MAC 2025-26 SZN

[Reslife4Life]

YIKES

[Illini Zip]

1 hour ago, Reslife4Life said:

YIKES

 

I think it's probably a culmination of many things that is effecting these players emotionally. But as to the fouling, as bad as Toledo is they're not even the worst offender. If the MAC really, truly wanted to get control of the rediculous fouling issue (I'm all for strong, straight-up physical defense) they would foul guys out regardless of circumstance early into conference play each and every year. Even if it's the first half and a team's best player, it shouldn't matter. Send him to the bench early. The coaches and players will be forced to adjust their approach. But I think the MAC likes the bumping and hacking because it allows the bottom half of the league to stay in games with the top half. If these games were called even close to legitimately I believe Akron blows some teams out by 30-40 points and we have a much better NET ranking. The crap that really bothers me is when the officials in a sense "move the strike zone" mid-game. You play the first 30 minutes of the game with a loose whistle and then out of nowhere they call fouls for breathing on a guy. You can say that the Zips were soft and careless with the ball against the Buffalo press late in that game. Groce believed so. But I'm watching foul after foul by Buffalo not being called as well. We say at times that "the refs have lost control of a game". Watching this video I have to wonder if the refs are losing control of the league.

 

Edit: One can say "who cares" because we are still winning games. But remember that margin of victory affects NET rankings and NET rankings affects seeding in the NCAA Tournament. And I'm tired of getting crushed by the likes of Arizona in the first round.

 

Edited 1 minute ago by Illini Zip

[MDZip]

1 hour ago, Reslife4Life said:

YIKES

Substitute Akron for Toledo and BGSU (or maybe Kent now) for Ohio.