First, I'm a very big N'dour fan, but there is one aspect of his game that has worried me in the past, and it seems I noticed it several times tonight.  Tell me if I'm wrong, but he seems to have "soft hands" on some rebounds.  What I mean by that is many times I see him come down with a rebound and then get it knocked away by opponent.  This happens to all players at one time or another, but it seems to happen more frequently to N'dour.  Perhaps, it's just a matter of the number of times he is in good position for a rebound so it's just a matter of average, but for some reason it seems that this is more a problem for N'dour than some others.  Of course, he usually gets a great number of rebounds and some of these are power rebounds, but does anyone else see this "soft hands" side of him?  Again, I love N'dour.  He's one of my favorite OHIO basketball players of all time, so please don't take this out of context.   

Look noone likes to lose, but you can learn from it and move on. Here's what I learned from last night's loss:

Six guys played over 25 minutes and Ohio only lost to the best team in the conference on the road by six. Adding TJ and Ric in there makes Ohio a lot more dangerous, so here's hoping they both get back on the floor. As much as TJ has struggled to be consistent this year, the tream needs his slashing ability. And they need Ric's mid range jumper and defense. And N'Dour probably won't have another game like that the rest of the year.

I forget who said it earlier in the week, but for some reason I think Ohio matches up with Toledo better than any team in the MAC simply because Ohio can score as much as they do. Especially when Nick, Travis, Stevie and Bean are hitting from outside. They don't get up on you defensively like Akron, Miami, Kent or EMU. So really, I'll give Ohio a slight advantage on a netural court because their defense is better.

In all honesty I'd rather see Toledo in the semis than Akron.