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Just to see this makes me kind of happy - like the MAC believes the tournament will be played. Don't much care who wins between Kent/Buffalo but happy one of them will be in the opposite bracket with Ohio and Toledo. Of course if the game isn't played that really upsets the bracket. Of course BG could certainly pull off the upset and make everything else irrelevant but even with poor play recently I still like the Zips chances. Let the Ohio Invitational tournament begin. 🙂 If there in any justice/karma from last year the Zips win this thing!

Huh, the Horizon League re-seeds after every round. That's one way of protecting your top seed. BTW, Keith and the Dukes won their first round match-up in the A-10.

Hate to kick a program (sort of) when they've been down for 50 years but since the Falcons are likely to be our first round opponent, this made me laugh. On a discussion of BGSU's woes on a thread called If Not Now, When? the OP starts with the below. I know he meant Prohibitive (must be that BG education) but is there any more apt description of BGSU basketball?

Completely forgivable - Chad seems like a guy who loves Akron sports - it was just funny 😀

Wright State was up 72-48 with 6 and half minutes left and Milwaukee hit a three with one second left and then won it in overtime. Holy crap. Play til the whistle.

If the last set of games get played the Zips can finish as only the third fourth or fifth seed. If the Zips win it looks like they are locked into the third seed with the winner/loser of Buffalo/Kent taking #2 and #4. At this point I don't care who we face - just get on with it 🙃

Stephen Colbert mentioned Matt Cherry's book on his show last night.

Hate to root for Kent but I'd much rather the Zips be on the same side of the bracket with them with Buffalo and Toledo on the other side. And if OU really is out and WMU replaces them the 3 seed is kind of important. I still believe in this team I think a lot of these issues at the end has been due to all the road games. We finish at the JAR with Miami. Miami is no slouch this year but I believe the three seed is there for the taking.

I think the broadcast had a little trouble. If you look up in the corner right after the goal you see them change the score to a Marshall win. 🤣

UK knocks off BGSU 1-0. Should be a good game Sunday. Hey and how come our clock still winds down instead of up?

Shortly after the Marshall head coach got a yellow. Zippy versus Chippy

Fantastic header by Jason Shokalook game winner for the Zips!

Overtime

Don't know who it was but somebody just missed a fantastic bicycle/scissor kick That would have been a goal if not for an excellent play from Marshall's goalie

Still 1-1 with about 20 minutes left. be disappointing if the zips can't pull this one out being a man up

If they can hang that well with Buffalo at Buffalo after playing a pretty miserable first half definitely not counting them out in Cleveland.

Shooting 31% and 12% from three will not win you a lot of ballgames. But seasons not over til its over

31-12 run to end the half. Ugh

I would like to see that as well. Looks like about the only way that happens is if we win at least one of the final two and we have to root for the Flushes to win both of theirs. I'm not sure I can do that 🤣 . If we wind up as the three odds are high we'd draw BGSU first. And if the Zips don't win it I'd like yo see a Toldeo-BGSU final since neither of them have been to the tournament in decades.

Ah I missed that one - thanks - if the Zips finish the season by losing their last four they would deserve the fifth seed. Although even in that scenario they could also be saved if Kent ties with both of them. But if not all games get played and Akron finishes 12-6 and Ohio 11-5 Ohio gets the higher seed based on win percentage.

Simulator for MAC tournament seeding. They don't account for only having 8 seeds but pretty easy to figure it out for yourself. Zips can finish anywhere from 2nd to 4th. Can't find a single scenario where they drop out of the top four. And if all of the games are played and they at least beat Miami they don't finish lower than 3. Is there anyone in the top six you don't think could win the whole thing?

And T-shirt cannons 😉

Woo hoo - 1-0 Zips! Diogo Pacheco! Defense has been stellar so far

Nice broadcast. Is there something new this year? I notice the clock is counting up.

And another interesting quirk to the season and the way it had to be scheduled, Zips will have played two more games than the Bulls (19 to 17) and will have played one fewer home game (9 to 10) if the season finishes out as scheduled.