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Posted: 1/5/2016 4:04 PM
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Around the MAC, we've got two solid games to tip off a fresh slate of conference play.

Akron @ Buffalo 7pm ESPN3 AKR -2.5
Kent State @ Western Michigan 7pm ESPN3 KENT -1.5

Both should be fun. Western could be down this year, especially with the Tava injury, but they've still got talented players - I could see them improving as the year goes on.
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Posted: 1/5/2016 8:44 PM
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should be a good night.

Blackmon Out for IU rest of the season http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/iu-expects-james-b...

Kentucky sees Ben Simmons tonite. Should be good. Simmons is really good. Watched him a couple of game so far, most recent vs Vandy...nice player.


Other games outside the MAC

Wisconsin at Indiana ESPN HD 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Marquette at Providence FS1 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Richmond at Rhode Island ESPNU HD 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
East Carolina at Tulsa ESPNEWS 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
South Carolina at Auburn SEC Network 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Minnesota at Penn St. BTN 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
VCU at St. Joseph's American Sports Network 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Akron at Buffalo American Sports Network 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Webber International at Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Trinity Baptist at Jacksonville ESPN3 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
North Carolina A&T at USC Upstate ESPN3 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Wofford at VMI ESPN3 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Kent St. at Western Michigan ESPN3 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Mercer at Chattanooga SoConDigitalNetwork.com 1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Furman at UNC Greensboro SoConDigitalNetwork.com1/5/2016 7:00 PM
Oklahoma St. at Baylor ESPN2 HD 1/5/2016 8:00 PM
Butler at DePaul FSN 1/5/2016 8:00 PM
Temple at Connecticut CBS Sports Network 1/5/2016 8:00 PM
Clemson at Syracuse ACC Network 1/5/2016 8:00 PM
Kansas St. at Texas Longhorn Network 1/5/2016 8:00 PM
Nicholls at Memphis ESPN3 1/5/2016 8:00 PM
The Citadel at Samford ESPN3 1/5/2016 8:00 PM
McNeese St. at Houston Baptist HBU.edu 1/5/2016 8:00 PM
Central Arkansas at TAMU Corpus Christi 1/5/2016 8:30 PM
Kentucky at LSU ESPN HD 1/5/2016 9:00 PM
Georgetown at Creighton FS1 1/5/2016 9:00 PM
Tulane at Houston ESPNU HD 1/5/2016 9:00 PM
Vanderbilt at Arkansas SEC Network 1/5/2016 9:00 PM
Nebraska at Iowa BTN 1/5/2016 9:00 PM
Boise St. at Utah St. CBS Sports Network 1/5/2016 10:00 PM
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Posted: 1/5/2016 8:57 PM
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I'm flipping btw the Akron/UB, and Kent/WMU. All four teams look pretty solid to me.

It's safe to say after last night's marathon, I won't be up for the second half of the 9pm games!
Last Edited: 1/5/2016 8:58:45 PM by OU_Country
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Posted: 1/5/2016 9:59 PM
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Huge road wins for Akron and Kent State tonight.

From the scores it looks like two close and very competitive games.
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Posted: 1/5/2016 10:14 PM
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LSU up 10 @ half and Simmons has 2 points. KU has 10 TO and is under 50% from the line (6 for 14), under 35% from the field, and is getting out rebounded.
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Posted: 1/5/2016 10:17 PM
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I watched both the MAC games. Good ones. Didn't know who to root for re Ohio's chances.

Looks like this league race will be very open, as most people have been saying.
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Posted: 1/5/2016 10:25 PM
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Ohio69 wrote:expand_more
Huge road wins for Akron and Kent State tonight.

From the scores it looks like two close and very competitive games.
The Zippies took 37 threes! And made 12.
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Posted: 1/5/2016 10:39 PM
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GroverBall wrote:expand_more
LSU up 10 @ half and Simmons has 2 points. KU has 10 TO and is under 50% from the line (6 for 14), under 35% from the field, and is getting out rebounded.

UK concentration on stopping Simmons may do them in....

IU wins ugly...Wisky a mere shell of last year's team
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Posted: 1/5/2016 10:44 PM
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GroverBall wrote:expand_more
Huge road wins for Akron and Kent State tonight.

From the scores it looks like two close and very competitive games.
The Zippies took 37 threes! And made 12.
Akron had a veritable plethora of open threes. Buffalo shaded their defense to help on Akron's bigs and dared Akron to beat them with threes. Almost worked.
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Posted: 1/6/2016 9:08 AM
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bornacatfan wrote:expand_more
LSU up 10 @ half and Simmons has 2 points. KU has 10 TO and is under 50% from the line (6 for 14), under 35% from the field, and is getting out rebounded.

UK concentration on stopping Simmons may do them in....

IU wins ugly...Wisky a mere shell of last year's team
Watching UK leads me to a question of "How much one and done can you do and continue to be excellent?" It just seems to me that have a little balance and continuity might make sense. I'm probably reading too much into this game, and UK's loss at UCLA. The frosh just don't look that great. Poythress looked bad for what I expected him to be. Ulis is still outstanding to watch.
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Posted: 1/6/2016 9:19 AM
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Jeff McKinney wrote:expand_more
I watched both the MAC games. Good ones. Didn't know who to root for re Ohio's chances.

Looks like this league race will be very open, as most people have been saying.
I agree. Buffalo looked better than they've been given credit for. Same for Kent & WMU. Jimmy Hall had a nice game for Kent.

Akron looked good, but 37 three's? It didn't seem like that many. Live by it, die by it...
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Posted: 1/6/2016 11:46 AM
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I agree. Buffalo looked better than they've been given credit for.
Buffalo is strong and aggressive but I hate watching them on offense. But that is the type of attacking that we don't handle very well on defense. At least for me it's really ugly to watch.
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Posted: 1/6/2016 11:52 AM
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So I have rules interpretation question for you refs (amateur or otherwise) out there. In OT of the Kent-WMU game last night there was a pass by WMU out towards halfcourt that Kent stole and got a bucket. The issue I had was that the Kent player plowed into the WMU player and knocked him way. The WMU player was standing still waiting for the pass. The contact occurred just as the ball was getting there and was shoulder-to-shoulder. I know in the NFL this would be a legal play because he was making a play on the ball but it looked like a foul to me.
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Posted: 1/6/2016 12:11 PM
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Ref here

I probably would have instinctively called foul, and no one would be mad at me for it. On slow-mo replay, it looked as though both players were leaping towards the ball, so I understand the no-call. You could even make the case for a double foul. Remember, fouls are judgment calls.
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