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I would think Syracuse fans would be lining up with pitchforks if that ever happened.

Let's make the whole arena Zips sections.

If anyone wants something else to cheer for BracketMatrix has us slotted as the #12 seed. That means if we see a bid thief from the AAC or A10 win it we could conceivable slide into an 11 seed. Of course that would require us taking care of our own business first.

Generally it's depth perception. Particularly for jump shooting teams it takes time to adjust in a much larger arena.

Oops wrong thread.

Anyone else watching this Kent-Ohio game cheering for a 5OT Ohio win?

I broke the news to my fiancé, who is a Miami grad. I might be sleeping on the couch tonight.

That's how the setup was before but they complained it gave Akron too much of an advantage so we adopted the current model. Now that Miami losses the narrative changes.

Guest commentator Bruce Pearl.

Honestly, if I was their fan base I would view that as a positive. It would pretty much be a home game against a high quality opponent. I would love an opportunity to ser Akron play an Indiana, Texas, Missouri, etc. within an hour drive.

Great for Akron, sad for Cleveland hotels/bars. A lot of Miami fans about to cancel 2 nights of hotel stays and make that sad, silent 4 hour drive to Cincinnati. Perhaps calling their boss and letting them know they can cancel their PTO request for tomorrow.

MAC tournament tickets about to get much cheaper on the secondary market.

Water found its level.

I'm surprised by that. A lot of the negative I've seen online has been about Dabo is his reluctance to embrace it.

If that was the case it probably would have went to the Miami bench warmer who talked s*** to Ohio fans and flipped them the bird lol

You forgot it's about a lot more than just being good. If success was all that mattered Rutgers and Maryland wouldn't be in the B1G. North Carolina is an attractive team not just because of basketball. They're in a rapidly growing market and has lots of businesses. Clemson IMO is a washed has been football program. They don't have the money to compete in this NIL era, which is why they've regressed. They are probably the 5th or 6th best option for someone to pluck off. A program like UNC has money to compete, especially when you consider they would get a nice bump in TV revenue joining the B1G. Edit: What do you mean UNC doesn't care about football? They made a huge financial commitment to football just last year by bringing in Bellichick. They wouldn't be doing that if they didn't care.

TBF Miami (FL), North Carolina, and Florida St. are all bigger brands than anything left in the Big 12. The ACC just has a lot more dead weight. The Big 12 is more solid top to bottom. Their strength is in their depth. If you're an B1G school and you want to add 2 schools it would make sense they would take 2 of the bigger brands from the ACC over any of the teams from the Big 12 IMO.

If that was the case they simply would have given it to Gillespie. Unlike Suder, there was actually an argument to be made for him winning it depending on which stats a voter would prioritize. IMO voting has just turned into giving it to the best player on the 1st place team. It's a similar model that the NBA has been running for what I'm guessing to be 2 decades now.

It will be what the PAC-12 will be this coming season. Pretty much on par with what the AAC was 5 years ago.

I feel you could make a decent fan committee from just this forum. We have people from all walks of life. Some former players. Many die-hard 30+ year fans. Some more recent grads. Many Akron alumni and a few who weren't that still want to support the local team. Just take 10 people from this board and mix in 2-3 current students and there you go, you have your committee. No need to do a further search.

Wouldn't you imagine Evan would have to guard Byers? Not sure who else would be able to take that assignment given his 6'8" frame. I think we might rely on Eric to guard Suder.

I looked at Miami's message board and even they were surprised that Suder won POTY.

This might be sacrilegious to say, but I don't think Suder should even be the 2nd choice. Gillespie IMO was the 2nd best player in the MAC this season. I can see Suder at #3.

2025-26 MAC Men’s Basketball All-MAC Teams & Specialty Award Winners Coach of the Year: Travis Steele, Miami* Player of the Year: Peter Suder, Senior, Guard, Miami Defensive Player of the Year: Javontae Campbell, Senior, Guard, Bowling Green Freshman of the Year: Leroy Blyden Jr., Guard, Toledo* Sixth Man of the Year: Shammah Scott, Graduate Student, Guard, Akron *unanimous selection All-MAC First Team Tavari Johnson, Senior, Guard, Akron Amani Lyles, Senior, Forward, Akron Javontae Campbell, Senior, Guard, Bowling Green Delrecco Gillespie, Senior, Forward, Kent State Peter Suder, Senior, Guard, Miami All-MAC Second Team Leonardo Bettiol, Graduate Student, Forward, Massachusetts Brant Byers, Redshirt Sophomore, Guard, Miami Eian Elmer, Junior, Guard, Miami Jackson Paveletzke, Senior, Guard, Ohio Sonny Wilson, Junior, Guard, Toledo All-MAC Third Team Shammah Scott, Graduate Student, Guard, Akron Ryan Sabol, Junior, Guard, Buffalo Marcus Banks Jr., Graduate Student, Guard, Massachusetts Luke Skaljac, Sophomore, Guard, Miami Leroy Blyden Jr., Freshman, Guard, Toledo All-MAC Honorable Mention Evan Mahaffey, Senior, Forward, Akron Daniel Freitag, Sophomore, Guard, Buffalo Morgan Safford, Graduate Student, Guard, Kent State Antwone Woolfolk, Senior, Forward, Miami Javan Simmons, Redshirt Junior, Forward, Ohio MAC All-Defensive Team Amani Lyles, Senior, Forward, Akron Evan Mahaffey, Senior, Forward, Akron Javontae Campbell, Senior, Guard, Bowling Green Nathan Claerbaut, Senior, Center, Central Michigan Delrecco Gillespie, Senior, Forward, Kent State MAC All-Freshman Team Eric Mahaffey, Guard, Akron Mohammad Habhab, Forward, Eastern Michigan Quinn Woidke, Guard, Kent State Danny Carbuccia, Guard, Massachusetts Leroy Blyden Jr., Guard, Toledo

I wouldn't even say he was the biggest snub on that list. Freitag should have made 2nd Team. UB was a completely different team with him healthy.