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I honestly don't think they'll get in.

The MAC POY had all of ... ten points. If Miami make the NCAAT, they will get smoked in their first game there too.

I'm not sure Miami even makes the NCAAT at this point! IMO, with their weak schedule, they shouldn't. The only justification would have been a close loss to us in the MACC.

Without the whistle being heavily in their favor like it has been all season, they can't win. I've watched about six of their games, all close, and the difference is, Miami can get easy points at the foul line nearly every time down the court, but their opponents receive physical play at the other and can't get calls. That decided their last game against Ohio.

In their last game against Ohio, there was a play with about 15 minutes left in the second half in which the Toledo defender saved the ball from going out of bounds on a defensive rebound and threw it right to a Miami player standing alone under the basket and laid it up. In that moment, I thought, watch that be the difference in the game, and because it went to OT, it was. That's the kind of season Miami is having. Watch the screw up before half time by UMass be the difference in the game.

Akron over Miami by 15 in the MACC. We come out super motivated and play well while Miami is cocky about having already secured an NCAAT bid (in their minds) and are unfocused. Miami has has players get into foul trouble because the refs actually call a fair game where Suder can't just bulldoze through the lane with his shoulder down and no intention of getting a quality shot. I wouldn't be surprised if Miami losses to either UMass or Toledo though either.

I did not see it posted anywhere else, so I'm sharing here that Troy won the Sun Belt Tournament. This loss looks much better in hindsight, especially considering it was on the road, and they shot lights out while we played mediocre at best.

And if they had lost one of those close games early in the season, say to us, the only national conversation around Sweater hoops would be whether they should even be on the bubble for the NCAAT if they don't get the MAC's automatic bid from the conference tournament.

Men's soccer has had similar in conference success and national level success in out of conference games and the NCAAT. Has the swim team consistently been placing in the Top 25 nationally? The Top 10 at all? That's a legit question. I don't know. If not, I still favor the soccer team, but what a great problem to have...too much winning. :D

More successful than men's soccer? Really?!

I was more being hyperbolic than making an actual conspiracy theory claim.

I came here to post this exact thing. Instead, I will share that after reviewing our season results, I see that nearly every victory except for Eastern Michigan on the road was a double digit beat down, and we lost two single possession games. The other school has been scraping by on close victories all season. Their time is coming.

I thought the same thing. Then, on the other end, he jumped (not straight up) into the offensive player who was shooting and there was no call. The MAC badly wanted Miami undefeated.

Those three's are much easier to come by when so many are uncontested or distantly contested.

Bonus: He hit a free throw and a three pointer.

I'd prefer to think that it is more like five to go!

Cryami is getting way too much attention in this thread. In ten days, none of it will matter anyhow because we will have beaten them soundly, exposing them as the frauds they are.

Watch it happen. Miami is likely the third best team in SW Ohio, I mean come on! They are only beating most MAC teams by a handful of points, and if they had to come to Akron, they'd have their one loss already.

My argument is for what would happen, not what should.

Let's send them packing with a 30+ point beat down!

I strongly disagree. If they lose to us by more than one possession in the MACC, I think they are on the road in the NIT. Money talks, and a P5 team will be put in ahead of them. I think there is a 1 in 3 chance Cryami doesn't even make the MACC.

Yes, agreed. It will be that much sweeter when we beat them, and then they have to go on the road to play in the NIT. 😁😆

With two of those losses being very understandable and expected.

Cryami is having another tough night against Toledo at home, barely holding onto the lead with a few minutes to go...

We should win tonight and again in the MACT, if we play them again, BUT I feel that this is a program on the rise and that they will be very tough next year and the following. Their coach seems solid.