Not if they lose tonight.

Never heard of the acts playing in Mem Aud tomorrow night.

I may be in the minority but I love Bracket Buster Saturday.  I'm a big Maryland fan and used to pay attention to the ACC but my interest has waned through the years.  I pay more attention to the MVC than the ACC anymore.  And whether the games actually help or hurt is a different story.  It's a day with a ton of interesting games between teams with some great storylines.  Akron and Buffalo both have a shot to really heighten the conferences profile.  Akron is facing a must win at Oral Roberts.  A loss eliminates any hope of the MAC getting two in.  There are literally about 30 games that I find interesting this weekend.  

I saw that and it friggin pissed me off. 

We're 7.5 pt favorites.

Easy guys- the folks getting 'chippy' are some of our Ohio natives that attended UNCA.. Most of those alums will be in Athens for the game as I understand.. Try not to hold the OU vs OSU stuff against all Bulldog fans!

Looking forward to a good game between our 2 teams that seem to have similar styles of play.. Neither team needs this game so it will be interesting to see how it goes.. Also we had a guy suffer a concussion the other night so I doubt we'll be at full strength.. Enjoy the game!

It s the culture. If you do not have to be in the COnvo till an hour and ahalf before the game what does it matter? ST shouts out to the Bobcat nation and Big reg is tweeting in the car on the way to the locker room. Kind of the culture of kids these days.

I am impressed by programs like Purdue where Twitter goes dark form Midnite Madness till they lose in the NCAA but that is not going to happen in a lot of programs. Ultimate respect for their coach and for themselves as basketball players to do this but then again.....they were out at 330 am celebrating Barlows birthday when Byrd and Barlow got picked up Thursday night. Looks like Barlow will be available as it was his last chance. Big ten player with alleged pot problems.......hmmmmm. Transfer potential? Pops was a stud at ND. Wonder where Kelsey will land. Byrd out for 1 game suspension.
 

+1.  Loved hoops in college 25 years ago, but now it is hard to watch at times.  All the timeouts that have been added, increased FT, etc.  The game has lost its flow.

Figured I should throw a quick post out here after all the talk that has gone back and forth.

First - congrats to OU.  Obviously played much better than us and beat us really bad.  Not having Stephenson really hurt as some of the other guys that can fill that Foward role (Jaron Lane, Quinard Jackson) really are a bit soft and not as physical...Especially Lane.  Nonetheless you guys beat us bad.

Just a couple thoughts -- obviously we had some really good looks early and could've kept it close but everything seemed to go in and out.  For OU -- if you guys hit free throws you would've beaten us by 30...That combined with all the attempted alley-oops.  

The fan in me knows how bad we played -- but the truth is we have a lot of guys (outside Primm/Dickey) that just aren't "tough" and don't like physical basketball.  You guys just were more physical. First half was really tough to watch....sloppy basketball for both teams. Wish DJ Cunningham would've been healthy -- even if we shoot as poorly as we did an offensively capable big man like him would've changed the game.  

Hopefully some of you will make the trip to Asheville next year?

Might be right...i can't remember... Am curious about the arena in Athens.  Was talking to one of the Asheville alums (fellow Ohioan) I came with about the building... Obviously a lot of history and a great atmosphere with a big crowd...But any push for something newer?  Was just thinking -- as small as our budget is we just put in a brand new 40 million or so dollar arena (much smaller, seats 3500-4k) on campus.  Obviously you guys have a great -- historic -- building....but wonder if it affects recruiting at all, especially with Akron, KSU and some other MAC schools with smaller more modern facilities?

Yeah video boards where the big thing.  Didn't realize Kent's building is that old -- but UofA obviously has the big jumbo-tron in the middle and KSU has video boards in the corner.  Our new building has those as well (alla Dayton).

Obviously you guys have those boards in the corners -- but no replays or video which kinda surprised me a bit.  The building is great -- guess I was just surprised by the locker-rooms (visiting -- obviously didn't see home side) and also some of the little nice to have additions (video boards, light dimmers so you can truly black out arena during intros & bring lights right back on, scoreboard that isn't partially blocked, etc.).

Love that your student section is on sideline but the 30-40 students under the basket thing is a bit awkward....seems like it could be solved at minimal cost and actually bring the bleachers down a bit lower behind the baskets?

Akron's scoreboard = silk hat.
JAR? = Oink

uncafan:  It's nice to get the perspective of someone from outside the region on the Convo.

I think the building just needs upgraded a bit and spruced up.  Overall, I think it's still an excellent venue for
basketball.  Problem is funding.  Every other athletic project has gotten priority.  We have a football stadium that had has needed major upgrades.  

As posted by others, there have been some upgrades in the Convo in the last few years but they aren't visible.  

I still think, overall, that's it's the best venue in the MAC for basketball.  Sight angles are superb.  I'll agree that the video boards/scoreboards leave something to be desired.

I disagree that Worthen (Ball State) is better.  Their amenities aren't that much better than the Convo's.  Last time I was there the scoreboards were behind the times.  As for Savage at Toledo...the new amenities re:  outer concourse, bathrooms, concessions, corporate suites, scoreboards, etc. are better than the Convo's, but I still think the sight lines, etc., for actually watching the game are superior at the Convo.  

EMU is a nice facility but overall I like our's better.  

If we could refurbish the Convo, I think most folks would like to see about 2000-3000 seats removed (our current capacity is 13,080) and some sort of luxury suites installed.  If we built from scratch...I think most would like to see a 10,000 seat facility that would be more versatile and multi-purpose.  

Glad you folks were able to build a new facility on your campus.