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I can't find a single scenario so far that would give the Zips the number one seed if they finish tied with Blowing Green. So for the number one seed the zips must finish with a better record. The good news is the Zips last two games are at home and BUGS (who just got thrashed by last place Miami today) must go to Kent and play Buffalo.

Looks an awful lot like what we're likely to see a lot of on Saturday.

So if you add up all of the numbers he is 32 for 100 on threes so just a little under his career rate so he has reverted to the mean (and I suspect if you go back to the beginning of the year when he was also shooting well I'll bet his average would go up a little probably putting him right around his career rate). I guess we shouldn't be that surprised. But now that he's there I hope he continues to shoot at least his average rate.

Been playing with the simulator and cannot find any scenario where the Zips finish lower than the four seed at long as they win at least one of their remaining games (and several where they could lose two of three and still end up as the second seed). But if we finish tied with Blowing Green there are very few scenarios that give us the top seed now.

Completely agree. If Akron is your best win you are not getting an at-large.

From an ESPN article about bubble teams and Liberty's chances. The Flames haven't lost in nearly a month, keeping a spirited at-large candidacy alive and running their record out to 26-3. In NET terms, the best win on this profile is a neutral-floor victory over Akron. If that doesn't sound sufficiently impressive, keep in mind the Zips really might be the second-best opponent this team has faced. (The best was LSU, and Liberty lost in Baton Rouge 74-57.)

Going to be a tough one, I don't love the Zips chances with this being in Buffalo and the Bulls being an excellent rebounding team, but I am amazed that the ESPN matchup predictor still favors the Zips.

Sky isn't falling, if we can win just one of the final three (and two of the three are at home) we are almost certainly the two or three seed and it probably doesn't make a whole lot of difference which one it is. To make the one seed it's looking like we have to beat Buffalo and I'm not confident about that. 2 or 3 is fine, and I like our chances in Cleveland if that happens (and would be nice if the Bulls keep the 4 or 5 seed).

At least there's no quit. But this is just Bowling Green's night Zips having their worst offensive performance and it doesn't have that much to do with the Bowling Green defense

BUGS isn't just stepping on our throat they're stomping on it. LCJ and X a combined 0-14 on threes.

Good God this game is going to be over by halftime if they don't start picking it up. I've never seen the Zips play worse this year

Awful start but they're still right in this one But making no threes and missing layups isn't going to help. And any team that has a player with a man bun doesn't deserve to win a game. ?

How about we try some of those shots closer to the basket instead of just chucking up threes? Seems to be working pretty well for Blowing Green. Sort of like that nice job Channel

He's been missing from those for a while, that was my complaint to start this thread.

Correct, other than the two you just mentioned, the last time BUGS beat Akron was in the 08-09 season (which was also the last time they beat us in Akron. We got a little revenge by knocking them out of the tournament that year when they were the one seed). Since 05-06 we are 25-3! against them and at one point had a 15 game winning streak against them. They went 19-6 against us from when we joined the MAC until the 04-05 season when this current run of dominance started. Let us hope that dominance continues on Tuesday.

The BUGS game is pretty much for the number one seed. If the Zips win this game BUGS would have to win all of their remaining games and the Zips could still go 1-2 and get the #1 seed. Buffalo could still get the one seed in that case too but they would have to win all of their games. And still fun to see things like this. I'd love to draw Auburn.

And the kittens choke it away by missing the front end of a one and one and letting Justin Turner get the game winner

Ohio up 61-60 with 30 seconds left and the ball

You're correct on that, but the sites are already set so they try to work that around those top four seeds to keep them as close to home as they can. For all of the rest of them you gets what you get. Sometimes you're lucky on location (like when the Zips played in Detroit) sometimes you're not (like when they got Notre Dame in Chicago or Gonzaga in Portland). But those last two the Zips were playing a top four seed, in Detroit they were not.

Unfortunately the cities and seed lines are already set. Cleveland hosts a 3-14, 6-11 and a 2-15, 7-10 grouping. If the Zips stay a 13 seed their only options are Tampa, Albany, Spokane or Sacramento. NET rankings hate BGSU at 152. There are five other MAC teams ahead of them including Akron at 72. Next best MAC team is Ball St at 117.

My point was really don't you think the conference he plays in, you know might want to get the stats for their possible player of the year included on their own web site? Talk about looking amateurish.That reference is really good it has a ton of stats some I don't really understand but it reinforces how good LCJ has been. And that's counting all games he has been even better in conference. And by the way Deng Riak is 8th in the MAC in defensive rating.

Wikipedia has the top ten in major categories but if you want to get detailed go to the Zips media guide.

A lot of great players have played in Akron since 2005, here's my now top ten. To me longevity counts as well. One great year does not an all-time Zip make. I didn't see all of these guys so some I'm just making guesses. 1. Len Paul (second all time in scoring and fifth in rebounding despite not being able to play as a freshman and no three point shot) 2. Joe Jakubick (can't leave the all time scorer off the list and still ninth in assists and second in steals) 3. Bill Turner (5th in scoring 4th in rebounds) 4. Eric McLaughlin (third all time in scoring and second in assists, dynamic player) 5. Romeo Travis (Absolute stud, 7th all time in points ninth in rebounds second in blocked shots) 6. Jimmal Ball (as fun a player as there was to watch, 6th in scoring, 4th in assists and 1st in steals) 7. Don Williams (never saw him play but anyone who is still 8th all time in scoring and second in rebounding despite only having three years and no three point shot deserves a spot) 8. Zeke Marshall (Best defender I've ever seen in a Zips uniform changed offenses just by his presence, all time blocked shots leader (also in MAC history), more than double #2 on the list, top 20 in points and rebounds) 9. Fred Golding (all time leading rebounder, 20th in scoring in three years) 10. Alex Adams (9th in scoring and 7th in rebounds, three years) HM. Dru Joyce/Jeremiah Wood/Isaiah Johnson and 20 other guys ? I do think another year from LCJ like this year and he takes over a top ten spot.

I went onto the MAC web site for basketball stats just to see where LCJ stands, although I knew they were having trouble with his stats, they were missing games and obviously stats. Well now it appears they have given up altogether, despite the fact that for conference games Loren Cristian Jackson leads the MAC in scoring (23.0), 3 PT percentage (51%), 3 PTers made per game (3.8), 2nd in Free Throw percentage (87%), and 4th in assists (4.46), he appears exactly nowhere in any of the MAC stats. Is this is a participation trophy situation? Is he making all of the other players feel bad because he is so good so they won't list his stats any more? ? If he just keeps his averages he should win MAC player of the year. Amazing for a guy 5'8", 150.

Interesting to go back and look at this thread now, this was pretty close to correct, however, no one predicted the enormous impact LCJ has made. Legit candidate for MAC player of the year and unless something really terrible happens almost guaranteed first team all-MAC. Don't think anyone really saw that coming.