kreed5120

Well Chicago State is without a league so they have to find opponents for January and February. I'm guessing Duquesne thought this could be a game they could regroup and clear the bench mid conference play.

The MAC has been spiraling downhill. Even in a rebuilding year we could potentially finish 10-8 in MAC play with a 4th or 5th place finish.

I didn't realize Buffalo was hosting games this year 😉

Overall record is irrelevant in conference standings. They are obviously ahead on one of the MAC tie-breakers, but I really don't care to take the time to figure out which one it is. We play them twice still so it will be decided on the court.

When you're below the bubble line, it's silly to look at bracketology this early. So much of where Akron would be seeded, assuming they even win in Cleveland, would depend on how other conference tournaments play out. There is no way of accurately predicting things in February, let alone January.

The way I see it is Toledo is Akron's only real competition in the MAC this season. Earlier in the year Kent looked like they had a solid team, but their wheels have since fallen off. That's not to say other teams aren't capable of beating us come March. Wacky things can happen in single elimination games.

And UCLA went on another 7-2 run to close out the game after Freeman fouled out. You can try to justify your argument however you want, but the Zips were badly outscored during the minutes Aziz was on the court. That can't be argued.

The Zips blew the game against UCLA once Freeman fouled out. Aziz didn't replace Freeman's impact. He didn't even come remotely close. When you're a mid-major and have a top 15-20 player at a position there is no replacing them. If they get injured or fouled out, you're screwed. This isn't UNC or Kentucky where you have 4* recruits sitting on the bench just waiting their turn.

And the only reason he got those minutes is Freeman only played 24 minutes due to foul trouble. Otherwise he would have only played 5-6 minutes. Ali was the PF on that team. The lineup Groce is running out today is bigger than that team. Edit: I do agree we need more production out of out pg. Castaneda didn't really figure it out and turn it on until mid-February or so. We're going to need one of our guards make some strides between now and March.

It's not that programs like Wisconsin or Iowa can't break even. It's that they choose to not breakeven as they would rather spend more in an attempt to keep up with the Jones's (aka UM/OSU).

It can happen. Generally though when the MAC produces an at-large caliber team that team wins the tournament making the point mute. Otherwise we would have had two bids a few years ago when Buffalo had that strong season.

The last team to go undefeated in MAC play was the 1957-1958 Miami team. They went 12-0 that season. No team has ever gone 18-0 in MAC play.

It's college basketball, not the NBA. Not like we can go out and make an in season trade to add a missing piece. We have to run with what we got.

Yes, usually when people start getting overly ambitious and talk about seeding or at-large (although not applicable this time), we have one of these humbling losses. I posted before that it had been 70+ years since the MAC last had an unbeaten team in conference play. Back then there were much fewer conference games than there are today. I like this team, but I don't think they're remotely as good as that Wally Miami team, that Elite 8 PCCC team, or that Buffalo team of a few years back. If those teams couldn't run the table in MAC, why would anyone think this Zips team could? What's important is that we don't let this snowball. Accept we had a bad night or our opponent played one of there better ones. I didn't watch the game so I can't speak to it. Identify areas of improvement and work to become better.

What's the piece even about? I see newspapers are now like cable where they show you an introductory price, but conveniently avoid telling you the price thereafter.

I don't think the JAR has the concourse space to accommodate a $1 beer night. It would turn into a crap show where the stairs would be blocked from the lines and people would miss huge chunk of the game waiting for a beer

Are you volunteering to pay for it? The University certainly is financially strapped at the moment.

I view it more as a consolation prize. Obviously I'm disappointed to not make the tournament. My thing is football routinely sends 5-7 teams to the postseason to not play for a championship and fans seem excited about it. The regular season champ deserves some sort of postseason.

10-11 seed would place us ahead of multiple at-large teams. That's not going to happen. Realistically the best that we can expect is a 13 seed. The OOC schedule was solid, but we've lost to every quality opponent we faced. The bigger issue is the MAC is historically bad. The worst I've ever seen it. Using today's NET rankings, not a single MAC game that we have on our schedule would be classified as a Q1 or Q2 game. All 18 games would be Q3 & Q4. Historically speaking we're going to have a bad night and lose to one of these cupcakes. You have to go back 70+ years to find the last time a MAC team went undefeated during conference play.

There is no need for an additional tournament. The NIT just needs to be expanded to 48, like the women's tournament is set to be this year.

I'm slightly more optimistic than that, but mid-major slots will certainly be at much more of a premium than they were before.

What makes you think that? The conference regular season champion no longer gets an auto-bid.

It's a nice test, but the season will still come down to 3 days in March. The MAC is a complete joke this year. Even with a win we'd be 1-4 in Q1 & Q2 games. That won't get us a NIT bid, let a lone a NCAA at-large.

The selection process is still done by the committee. It's not like they take NET 1-4 and make them the 4, 1 seeds. Then make 5-8 NET teams the 2 seeds and so on. The NET rankings are just a tool they use. They still take other things into account, like injuries.

I still cant take WMU seriously. Good on them for getting to 4-0, but I feel it's more of a testament of how bad the rest of the MAC is. Someone has to win these 200+ vs 200+ match-ups