Let'sGoZips94

No thanks. We're at least a 13 and our chances of an upset increase dramatically in the 12/13 range vs 14. Send us wherever. We're getting our first tourney win this year.

Jim Donovan's daughter (RIP Jim - we miss you).

Agreed. 80/20 at least.

Alabama State won their conference title game, meaning 3/4 ABC participants won their conference's championship and are going dancing, while the 4th finished runner up. Incredible.

Some thoughts... - The key to this game was Akron's aggressiveness in the first half to get the 2nd foul on Suder in the 1st half. He sat the final 7 minutes of the 1st half and although it didn't quite cool him off in the 2nd half, Miami really missed his offense to finish the 1st half. Imagine 7 more minutes of Suder that game; we most likely wouldn't have had a chance at the comeback. - I was watching Seth Wilson pregame. He was standing at the top of the arc trying to make a 3 before going into the locker room. He'd miss short, then long, then rattle it out. Took him more than several attempts to finally make it, and I thought "Oh no, he doesn't have his shot tonight," as he was was seemingly trying to find it. It looked way too mental. Turned out to be exactly the case, and despite not having his shot, he gave us his best effort. He was terrific defensively. - Bowen Hardman showed up quite well when we needed him most. You could tell when our offense was about to let it fly from deep because Groce would sub Hardman and Wilson in. Bowen's couple of 3s towards the latter part of that second half were really what solidified the comeback. - Another terrific performance from Tavari. He and NJ are going to have quite the battle next year for MAC POTY. - Okonkwo and Lyles split their big man duties perfectly tonight. Okonkwo was the physical beef while Amani was the finesse/athletic beef. Thank goodness Amani was in at the end for whatever reason (3P shooting abilities maybe?) because I'm not sure how many bigs are finding that outlet pass and hitting it knowing you have a couple timeouts and your PG right next to you. - Travis Steele coached one heck of a game for most of it. Their defensive gameplan really really really messed with the Zips as they were constantly switching up looks and switching in general. It took away our flow and our passing and dribble-drive lanes. Miami's Achilles heal (lack of athleticism) became too much and once the shots stopped falling, their offense really sputtered late in that game. They are a young team and definitely puckered when the moment was the biggest. Really hoping Suder finds his way into the Portal. If Miami runs it back, they will be out for blood next year. - Lots of complaining by Miami fans about the refs. Pretty laughable IMO. I thought the refs were pretty inconsistent both ways and it's not like Akron had a huge advantage with the 1-and-1. Not to mention their only MAC Title this century came with the aid of a faulty clock operator. Let's go dancing. Go Zips!

Tavari was the on-ball defender, and Lyles made the rebound/outlet pass.

Oh look, all the Suckeyes fans converted to Akron fans this weekend.

I will never get tired of hearing the crowd's surprised reaction to how wide open NJ was.

By the way, if you were on the opposite side of the bench/Akron fans, your butthole definitely puckered on the half court heave by Miami. It looked like it was going in.

Really great view of the Akron crowd's reaction.

Steele is a HELLUVA coach.

Miami Board for those who want to immerse themselves in wine & cheese tears. Their sweaters are drenched.

Great angle.

LET'S F'ING GO!!!!

Get the ball out of Nate's hands.

Because they didn't average 56% from 3 for the season.