Reslife4Life Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Let’s all acknowledge that WMU has a record of 12-19 and is the 6 seed in the Mac tournament 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, mrelegazna said: But NIU comes through for them! They got all of the elsewhere help they needed, with NIU and WMU both winning as road dogs. Alas, they couldn't help themselves and had their doors blown off from go by a Miami team locked into their seed. It is to laugh. The most improbable component of their needs, and they don't even have the Balls to show up at Miami. Soft progrum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 My Predictions: #1 Akron over #8 BGSU #4 Toledo over #5 Ohio #3 Kent over Western Michigan #2 Miami over #7 Eastern Michigan #1 Akron over #4 Toledo #3 Kent over #2 Miami Akron beats Kent for a third time this season to capture the crown. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 4 hours ago, MDZip said: CMU chokes away their season losing to NIU in double overtime. So here's the bracket. Well, doesn't that figure/suck! Just as soon as Ohio turns the clock, they schedule the Zips and BeeGees at 5 a.m. in my time zone! That sounds like a midweek ESPN MAC football game! Wake me at halftime? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) 9 hours ago, Reslife4Life said: Let’s all acknowledge that WMU has a record of 12-19 and is the 6 seed in the Mac tournament #7 seed is one game above .500 and #8 is also below .500. Further support of my argument to cut this to six teams with the top two getting a first round bye. Edited March 8 by Zippy87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 I like the idea of re-seeding the teams. However, this year not much difference between 4/5/6/7. If they allowed all the teams to play in, then the re-seeding would be a super benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 7 hours ago, Z.I.P. said: Well, doesn't that figure/suck! Just as soon as Ohio turns the clock, they schedule the Zips and BeeGees at 5 a.m. in my time zone! That sounds like a midweek ESPN MAC football game! Wake me at halftime? They always give the number 1 seed the earlier game time, purportedly as a reward for being the top seed, to give them a little more time between games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: They always give the number 1 seed the earlier game time, purportedly as a reward for being the top seed, to give them a little more time between games. I wonder if they took a poll that both the team and fans would prefer the second game. I know I would. Does the Corner Alley serve breakfast? 😉 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 16 hours ago, MDZip said: CMU chokes away their season losing to NIU in double overtime. So here's the bracket. Zips should be a sure thing in my book opening round ... the other three games all have some level of upset potential. Beware of Western ... they beat Kent, Eastern and Miami during the regular season. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopride Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 25 minutes ago, RoyalBlu said: Zips should be a sure thing in my book opening round ... the other three games all have some level of upset potential. Beware of Western ... they beat Kent, Eastern and Miami during the regular season. I like how the bracket shaped up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelegazna Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 13 hours ago, Z.I.P. said: Well, doesn't that figure/suck! Just as soon as Ohio turns the clock, they schedule the Zips and BeeGees at 5 a.m. in my time zone! That sounds like a midweek ESPN MAC football game! Wake me at halftime? In fairness, the MAC website showed #1 vs. #8 as the noon eastern game for weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, roopride said: I like how the bracket shaped up Miami, Kent, OU, Akron in MAC blue blood semis. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 10 hours ago, RoyalBlu said: Zips should be a sure thing in my book opening round ... the other three games all have some level of upset potential. Beware of Western ... they beat Kent, Eastern and Miami during the regular season. No such thing as a sure thing except there will be a basketball game between the Zips and Bowling Green on Thursday. And in 2020 that sure thing did not even happen. