Let'sGoZips94

Wow. This could be big for recruiting.

If they're held to that standard, sure. If the expectations and standards in the MAC are lower and allow them to be "the show", they're probably going to take advantage of that to fill their egos. Jon Steinbrecher doesn't exactly strike me as a guy that understands what it means to hold the MAC as a whole to a higher level, let alone basketball officiating.

I don't know if that has anything to do with this. Half of the MAC refs also officiate Big Ten games and such. To me, it starts with the commissioner of the MAC. He has to set a higher standard for officiating (and the conference in general).

The NCAA worrying about something that would make the game better? Ha!

I wish they would've done this with the Hawaiian shirts. A shirt with a bunch of Zippies or Z's or A-Rooheads, that would be awesome. The sad part is how little this would surprise me.

Over/under 4.5 for the number of people that wear white? The 4.5 is based on the 4 people that wore Hawaiian shirts at the OU game for Hawaiian shirt night.

His moves are impressive after he gets the ball. His biggest problem is getting position and being aware enough to expect the pass and catch the ball. His vision is also pretty impressive. He had at least one nice pass out for a 3 (odds are we missed it).

My goodness these refs are horrible. Just wanted to keep the streak of consecutive games with ref complaints going.

Fair enough. My apologies. Haha.

Excuse me, @Captain Kangaroo? I think @dre22era hacked @NWAkron.

4-17 from beyond the arc (23.5%).

Utomi is clearly inspired by all of the BRICK buildings in Oxford...

Bam Bam leaned into Ivey on that one. Jimond has a right to be frustrated.

LUCAS SMITH! ON FIRE!

Not sure if that pass by Cotton was 100% intentional, but wow. He has made some amazing assists this season.

Absolutely. He popped right up and got back on defense. I don't think I can take another in-and-out Utomi miss. Goodness.

Smith is going to feel that tomorrow...

LUCAS SMITH FOR 3!

Looking at him, I can't believe he's 6'6" 202 lbs. I hope he's hitting the weight room hard in Missouri. How many years do we have him for again?

I hope they lose by 60.

By the way, does anyone with insider knowledge/contacts have any updated timetable for Sayles? He was still in his cast thing on Saturday, and I thought French said 2 weeks or so after it happened.

You can't possibly think knocking off Duquesne meant that much to them, right? They're a top 25 team and the cream of the crop in a down A10 this year. They struggled mightily all game, shooting around 30% from the floor at the half or something like that, and won on a buzzer beater 3. Anybody with a pulse is going to be excited for a win like that, and the fans helped will them to victory in that second half. My bet would be they wanted to see their team remain in the top 25 and undefeated in the A10, not because of a strong desire to beat the new-and-improved mighty Dukes of Duquesne. Dambrot has the Dukes playing at an exciting new level for what they're used to at Duquesne. He's a good coach, and I don't think that has ever been denied, but he has a ceiling that he has yet to break through. This was a typical Dambrot loss, no matter the state of the program, and that's what my comment was in regards to. We saw it plenty of times here at Akron - Nevada, VCU, NIT games, MAC tourney games, etc. And I'm telling you, the state of the A10 this year is aiding the appearance of the quick turnaround at Duquesne.

Massive game. Beat the Sweaters.

Predictable game. Lots of heart and effort by Duquesne, only to shoot themselves in the foot, peeing away a double digit lead, and ultimately losing in heartbreaking fashion. The A10 is most certainly down this year.

Not to mention the following... 2011(?) Finals against Can't, where it took OT AND 2 block shots on KSU's final possession (one by Zeke, one by McNees) to win. 2009(?) first round (this was the year they played all the games at the Q) against Toledo, with a 3 by Humpty Hitchens to tie it (to send it to OT maybe?), and a Brett McKnight alley-oop lay-in to win it. We went on to win the title that year. 4 tournament games in 5 days I believe. 2008 against OU at the JAR. Linhart's reach-back-rebound-and-put-back to go ahead, leaving just enough time for Bubba Walther to come down and flop on his head. 2007(?) at Can't with LeBron in attendance. I believe we beat them in OT. I forget if it was Dials or Romeo Travis who hit the game winning shot or free throws, but that was crazy. Similarly as crazy was the game where Singletary (.13) punched Linhart and was ejected less than a minute into the game. I can't believe we still lost that. VCU and ranked Nevada, those were great games that ended in losses (damn free throws). We have definitely witnessed some crazy basketball games. Edit: Just realized you already referenced the 2011 game. My bad.