I started this thread, but I get more confused the more I read it. Okay, so now that Buffalo beat Miami and WMU beat Ball State, someone help with the scenarios, please.

If I understand right, an OU win over Miami and a WMU loss at Central would give us the three seed. That's the only way that could happen, right? And an OU win and WMU win should get us the fourth seed... but not necessarily... right?

What happens to get us the fifth seed?

so tonight was a good night for us...apparently.  So Friday.  Understanding a lot of games impact our world.  But, with a win, looks like we would be.....       If we lose, we would most likely be......

If we win, we'd most likely be tied with Miami and Ball State. We'd win the tiebreaker and be 3. But that's assuming Ball State, WMU and Kent State all win as the favorites. No guarantees.

If we lose, we could do no better than 5, and I think that'd be the most likely seed based on tiebreakers. But then again, there are too many scenarios to count.

It comes down to just one thing... Just win! The rest will take care of itself and then we'll just win, win, win, win, and then win some more

Actually, you need four more wins for the national championship.  The first one is Fiami; the next three are the MAC, so the last two get you into the NCAA regional.

It appears that 9-7 could get Ohio the 4th seed with  Kent, NI and BGSU wins! Perhaps even with the Bugs not winning as I don't know the tie breaker should crAkron, Ball State, Buffalo and Ohio all finish 9-7. 

Watching the Miami vs Buffalo game on STO showed that Miami was slow, not battling and really off on their shooting.  Basically their offensive sets in the second half scored nothing in the last 12 minutes with points coming on breakaways.  It will be interesting to see OUr opponents "legs" with only a day and a half rest before the basketball version of the Battle of the Bricks part II.

Kent beat Ohio at home and we returned the favor; I'm predicting the same outcome in Oxford for the Bobcats and the number 3 seed.

We get the #3 if:
We win and Western wins.
We win, Western loses, and Ball State loses.

We get the #4 if:
We win, Ball State wins, and Western loses.
We lose, Akron loses, and Ball State loses.

Taking this one step further, I believe these are the scenarios for our potential opponents in the first round/quarter finals of the MAC tournament:

If we finish 7th, we would host NIU on Tuesday, with the possibility of advancing to play either WMU or BSU.  We would face WMU in the QFs unless they lose at CMU and BSU beats NIU, in which case we'd play the Cardinals.

If we finish 6th, we would host EMU on Tuesday, with the possibility of advancing to play Miami or Kent.  We would play Miami in the QFs unless Akron beats Kent and WMU loses to CMU, in which case we'd play Kent.

If we finish 5th, we would host Toledo on Tuesday, with the possibility of advancing to play Miami, BSU, Akron, or WMU.  We would face BSU in the QFs if we lose to Miami, Kent defeats Akron, and WMU defeats CMU.  We would play Akron if we lose to Miami and Akron defeats Kent.  We would face Miami in the QFs if we lose to Miami, BSU defeats NIU, and WMU loses to CMU.  We would face WMU in the QFs if we lose to Miami, WMU loses to CMU, and BSU defeats NIU.

If we finish 4th, we would potentially face Miami, Buffalo, Akron, or Toledo in the QFs.  We would face Miami if we win in Oxford, BSU defeats NIU, WMU loses to CMU, and then Miami defeats Toledo in the first round on Tuesday.  We would face Buffalo if we lose to Miami, BSU loses to NIU, Buffalo beats BGSU, Akron loses to Kent, and then Buffalo defeats Toledo in the first round on Tuesday.  We would face Akron if we lose to Miami, BSU loses to NIU, BGSU beats Buffalo, Akron loses to Kent, and then Akron defeats Toledo in the first round on Tuesday.  We would face Toledo if it upsets whoever the 5 seed is in the first round.

If we finish 3rd, we would potentially face Buffalo, Akron, Ball State, or EMU in the QFs.  We would face Buffalo if we win in Oxford, BSU defeats NIU, Kent defeats Akron, Buffalo beats BGSU, and then Buffalo defeats EMU in the first round on Tuesday.  We would face Akron if we win in Oxford, BSU defeats NIU, Kent defeats Akron, BGSU beats Buffalo, and then Akron defeats EMU in the first round on Tuesday.  We would face BSU if we win in Oxford, NIU defeats BSU, and then BSU defeats EMU in the first round on Tuesday.  We would face EMU if it upsets whoever the 6th seed is in the first round.