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What were the Rowdies chanting when Sullinger had the ball last night?

Harris was at the NIU game in a sling.

Brutal season.

It doesn't seem like JG's style, but I wouldnt mind sitting him against Buffalo. It would give him 8 days between games to gear up for the MAC Tournament.

Assuming we take care of business against the #8 seed, it seems likely that we will see one of Kent, Ohio, or Toledo in the Semis. Who would you most/least like to see in that spot?

Replay is fantastic when it results in getting the call correct in a tight game. Unfortunately, MAC officials can't always be counted on, even with the help of replay.

Some observations: - Okonkwo and Young both players so hard and with so much energy. I love it. I'm hoping Young didn't tweak anything...he was walking a bit gingerly at one point. - The growth of Tavari Johnson has been fun to watch. He's shown glimpses of it before, but he's finally put it all together this season. - Helluva game for Shammah - 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. - Still a bit too much iso offense. Hopefully we can get to better ball movement before Cleveland. We remain cold from deep, too - we've only shot north of 30% from 3 once over the last 5 games. - Gray hasn't had a significant impact the last few games. Only 16 minutes tonight. Still playing good defense and rebounding, but not living up to the pre-season All-MAC selection. - Odd that I didn't see Josiah Harris there tonight. - Loved seeing Ali there, hyping up the crowd.

If threes aren't falling we won't beat even decent teams. Worrisome trend over the last few games.

Does anyone know if Okonkwo can return or if Harris can get an additional year of eligibility?

Love this - accomplishes the goal and gets the point across but in a fun way.

https://x.com/TheGeorge_IV/status/1895162368293748840?t=rNDitI6aoXyh15ktmZDLBw&s=19

"It's so cool Angela offered this deal specifically to me!" 😂

Some notes: - Akron's magic number for the #1 seed is now down to 1. - Miami's magic number for #2 is also 1. - Buffalo and NIU are the only teams eliminated.

Wilson is now 6-24 (25%) from deep over the last 5 games. We really need him to start hitting again.

I really think the 6 team format would make some sense. If you're the 7th best (or worse) team in - let's be honest - a mediocre conference - do you really deserve a chance to go to March Madness? Cut the 7/8 teams, which gives the top 2 seeds a small advantage of a bye, and you eliminate the early Thursday games, which aren't well-attended. Thursday 5 PM - 4 vs 5 8 PM - 3 vs 6 Friday 5 PM - 1 vs 4/5 winner 8 PM - 2 vs 3/6 winner Saturday 7:30 PM - Chanpionship

I'm curious if the MAC will revisit their format at some point. Dropping to the current 8-team format was allegedly in response to the pandemic. I do think there needs to be some additional advantage built in for the top 2 or 4 seeds. Option 1: 2016-2020 Format The top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals; seeds 5-12 played first-round games at the campus of the higher seed. Winners of the first-round games advanced to face the top four seeds in the quarterfinal round in Cleveland. Option 2: 2012-2015 Format The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received byes straight to the semifinals, with the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds beginning tournament play in the quarterfinals. Teams seeded 5–12 played an additional two rounds. Option 3: Brand New Format Could they adopt an SBC-Style tournament? I'm guessing this would be too much. My preferred idea would be to cut the number of teams to 6 and award two first round byes. This cuts out your teams who, quite frankly, don't deserve a shot, awards an advantage to your top 2 seeds, and still maintains three nights of good basketball. How it'd look today: Thursday #4 Ohio vs #5 Kent #3 Toledo vs #6 Ball State Friday #1 Akron vs Ohio/Kent winner #2 Miami vs Toledo/Ball State winner Saturday Championship

3-point shooting over the last three games: vs CMU: 5-18 (27.7%) vs NIU: 5-21 (23.8%) vs OU: 4-18 (22.2%) Overall: 14-57 (24.6%)

Boals is going to be insufferable.

Hardman looks lost.

We had a clunker against NIU but thankfully they're terrible, and scratched out a win against a mediocre CMU team before that. This isn't a one-off bad game IMO, they haven't been playing well.

Gray looks awful.

OU has 9 points off of turnovers. Aside from that, they're not doing anything special, we just can't score right now.

It was absolutely used during intros.