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These two games concern me as well. We always struggle at OU and UB. We will have to play well to win at OU, but UB we should be able to beat with just talent and depth. Making the Top-25 is awesome though! If we finish with the streak intact and the MACC in hand, we deserve an 11 seed or better. Nonetheless, I hope the players stay focused on one win at a time!

We are ranked higher than Kentucky and North Carolina...wow...never thought I'd see the day.

We should be rooting for every MAC team in their Bracketbuster matchups. This is the last opportunity to slightly improve the conference's RPI, which in turn will make our RPI stronger. Keep an eye on Creighton and Detroit today as well...they both have very tough road games.

I love Frenchy for all the reasons you cited as negatives. I wish more of our alumni were homers like he is!

I completely agree! This holds true for the palaces that professional teams play in and use a couple handfuls of times per year. How much did Browns Stadium cost? It is used at most, 12 times per year for football. Other events at the stadium are limited. What a waste! Meanwhile, urban schools are severely underfunded and students attend class in outdated dungeons. The priorities are wrong. The owners are worth billions, the players make millions, and the public supports their infrastructure. This is a dream business where expenses beyond payroll are minimal.

And what are those? Do you know first-hand? Getting back to the topic...renovating the JAR is a huge waste of money. The JAR is/was sufficient for a mid-level MAC team, but is an embarrassment to a nationally prominent program.

Did Cincy switch conferences without my knowledge? I see the need, but thought they were still in the Big East.

Where are the other teams of this league getting funding for a stadium? If a new stadium is so important, why wouldn't the Fire sign a lease for the The Big Dialer?

And we beat Middle Tennessee head-to-head. If we can win three in a row against NDSU, Ohio, and Buffalo, look out!

Agreed. Perfectly analogous to a football team taking a time out to avoid a penalty for delay of game. In a sense, they are penalized for having unnecessarily burned a timeout. I would feel differently if a timeout reset the shot clock.

Let's hope that was our let-down game. Very sloppy, but that's bound to happen over the course of a a season. However, if we play like that against NDSU or OU, we are done...there will be no hanging-in or coming-back. That Randall kid can play! Good showing from CMU...they'll be tough in a couple years.

Funny how quickly he disappeared though.

Unfortunately, journalism anymore isn't about being objective, it is about making a sale (newspapers, teevee advertisement time, etc.), and the shock value of poor journalism can generate a lot of sales attention. My advice to ZNO: don't click on the link to patronize the corresponding site, and send the editor an email stating you will no longer be visiting the Plain Dealer's site as a result of this poor journalism.

Oklahoma State beats Kansas in Lawrence. That will help our RPI, and if we beat OU, we will have the longest win streak in the country.

What a come back!

FRS has about every basketball game except ours! Sounds like we are playing really poorly.

Crickets...everyone must be at the game...?

Just thought I'd start the game thread. Also, does anyone have an online link for the game? I don't have ESPNU and the MAC is not streaming the game. HELP, I HAVE TO WATCH THIS!

We're at home, we win. 68-64

Fun topic...I'll jump in: *You've talked about joining the Big East even after its meltdown *You use terms like BUGS, Sweaters, Bobkitties, Canadians, Columbus State, and piss yellow and your friends immediately know who you are referring to *You watch all Super Bowl commercials because you want to see UA's annual advertisement even though you could just as easily find it online *You have a soccer team that always advances in the NCAA Tournament with All-Americans and future professionals at all starting positions, yet it's considered a down year *You have great track, rifle, and tennis teams yet constantly talk about the 2-22 football team *You are apologetic about the basketball team's early season losses in the OOC to no name programs then chastise Joe Akron for not showing up until the MAC Tournament *You know exactly who Joe Akron is but have no idea where he is or how to motivate him *You think we have a rivalry with a program referred to as the Suckeyes *You complain that local retailers do not carry enough Zips merchandise but then when you do come across it, you post to ZNO about how great it is without ever making a purchase yourself *You contribute to the beer thread on ZNO but not the football game threads

He'd be a disgrace to Al "Four Touchdowns in One Game" Bundy.

The win against WMU is considered a quality victory as well. Victory(ies) against Ohio would certainly count. Potential games against WMU and Ohio in the MAC Tournament would help. We have potential for as many as 6 top-100 RPI wins if we don't win the MACC. Pretty good, but still likely not good enough for an at-large NCAA bid, IMO. That loss to Coastal Caroina really hurts.

I've been critical of KD's approach to the OOC; however, his coaching in switching to the 1-3-1 zone changed the entire game and won it for us. Kudos! That was some MACtion! Tense, but very entertaining game. Zeke got the shaft on the technical foul call.

Solid road win. Very convincing.