Shouldn’t this be in the women’s thread?

No, no. I wouldn’t bet on that. I know I’ve experienced similar confusion when looking at ESPN’s bottom line for instance. Unless they’ve improved recently, and I missed that they have, they typically don’t do a very good job of distinguishing men’s games results from women’s.

There's a good chance they'll be 6-0 when they meet UC on 12/1.

Surfing ESPN+ Tonight
Saginaw State over WMU 80-63 - the Broncos are a special kind of bad
Sag State didn’t smoke them as much as WMU gave them the game.

EMU loses a heartbreaker at Northern Kentucky 74-73 - frantic basket-trading in the last minute. EMU opened the door with a bad Turnover on an in bounds play. They missed a potential game-winning mid range jumper at the buzzer. EMU should have won


Campbell over the Herd in Huntington by a point (ouch) - Campbell led throughout. Herd took the lead late, but lost it late. Herd Lost the ball under their own basket (with a chance to win) on a out of bounds call that required video review. Ouch, indeed.

RMU/MSM going to OT. Get on Espn+ now

Is it true that Belmont shot 18 free throws and Furman shot 6, all by one guy?

Asking for a friend who is a hoops fanatic and thinks it sounds odd.

Kent and Toledo picked up good wins today over James Madison and Charlotte respectively. The rest of the Mac games for the week are below.

Monday 11/22
Northern Illinois +3 vs. Arkansas Little Rock (Jacksonville Classic) - 11 AM
Toledo -2 vs. Charlotte (Nassau Championship) - 12 PM [Flosports]
Kent State +1 vs. James Madison (Naples Invitational) - 12 PM [Flohoops]
Akron -10.5 vs. Fordham (Gulf Coast Showcase) - 5 PM [Flohoops]
Ohio -14.5 vs. Mount Saint Mary’s - 7 PM [ESPN+]
Western Michigan +29 @ Iowa - 8:30 PM [BTN]
Central Michigan +34 vs. Gonzaga (Good Sam Empire Classic - Las Vegas) - 11 PM [ESPNU]

Tuesday 11/23
Akron -3 vs. Appalachian State (Gulf Coast Showcase) - 1:30 PM [Flohoops]
Bowling Green +2 vs. Milwaukee (Fort Myers Tip-Off) - 2:30 PM
Toledo -1.5 vs. Tulane (Nassau Championship) - 2:30 PM [Flosports]
Kent State -7 vs. George Washington (Naples Invitational) - 5:30 PM [Flohoops]
Buffalo -6 vs. Stephen F Austin (Cancun Challenge) - 6 PM [CBSSN]
Central Michigan +7 vs. Bellarmine (Good Sam Empire Classic - Las Vegas) - 7 PM [ESPN+]
Miami (OH) NL vs. Defiance - 7 PM [ESPN3]

Wednesday 11/24
Akron -5 vs. Evansville (Gulf Coast Showcase) - 11 AM [Flohoops]
Bowling Green +2.5 vs. Southern Utah (Fort Myers Tip-Off) - 1:30 PM
Eastern Michigan -1 vs. Western Illinois - 3 PM [ESPN3]
Toledo -6.5 vs. Costal Carolina (Nassau Championship) - 5:30 PM [Flosports]
Buffalo -10 vs. Illinois State (Cancun Challenge) - 6 PM [CBSSN]
Kent State Pick’em vs. ETSU (Naples Invitational) - 8 PM [Flohoops]

Thursday 11/25
No Games

Friday 11/26
Ohio vs. Concordia (MI) - 4 PM [ESPN3]
Western Michigan @ Florida Gulf Coast (Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Invitational) - 7 PM [ESPN+]

Saturday 11/2)
Ball State vs. Indiana State - 1 PM [ESPN3]
Miami (OH) @ Western Illinois - 3 PM [Leathernecks All Access Link]
Western Michigan vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Invitational) - 4:30 PM
Northern Illinois @ Marquette - 8 PM [FS2]

Sunday 11/28
Western Michigan vs. SE Louisiana (Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Invitational) - 1:30 PM
Eastern Michigan @ DePaul - 2 PM [FS1]
Bowling Green vs. Chicago State - 2 PM

Talk about Yikes. Fordham just opened a can on Akron. In their last game Fordham lost to Maryland Eastern Shore.

Yikes to BOTH.

Also UK tops Albany tonight 86-61.

Gonzaga currently up 71-39 on CMU with over 15 minutes left. Doesn't look like the Chips are gonna cover the spread boys.

That early 60 point win over Monroe must not have impressed anybody.

The good yesterday was Toledo beat Charlotte and Kent beat James Madison. Firmly in the "solid" category. The MAC has some winnable games tonight... (also losable lol)

The MAC is in two tournament championship games tonight. Both tip at 8.

Toledo is set to play Coastal Carolina in the Nassau Championship after wins over Charlotte and Tulane.

Kent is set to play ETSU in the Naples Invitational Championship. Kent had wins over James Madison and George Washington while ETSU had wins over Murray State and Missouri State to make the finals.

This is encouraging for the MAC.

It looks worse than last year.

I have written many times over the years that if bubble caliber teams play on the road against teams ranked between 100-150 that there is still a close to 50/50 chance of losing. The committee doesn't give much credit for winning games like that so these are the sorts of games you want to avoid if you are looking for an at-large bid no matter who you are. The MAC schedules have always been full of games like that. Even Buffalo a few years ago, who was possibly a top 15 team, lost several road conference games. We all knew they would. Unless you are one of the true national title contenders, if you play close to a dozen games like that then losses will probably happen.

The MAC hasn't been a two bad league in about two decades but it could still rank with the better mid-major leagues because it often only had about 1 200+ ranked team that was a very likely win for the top teams. Last year there were four (the directionals). This year there might turn out to be six. WKU still wants to join the MAC apparently. If we can't do better than that then why would they want to?

However, This is might be a rare chance though to Ohio, Buffalo, Toledo, and maybe Miami to rack up a large win total for a change.