MAC 2025-26 SZN

[UAZipster0305]

22 hours ago, zipsrule said:

Miami climbs into the top 25 in the AP poll.

 

So we lost to #'s 4 and 25 on the road, and the latter was close and we should have won.

[kreed5120]

It should be noted that next season the NCAA regular season is expanding from a max 31 games to 32. That would mean teams would have to sacrifice 3 non-conference games, not 4 from our current total in order to have a 22 game conference schedule.

[Zips1991]

18 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

It should be noted that next season the NCAA regular season is expanding from a max 31 games to 32. That would mean teams would have to sacrifice 3 non-conference games, not 4 from our current total in order to have a 22 game conference schedule.

I'll be honest, I didn't know there was a set max number of games. I just kinda thought everyone played around 30.

[ZippyRulz]

LifeLock, taxact, progressive... sounds like we got some new sponsorship blood..

[akzipper]

The fact that I'm rooting for Kent tonight makes me feel gross. But Miami needs to fall back down to Earth eventually. 

[clarkwgriswold]

29 minutes ago, akzipper said:

The fact that I'm rooting for Kent tonight makes me feel gross. But Miami needs to fall back down to Earth eventually. 

Can't do it.  It's like the Ravens versus the Steelers.

[Let'sGoZips94]

34 minutes ago, akzipper said:

The fact that I'm rooting for Kent tonight makes me feel gross. But Miami needs to fall back down to Earth eventually. 

 

Miami isn't Top 25 good. They'll falter to others. I don't want anybody in PCCC to have a smidgen of happiness. 

 

Kent choked. OT in Portage County.

[akzipper]

4 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Can't do it.  It's like the Ravens versus the Steelers.

 

I wish both could lose. Really thought Miami was done, but it looks like they will pull another win out of their butts. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Kent is +19 on the boards going into OT. What a choke job.

[Zippy87]

Second time in less than a week that someone had Miami beat and choked it away. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Kent is very undisciplined. 

[zippy5]

Let Miami keep winning. It'll make our win in Cleveland look better. Does seeding really matter? I guess we'll see how these next three games work out but no one really worries me to be honest. Of course anything can happen in Cleveland but there's no one that I feel like we need to be on the other side of the bracket of at this point 

[kreed5120]

It would be nice if we could get Chabi back for Kent. They have two really good bigs and its not like our interior defense and rebounding is a strength even when fully healthy.

[kreed5120]

1 minute ago, zippy5 said:

Let Miami keep winning. It'll make our win in Cleveland look better. Does seeding really matter? I guess we'll see how these next three games work out but no one really worries me to be honest. Of course anything can happen in Cleveland but there's no one that I feel like we need to be on the other side of the bracket of at this point 

 

I agree there is no particular team that scares me moreso than others. There are a lot of great players in the MAC this year though that can get hot and take over games. It could be a wild weekend in Cleveland.

[NWAkron]

Akron is 58 in kenpom and Miami is 90.  That tells the story. 

[csims0917]

That Kent-Miami game was ELECTRIC. Great crowd. Miami traveled very well. It definitely looked every bit of a sell out. Kent struggled in the paint which I wasn’t expecting. By the end of the game Miami was crashing every possession and nobody could stop it. That was some peak mid major basketball. My ears are ringing. 

[Reslife4Life]

11 hours ago, zippy5 said:

Let Miami keep winning. It'll make our win in Cleveland look better. Does seeding really matter? I guess we'll see how these next three games work out but no one really worries me to be honest. Of course anything can happen in Cleveland but there's no one that I feel like we need to be on the other side of the bracket of at this point 

I will say I think the top 7 teams in the MAC are a class above the rest, the 8 seed will probably be Umass or a directional school. The Thursday games all will be pretty competitive, I think the 1 seed will have a significantly better matchup than the 2 seed though

[clarkwgriswold]

1 hour ago, csims0917 said:

That Kent-Miami game was ELECTRIC. Great crowd. Miami traveled very well. It definitely looked every bit of a sell out. Kent struggled in the paint which I wasn’t expecting. By the end of the game Miami was crashing every possession and nobody could stop it. That was some peak mid major basketball. My ears are ringing. 

 

I thought Baby Huey was decent in the paint when they got him the ball.

 

10 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

I will say I think the top 7 teams in the MAC are a class above the rest, the 8 seed will probably be Umass or a directional school. The Thursday games all will be pretty competitive, I think the 1 seed will have a significantly better matchup than the 2 seed though

 

As I see it:

Tier 1:  Miami; Zips; PCCC

Tier 2:  BG, Toledo, OU

Tier 3:  Buffalo; UMass  (maybe with Freitag they squeak into Tier 2

[kreed5120]

15 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

I will say I think the top 7 teams in the MAC are a class above the rest, the 8 seed will probably be Umass or a directional school. The Thursday games all will be pretty competitive, I think the 1 seed will have a significantly better matchup than the 2 seed though

 

At the same time UMass has beaten Toledo, Boston College, and Florida State. I agree they're not as good as the rest, but they can still be competitive at times.