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I hope the motivation of staying hot going into the tournament, beating our rival, and finishing the year undefeated at home is motivation enough. But, I do agree the let down potential is there after cutting down the nets. With a close to sell out, I think the crowd will motivate the team. I'm sure there will be lots of recruits there as well.

That's what we used to say every time Nick Goddard missed a free throw.

Great win to get March off to a great start. 39 3's in the last 2 games is crazy! It's always great to thump the kittens.

Is Iowa State a 2-1 or 1-1 deal?

I heard from someone that they tried to buy tickets this morning but they were sold out. Not sure if they tried online or the office though.

And Akron only had 5 seasons with 7 wins and 6 seasons with 2 or fewer wins (4 1-win seasons). Not sure we can judge other team's historic futility.

BG fan seems to think they are playing the Golden State Warriors tonight. http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=33801

Our team managers that is. Akron is #2 in the nation in the latest Team Manager's national rankings. These games seem to be all the rage lately with ESPN, Washington Post, and other mainstream news doing stories on them. http://www.kpisports.net/rankings/d-i-mens-basketball-managers/

Michigan State and Purdue have shown a willingness to travel to MAC schools.

Well just check out last time we handed out a Lebron bobble head...6:10 was too late.

This is an interesting point that should be looked at a little deeper. Right now, we have only played Villanova, OU, and Buffalo in the top 100 going 2-1. Maybe Arkansas, depending what day we look at the RPI, which makes us 3-1. We still have OU (1), UB (1), and Kent (2) left to play. Unfortunately, with Kent's injuries, they will probably slip out of the top 100. With Reardon out 3 games, UB has the same potential. Even OU has the potential to fall just shy of the 100 mark. If any of these scenarios happen, we could see our rank against the top 100 go anywhere from 0-1 to 7-1. This is another year we are missing the Bracket Buster which would be huge right now.

Please tell us more about the situation since you know so much more than the staff.

Ok, let's look at last year. The #30 RPI team didn't get in with a 27-6 record. Why? Because their strength of schedule was 111. How far into the triple digits will our strength of schedule end up?

In 2006 Missouri Stat RPI #21 and Hofstra RPI #30 were left out. In 2007 #30 Air Force was also left out. What makes it interesting this year is that two tournament worthy teams will be sitting out this March (SMU, Louisville).

We've won 11 in a row at Bowling Green (13 straight in the series) and 21 of last 22. Let's keep the streak going. BG have lost 5 of their last 6, including last week at Miami. No excuses for this one. Zips by 14.

Dambrot is 12-2 vs CMU. I can't see us dropping a second game to them in the same season. Zips win by 7.

We should never look past Can't, especially on the road. Rivalry games always bring the best out of certain players. Do I think we will lose? No, but I think that should be one of our most challenging games remaining.

None of them are getting an at large bid?

I emailed a member of the South Point Classic staff and they said there will be a live stream and they were going to send me the link. I'll post it when he sends it over.

The East just got a little easier to win with the departure of Dino Babers.

That's what I get when I'm driving back to North Carolina!

Matt Campbell is leaving Toledo to take the Iowa State job. The MAC is losing a great coach. Interesting that Toledo beat Iowa State earlier this year. I wouldn't be surprised if he has them ranked for their 2017 visit to Akron.

Pruitt Entertainment Group makes the football intro. They also created many of the graphics for the video board in the JAR. The intro video is made by whichever grad student is in charge of ZipsVision for that semester.

I saw him get a nice Gatorade bath. Well deserved. First game of the year for me and it was total domination. Great to watch the few Can't fans leave early in disgust. Anyone have a number for attendance? got there too late to get a bobble head.

I'll make it from Wilmington, NC for my first game of the year.