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Got mentioned tonight - during Bassitts only bad outing of the postseason. 😂

And just like that, a Stefan Dobrijevic PK puts the Zips on top.

Zips have only three shots and one shot on goal. If they can't beat this Marquette team they probably don't deserve to be in the tournament.

With Creighton picking up a point tonight Zips must get at least a tie to stay in contention for the Midwest title.

Seton Hall and Creighton end at 1-1.

Seton Hall up on Creighton 1-0. If Seton Hall wins, might not be the worst thing for the Zips since they tied SHU and one of the tiebreakers is how you did against the highest ranked teams. Both Creighton and the Zips have lost to UConn.

DePaul and Providence tied 1-1 at the half. A tie would be helpful in this game. And in the continuing theme of Big East schools having ball field infields on their soccer pitches, DePaul does as well. I think only Creighton and Georgetown have equivalent soccer facilities to Akron's in the Big East. And unrelated but still strange ESPN+ is showing four NCAA women's hockey games at the same time on the same screen.

Come on I was waiting for someone else to praise Bassitt. Another scoreless inning (has given up one hit in the postseason) with two strikeouts. Would have been the winning pitcher had Toronto been able to complete their comeback (runners on 2nd and 3rd with none out and score no runs is pretty rough) to be the pitcher that got the win in the clinching World series game. Darn it.

St. John's holds the tiebreaker on us and finishes at Butler. We desperately need the win today.

6-6 looks actually possible. Far from a guarantee but possible.

Just for fun I was looking back at recent Akron successes in the MAC tournament. Akron was first eligible for the MAC tournament in 1993, it didn't even qualify for the tournament at all until 1998 and won only three games total until 2007 when it made the final (although the previous year the Zips were seeded third and their one win put them into the semifinal a streak that would continue for 12 years, then two years of not making the semifinal, then making at least the semis every year since it has been played). Despite the Zips never making a championship until 2007, and not winning one until 2009, they are 6-6 overall now (only one behind the three all-time leaders Ball St, Ohio and Kent (all of whom have made at least 32 appearances). Zips have 17. Despite the Zips having won only three games by 2007, they have the highest winning percentage in MAC tournament history at .607. Zips have as many wins as they have missed championship appearances since 2007. Just wanted to put in a little thanks to Keith Dambrot and John Groce for making these last 20 years so enjoyable. Now go win an NCAA tournament game (for us!). 🤣

Zips can still make playoff without winning this game but man what a disappointment if they can't pick up three at home against Marquette. Creighton (3 points ahead of the Zips) plays Seton Hall (2 points ahead of the Zips). Rooting for the tie. 😊

And yet another perfect inning in relief for Bassitt in an epic World Series game. Bet the Blue Jays wish they had stuck with him a little longer in a game they desperately needed extended pitching moments. He still has a 0.00 ERA in this postseason.

UConn and Providence tie - probably the best result for the Zips. Zips now tied with both of them for fourth place with 10 points.

Pinky - just out of spite. 😊

And Bassitt has an excellent inning of relief in the 8th in game 7 of the ALCS.

Excellent - it looked pretty scary. 👍

At the moment Akron would not be one of the four teams to make the Big East tournament, but they do control their ability to do so. At the moment they sit tied for sixth place with St John's and Butler. St John's holds the tie breaker over the Zips but the Zips hold it over Butler. Standings are as follows (although the East and Midwest division leaders will each get a slot regardless of point totals). Georgetown 13 Creighton 10 UConn, Seton Hall, Providence 9 St John's, Zips, Butler 7 Villanova 6 Xavier 5 DePaul 1 Marquette 0 The "easy" way for the Zips to get in is win their last three. Then it won't matter what Creighton does in their other two games because the best they could do would be to tie the Zips and the Zips would hold the tiebreaker. But barring passing Creighton, they need to sneak ahead of three of the four of Uconn, Seton Hall, Providence and St. John's. The good news is all of them play each other at least once and some twice, so we probably want to root for a lot of ties. 😂 And the Zips really need to take advantage of playing two of the three bottom teams before they get to Creighton. If they can pull off two wins and at least a tie against Creighton, I think they're in. Going to be an interesting last few weeks.

We gave up 42 points to a team that scored zero last week. Well he's not a defensive genius. 😊

Is there an unwritten rule that if the opponents offense gives you five yards on a false start you have to jump off side and give it right back to them?

That didn't last too long. Toledo 45-10.

This has become unwatchable again.

"Legally grounding the ball"

We sure? 😉

Sign Joe to an extension! 🤣