2026 NCAA Tournament

[Reslife4Life]

1 hour ago, Illini Zip said:

I love how we win not only another game, but a conference championship no less and we lose one spot in the NET. 

The biggest problem with the net is that Kent on the road was borderline Q2 or Q3 all year. We beat them so bad on the road that it dropped them down and they were never able to recover enough for that win to make it a Q2 win for us

[kreed5120]

My biggest complaint about NET is it doesn't take into account things like injuries. For example any team that beat Buffalo in December and January beat a pretty good mid-major team. With Frietag out UB was objectively below average to bad mid-major. In the eyes of the metric it views December UB being equal to late February UB, but in reality those teams are night and day different.

[kreed5120]

UMBC athletic department is savage.

 

 

[NWAkron]

Penn v Yale.  Penn player has 40.  made two 3s to force OT

[ZippyRulz]

USA Today has us playing Alabama in Philly with Miami as a play-in. There should be a pool to guess the selection bracket 😄

[HoopsFan03]

ESPN has us vs Kansas in OKC. Bring on the local kid. 

[Reslife4Life]

1 hour ago, NWAkron said:

Penn v Yale.  Penn player has 40.  made two 3s to force OT

Penn beats Yale in OT. Penn goes 100% from the FT line. The key to success in the Ivy League is never miss a free throw

[tpsjugglerdude]

Current game between USF and Shammah Scott’s old team Wichita State could impact Zips seeding. Currently USF is listed as an 11 seed in most brackets and Akron is a 12. However Akron has a stronger NET and WAB than Wichita. Go Shockers!

[Let'sGoZips94]

Avoided St. John's. Big.

[akzipper]

If Miami makes it, the Zips need to schedule only sub-.500 teams for our OOC schedule moving forward. 

[Reslife4Life]

No St. John’s, no San Diego

[LZIp]

6 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

No St. John’s, no San Diego

50/50 chance for Portland or Tampa if we’re a 12 seed 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Wow. Missouri moves up to a 10 seed and NC State gets into a play in game. Sweaters are crapping themselves. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

TEXAS TECH IN TAMPA!

[MDZip]

Don't hate that matchup without JT Toppin.

[zipsrule]

Kellogg just called Tavari the MAC player of the year! 🤣

[Let'sGoZips94]

Miami OH gets into the last play in game. Wow. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Just now, zipsrule said:

Kellogg just called Tavari the MAC player of the year! 🤣

 

I heard that! Amazing lol. 

[kreed5120]

1 minute ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Miami OH gets into the last play in game. Wow. 

 

Said they were the last team in. They were 1 more bid thief away from missing the tournament entirely. Got lucky once again.

[akzipper]

Just now, kreed5120 said:

 

Said they were the last team in. They were 1 more bid thief away from missing the tournament entirely. Got lucky once again.

 

Hopefully they get absolutely throttled and prove to the world they never belonged in the tournament at all. 

[LZIp]

Tech feels like a good of draw as we could expect and Tampa is as good as a location as we could get as a 12 seed. Let’s shock the world!

[GP1]

5 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

TEXAS TECH IN TAMPA!

Interesting matchup and location. Yard House is a good sports bar across the street from the arena. 

 

Columbia restaurant is a good Cuban place in Ybor City. 

[kreed5120]

Just now, LZIp said:

Tech feels like a good of draw as we could expect and Tampa is as good as a location as we could get as a 12 seed. Let’s shock the world!

 

Yes, it's also fortunate the location is far from A&M. Should be a lot of neutral fans that will be pulling for the upset.

[zippy5]

5 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Interesting matchup and location. Yard House is a good sports bar across the street from the arena. 

 

Columbia restaurant is a good Cuban place in Ybor City. 

Columbia is great. Get the 1905 salad

[AkronAlumnus]

I like it, UA can win this!!  Best matchup we've had IMO.