clarkwgriswold

Great pics! I really like the one of Noah shooting the three and every eye in the house on the ball.

Ball State really gave the Zips a run for their money at the JAR. I remember a couple of Jimmy Chitwood types making some serious bombs down the stretch.

Would someone please explain the Antino situation?

Do tell, some of us only have access to ESPN feed.

It wasn't all that long ago that many thought these two might match up in the MAC final. Instead EMU finishes 16-16 and has an early exit at the hands of the Zips.

Goodnight Raven Simone....errrrrrr...I mean Raven Lee....errrrr....I mean Ray Lee.

Now finish Zips...no letting up!

Here's a little secret about Matta. He wins when he has better talent. His recent recruiting has not been very good and it is showing up in OSU's record.

The radio guys get a vote. My bet is that the KSU play by play guy, Ty Linder, voted for him.

I thought Waters was a good hire when CSU got him after he got dumped by Rutgers. I figured he'd have a leg up coming back into NEO. Unfortunately, rather than duplicate the success he had at PCCC, he duplicated his misery at Rutgers.

I'm feeling a real breakout for Utomi.

Mr. Pinky strikes again. He wasn't worthy of COY of Portage County. Someone needs their credentials reviewed. Congrats to KD and Big Dog. I figured they'd both get screwed. I've been an NEO sports fan waaaaaaaaay too long.

Macedonia had a bunch left at 11:30.

Came to when thinking of his complexion while the flushes were getting hammered by the Zips Friday night!

Beautiful! Just picked up 2 at Macedonia t-mobile. Section C109.

PCCC can't afford to buy out Mr. Pinky. Thank goodness. They're just glad his plan has unlimited texting.

My initial reaction when I saw the video was that the kids and KD seemed disinterested. It then struck me that their disinterest may be a good sign in that they see it as a very minor prize on their path to bigger things.

They're the hot team (kind of like when we were playing Radford and Coppin State).

Too bad they didn't squeeze this in after the Miami game.

Let's hope to God he's right.

It was the only name he recognized on the ballot. He saw him on TV 3 or 4 times.

Interesting. if you add up the players from each team, no team has more more than 3, none less than 2.

Yep, so many moving parts it's impossible to predict.

The full list: 2016-17 Men’s Basketball All-MAC First Team Isaiah Johnson, C, Akron, Senior Marcus Keene, G, Central Michigan, Junior Jimmy Hall, F, Kent State, Senior Jaaron Simmons, G, Ohio, Junior Thomas Wilder, G, Western Michigan, Junior 2016-17 Men’s Basketball All-MAC Second Team Kwan Cheatham Jr., F, Akron, Senior Tayler Persons, G, Ball State, Sophomore Blake Hamilton, Wing, Buffalo, Senior James Thompson IV, F, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore Steve Taylor Jr., F, Toledo, Senior 2016-17 Men’s Basketball All-MAC Third Team Franko House, F, Ball State, Senior Braylon Rayson, G, Central Michigan, Senior Marin Maric, C, Northern Illinois, Senior Jon Williams, G, Toledo, Senior Tucker Haymond, F, Western Michigan, Senior 2016-17 Men’s Basketball All-MAC Honorable Mention Antino Jackson, G, Akron, Junior Zack Denny, G, Bowling Green, Senior C.J. Massinburg, G, Buffalo, Sophomore Michael Weathers, G, Miami, Freshman Jordan Dartis, G, Ohio, Sophomore 2016-17 MAC All-Defensive Team Trey Moses, C, Ball State, Sophomore Zack Denny, G, Bowling Green, Senior Dontay Caruthers, G, Buffalo, Sophomore Tim Bond, G/F, Eastern Michigan, Junior Deon Edwin, F, Kent State, Senior 2016-17 MAC All-Freshman Team Michael Weathers, G, Miami Jason Carter, F, Ohio Reggie Jones, G, Western Michigan Dylan Frye, G, Bowling Green Eugene German, G, Northern Illinois

Just as a point of reference, last year's 12 seeds were South Dakota State (25-7), Chattanooga (29-5), Yale (22-6) and Little Rock (29-4). Yale and Little Rock pulled off upsets.