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Down to 3 and give up 4. Zips have trouble when opponent is in top form. They can't seem to match it.

Dagger. Complete replay of Toledo.

Yes, I so feel like Sweet Caroline sing a long about now

Exactly. Said that awhile ago.

Rough way to end the season. Owned by the MAC West at home.

I think it's Ball State that plays to level of their opponent.

Awful possession to end half. Just get it to Hunter.

Lots of dribbling and some poor shots. Ball State getting closer to the basket.

Going inside. Draw some fouls. Eat away a little. Seems to be the plan.

Ball State so much better. Rebounding big problem at moment.

Looks like a date with Ohio in first round.

Can't blame the refs on this one. Like Toledo, Ball State was hitting all their 3s in warm up.

Ball State good warm up carrying over. X missed 2 open 3s. Nate Johnson in.

Coleman NOT dressed.

And the "double foul" ref returning to the scene of the crime. Cardinals shooting well in warm up...dread setting in.

Tribble and all Zips appear to be accounted for. Yeah, Sparks isn't all that injured.

Noticed Sparks dressed and warming up. As I suspected, he's not ad injured as they made him out to be

I think BVP at OU announced after the tournament

I'm loathe to weigh into transfer speculation but would a top player announce he or she is entering the transfer portal before the season is over?

Have to face the music eventually I guess. Toledo won the first MAC tournament in 1980....43 years, hence, and here we are.

I read over this thread and the Buffalo game. Most posts are about Ali dribbling, dribbling, dribbling. However, ultimately was a team effort to get by Buffalo with Dawson, Wynn, X (with late 3 to tie at half), Tribble all making big contributions.

Merely sharing information. Groce and staff will find know how to take advantage of whatever situation presents itself. Without Sparks, maybe a bigger night for Freeman. Groce was running some nice plays for him against hapless WMU.

News from Muncie: (maybe those wily Over the Pylon guys are gaslighting us?): "Pretty disheartening article in the SP today. Sparks might not even play in the tourney, Pearson is about "60%," Coleman injured his foot in the second half vs. EMU (he gets more of a pass for his play knowing that), Sellers is banged up, Jacobs is nursing an injury. Some of those things are because of games, some of those things are because we lack depth and they've had to be pushed really hard, and Lewis goes hard in practice. In short, the fantastic win against Kent may have been our last of the season. All we can do is hope Sparks can somehow play in Cleveland but it looks doubtful. If he can play he'd probably be pretty limited in what he could do. So then we have to hope all the other guys who're banged up can regroup for at least one game in the tourney and pull the first one out. An otherwise stellar season is headed toward a pretty disappointing finish and it's not really due to a collapse in play, it's due to injuries and fatigue. Can someone step up? Windham? Nah. Cleary? He has the athletic skills but not the basketball savvy yet. Bumb? We're playing with maybe 6 guys."

Not sure of a guaranteed loss Friday night. However, a win tomorrow night, makes Friday's game meaningless in a few ways. Kent, with two wins at home, can lock down a tie for regular season championship and the #1 seed. And all that depends on Toledo losing at Muncie. but does that mean much? first round against say Western Michigan or Buffalo? Tomorrow is about who plays Ohio and who plays Northern Illinois in the first round. The coaches contracts likely have some nice bonuses for beating rival teams and winning regular season championships.

FWIW. Big Game tomorrow night!!