kreed5120 Posted December 22, 2025 Report Posted December 22, 2025 1 hour ago, csims0917 said: We remember the last time we traveled to Marshall. These teams will still be a rough road trip. Yes, I would imagine since they're hosting the next round they will be the favorites in most of these matchups. 1 Quote
Zips1991 Posted January 6 Report Posted January 6 We're facing Troy on Feb. 7 in the 2nd round of the MAC-SBC. They're currently 10-5 (3-0) and are 125 in the NET. They beat Kent but lost to Toledo (in a holiday tournament). https://gozips.com/news/2026/1/6/mens-basketball-second-round-of-the-mac-sbc-challenge-announced-zips-set-to-travel-to-troy 3 Quote
kreed5120 Posted January 7 Report Posted January 7 7 hours ago, Zips1991 said: We're facing Troy on Feb. 7 in the 2nd round of the MAC-SBC. They're currently 10-5 (3-0) and are 125 in the NET. They beat Kent but lost to Toledo (in a holiday tournament). https://gozips.com/news/2026/1/6/mens-basketball-second-round-of-the-mac-sbc-challenge-announced-zips-set-to-travel-to-troy It's worth noting that 1 game will get flexed to a 6PM start time and air on ESPN2. The game in all likelihood will either be Miami @ Marshall or Akron @ Troy. If the decision was to be made today it would probably be Miami @ Marshall just because Miami is still undefeated. We'll see how the next few weeks play out. 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted February 3 Author Report Posted February 3 Bumping this thread. Round 1 the MAC went 9-4. The MAC needs 5 wins on Saturday to clinch the Belt and be crowned the superior conference. SB won year 1 and year 2 was a tie. Historically the home teams have done very well during round 2. The long road trip messes up these teams. Akron is 0-2 on the road during the MAC-SB (JMU and Arkansas St). Should be some very interesting matchups MAC-SBC Challenge Men’s Basketball Matchups Saturday, February 7 Eastern Michigan at App State Bowling Green at Arkansas State UMass at Coastal Carolina Northern Illinois at Georgia State Toledo at James Madison Central Michigan at Louisiana Ball State at ULM Miami (Ohio) at Marshall Ohio at Old Dominion Buffalo at South Alabama Kent State at Southern Miss Western Michigan at Texas State Akron at Troy MAC-SBC Challenge Women’s Basketball Matchups Saturday, February 7 App State at Kent State Arkansas State at Eastern Michigan Coastal Carolina at Bowling Green Georgia Southern at Miami (Ohio) Louisiana at Akron ULM at Buffalo Marshall at Central Michigan Old Dominion at Ohio South Alabama at Western Michigan Southern Miss at Toledo Texas State at Northern Illinois Troy at Ball State Sunday, February 8 James Madison at UMass 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted February 5 Author Report Posted February 5 (edited) Updated NETs going into Saturday now that the MAC and Sun Belt have finished their first games of the week. These games could be the difference between a Q4 result becoming a Q3 for a Q3 becoming a Q2 for Akron. Every win helps! For teams like Buffalo and BG it's a chance to try move up one more time and get into the NIT now that has it has basically become a mid-major tournament. Eastern Michigan (208) at App State (178) Bowling Green (128) at Arkansas State (168) UMass (186) at Coastal Carolina (227) Northern Illinois (303) at Georgia State (269) Toledo (163) at James Madison (231) Central Michigan (300) at Louisiana (313) Ball State (319) at ULM (356) Miami (50) at Marshall (137) Ohio (207) at Old Dominion (268) Buffalo (167) at South Alabama (201) Kent State (138) at Southern Miss (238) Western Michigan (281) at Texas State (257) Akron (54) at Troy (132) Edited February 5 by csims0917 Quote
Zips1991 Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 5 minutes ago, csims0917 said: Updated NETs going into Saturday now that the MAC and Sun Belt have finished their first games of the week. These games could be the difference between a Q4 result becoming a Q3 for a Q3 becoming a Q2 for Akron. Every win helps! For teams like Buffalo and BG it's a chance to try move up one more time and get into the NIT now that has it has basically become a mid-major tournament. Eastern Michigan (208) at App State (178) Bowling Green (128) at Arkansas State (168) UMass (186) at Coastal Carolina (227) Northern Illinois (303) at Georgia State (269) Toledo (163) at James Madison (231) Central Michigan (300) at Louisiana (313) Ball State (319) at ULM (356) Miami (50) at Marshall (137) Ohio (207) at Old Dominion (268) Buffalo (167) at South Alabama (201) Kent State (138) at Southern Miss (238) Western Michigan (281) at Texas State (257) Akron (54) at Troy (132) I underestimated how much better the MAC is this year compared to the Sun Belt. Seven top 200 teams compared to 4. 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted February 5 Author Report Posted February 5 Despite the difference the road trip has been historically difficult for our teams so I hope we can over come 1 Quote
LZIp Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 34 minutes ago, LZIp said: umASS and coastal Carolina in overtime. On to triple overtime a umASS hits a DEEP 3 at the buzzer. 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 Coastal won on a game winning 3. 0-2 Quote
Illini Zip Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 A game that was tied at 64 at the regulation took 3 overtimes to get the final score to respectability. Quote
zipsrule Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 BG down 40-14 at the half against Arkansas State. 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 That’s Evan Wilson coaching for you! Quote
csims0917 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 NIU gets their final win in the MAC-SBC. 1-2. 10-6 overall. Magic number is 4 Quote
LZIp Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 14 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: Marshall is not up for this Giant dud Quote
Reslife4Life Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Its going to be another AP poll rise and full on glazing of Miami on monday Quote
csims0917 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 Ball State wins! 2-3 11-7. Bottom of the MAC is carrying right now Quote
kreed5120 Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 I've stopped into watch a few of these games and man these SunBelt gyms look empty. Maybe a few hundred in attendance for a Saturday game. Granted the games I've watched so far have been mostly the lower ranked teams, but even Southern Miss, who is middle of the conference, looks like a ghost town. 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 Kent looked terrible. Griffith messed up his ankle. They might be cooked 2-4 11-8 Quote
Reslife4Life Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Kent got totally robbed there with the refs not even bothering to look at a replay with 2.5 seconds left and gave southern miss the ball to win it😂 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 Should’ve not even came down to that Quote
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