Marty McFly

If thats correct, I would think that the Zips half of the bracket would be the Thursday evening sessions - All Ohio teams could be playing - BG, OU, Miami and Akron, whereas the other half could be mostly out of state teams - Central, Ball, Buffalo and then Can't. Better chance of a walk up crowd b/c of BG, Miami & OU alumun in the Clev/Akron area then the other bracket.

in the Akron area, TWC has moved ESPN Classic from 117 to 304. Hopefully this info will save anyone from the heart attack that I about had when I couldn't find it. ESPNU is now 303.

Are the 2nd round games played at higher seed's campus site?If that is the case, and we win, along with Stephen F Austin upsetting #2 UMass, there would be 1 more home game at the JAR?

NIT is from 9:00-9:30 tonight on ESPN 2.Here is the link tot he CBI, says that they will announce today, but no time posted.http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/index_main.htm

Just throwing this out there - What about an Akron at Ohio State NIT matchup?

out of the 12k it seemed like 11k were Can't fans. It was pretty much a Can't home gameI beg to differ, I would say it was 60-40 akron fans...their fans were just noticeably louder because their fans cheer, not just the student section. plus the akron fans all left towards the end, but when everyone was there it was at least 55-45 akron, maybe more, imo.Zippy 5 - I am assuming that you were at the Q, as was I. Your assessment of 60/40 is about as far off as a J Wood free throw. It was prob 75/20% in favor of Can't.

I just hate Can't!I hate their gay yellow tshirts that they'll have on tonight!I hate the fact that they have NO Ohio guys starting for them (while Akron has 4 + Ced)!I hate Jim Christian. Someone tell him to go easy on the hair gel, and if he's going to wear a button down and a tie, to button your shirt the whole way up!I hate the fact that a starter, Chris Singletary, gets a DUI, is well over the limit (0.13 BAC) and is out ONE game. Nice discipline Jim Boy!I hate Q's pig tails!I hate the fact that they claim to be a party town, yet have no dance clubs that are worth a crap!I hate the fact that Jim Boy uses JUCO transfers to be successful, and doesnt use guys for 4 years to develope into a great player (see Cedric, Romeo, Dru...I could go on and on).I hate Bill Needle!That's about it. I am off to shovel dog poop now that the snow has melted. I'm sure I'll think of some more grumblings. Would it be wrong to bring a bag of dog poop and hurl that at their bench?PS - I do like that they us Browns fans Josh Cribbs, and us comedy fans Drew Carey. But other than that, I HATE Can't!!!

Your right. The attendence thing is for the championship series, and which school would get 2 games at home and only 1 on the road.

I agree that it is going to be a tough one, but I was thinking this - Central Mich may have been the best opponent for us to prepare for the WMU game tonight. They are small, and forced our guards to play outstanding, and we did. Ced, Nick and D Roberts (who I defended after the Can't game, by the way...haha) all played awesome. Central is not a big team, so we used J Wood and the McKnights inside, which is what we are going to need tonight - an inside presence and answer, and some great back court play.Think about it this way - They will prob win in the front court scoring, so by Nick, Ced and D Roberts getting some confidence from last night, we should exceed the point differential that we lost inside. What I'm saying is that they should hold the front court edge, but not by much. We should hold the back court edge, and the difference.

NOT good for the good guys or us fans. Have you priced airline travel to Utah lately? Just for fun, I went to expedia, and did a search from Akron-Canton to Salt Lake City, leaving Tues March 16, coming back March 18.....$555.00/person round trip....

Accordingly to NITology, they have Akron playing in the newly created CBI tournament, which is the same organization that runs the Coaches vs Cancer tournament, along with the tournament in Alaska that the Zips played in. Frenchie was talking about it during the post game show, and it sounds equal to the NIT, but with all the games being played at the schools, and none at a neutral place (like Madison Sq Garden and the NIT). The finals, though, is a cool thing. It is a 3 game series, with the schools hosting each game (ie-home, away, home-if 3rd game needed). Home games throughout the entire tournament is based on average home attendence.Right now, they have Akron as a #2 seed playing in the Midwest Region, against Utah, and the other pair is Missouri and Boise St.Ohio is the only other MAC team in the CBI, as a #3 seed in the East Region, against Wright St, and the other pair is Seton Hall and Valpo.Again, these are only projections, along neither of the 3 tournaments have Western anyway.Thoughts - If Akron doeesnt win the MAC tournament, which would you rather play in - The NIT or this new, possible up and coming tournament/possible flop of a tournament, CBI?

That is why I dont think that Miami is going to get past Can't tonight. Third game in 3 days. I expect that Can't will try to force an uptempo game, and wear them down. They are only 6-7 guys deep, too.

Whoever plays the afternoon session in the quarterfinals, plays the earlier game on Friday night. Its tough luck that the late game Friday night has to come back and play like 19 hours later. Yet another small piece that could help Akron?

12:00 pm#2 Western Michigan vs. #7 Eastern Michigan2:30 pm#3 Akron vs. #6 Central Michigan7:00 pm#1 Can't vs. #8 Toledo9:30 pm#4 Ohio vs. #5 MiamiI'm still liking all the top seeds advancing, giving the semifinals on Friday at 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3.Which would be ideal of the Zips, b/c I think that Ohio is the only team out of OU, Miami and Toledo that can beat the flushes. Do we root for Bubba? Stay tuned....

LeadersMiamiBramos 23 pts, including 7-7 from FT lineT Pollitz 20 pts, 7 rebsHayes (stepped it down the stretch) 11 ptsE Pollitz 9Dierks 6None from the bench, at allBuffaloPierce 16 pts, Boyer 11, Boudreau 10, Gamble 10

FinalMiami 69Buffalo 68

T Pollitz hits a pair, 69-65 0:02 Miami timeout

Miami 67-65 with 0:04 left go and ball

Looking like Miami going to escapeUp 64-61 and then had a steal and Bramos hit both FTs66-61 Miami with 30 to go

0:58 leftMiami up 62-61

2:25 leftMiami leading 60-59

5:22 leftBuffalo up 57-56

Rebounds look like the difference: Buffalo advantage 33-16Miami is shooting 42.5%, Buffalo almost 39%3's: MU: 4-11 36.4%, Buff: 6-18 33.38:18Buffalo leading 53-49

11:39Buffalo 52Miami 41

14:33Buffalo 44Miami 40Leading Scorers:Buffalo: Pierce 11Miami: Bramos 15, T Pollitz 11, E Pollitz 9, Hayes 5, Dierkers 0Rebounding: Buffalo 27-13