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If anyone is still has 2 extra tics, please let me know. I might be making the drive over with a buddy. He will be decked out in Michigan gear but promises to root for the Zips with me Let me know cost and seating location. Also, congrats on winning at the Q. I was hoping to see you guys saturday night but my Broncos couldn't pull it off against Ohio.

WMU certainly has opportunities to help out Akron...with RPI and having Can't, Buffalo and Ohio coming to Kazoo. I favored Toledo's postseason spot to be vacated simply because I thought the current format used affected too many teams, potentially of course. If Toledo finished 4th in the league, 8 teams would move up a spot, including one that would get a bye to the quarters, another that would get a bye to Cleveland, and yet another that would host a home game rather than be on the road. In my mind, none of those teams earned the right to do such. Although, I recognize the problem of giving a 12 seed a bye directly to Cleveland if Toledo finished 5th. In the end, the MAC probably got it right. I just don't like the idea of multiple teams getting rewarded with a bye if they didn't earn it in the regular season.

I argued that Toledo's finish, no matter where in the standings, should be a bye in the MAC tournament. That notion got totally smoked on csnbbs. And, the MAC doesn't support it either. They are going with an 11 team format with the #5 team getting the bye no matter what and going directly to Cleveland. I don't necessarily think this is fair...but i recognize that any solution has it's drawbacks.

Snap. I missed that one.

ah. His wiki page doesn't include DIII. I would say that would likely be the winner then.

Bob Donewald (WMU) vs Ben Braun (EMU) in the 1995-96 season missed the mark by 17 days. Donewald reach 300 wins 17 days after he played EMU. Close...no cigar.

Didn't reach 300 wins by the 1999-00 season. He was closer to 200 at that time. Still searching...I've ruled out CMU, Toledo, BGSU, Akron, Can't, Miami, and Ohio during that time frame.

Just realized WMU's Bob Donewald ended with 359 wins. 152 at WMU. That would have put him at 300 win during the 1995-96 season. He ended that season with 303 I believe. He coached another 4 seasons. 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 Anyone remember who he would have coached against in the MAC that would have 300 wins during those years?

LOL...please disregard my omission.

I concede the following: West Virginia Western Illinois Western Kentucky Northwestern Although, I'd like to play those games to determine such on the court. However, I do not concede the following is better: Western Carolina

I'm not stranger. It's fairly easy to figure out who I am if you use social media. And, while I'm a homer, I'm not dumb enough to predict a road win against the defending league champions who look to be the clear favorite this year as well. For those of you wondering about Hawkins. He parlayed the 2010-11 season into a 5 year extension. His contract was coming up and he went 21-13 that year, with a second round CIT exit...and of course another MAC postseason loss to Akron. We had just graduated Kool the year before, and two other starters. He had brought Howard Jr and Stainbrook in as frosh, who both looked to be impact players. Shortly after the extension, everything went to heck. Howard transferred right before the school year started. Stainbrook never lost weight, and was booted this spring. And our seniors didn't play nearly to their capability. The addition by subtraction comment was dead on so far. Anyhow, he's got 3 more years left on his contract AFTER this season. The good news is he brought in a great freshman class and the team has been playing above expectations so far. One of our Rivals guys tweeted that this matchup features two coaches with 300+ wins each. I can't remember the last time two MAC teams could boast such. I know Coles got to 300, but I don't know who the last one he would have coached against. Any thoughts?

Also, I realize it was a 3 point OT win for you guys at our place last year...but really, the story was the poor shooting from Akron. 3/20 from 3 range. I don't expect the same performance at all. If you guys shoot 15% from deep at home...sign my up for a barn burner or a Bronco win. Side note...I don't know if any of you had heard, but apparently last year there was an issue with one of our rims before the game. Dambrot or one of his assistants asked for it to be measured. I think the rim height was off by like 3/4 of an inch or so (that's the story I heard) and we had to adjust it. I thought this was a funny story. Small mind game by Akron, that backfired with a 3/20 shooting performance...but ultimately escaped with a win, which is all that matters.

I can't with a straight face predict a road win for my Broncos. Akron is at home, has our number, is deeper, and is much more experienced....not to mention more skilled. We really struggle scoring the ball during stretches due to our lack of a "go to" guy. Last year we dumped it into the post every possession, that's not going to happen this year. Our bigs are skilled, but they aren't the traditional back to the basket type scorers. Two matchups really worry me. Abreu and Treadwell are a nightmare for us. I wouldn't say we have an edge at any position at this point. Even the Harney vs Hutcheson matchup would be a push right now. That said, I expect us to be even or ahead in the rebounding battle...and we will likely turn the ball over 15-18 times. We have 4 frosh in our top 8 in the rotation. When it's all said and done, I'd predict a 12 point win by Akron. Oh, one last thing...our offense is completely different than what you are accustomed to seeing from Steve Hawkins at WMU. The new one is very much like what Buffalo runs. I won't be making the trip for this one. Good luck fellas. If we can't pull one out at your place, I'm hoping we can steal one from Ohio on Saturday. The MAC didn't do us any favors by starting our first two games against #1 and #2

LOL. I was just rereading my post and noticed that zipnation has an auto filter that changes the spelling of your main rival. Now that's funny.

I posted this on the ncaabbs board. Marla didn't do a very good job researching this one. First she made the salary assumption at 600k...which probably stemmed from everyone jumping the gun due to one knucklehead at cbssports stating JC would make "comparable" money to his current salary at TCU....which was actually 590k. Next up she claims that Can't has the lowest paid HC in the league. When in fact, they do not. Orr- 160k Witherspoon - 188k Murphy - 225k Taylor - 205k And that doesn't take into account Miami, which I believe they were underpaying Coles significantly (200k if I remember correctly). Is Can't in the bottom half? yes, but not dead last. I posted a complete list of HC salaries in the MAC on the NCAABBS board under the WMU page if anyone wants to check it out. *I also read that Dambrot will make close to 500k after this last season due to incentives. Not sure if that is accurate or not though. I couldn't find a breakdown.