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Well that's been the second half trouble

Kent, as it turns out

Nah he's just in his own head

Gonna be a stressful last 3:44

And apparently, their overaggression on offense

Yeah there's plenty of time to get it right But there's plenty of time for it to go way wrong

(but, you know, the offense could pick it up a little bit please)

It's good that, as poor as Akron's offense has been, Kent hasn't taken the lead.

Desperately

Nice body check there

Lots of foul trouble both ways

Well Kent came out in the third to start here

Fouls starting to become a problem for Kent

Akron's offense has been very sluggish and they're up 7 at the U8 Not a good sign for Kent

Tried to be sneaky but forgot about that little replay thing they can do

Off to a bad start

There's always a first time so I think I'd rather not just assume victory here

The only thing I would do, honestly, is make the games all on-campus at the higher seed. Go to 12, whatever, but all of the games at the higher seed. I'm sure the MAC gets some money from Cleveland, though, and it's been a good host.

The selection committee is in a tough spot with Miami. The bubble has collapsed, all of the bubble teams fell apart. Miami went and lost to a .500 MAC school in the tournament, but they're 31-1. Miami's 11/11 Dayton game would be its first against even a Q2 opponent., but all of these bubble teams are 18-15 or some crap too. I don't envy that discussion that they're gonna have. I kinda think just because of the 31-1 (and I think the MAC is a little better at basketball than it's given credit for), they probably should be in...likely a play-in game, but in. But I wouldn't be shook up if they instead are a 1 in the NIT.

OK dumb question...have they said where the two teams' seating sections are?

Akron and Kent didn't play in the MAC Tournament last year.

Kinda looks like this is very possible

I think just how bad the bubble has been, they're gonna get in. I think it might be a trip to Dayton, but they're gonna get in.

You might go to jail for Accessory to Murder or something

I do think ultimately, they could have found 16 teams to play. However, multiple of those 16 teams were going to be in that 10-22 record range with crowds worse than most of the Covid year games.