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All is quiet here. Everyone must be either at the game or watching on ESPN+. In any case, it is great to be up 1-0 at home in poor weather against a southern team that is likely focused on getting and staying warm.

Tom Brady has said it well too..."LFG!"

#4 Maryland bounced our 2025 nemesis #13 UConn, 3-0. Good riddance.

We are 0-3-0 all-time against Duke, losing 1-0 every time. This weekend would be a great time to get off the schneider. The Daisy Dukes probably won't like playing in the cold. Advantage us. Let's hope a great crowd is another advantage.

Wish we could get a signature win against a marquee name brand school like Cincy! Good for the MAC as a whole though.

Here is an awesome page showing our history in the NCAAT. Enjoy! Interestingly, our 66 total tournament games is approximately in the Top 10 of all programs. https://mcubed.net/ncaa/soccmd1/akron.shtml

And historically small schools success with March Madness has depended on having more team chemistry from four years of developing the same players in the same system, despite their being smaller, less athletic, etc. That opportunity has been wiped away. Also, football revenues now directly fund NIL for basketball players. Hence why the last men's NCAAT was dominated by the "Big Ten" and SEC...that's where all the football money is so they simply buy the basketball players.

Then it's preferred! The cruelty is the point. FIFY.

Nice story featured on ESPN.com: https://www.espn.com/gaming/story/_/id/47055178/dru-joyce-lebron-james-duquesne-akron

All the more reason to smash Duke and send them back to Durham with their butts hurt. That and 1986.

I like St. Louis's chances to beat #11 Bryant and give us a fourth round home game if we win.

#9 San Diego loses 2-1 to Grand Canyon. Insane day of upsets!

After UVA parked the bus on us in the final in 2009 and "won" on PKs after holding it 0-0 despite having very little possession or opportunities themselves, any day they lose on PKs is a holiday to me!

I recall it being the case before in which the NCAA chose the game day but left it up to the home team to schedule the start time within some reasonable window.

We get Duke at home.

Duke up 2-1 with 3 minutes left!!!!!

Duke ties it with 20' to go!!!

You say that then they get scored on.

Our favorite team, #13 UConn, gets past Cornell 3-1. I like their chances at a very tired #4 Maryland.

Washington eliminates #5 SMU.

And now #1 and defending National Champion Vermont is out, losing to Hofstra at home in OT.

Root against Bryant too. I'd love to have the winner of Seton Hall and St. Louis at home for a chance to go to the College Cup!

Indiana is out. They lose 1-0 at home to St. Louis.

8-3-5 (W-L-T) all-time against ND. We owe them one from the 2002 NCAAT 3-1 loss they gave us in Indiana. I like the symmetry in a 3-1 win today at home. Zips come prepared and dominate.

Under KD we beat both Temple and Florida State in the post-season NIT, but in different seasons. I do not know the years though. In the Iona preview on gozips.com there is an excellent history of MBB's performance in mid-season tournaments. To my surprise, we have won several. It is under the "Regular Season Tournaments" heading. https://gozips.com/news/2025/11/20/mens-basketball-zips-begin-paradise-jam-with-iona-on-friday