MAC 2025-26 SZN

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, LZIp said:

 Thats a grown man game. Have to give Pinkie credit in one area - he tends to always have a flat out baller on his team.

 

Well when you reject the need for any moral standards, it opens the door to find said ballers. If the allegations against Gillespie last season are accurate, add him to a long line of baller punks that have worn the Kent Pee Yellow. 

 

Interesting results today. 

 

PCCC and BUGS each with 10 pt road wins, but neither had particularly strong offensive performances. UMass returned to their Paradise Jam version, shooting 33% from the field (no wonder Gillespie had 20 rebounds). Ohio blows and I have no idea how they beat St. Bonnie. 

 

Miami with a nice offensive performance on the road, but a single digit win vs one of the worst teams in CBB is hardly impressive. 

 

Buffalo is the only team that took care of a garbage MAC program. 

[RoyalBlu]

9 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Well when you reject the need for any moral standards, it opens the door to find said ballers. If the allegations against Gillespie last season are accurate, add him to a long line of baller punks that have worn the Kent Pee Yellow. 

 

Interesting results today. 

 

PCCC and BUGS each with 10 pt road wins, but neither had particularly strong offensive performances. UMass returned to their Paradise Jam version, shooting 33% from the field (no wonder Gillespie had 20 rebounds). Ohio blows and I have no idea how they beat St. Bonnie. 

 

Miami with a nice offensive performance on the road, but a single digit win vs one of the worst teams in CBB is hardly impressive. 

 

Buffalo is the only team that took care of a garbage MAC program. 

 

Just curious ... wasn't up to date on Gillespie allegations. What have I missed? (Always want to be informed).

[Let'sGoZips94]

14 minutes ago, RoyalBlu said:

 

Just curious ... wasn't up to date on Gillespie allegations. What have I missed? (Always want to be informed).

 

Allegedly, he punched a teammate who ended up quitting the team. Don't know all the details, but if they're true, Pinky chose to stick with Gillespie and bring in his cousin. 

[Zippy87]

13 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Allegedly, he punched a teammate who ended up quitting the team. Don't know all the details, but if they're true, Pinky chose to stick with Gillespie and bring in his cousin. 

 

If this was a one time deal and he hasn't created any other issues, I wouldn't label the young man as having moral issues. 

[RoyalBlu]

1 hour ago, Zippy87 said:

 

If this was a one time deal and he hasn't created any other issues, I wouldn't label the young man as having moral issues. 

 

Always open for good scuttlebutt: ... Went searching on the internet and chat-rooms and couldn't find anything - even a hint - about this or something like it. I checked KSU roster from last season and they did lose two guys, including the freshman kid from Akron. The other loss was a portal kid who started early, but was deep on the bench when he 'got hurt' during MAC play, then signed with a pro team in Brazil. He was injury prone before getting to Kent (never played a full season) so don't know how to read that one.

 

Like above, willing to give the kid benefit of the doubt at this point.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Gillespie can get the benefit of the doubt, but Kent has a track record of less than stellar character issues. 

[RoyalBlu]

While it is true the Zips have been 'clean' many years now. Let's be careful throwing stones. Even Groce - at Ohio, Illinois and early here - has his skeletons. I believe this rivalry can stand pretty tall, especially on the basketball side, without a running morality play. Let the past stay in the past. And let's enjoy what looks at this point like two (maybe 3) monster rivalry games that highlight the season.

 

Just my opinion.

[clarkwgriswold]

Isapro done for the season for Miami.

[Let'sGoZips94]

56 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Isapro done for the season for Miami.

 

Wow. Knee injury. That's a big loss. 

[kreed5120]

Yes, it's definitely a big loss. He was 1st on the team in minutes, 2nd in points, and 2nd in assists. Not to mention he was an efficient scorer.

 

Their ceiling today is definitely lower than what it was before, but like Akron their strength is in their depth so they are better positioned to absorb this loss than other MAC teams would be. I wouldn't be surprised if they still find their way into the MAC finals.

[Let'sGoZips94]

The OOC portion of the MAC schedule is pretty much done for all MAC programs. The only remaining DI games remaining are EMU @ Wright State tonight, CMU at Wisconsin tonight, and PCCC @ Purdue next Monday. The only potential win remaining is EMU, which would be a nice boost for Akron but nothing to write home about. With that being said, here is where the MAC sits in NET heading into the true MAC schedule starting next Tuesday...

 

Akron 51

Miami OH 79

BUGS 83

Buffalo 136

PCCC 144

Toledo 164

UMass 184

EMU 188

Ohio 204

WMU 291

NIU 318

CMU 331

Balls 339

 

Miami OH losing Ipsaro probably eliminates them from being a top 100 team come season's end. We'll see how they regroup. This is the strongest the MAC has looked since pre-COVID, although a blood bath in the MAC could really screw this up if those bottom 4-5 teams pick up many wins. The MAC/Sun Belt Challenge is doing the MAC no favors this year, but I'll post about this in another thread. 

Edited December 22 by Let'sGoZips94

[Reslife4Life]

So OU is playing Miami-Hamilton. If Miami-Hamilton somehow beat them, would main campus Miami brag about it like they won a rivalry game (not the team of course, but like the barstool and student social accounts)

[csims0917]

If Wayne Campus had a team and beat Kent we'd never let them hear the end of it

[Let'sGoZips94]

Just watched Wright State hold on at home vs EMU. 

 

I can't decide if I wish I was blind so I could never see that, or if I'm now going blind with how bad that game was. 

[clarkwgriswold]

Merry Christmas everyone.  I hope santa brings you an #11 NCAA seed or better. 

[NWAkron]

2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Merry Christmas everyone.  I hope santa brings you an #11 NCAA seed or better. 

Or 8th seed or better in MAC tournament

[Let'sGoZips94]

Merry Christmas. 

 

I'll take the first ever NCAA Tourney win, if Santa is still listening. 

[1981 grad]

5 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Merry Christmas. 

 

I'll take the first ever NCAA Tourney win, if Santa is still listening. 

Forget Santa, talk to the refs and hope they are listening.

[Let'sGoZips94]

8 hours ago, 1981 grad said:

Forget Santa, talk to the refs and hope they are listening.

 

The crew from 2022 is certainly on the naughty list. 

[Illini Zip]

Miami loses a starter for the season, but is now up to 6 votes on the AP Poll. I just don’t get it. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

11 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

Miami loses a starter for the season, but is now up to 6 votes on the AP Poll. I just don’t get it. 

 

BuT tHeY'rE uNdEfEaTeD

 

(With one of the worst SOS in the country)

[kreed5120]

19 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

Miami loses a starter for the season, but is now up to 6 votes on the AP Poll. I just don’t get it. 

In grand scheme it doesn't really matter. We play them in a week. If we win they will no longer receive votes. 

[clarkwgriswold]

2 hours ago, Illini Zip said:

Miami loses a starter for the season, but is now up to 6 votes on the AP Poll. I just don’t get it. 

Some teams lost games.  They didn't.  It's just that simple for some of the voters.

[csims0917]

I find it funny that our game against Purdue was on BTN but Kent’s game against Purdue is stuck on Big+

[clarkwgriswold]

36 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

I find it funny that our game against Purdue was on BTN but Kent’s game against Purdue is stuck on Big+

Nickelodeon, The Comedy Channel and The Home Shopping Network were all booked.