kreed5120

Yes, this article is from 2005 so it might not be the most up to date, but according to it only 550 tickets are given to each school for the first round games. https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/03/16/ncaa-tickets-advancement-increases-allotmentbrschools-given-550-tickets/61950783007/

My guess is it was sent out to boosters first. I'm not sure how many tickets Akron was allocated, but I wouldn't be surprised if very few of them make it to us peons.

If the game was on Friday I'd go as I already took that day off. Thursday unfortunately I have mandatory meetings so can't attend. Be sure to cheer extra loud for me for those of you attending. If we miraculously survive, I'll be there Saturday.

I assume that's supposed to be Freeman.

Dukes would be slotted ahead of Akron so it really doesn't matter how that game plays out for us.

Honestly, I'd rather be a 14 seed playing someone like Illinois in Pittsburgh than be a 13 seed playing Kansas in Omaha.

Yes, on one side I like to see Kent fail. On the other side, I like seeing Akron play Kent in meaningful games as it makes the season more thrilling. Senderoff is easily a top 3 coach in the MAC and has been for nearly his entire tenure.

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Yes, 14 seed would be my guess. I saw some projections that had Akron playing Kentucky in Pittsburgh. As fans, that's probably the best we could realistically hope for.

I still don't know what the Kent player was thinking fouling with 4.8 seconds left. I haven't seen such a bone head basketball play since JR Smith during game 1 of the NBA finals.

I got you.

Your revisionist history is claiming that the program was in a state of decline when the last 2 seasons the Zips won 26 and 27 games. Also, by ignoring his 27-10 record in the MAC tournament. There are 12 teams in the MAC and they all have relatively the same amount of resources and facilities. How many MAC tournament championships were you expecting? If I went to the football forum and told them I could guarantee them a coach that would win make 9 MAC championships games and win 3 of those 9 over a 13 year period, every single poster on this board would accept that immediately without hesitation. If anything Dambrot was a victim of his own success. He took a bottom of the barrel MAC team and built them into a team that if they didn't win the MAC the season was viewed as a failure.

Just not a lot of great ball movement. We're settling for a lot of tough shots at the end of the shot clock. Even on the few times it looked like we had a chance for fast break points, Ohio made plays to prevent it.

I never understood people trying to use his MAC finals record against him. It's better to go to the finals and lose then get knocked out in the first or second round. His record in the MAC tournament was 27-10 (73% winning percentages) with 3 tournament appearances. For comparison, Groce is 7-4 (64%) with 1 tournament appearance (excluding this year) while coaching in a weaker MAC than Dambrot did. It seems some think he should have won 85%-90% of the games. Edit: To clarify, I'm pleased with Groce as our coach. I'm just tired of reading this revisionist history.

I don't either. He went all in to try to win with Big Dog and Kwan. Much the same way Groce has gone all in with Freeman and Ali this year. He came up short, but that team won 27 games and set the Akron win record. That team would have won 29-30 games if they were playing in this pathetic version of the MAC now. Saying the program was in decline was just factually wrong. I'm pretty indifferent to his departure now. I appreciated his time here, but at the same time I wouldn't even know how Duquesne was doing if not for the weekly updates in this thread. Some posters here just remind me of jaded lovers who can't get over their ex.

It should certainly be included as its a cost of doing business. I believe it's included as part of the overall athletic budget, but just isn't hitting football directly. It just gets lumped under facilities as a whole for athletics. If I remember correctly, Infocision is being financed at a cost of ~4.5 million/yr. $4 million of that is being charged to the athletic department and $500k is being charged to the general fund to compensate for those other miscellaneous uses you mention.

That's because there was a shortage of dorms before. The enrollment decline probably just brought it back to equilibrium.

Ali and Freeman made 1st team. Tribble was an honorable mention. Freeman and Tribble made all-defense.

It's kind of funny looking back on some of the comments on this board from earlier in the season. In January people were trying to claim we would be a 10 or 11 seed in the tournament. Others were saying there was a good chance Groce would be leaving for a better job at the end of the year. Now it's more us praying this teams figures themselves out. What a roller-coaster of a season.

I assumed Balsy got banned because he often brought politics into the discussion. I could be wrong however. I was very vocal about wanting Bowden replaced, but I never was banned. There is a way for one to vocally criticize without verbally attacking others. I don't know the details behind all of the bans, but I have at times seen some conversations get overly heated in my years here.

None of Toledo's teams have been strong defensively. That's why they come up short in March. Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

The MAC representative will most likely be a 14 or 15 seed. It depends on who wins and what upsets happen in other mid-major tournaments

I feel you guys are overlooking the fundamental problems of this team. We didn't lose to WMU and EMU because of poor shooting. We shot over 50% from the field and 41% from 3 against WMU. We shot 48% against EMU. Those are percentage you can and should win with. We're losing because of lack of effort and fundamentals. Outside of Freeman, nobody is boxing out and fighting for 50/50 balls. We're losing because We're giving up too many second chance points. We need to play better defense and secure rebounds once we force a miss. Giving more minutes to players that don't give up their body to make plays at the defensive end won't fix anything.

COY I might actually give to coach K since he won the MAC in what was a rebuilding year. Overall though nobody is all that deserving.

Going 1-8 in conference play is horrible. Would have they been competitive in the MAC? Sure, but by P5 standards they were horrible.