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MAC tourney article from GT. I think he could have left out the dig (even though true) against the Zips, but anyway. "This is why the Zips, who’ve not played their best basketball in their past two games, need to just take care of their business the rest of the way. It’s what has the potential to happen in slots four and five where Ohio and Buffalo both stand at 7-4 "What remains clear is the conference tournament will dictate who receives the MAC’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament. That organizing body issued a statement at the end of last week regarding tournament play. “Due to the challenges presented by the pandemic, conferences have until February 26 to submit their automatic qualifier form that details whether their AQ is based on the conference tournament or regular season champion. Conference championship format, field size and dates are under the auspices of the conferences,” according to a statement from the NCAA. “That was the plan all along. It was never a plan to not have a conference tournament,” Steinbrecher said of the MAC’s annual event which will take place in Cleveland at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse March 11-13. “And I think especially in a year where you think there’s a strong likelihood of an uneven number of games being played, I can’t think of a more fair way to test that AQ than having a tournament where everybody has that same chance.”

Nelsonville Junior College Kitten Attack is already gearing up and it isn't pretty: https://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard/topic.asp?FromPage=1&ForumPID=1&PID=308998

https://overthepylon.boards.net/board/3/bsu-basketball Ball State has one of the more active message boards. They are over the "Whitford experiment."

Great post, MDZip.

Yes. And he was just fine. Just likes to scare the coaching staff ... remind them how important he is

Check the box score. He played 37 mins. As Clark shrewdly pointed out, this is a normal routine for Jackson. Incidental contact, writhing in pain, lots of attention, then back on the floor.

Did he actually leave the game?

Looks like he's a big cry baby. I dont trust anything about that Toledo program.

If its even the Kittens v Toledo God forbid in a Mac final...I'm going with OU.

Like Rootstown A&M better than Toledo.

True drama queen. He's fine. Nothing to see here folks.

he didn't. he's quite the actor.

Rockets shooting lights out v. Redhawks. Gotta catch them on an off night or it's curtains.

"if they think winning is going to be a deodorant..." ???? that's a good Groceism.

Word.

missing the uniforms was blessing enough.

For the top 6, they get to go to Cleveland. The problem the MAC has is if Western wins a few and either Ball State or Miami tank and there's a 2 or 3 way tie for that 8th spot. Akron 11-3 Toledo 11-3 Kent State 9-4 Ohio 7-4 Buffalo 7-4 Bowling Green 7-7 Miami (OH) 5-6 Ball State 5-6 Western Michigan 3-8 Central Michigan 2-9 Eastern Michigan 1-7 Northern Illinois 1-8

perfect storm for them. nothing to lose. been sitting in a hotel for 3 days. came out and gave the Zips a game. Won't see them in Cleveland, thank goodness.

I was thinking all afternoon how much I enjoy watching those games after the Zips win. Zips loss would have ruined my evening.

WTF? Silver lining is we won't be seeing the Huskies in Cleveland! Zips made 25 more FTs. Refs must have been on the Zips side this time around.

Not looking forward to their trip to Muncie.

Look, it's all about the MAC tournament, right?

this day started with an article and a brief discussion of Akron's defensive woes. Quite prescient.

I meant they don't look good..."read" is a phrase they used to say something won't look good in print.

POST OF THE DAY! NIU looks like their home floor and someone used gold duct tape to # the Zip uniforms.