kreed5120 Posted Sunday at 11:56 PM Report Posted Sunday at 11:56 PM The college basketball season officially got underway today, with Villanova and Notre Dame tipping things off in Rome. The majority of teams will get their seasons started tomorrow. Below are the Sun Belt matchups for Round 1, along with the current point spreads. The MAC is favored in 5 of the 12 matchups, but the lines are relatively tight across the board. Should make for some competitive and entertaining basketball! Georgia State -4.5 vs. BG Troy -3.5 vs. UMASS Arkansas State -3.5 vs. Toledo South Alabama -1.5 vs. Ohio James Madison -1.5 vs. Miami (OH) Coastal Carolina -1.5 vs. EMU Marshall -1.5 vs. Buffalo Old Dominion +1.5 vs. WMU Georgia Southern +2.5 vs. Ball St. ULM +3.5 vs. CMU Louisiana +5.5 vs. Akron Louisiana Tech +5.5 vs. Kent 1 1 Quote
Zips1991 Posted yesterday at 03:22 AM Report Posted yesterday at 03:22 AM 3 hours ago, kreed5120 said: The college basketball season officially got underway today, with Villanova and Notre Dame tipping things off in Rome. The majority of teams will get their seasons started tomorrow. Below are the Sun Belt matchups for Round 1, along with the current point spreads. The MAC is favored in 5 of the 12 matchups, but the lines are relatively tight across the board. Should make for some competitive and entertaining basketball! Georgia State -4.5 vs. BG Troy -3.5 vs. UMASS Arkansas State -3.5 vs. Toledo South Alabama -1.5 vs. Ohio James Madison -1.5 vs. Miami (OH) Coastal Carolina -1.5 vs. EMU Marshall -1.5 vs. Buffalo Old Dominion +1.5 vs. WMU Georgia Southern +2.5 vs. Ball St. ULM +3.5 vs. CMU Louisiana +5.5 vs. Akron Louisiana Tech +5.5 vs. Kent How bad does ULM have to be for CMU to be favored by 3.5 points on the road? 😂 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted yesterday at 11:50 AM Report Posted yesterday at 11:50 AM No longer the MAC but NIU lost to grambling in the 3am game of the 24hr opening day event 1 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted yesterday at 01:02 PM Report Posted yesterday at 01:02 PM Arkansas State might be the play if Toledo's exhibition vs NIU was any legitimate indication. New conference, same story for NIU. The Horizon League's new boat anchor is off to a hot start. (The anchor is NIU; the Flying Wasp is the Horizon League) 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted yesterday at 01:59 PM Author Report Posted yesterday at 01:59 PM TBF playing a game at 3AM probably means neither team was performing anywhere close to 100%. Probably not a great barometer of performance. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted yesterday at 02:11 PM Report Posted yesterday at 02:11 PM Nowadays the only thing I'm occasionally doing at 3 a.m. is taking a leak. 1 3 Quote
NWAkron Posted yesterday at 03:32 PM Report Posted yesterday at 03:32 PM https://akronzippedup.substack.com/p/zips-mens-basketball-ready-for-a?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Our Zipped Up weighs in on the new season. Quote
kreed5120 Posted yesterday at 04:09 PM Author Report Posted yesterday at 04:09 PM 32 minutes ago, NWAkron said: https://akronzippedup.substack.com/p/zips-mens-basketball-ready-for-a?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Our Zipped Up weighs in on the new season. I thought this part was particularly telling. When Ball State hired Chris Capko this offseason, his contract included a guaranteed $1 million in NIL spending. I’m increasingly convinced that some of the programs at the bottom of the MAC in football are realizing that the resources required to be even moderately competitive, even at the G6 level, are becoming unattainable. They’re looking at the success Akron and Miami have had, with Kent State to a lesser extent, and recognizing that their investment dollars can go much further in basketball. "A (basketball) league on the rise Bud Wentz may be responsible for saving MAC basketball, or at least giving it a second life as the MAC enters an interesting time in its history with some of its oldest members flirting with leaving. When athletes profiting off their name, image, and likeness became legal five years ago, nobody in the MAC, or NCAA as a whole, knew what to expect. One basketball program’s biggest booster saw the writing on the wall, though. Bud Wentz immediately made it clear to John Groce that NIL is real and it is going to matter. Groce was skeptical at best, but would quickly change his tune. After the 2023-2024 season where the Zips won their first of three MAC Tournament Championships in a row, everyone (myself very much included) expected the program to take a substantial step back the next season after the graduation of the most decorated senior class in program history. A month after cutting down the nets at Rocket Quicken FieldHouse Arena, Akron landed the best transfer class in the MAC by a wide margin and they were off to the races again. Now, you see Miami investing in their programs and it is paying off dividends. Rob Senderoff flirted with the idea of leaving Kent State until his administration gave into his NIL demands. MAC basketball is back to being as competitive as it once was in the early 2000s, and that should make for an exciting 2026-2027 season." Quote
NWAkron Posted 20 hours ago Report Posted 20 hours ago Ford whiffed on Zach Howell. BG looks legit. Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 20 hours ago Report Posted 20 hours ago Dear ESPN+, Please add a quad box option. Sincerely, Mid Major Basketball Fans 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted 19 hours ago Author Report Posted 19 hours ago (edited) Ball State looks to be starting off where they left off last year offensively... Edit: 2 points at first media timeout. Both came at the FT line. Yet to make a fg. Edited 19 hours ago by kreed5120 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 19 hours ago Report Posted 19 hours ago 1 minute ago, kreed5120 said: Ball State looks to be starting off where they left off last year offensively... Edit: 2 points at first media timeout. Both came at the FT line. Yet to make a fg. Their coach came from the same SMU staff that seemingly didn't watch any game film of Miami OH before playing them in Dayton in March. Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 19 hours ago Report Posted 19 hours ago Miami OH is very pedestrian. Not saying they're bad, but they aren't special. They lost the vast majority of their mismatches and "it" factors. Quote
csims0917 Posted 19 hours ago Report Posted 19 hours ago They look a lot smaller. Struggling at the rim greatly and aren’t shooting like they would 1 Quote
csims0917 Posted 18 hours ago Report Posted 18 hours ago Miamis 3 ball woke up. They look a lot better. Still think they look a bit small but offense is clicking Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 18 hours ago Report Posted 18 hours ago (edited) 19 minutes ago, csims0917 said: Miamis 3 ball woke up. They look a lot better. Still think they look a bit small but offense is clicking JMU is bad. They shot 39% from the field. They had a higher 3P% than FG%. Edited 18 hours ago by Let'sGoZips94 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted 18 hours ago Report Posted 18 hours ago (edited) I don't think Kent could hit the ocean from the Santa Monica pier right now. Edited 18 hours ago by Let'sGoZips94 Quote
csims0917 Posted 18 hours ago Report Posted 18 hours ago The MAC are 3-1 rn. I’d be happy with 5 wins and thrilled with 6 Quote
csims0917 Posted 16 hours ago Report Posted 16 hours ago And with our win the MAC finishes 7-5 in the road portion of the classic. Only need 6 wins in February to take the belt for the first time ever Quote
kreed5120 Posted 16 hours ago Author Report Posted 16 hours ago 2 minutes ago, csims0917 said: And with our win the MAC finishes 7-5 in the road portion of the classic. Only need 6 wins in February to take the belt for the first time ever Kent lost so that's a win, at least for me. 2 Quote
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