I doubt fat cats are sitting on the sidelines considering he's been off a NCAA Tournament win the last few years and is an alum. Historically that is a pretty good resume for OU. Moving forward could what donations are coming through be witheld possibly but I don't know if outside of this board the level of true dissapointment out there. It didn't hurt that he beat Akron and Miami at home the top 2 seeds down the stretch when the fanbase was paying attention.

Also a losing record against BG.

The Kent & Akron records aren't really even noteworthy, especially considering some of the dominant seasons Akron has had in this stretch. It's really just about the Toledo dominance. It is bonkers.

I agree to an extent. But ultimately when you're leading a program in a one bid league, your success is a measure of how likely you are to string together a wins in the NAC tournament and get that bid.

You're very likely to have to play the best programs in the conference in the MAC tournament at least twice. Boals' record against those programs basically reflects the likelihood he can beat 2 or 3 of them in a row in the MAC Tournament. He loses more than he wins against 4 programs in the league, and another (Miami) seems to have a very good coach that's improved their program really rapidly.

1-23-2026

Akron 86
Ohio 65
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Jeff Boals career record against these three teams (Year 7 of Boals Era)

Akron 5-9
Kent State 6-7
Toledo 1-12

Career record: 12-28