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egregiousbob Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 16 hours ago, NWAkron said: Miami, Kent, OU, Akron in MAC blue blood semis. No way OU beats Toledo without a healthy AJ Brown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 (edited) 9 hours ago, 1981 grad said: No such thing as a sure thing except there will be a basketball game between the Zips and Bowling Green on Thursday. And in 2020 that sure thing did not even happen. You don't even have to look far back to see an 8 seed beating a 1. Nobody had 8th seeded Kent beating 1 seeded Toledo last year until it happened. I will say Senderoff always has Kent playing a physical brand of basketball, which helps come tournament time. Toledo is soft both physically and mentally, which is why they underachieve year after year in the tournament. Edited March 9 by kreed5120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Zipped Up gives us an excellent preview of the MAC Tournement. https://open.substack.com/pub/akronzippedup/p/zips-mens-basketball-weekly-update-964?r=4gotw8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 5 hours ago, NWAkron said: Zipped Up gives us an excellent preview of the MAC Tournement. https://open.substack.com/pub/akronzippedup/p/zips-mens-basketball-weekly-update-964?r=4gotw8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email This right here is my biggest concern: "Defense has been an uphill challenge for the Zips all year. In a cavernous NBA arena, sometimes the only thing that travels is defense. A cold shooting night by the team immediately makes any game for this Akron team much more difficult." Only three players of the ten in the rotation - Tavari Johnson, Nate Johnson, and Shammah Scott - have played in a game at Rocket Arena before (Lyles did not log any minutes in last year's tournament). Last year's team was built on defense, and they had to grind out wins in both the semifinals and final. This year's team is the exact opposite - built on offense. The two couldn't be more different: 2023-24 ORtg: 109.6 (108th of 362) DRtg: 98.5 (47th of 362) 2024-25 ORtg: 115.1 (35th of 364) DRtg: 101.8 (107th of 364) Taking it a step further, here's Groce's other MAC Champion teams: 2021-22 Akron Zips ORtg: 109.8 (36th of 358) DRtg: 97.3 (97th of 358) 2011-12 Ohio Bobcats ORtg: 104.4 (116th of 344) DRtg: 92.9 (27th of 344) 2009-2010 Ohio Bobcats ORtg: 105.7 (96th of 347) DRtg: 98.3 (114th of 347) As Zipped Up says, defense travels anywhere, while offense doesn't always follow suit. But the Zips team that came closest to winning a tournament game is the one that most closely resembles this year's group. Let's hope they can lock in defensively and that the shots fall for us en route to a Saturday celebration. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Ohio.com/Beacon article on the Zips as they enter the MAC tournament- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/03/10/akron-zips-mens-college-basketball-mac-tournament-cleveland-bowling-green-falcons-march-madness/82058121007/?tbref=hp 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 11 Author Report Share Posted March 11 (edited) https://x.com/KieferMedia/status/1898209064380707221?t=gV8lIuYiNYfD6wJSGJbznA&s=19 If Brown is out, it's hard to see them making a run. Edited March 11 by Zippy87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted March 11 Author Report Share Posted March 11 Since 2007, Akron has appeared in 11 of 17 MAC Championship games. We've never won back-to-back tournaments (time to change this!). Incredibly, we have only faced 4 teams in the championship game: 3-2 vs Kent State 1-2 vs Ohio 1-1 vs Buffalo 0-1 vs Miami 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 15 minutes ago, Zippy87 said: Since 2007, Akron has appeared in 11 of 17 MAC Championship games. We've never won back-to-back tournaments (time to change this!). Incredibly, we have only faced 4 teams in the championship game: 3-2 vs Kent State 1-2 vs Ohio 1-1 vs Buffalo 0-1 vs Miami Miami. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Still angers me years later. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 4 hours ago, Zippy87 said: Since 2007, Akron has appeared in 11 of 17 MAC Championship games. We've never won back-to-back tournaments (time to change this!). Incredibly, we have only faced 4 teams in the championship game: 3-2 vs Kent State 1-2 vs Ohio 1-1 vs Buffalo 0-1 vs Miami If we make the final again, pretty likely we get one of the four again. I wouldn't mind a 2007 revenge game. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopride Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Corner Alley before BG game ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Long time no post. Came by a 2-4 extra quarter final tickets through a miscommunication with my buddy. Row 6 baseline. If anybody interested please reach out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Why are the school sections not established and published once the 8-team field is set? It seems to be a crapshoot when you buy tickets...am I near the Zips section, or not? Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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