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I think the countdown clock to the Ohio game on GoZips might be slightly off. Unless the game was moved to somewhat after midnight tonight.

I'll give you the eclipsed expectations part for sure and as a bonus it's a fun team to watch. But I think its a little early to name them a clear favorite, both of last years MAC finals teams are right with us and we've played neither of them yet. Get past them and then I'll agree with you. Kent also looked like a pretty clear favorite three games ago and now they are at .500. Things can change fast.

Yeah their three losses in this stretch are Miami, WMU and NIU. Take out their wins against Kent and they are a combined sterling 3-12 against everyone else. Yeah that's a pretty tough scheduling break.

Looks like they're actually about to vote on this.

You are correct they still do but it could be easily eliminated as well. And its only if the two teams are tied for the division lead otherwise they don't use it. TIE-BREAKER PROCEDURE Ties in winning percentage, and thus for tournament, seeding positions shall be broken as follows: 1. Between TWO teams: A. Head-to-head competition B. Division Record (10 games)^ C. Winning percentage* vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played) D. Coin flip 2. For MULTIPLE (3 or more) team ties: E. Total won-lost record/winning percentage* of games played among the tied teams F. Two (2)-team tie-breaker procedure goes into effect (refer to A) [NOTE: Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreaker will go into effect.] ^ - For the purpose of determining the Division champion. This tiebreaker is ONLY used for seeding purposes if the two teams in question are tied for the Division lead. (Teams will still be considered co-divisional champions) * - Winning percentage is used instead of record because of situations where teams do not play each other the same number of times. Therefore, a team that is 1-0 (1.000) would win the tiebreaker over a team that is 1-1 (.500).

Doesn't have to be a 22 game schedule the only conferences that even goes to 20 that I'm aware of are the Big Ten and ACC who have 14 and 15 members. I don't think that any conference other than the MAC still uses the divisional scheduling model. If the divisions meant something, like in football, I could see it, otherwise it's time to move on.

I was looking at the overall standings for all D-1 leagues and ESPN and I noticed something. There is only one conference in D-1 basketball that still lists its standings by division and it is not the one with the most teams. Care to guess who it is? Its time for the MAC to dump that and just do the overall standings and allow the schedule to be more free form. Since the two seed is no longer guaranteed to one of the division winners in the tournament, it would be lot fairer to not always have to play two games against your division (especially since in most years the East has been significantly better than the West). In crossover games this year the East leads the West 16-8.

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Yeah but he couldn't dribble the ball at all and he had some absolutely horrific and gruesome fouls. ?

Sadly no ? But this would still be cool if it happened.

I think Grocer needs to bottle whatever he says to this teams at halftime. Holy crap that was a quick turnaround

That hurts not having him. Damn NIU floor. And didn't we used to lead the MAC in defense?

I will give non-drunk BSU cardfan12 credit for a funny comment "On a side note, the NCAA should not allow any school to call their arena "The Jar" unless it's Ball State or George Mason". ?

Ignore them, your dad brought UA basketball back from the absolute abyss. Most of the joy I've had with Akron basketball is because your dad was at the helm. He didn't know me but every time I traveled somewhere to see the team play he always stopped to say hello. Good man I wish him success, not like UA and Duquesne can't both have success at the same time. (Oh and thanks for your contributions to Akron soccer also a team which has given me much joy).

We have Dave Preston of WTOP in Washington DC to thank for our lone top 25 vote. And the team he picked right ahead of us - Duquesne. This is fun. Thanks Dave. ?

Man I hope he wins this. How cool would it be to have an Olympic medal, a HOF inductee and an Oscar winner all stemming from Zips athletics in the last few years?

Defensive statistics are also really impressive and lead by a wide margin (except our free throw defense which is very middle of the pack ?). And LCJ should be tied as the fourth leading scorer in MAC games but for some reason the league seems disinclined to include his 26 point game as that is the one they have excluded as they have listed him as participating in only three games. ?

He's a junior who has actually graduated but we do expect to see him again next year. Might be a perfect situation.

And one other fun note on this, even though its really early four games into the season Zips own four of the top six margins of victory in the conference at 24 (EMU), 23 (NIU), and 15 (WMU and BSU). The two others belong to Ball State (20, Buffalo and 17, EMU) and the Zips as noted own a 15 point victory over them. If the transitive property held the Zips should have been only 7 better the Ball State. ? But I have a feeling Ball State is going to finish in the top four at the end of the year.

In a way I'm disappointed the Flushes lost because I'd like to add another reasonably highly ranked team to the resume. But then again they are the Flushes. ?

Sorry to temper your enthusiasm. We're 14-15 ?

I don't know - with this comment are we certain we don't have OU drunk dude? "They just got Mylar Dawson back...". And I did learn something on their board I had no idea that the Zips had gotten a vote in the AP poll. And oh yeah another week another Zips men's basketball player of the week. Congrats Xeryrius.

And just watched the end of the Flushes and Sweaters. Miami tried really hard to choke it away and the Flushes choked it right back

LCJ decides to channel Reggie Williams. He has absolutely got to be in the running for MAC player of the year. And by the way speaking of Channel it's harder for me to identify him with the new haircut. ?

Dammit I was rooting for the shutout ?