Thursday Quarterfinals

[Marty McFly]

12:00 pm#2 Western Michigan vs. #7 Eastern Michigan2:30 pm#3 Akron vs. #6 Central Michigan7:00 pm#1 Can't vs. #8 Toledo9:30 pm#4 Ohio vs. #5 MiamiI'm still liking all the top seeds advancing, giving the semifinals on Friday at 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3.Which would be ideal of the Zips, b/c I think that Ohio is the only team out of OU, Miami and Toledo that can beat the flushes. Do we root for Bubba? Stay tuned....

[Quickzips]

The only game I DON'T think is in too much danger is WMU/EMU. I expect EMU to win that.Central has beaten us before and they are a pretty good team if you let them be.Toledo is a tough matchup for Can't. They may not have the depth to match up, but they have athleticism and have beaten them before.Ohio/Miami is a big rivalry game and is a game that will really depend on which team shows up. We all know about the inconsistencies Ohio has, but Miami can be just as Jekyl and Hyde.

[Agent Zero]

The only game I DON'T think is in too much danger is WMU/EMU. I expect EMU to win that.Central has beaten us before and they are a pretty good team if you let them be.Toledo is a tough matchup for Can't. They may not have the depth to match up, but they have athleticism and have beaten them before.Ohio/Miami is a big rivalry game and is a game that will really depend on which team shows up. We all know about the inconsistencies Ohio has, but Miami can be just as Jekyl and Hyde.

EMU and WMU is going to be a war. The thing about Toledo that gives Can't fits is that their guards are quick, and because of this, they force a lot of steals. Now with regards to Ohio and Miami, that's a push at best.

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This is why I am glad we are not in the other bracket. All of us know that OU and Miami are capable of beating anyone in this league. I like the idea of one of them being Can't's opponent on Friday night. And Can't has a challenging matchup with Toledo just to get there.This is all working in our favor so far.I don't know about Eastern beating Western, but that would certainly make our path to the championship game a little easier.

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Ok..something isn't looking right to me.Vandelay looks like it is saying that the #2 vs #3 game in the 7pm game on Friday, and the #1 vs. #4 game is the 9:30 game?That doesn't sound right. We were the #2 seed last year, and we played the 9:30 game. Wouldn't the 7pm game be given to the #1 seed since they would have the advantage of having the most rest before the Saturday championship game?Does anyone else have more information on this?

[Agent Zero]

Ok..something isn't looking right to me.Vandelay looks like it is saying that the #2 vs #3 game in the 7pm game on Friday, and the #1 vs. #4 game is the 9:30 game?That doesn't sound right. We were the #2 seed last year, and we played the 9:30 game. Wouldn't the 7pm game be given to the #1 seed since they would have the advantage of having the most rest before the Saturday championship game?Does anyone else have more information on this?

He's right. It was changed this year. The 1 seed has the late game this year, and the other game is the early one.

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Thanks. I just wanted to make sure that was correct.It appears is if it's a huge advantage to play the early game on Friday, and have more rest before your Saturday championship game.I think that made the difference last year. We played a draining game against Can't that lasted until almost midnight, then had to play our 3rd game of the tournament the very next night at 7pm. On the other hand, Miami was resting on Friday night and watching our game.

[Bleacher Bum]

I don't know the validity of this comment, but I have heard that the past 6 MAC Champions were the winners of the earlier semi-finals game.

[zen]

I don't know the validity of this comment, but I have heard that the past 6 MAC Champions were the winners of the earlier semi-finals game.

:lol:OMG, *smacks head*... you're just saying that the champs were all winners in a semi final that was earlier in the previous day.LOLI read that as the past 6 MAC Champions were the winners of their previous semi-finals game*hides*

[Marty McFly]

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure that was correct.It appears is if it's a huge advantage to play the early game on Friday, and have more rest before your Saturday championship game.I think that made the difference last year. We played a draining game against Can't that lasted until almost midnight, then had to play our 3rd game of the tournament the very next night at 7pm. On the other hand, Miami was resting on Friday night and watching our game.

Whoever plays the afternoon session in the quarterfinals, plays the earlier game on Friday night. Its tough luck that the late game Friday night has to come back and play like 19 hours later. Yet another small piece that could help Akron?

[Blue & Gold]

The only game I DON'T think is in too much danger is WMU/EMU. I expect EMU to win that.Central has beaten us before and they are a pretty good team if you let them be.Toledo is a tough matchup for Can't. They may not have the depth to match up, but they have athleticism and have beaten them before.Ohio/Miami is a big rivalry game and is a game that will really depend on which team shows up. We all know about the inconsistencies Ohio has, but Miami can be just as Jekyl and Hyde.

Don't you mean you expect WMU to win the WMU/EMU matchup?

[Quickzips]

The only game I DON'T think is in too much danger is WMU/EMU. I expect EMU to win that.Central has beaten us before and they are a pretty good team if you let them be.Toledo is a tough matchup for Can't. They may not have the depth to match up, but they have athleticism and have beaten them before.Ohio/Miami is a big rivalry game and is a game that will really depend on which team shows up. We all know about the inconsistencies Ohio has, but Miami can be just as Jekyl and Hyde.

Don't you mean you expect WMU to win the WMU/EMU matchup?

My bad. Yeah. Damn directional Michigans always get me confused. As much as I'd love EMU to win that one, I do expect WMU to win it.