. My apologies for misconstruing what you were saying.