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Mark Lembright '85
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Posted: 2/18/2012 9:23 AM
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Is anyone else rooting for our rivals to win their Bracketbuster games today besides me?  Other than Muck Fiami I find myself rooting for everyone else to win today.  I hate the Zips (even though I went to law school at Akron but please don't hold it against me) but I really want them to beat ORU today; I think it's important for the MAC to make a good showing.  The football side upheld their end of the bargain during the Bowl season, now I want to see the MAC do the same thing in hoops.  Am I crazy for thinking this way?

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Posted: 2/18/2012 9:29 AM
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Not crazy at all!  It's tough, but it make sense.
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Posted: 2/18/2012 10:29 AM
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What's good for the conference is good for us, so while I often find it hard to remember while watching the games, yes we want Akron, Miami, et al to win.
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Posted: 2/18/2012 12:40 PM
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Always root for the conference out of conference. Only way to improve overall stature.
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Posted: 2/18/2012 1:47 PM
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Agree in BB. For various reasons in football, I don't.
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Posted: 2/18/2012 2:00 PM
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colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more
Agree in BB. For various reasons in football, I don't.
What do you have to lose from an OOC win in football?
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Posted: 2/18/2012 2:43 PM
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Buffalo down 17 to S. Dakota State 63-46, 9:00 left

Akron 11, ORU 20 7:51 1st half
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Posted: 2/18/2012 2:59 PM
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Alan would like a word with SDSU's student section.
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Posted: 2/18/2012 4:14 PM
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Akron and Buffalo go down
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Posted: 2/18/2012 4:15 PM
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Not a good day for the MAC...Yikes.
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Posted: 2/18/2012 4:19 PM
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MAC's gonna end up 6-5, or 5-6 for the day for the Bracketbusters.

Ball State amd BGSU won,  Buffalo, Akron, NIU and EMU lost
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Posted: 2/18/2012 4:46 PM
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anorris wrote:expand_more
Agree in BB. For various reasons in football, I don't.
What do you have to lose from an OOC win in football?
A spot in a bowl game among other things.
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Posted: 2/18/2012 4:50 PM
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Right now the Summit is basically delivering a smack-down to the some of the MAC's finest on National TV.  Anyone want to start talking about how great the MAC is?

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Posted: 2/18/2012 6:17 PM
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ou79 wrote:expand_more

Right now the Summit is basically delivering a smack-down to the some of the MAC's finest on National TV.  Anyone want to start talking about how great the MAC is?



Both home games for the Summit teams, and those two teams are much better than other Summit League teams. 

Kent/Ohio/BG would be able to beat Summit teams 3-4-5. 

MAC is still a better conference. 
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Posted: 2/18/2012 11:19 PM
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Looks like the Summit made a clean sweep of the MAC when NDSU took it to WMU this evening.
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Posted: 2/18/2012 11:49 PM
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F... the rest of the MAC today.  Every team ahead of us in the conference standings lost, and I say GOOD!

We have a better overall record than Akron, Kent and Buffalo.  Them losing only helps us in the eyes of the selection committees for the NIT, etc. should we not win the Conference tourney.
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Posted: 2/19/2012 12:02 AM
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ou79 wrote:expand_more

Right now the Summit is basically delivering a smack-down to the some of the MAC's finest on National TV.  Anyone want to start talking about how great the MAC is?


Who said the MAC was great?
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Posted: 2/19/2012 12:41 AM
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OUbobcat9092 wrote:expand_more
F... the rest of the MAC today.  Every team ahead of us in the conference standings lost, and I say GOOD!

We have a better overall record than Akron, Kent and Buffalo.  Them losing only helps us in the eyes of the selection committees for the NIT, etc. should we not win the Conference tourney.


Kind of agree here. We will be competing with these teams for "postseason", so any bit of separation helps. Of course, the ideal scenario is to win the MAC Tournament!!
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Posted: 2/19/2012 1:32 AM
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MAC's gonna end up 7-6, or 6-7 on the day for the Bracketbusters.
How?
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Posted: 2/19/2012 2:17 PM
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Well yesterday essentially clinched that the MAC will have one team dancing this year.  Akron now 8-8 against top 200 RPI teams.  They really needed to win yesterday.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 12:05 PM
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Well yesterday essentially clinched that the MAC will have one team dancing this year.  Akron now 8-8 against top 200 RPI teams.  They really needed to win yesterday.


Makes you wonder if the MAC will ever get back to where it used to be. The league continues to disappoint.
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