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We didn't fix the audio issues. Are you f'ing kidding me?

WMU also had the mental/effort edge. They took it to us from the get go and put us in too big of a hole to climb out of. Skill wise, we still scored a goal despite being down 2 players and them packing the box.

This is the perfect game at this point in our schedule. It's not too easy where we'll be complacent (at least I hope not), and it's not overly difficult where we won't be able to fine tune the lineup & rotations. Things I would like to see... - Amani Lyles have a nice game down low. With Hunter being somewhat of a threat from beyond the arc, we need another bruiser down low to help Freeman in the paint. - Double digits from at least one of Nate Johnson and/or Hankerson. - Aggressive drives with more control from Tribble. I don't need him to be a shooter, but I need him to have better control when he takes it to the basket. These "living on a prayer" shots after he gets into the paint are momentum killers. - Find at least one more person to enter the rotation to help keep legs fresh. The margin of defeat on Friday was due to fatigue.

Did someone say snow?

After last year, I think the "sky is falling" card needs to be reserved until we're down by more than 1 possession with 1 second to go in a MAC tournament game. Anybody who has seen the team in practice - thoughts on Ryan Prather getting time as a freshman? He was pretty highly touted with offers from schools like Wichita State.

Is that not the going rate for the circus? Their profit margin increases more by not having to use makeup on Pinky.

Simple solution. Offer women's football too. Eliminate the head-count method and just go sport for sport.

No, my first sentence was in response to the second sentence in your post: A conference doesn't "sponsor" a sport. The literal verbiage used by the MAC was "sponsor," hence why I used the term "sponsor." I'm well aware the conference can't force its members to carry a sport. However, this isn't equestrian, field hockey, or other obscure sports like that. This is soccer - the world's sport - in which they have a perennial national contender as a member. They're also close to dropping Track & Field, which they have a perennial national contender as a member. They don't sponsor men's hockey either, which 2-3 of their full time members are national contender in. I don't know how good the swimming & diving is as a conference, and I don't know about any other sports in which their full time members have a program that is a perennial national contender (i.e. OU volleyball). I won't bring up rifle cause that's incredibly obscure (although I'm damn proud that Akron could shoot the nuts off a squirrel at 50m). Yes, I hate the MAC. You're right, that is well documented. I think it's also pretty well supported by the constant failure by the MAC to grow, become an attractive G5 conference for other schools to be full members, and support its current list of members, especially when it comes to their best sports. What is a D1 conference without men's soccer and soon to be Track & Field? That's pathetic. Also, regarding the game, WMU embarrassed us and earned their NCAA tournament appearance. Congrats to them.

So take this with a grain of salt?

Headline from the MAC's official press release: MAC to Suspend Sponsoring Men’s Soccer Following 2022 Season The MAC has had West Virginia, FIU, etc., as men's soccer members and failed to keep them. From what I know, the MAC has 3-4 full time members with mainstream sports that contend for national championships every year, and none of these sports are now sponsored by the MAC - Men's Hockey and Men's Soccer. Title IX is an issue, but the culprit for their own problems is the MAC. It is an atrocious DI athletic conference.

My comment was more directed at the fact that WMU found themselves in a MAC Championship game because the MAC cannot properly sponsor soccer. Maybe we need the Thursday game. We have not looked as sharp as of late.

Wow. I really don't care about a participation trophy MAC championship game as much as the NCAAs. Now we're down 2 of our best players for the tournament that matters.

What. A. Dumbass.

Does this affect the Tourney?

Goal WMU. 2-0.

What a SAVE by Butler. WOW.

1-0 at the half. Akron picked up the intensity and controlled most of the second part of the first half. WMU is packing the box. Akron had a rip from the top of the box at the buzzer but missed wide right - not by a whole much.

Goal WMU at the 3 minute mark.

They should scratch his name from the stats book so we don't know who the stats belong to. Too soon?

Do you think they market this to their fans as "Men's Basketball program beat PENN STATE Greater Allegheny 130-49" ?

Is it even that many?

I came back to the thread to post just this. By the way, with the Akron Soccer news, did anyone notice the court we were playing on? It rhymes with Fig Beast. 😉

To answer your question - off night. Playing in empty cavernous arenas is Akron's kryptonite.