Let'sGoZips94

We only won the tourney once as a 1 seed, correct?

LaVar Ball isn't going to buy that, rename it Big Baller Athletics Facility, and make it a shrine to himself and his boys? Shocking.

Touche.

I agree - of the darker variety and accented with gold.

You better hope Akron wins on Thursday, or this loss is on you for starting this thread instead of @clarkwgriswold. I don't care how good Buffalo is. There are a lot of factors with this game that lean in favor of the Zips. First game of the Q portion of the tourney It's at noon The Q tends to neutralize offense with its sight lines, even more so when it's empty like it presumably will be on Thursday The negatives... It's Buffalo Beat the Canadians, eh?

I want Buffalo lose because we play them.

The MAC looking at their budgeted revenue vs. actual revenue without OU, Miami, and Akron on Thursday at noon against Buffalo...

Maintained a solid double digit lead. Great first half.

These refs do realize this is an 8 o'clock game on a work night, right?

Being a top 20 defense in the country and not having a single player on the conference all-defense teams is criminal. I hate the MAC.

Were you at the BG game?

I did some digging to find the statistics for that year's Bobkittens squad, and this isn't necessarily true. During that 09-10 season, Cooper was the 2nd leading scorer at 13.5 PPG, shooting the 3-ball at a pretty underwhelming 31.9% clip. That would rank 4th on this year's Zips squad (among the main players). The keys to their success that year were Tommy Freeman and Armon Bassett, whom O-BooWho fans actually say is the guy that got Groce to Illinois by jump-starting the run. You could say Cooper's PG abilities as a floor general made Groce a rich man, but if my memory serves me correctly, Cooper shot them out of a decent amount of games. There is absolutely no reason the Zips can't go on a similar run as that 09-10 Bobkittens team, and it starts with this game against Miami.

2010. 9th seed Ohio wins the MAC Tourney, goes on to beat Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament. Tomorrow night matters. Be there to support them.

The commish was on 92.3 The Fan last week, and mentioned based on everything he has heard, Buffalo is a lock. The only question mark is what seed (6-8 is the range he mentioned).

My legitimate prediction is posted in smaller font (on purpose) below the perfect season. I have them going 6-6, and I think that's very realistic.

With Bama running a read-option offense at times, and Milwee's expertise in delayed hand-offs, I'm sure he's there to study the precise amount of time a QB should hold onto the ball before giving it to the RB (or keeping it).

I was referring to the advertisement of the tourney as a whole, not that specific promotion. My apologies for not being clear. It would be a bummer if they aren't doing that promo. It was a win/win playing the lottery. Haha.

I really wish we had him for one more year. He and Cheese would be amazing, with LCJ as the change-of-pace guard.

Based on Saul's track record, I don't think I want any of his recruits. However, McDay is the exception. I'm also torn because I don't want Saul to get canned...

Hall of Fame edit right there, ranking up there with the Middle Finger Zippy and "Kent's #1 Fan - Saddam Hussein" picture from years ago. Thank you for this gem.

I'm not talking a tournament like the ACC/Big Ten "Challenge" where they keep total-conference-scores to see which conference is better. Screw the MAC. The Bracket Buster was a "challenge" of top-ranked mid-major teams. Here is a list of the Top 25 Mid Majors (WARNING: Liberty is on this list). 1.Gonzaga 2.Wofford 3.Buffalo 4.Belmont 5.Murray State 6.UC Irvine 7.New Mexico State 8.UNC Greensboro 9.South Dakota State 10.Hofstra 11.Lipscomb 12.Furman 13.Liberty 14.Vermont 15.ETSU 16.Sam Houston State 17.Montana 18.Toledo 19.Northeastern 20.Yale 21.Saint Mary's 22.Georgia Southern 23.Texas State 24.Jacksonville State 25.Drake OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Stony Brook 48, Georgia State 44, Northern Kentucky 32, San Francisco 30, Bowling Green 28, Loyola Chicago 28, BYU 25, Harvard 24, Charleston 18, Grand Canyon 18, Wright State 14, Kent State 13, Utah Valley State 13, Radford 12, Iona 6, Norfolk State 6, Campbell 4, Northern Colorado 3, Abilene Christian 2, Central Michigan 2, Austin Peay 1, Colgate 1, Loyola Marymount 1. Every single major network has multiple outlets; ESPN has Plus, U, The Ocho, etc., while CBS has CBS, CBSSports, and even Fox has multiple outlets. You don't think one of them would love to televise a Buffalo/Murray State game, with the projected 2nd or 3rd pick in the NBA Draft playing for Murray State right now? I know Akron isn't anywhere on this list, but say they were towards the bottom. One of the networks would pick up an Akron/Stony Brook game with the Boles connection. Loyola Chicago is on this list in the "Others Receiving Votes" section; I guarantee a media outlet wouldn't mind airing them with their run last year. I didn't mean for this thread to go this route, but something needs to be done among Mid Majors. Those Bracket Buster games were a blast.

Looks like we got the Jose Altuve of the IMG Academy. I'm pleased to at least get one recruit from there, considering Sabo's connections with the academy. Start building that pipeline now. I cannot wait to get baseball up-and-running again. Hey Can't, we brought back our baseball program to challenge you. When are you getting a men's soccer program?

It is arguably the most frustrating call I have ever seen at the JAR (although the goal-tending debacle last night was BAD...). There really needs to be a concerted effort on the part of non-P5 schools (and Gonzaga) to get something similar going again. Man those were fun. NDSU was a SOLID mid-major for at least the two years we played them, and the crowd for our home game against them drew quite well (I'm sure Akron possessing the nation's longest winning streak at the time had nothing to do with it ).

Hard to tell exactly what the dunk was like with it sped up, but my initial thoughts are that's a horrific T. It reminds me of the T Zeke got against NDSU at home when he dribbled the length of the floor and gained too much speed, needing to hang on the rim for a second to prevent a backflip.

@Illinois - W vs. UAB - W @ C. Michigan - W vs. Troy - W @ UMass - W vs. Kent - W vs. Buffalo - W @ N. Illinois - W @ BGSU - W vs. E. Michigan - W @ Miami - W vs Ohio - W WOOHOO! @Illinois - W vs. UAB - W @ C. Michigan - L vs. Troy - L @ UMass - W vs. Kent - W vs. Buffalo - W @ N. Illinois - L @ BGSU - W vs. E. Michigan - L @ Miami - L vs Ohio - L