Zippy87

Because the MAC has 13 teams this year, UMass only has two games remaining. They're off March 6th, the final night of conference play.

UMass with a rough loss against Ball State. Bracket is updated.

Saw this at Dick's Sporting Goods in Fairlawn today. Odd color choice?

DHGate or work with a local shop to do a custom. That's about the only option, unfortunately.

I'm hoping Freeman can find a better situation next season. It doesn't seem like Minnesota has plans for him on the NBA roster.

Buffalo is now #7, UMass #8

The UMass-BG game on February 28th could end being pretty big in terms of the seed UMass ends up with.

Who is more interesting in the league this year to discuss in the "MAC 2025-26 SZN" thread?

37 of our 46 points from Tavari/Amani so far

Need to get Scott going.

I think the Miami discussion can be simplified pretty easily: 1) They are a very good team, and winning as much as they have is very difficult to do. 2) Their run was made possible in part because of one of the easiest OOC schedules in the country and a fortunate MAC schedule (no game at Akron, only one game vs Kent State). Both of these can be true at the same time.

If Miami doesn't get an at-large, Miami only has themselves to blame. They knew they had a really good team this year and still rolled with one of the worst OOC schedules in D1.

Not saying Buffalo is anything special, but they've been without their top scorer, Daniel Freitag, their last three games. He's avering 20/4/4 on the season, so it's a pretty significant piece missing from their lineup.

Buffalo did give Miami two close games, and should have won at least one of them. But otherwise, yeah, this could set up unbelievably well for them.

Updated the OP. Akron needs 1 win to clinch a top 3 seed.

I may end up being wrong, but I thibk Miami loses in the MAC Tournament, and, if they do get an at-large, gets crushed in the NCAA Tournament. I don't believe they are battle-tested against higher levels teams, and I do think that matters in March. We will find out. Both teams shot well below their season averages in that game. Why do you only bring that up for Miami? 🤔

I didn't say they can't beat them, but no, I don't think they would have beat them. You're way too focused on Vegas lines instead of trusting your eyes and team metrics. Miami is a really good team. They also played absolutely nobody OOC. It's working for them, so more power to them. But it doesn't mean I think if they traded places with us this year that they wouldn't have 3-4 losses, at least.

Tavari: 12.0 MPG, 4.1 PPG, .456 FG%, .447 3PT%, 1.2 APG, 0.4 SPG, 1.0 TOPG Sharron: 18.8 MPG, 7.1 PPG, .383 FG%, .293 3PT%, 1.8 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.9 TOPG I'd say Sharron takes care of the ball better than Tavari did as a sophomore, and is much better defensively. Tavari was a much more effefective shooter/scorer. I still wonder if moving Sharron out of the starting lineup for a few games would take some pressure off of him. He seems like he is pressing a bit as a scorer.

Murray State and Yale would both beat Miami, too.

I also applied and didn't hear anything.

Three straight losing seasons with the team performing progressively worse with each season and then tried throwing his players under the bus, despite what seems like a pretty good NIL investment. Not sure why K State would keep him?

UMass is the team I don't want to see in Cleveland. I really want Miami to draw them.

Assuming we stay the #2 seed, we'd play in Game 3 of 4 on Thursday, and the 2nd game on Friday (assuming we advance). I'm guessing that would put us around 4:30-5ish on Thursday? It would be 7:30 on Friday if the schedule stayed the same as last season.

Are we without Evan for this one?

- Loved Sharron's defense. He seems to be pressing on offense. I've said it before, but I'd consider flipping him and Scott and bringing Young off the bench for a bit. He'll still get plenty of minutes, but I wonder if it may allow him to relax his game a bit. - Really nice game from Shammah. After Evan was ejected, he was one of the ones that really stepped up. I also noticed how calm he was throughout that incident. His veteran presence is huge for this team. - Evan was fantastic. He's such a natural athlete - I think he has the highest upside of anyone in the roster. I'd like to see him get starts moving forward - he has earned it. - Marvin gave us some really important minutes last night. What he lacks in size he makes up for in effort. He is tough as nails. I'd like to see him get 5-10 minutes every game. - I feel for Barre. His injuries have prevented him from finding his groove and now he is pretty clearly pressing. Groce/Ford seemed very frustrated with him on the play where he got it stolen away then committed a frustration foul. He never got back in. - Hope Oggy is at least developing in practice. I was/am excited about him - his game is raw, but you can see the enormous potential when he does play.