kreed5120 Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 The only team that concerns me is Toledo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: The only team that concerns me is Toledo. After losing to DeKalb and Ypsilanti, they all concern me! I worry about teams with two or three really good players as in a situation involving a single game a couple of them going off can allow them to pull an upset. I see Toledo as the biggest threat, but BG, OU and maybe PCCC have the potential for couple of guys to get hot on a given night and get the Zips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 Considering when they occurred, those NIU and EMU losses don't bother me too much. But unless there's a dominant team like Canada was a few years back, nothing is certain in a MAC tournament. Eliminating the bottom 4 teams before Cleveland, tightens things up even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: After losing to DeKalb and Ypsilanti, they all concern me! I worry about teams with two or three really good players as in a situation involving a single game a couple of them going off can allow them to pull an upset. I see Toledo as the biggest threat, but BG, OU and maybe PCCC have the potential for couple of guys to get hot on a given night and get the Zips. Yes, anything can happen in a single elimination game. What I was more so wanting to get at is the only team that I want to avoid playing as long as possible is Toledo. I like Akron's chances against any of the other teams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 I found this on the Toledo Rocket message board (their words not mine): "With 3 weeks in the regular season left there is a big discrepancy in the number of games each of the top contenders have left due obviously to COVID postponements. In looking at the standings the top teams have the following number of games left on their schedule – Toledo (6) Akron (7), Kent (7) Ohio (9) and Buffalo (9). Now looking at the remaining schedule for the contenders, these are games still left to play with postponed games at the end . Toledo – Miami, @Buffalo, Open, WMU, @CMU, Ball St. – NIU (Postponed) Akron - NIU, @Ball St, Open, BG, @ Buffalo, Miami, -- Buffalo, @Ohio, (Postponed) Kent – @WMU, EMU, Open, @Miami, Ohio, @Buffalo, -- @EMU, @Ball St, (Postponed), Ohio – Postponed, Open, Buffalo, @Kent @BG, -- @Miami, CMU,@NIU, EMU, Akron, @WMU, Buffalo - @EMU, Toledo, Open, @Ohio, Akron, Kent, -- @NIU, CMU @Akron, @CMU, (Postponed) With no games currently scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, everyone will be able to make up a game on that night. But that still leaves Akron and Kent with 1 additional game to play, Buffalo with 3 and Ohio with 5. Of those remaining postponed games left, for Toledo’s sake I hope they make up the Buffalo at Akron and Akron at Ohio games. With all that said, it will be interesting to see how the MAC schedules these postponed games and then how they go about seeding for the tournament." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 4 hours ago, kreed5120 said: Yes, anything can happen in a single elimination game. What I was more so wanting to get at is the only team that I want to avoid playing as long as possible is Toledo. I like Akron's chances against any of the other teams. I think, for any MAC team, the farther a team advances in the tournament the more you have to look at the bench to see where teams can get a big hit (10 pts or more) to pull an upset. Toledo w/Sanders certainly fits that profile. Diggs at Bowling Green, Brewer at Buffalo and Sears at Ohio all come to mind. Might be others I'm missing. An experienced player w/live legs who can score on the third of three games/three days in a row is a bonus to keep an eye on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 So I've been searching for anything that would tell me what the MAC will do with all of the games to be made up. There is no way to make them all up with some teams still sitting at nine games played and others at 14. Everyone has Feb 23rd open so they could make up one game but would it make sense not to match up the teams that have played the most games, in other words should the Zips, BGSU, Toledo and Kent sit it out to let everyone else get another game in. It is pretty apparent they are just going to go with best win percentage at this point for the standings/seeding. I've not seen anything out of the MAC office on their plan. And also one nit on eliminating divisions. If you're going to do it don't still have all of the East teams play each East team twice and all West teams play each West team twice. With a 20 game schedule you play only two teams only once. Make that random as to who those two teams are since it matters almost zero in the standings any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 For the top 6, they get to go to Cleveland. The problem the MAC has is if Western wins a few and either Ball State or Miami tank and there's a 2 or 3 way tie for that 8th spot. Akron 11-3 Toledo 11-3 Kent State 9-4 Ohio 7-4 Buffalo 7-4 Bowling Green 7-7 Miami (OH) 5-6 Ball State 5-6 Western Michigan 3-8 Central Michigan 2-9 Eastern Michigan 1-7 Northern Illinois 1-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) Hopefully Miami wins tonight and can separate itself from WMU Edit: Then again I hope WMU wins tonight too Edited February 16, 2021 by kreed5120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) Whoa, Nelly!! A 9:00 a.m. HST game on a Tuesday!?! ? Sorry, but what is it about N.Illinois that gives this team so much trouble?? Thank heavens we got 35 free throws... Oops, sorry...wrong thread. ?♂️? Edited February 16, 2021 by Z.I.P. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Rockets shooting lights out v. Redhawks. Gotta catch them on an off night or it's curtains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 At the half: Western up 40-36 over Kent Toledo up 46-37 over Miami Ball State up 35-34 over BG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Toledo may be without Jackson the rest of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Kent, Toledo and BG all get the "W" this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 The douche bags from Brimfield trailed most of the game but escaped with the win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, akronzips71 said: Toledo may be without Jackson the rest of the game. Did he actually leave the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrowe Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Did he actually leave the game? He was carried of by the Rockets training staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 34 minutes ago, monrowe said: He was carried of by the Rockets training staff. Check the box score. He played 37 mins. As Clark shrewdly pointed out, this is a normal routine for Jackson. Incidental contact, writhing in pain, lots of attention, then back on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrowe Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 The injury happened with eight seconds left in the first half.After halftime was over he came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, monrowe said: The injury happened with eight seconds left in the first half.After halftime was over he came back. Yes. And he was just fine. Just likes to scare the coaching staff ... remind them how important he is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, NWAkron said: Yes. And he was just fine. Just likes to scare the coaching staff ... remind them how important he is Considering how Toledo has no bench it's probably the only way he can get off the court for a water break 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 11 hours ago, monrowe said: He was carried of by the Rockets training staff. They couldn't find the Paul Pierce wheelchair? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Not that it is any big surprise but the Zips and Rockets have both clinched berths to Cleveland. And a few new schedule updates - as we guessed Feb 23rd is going to be used for some makeups. Sunday, February 21 Western Michigan at Ball State -- From Tuesday, January 5 to Sunday, February 21 at 7 PM (ET) Tuesday, February 23 Miami at Central Michigan – From Saturday, January 2 to Tuesday, February 23 at 5 PM (ET) Buffalo at Northern Illinois -- From Saturday, January 23 to Tuesday, February 23 at 7 PM (ET) Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan -- From Tuesday, February 2 to Tuesday, February 23 at 7 PM (ET) Akron at Ohio -- From Tuesday, February 9 to Tuesday, February 23 at TBD Wednesday, February 24 Kent State at Ball State – From Tuesday, January 26 to Wednesday, February 24 at 2 PM (ET) Thursday, February 25 Miami at Western Michigan – From Saturday, January 16 to Thursday, February 25 at Noon Central Michigan at Buffalo – From Tuesday, January 26 to Thursday, February 25 at 2 PM (ET) Eastern Michigan at Ohio – From Saturday, February 6 to Thursday, February 25 at TBD Friday, March 5 Ohio at Bowling Green – From Saturday, February 20 to Friday, March 5 at 7 PM (ET) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) Great post, MDZip. Edited February 17, 2021 by NWAkron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 How huge is that makeup game Tuesday at OU? Obviously pending results from this coming Friday, both UT (@Canada) and UA (@Ball State) have tough games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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