Akron, absolutely.

I think anorris's signature applies here.

I've heard some coaches say they don't like byes that much because your first game is against a team that has already settled in to the tourney; your team has butterflies while theirs doesn't.  Plus, the 1 & 2 seeds will have six days since their last game, while 3 & 4 will have only five.  After doing two games a week for the past two months, that's one less day of rust to shake off.  In that regard, a three seed probably isn't that bad.  That said, if I had to root for one, it'd probably be Akron.  That way, no matter what happens vs. Kent, the Cats would still have the leg-up on a tiebreaker.  Head-to-head with Buffalo & Kent, the Cats would be no worse than 3-1, Kent would be no better than 2-2 (they split with Buffalo) and the Beefs would be 1-3.  Keeps the Cats' future in their own hands.

I'll take the contrarian point of view.  I'm not basing my decision on fear of losing; we should be thinking OUr team is good enough to beat both Cant and Fiami this week.  That clinches 2nd place.  Why not go for the regular season banner?  If it's 2-way with Kron, OUr superior division record (or OUr 2 wins over the next highest ranked team, Buffalo, if they use that tiebreaker) gives us the edge and if it's 3-way with Kron and the Beefs we're 3-1 against them and win that tiebreaker. 

GO BEEFS!!!!