What a year

[MDZip]

Just looking back on the write-up on the Reese trophy and the men really had a phenomenal year. While no huge story like a bowl game, NCAA basketball tournament appearance or soccer final four, it's pretty amazing what the teams accomplished this year. Locking up the Reese trophy without outdoor track and baseball (who came in second and made the MAC title game respectively anyway), the soccer team won the league yet again, indoor track won the title (plus an individual national champion), cross country was second, golf was second and basketball actually had a bit of a down year but still was second in the East and made the conference semi's. Even football was respectable with a third place East finish. That's a hell of a performance from the men. Women weren't quite that good but another fine showing from track (second place for indoor and outdoor), a really unexpected swimming and diving title, softball grabbing the third seed in the tournament and of course the women's basketball team winning their first ever MAC title. Quite a year.

Here are the final Reese Cup standings (and the gap between Akron and second place Can't State is larger than the gap between Can't State and last place Miami - wow):

Akron 8 79.5 9.93

Can't State 8 61.5 7.68

Toledo 6 45.0 7.50

Eastern Michigan 9 67.0 7.44

Ball State 6 41.5 6.91

Western Michigan 5 34.0 6.80

Central Michigan 7 45.5 6.50

Buffalo 10 61.0 6.10

Ohio 6 35.5 5.91

Bowling Green 6 35.5 5.91

Northern Illinois 7 41.0 5.85

Miami 7 39.5 5.64

Still pissed we lost the overall Wagon Wheel challenge again.

[johnnyzip84]

Just looking back on the write-up on the Reese trophy and the men really had a phenomenal year. While no huge story like a bowl game, NCAA basketball tournament appearance or soccer final four, it's pretty amazing what the teams accomplished this year. Locking up the Reese trophy without outdoor track and baseball (who came in second and made the MAC title game respectively anyway), the soccer team won the league yet again, indoor track won the title (plus an individual national champion), cross country was second, golf was second and basketball actually had a bit of a down year but still was second in the East and made the conference semi's. Even football was respectable with a third place East finish. That's a hell of a performance from the men. Women weren't quite that good but another fine showing from track (second place for indoor and outdoor), a really unexpected swimming and diving title, softball grabbing the third seed in the tournament and of course the women's basketball team winning their first ever MAC title. Quite a year.

Here are the final Reese Cup standings (and the gap between Akron and second place Can't State is larger than the gap between Can't State and last place Miami - wow):

Akron 8 79.5 9.93

Can't State 8 61.5 7.68

Toledo 6 45.0 7.50

Eastern Michigan 9 67.0 7.44

Ball State 6 41.5 6.91

Western Michigan 5 34.0 6.80

Central Michigan 7 45.5 6.50

Buffalo 10 61.0 6.10

Ohio 6 35.5 5.91

Bowling Green 6 35.5 5.91

Northern Illinois 7 41.0 5.85

Miami 7 39.5 5.64

Still pissed we lost the overall Wagon Wheel challenge again.

Thanks for putting this together, MDZip! The numbers really do show how dominant the men were this school year. The scary thing for the MAC is there is room for improvement from the Zips!

We may have lost the overall Wagon Wheel challenge, but I'll take the wheel itself over that every day (just my opinion). The wheel will go on and on (until K.E.N.T. drops football lol). I'm not so sure about the "challenge".