We're 4-1 vs. the West, but the East is 23-6 overall against the West after going 6-0 yesterday and Tuesday.

Only Akron has lost twice against hte West. Kent State hasn't lost once (but they do have one game to be made up in addition to the ones this weekend). I was hoping we'd maybe go 5-1 and gain at least a game on several teams. Now even if we do get to 5-1, we're probably just keeping pace.

I guess the good thing that could come out of the East's dominance is that the West has lost so much that all of the East teams could have byes or first-round home games in the tournament and all four road teams could be from the West. It had seemed pretty certain Toledo, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan will be road teams and the way things have gone, probably NIU also.

Of course, taking the No. 7 overall seed would have the advantage of potentially facing Ball State in the second round, which seems far more appealing than going against any team from the East.

All of this is a long ways from now, but it seems quite predictable at this point.

Finishing in the top 3 in the East seems unrealistic at this point and if we don't get a bye then the best case scenario is to finish as the #7 seed.  We would start off with a home game against an also ran West team (#10 seed) and then get the #2 seed which will almost assuredly be the West winner.  We wouldn't be tabbed to face the #1 seed until the finals.  At this point that's exactly where we stand.

Wes,

   I am pretty sure that Jacobs is a true freshman this year.  I agree with you that MOST bigs that come in out of highschool take at least 2-3 years to really start playing well.