Eastern came back from 10 down with about 4 minutes to go to beat Central 67-7-63. Good for us! Are the stars aligning for a home game? :)

Toledo won, so we're tied with them at 7-9. Toledo has the tiebreaker for 7th seed. We're at #8. EMU and CMU are both 6-10.

We get a home game in the first round of the tourney if we win one of our last two or if EMU, CMU, WMU and Fiami each lose one of their remaining games.

Didn't get the help we probably expected from Ball State and NIU. If I'm reading this right though, one more loss from Miami or Western would clinch a road game for those teams.

Looks like all four quarterfinal games will be aired on ESPN+.

Our team has been fun to watch during the second half of the MAC season. Here's to a nice tournament run.

I've got a really dumb question. Why does Buffalo have the tie-breaker currently over Ball State?

Somebody tell me what I'm missing.

From the MAC page on tie-breakers here - https://getsomemaction.com/sports/2015/3/4/MBB_0304150307...

1) They're both 9-7
Tie-breaker
A) Their head-to-head is 1-1
B) Division Records: Buffalo is 4-4 vs the East, Ball St is 5-3 vs the West

Sooo shouldn't it be Balls in the #4 spot?

This actually becomes really important because it currently plays a role in who the #1 seed is between Akron and BG. Their tie-breaker is nuts.

1) They're both 12-4
Tie-breaker
A) Their head-to-head is 1-1
B) Division Records: Both are 5-3 vs the East
C) Winning pct vs MAC teams from top to bottom
1) NIU - They're both 1-0
2) Depends...is this Buffalo or Ball State next?

Agree oubobcatjohn. This is the most I’ve followed since DJ’s senior year. Hence, why I’m finally posting. I think Boals has us on the right track, go Bobcats 🙏. I’ve enjoyed watching this year.

This is a very good question.

Does the MAC still recognize divisions?

UB SID confirms via twitter that division record is used only to name a division champion.

Which:
A) Means the MAC website has outdated info,
B) Divisions are not worth a bucket of warm spit.

Ahh, ok. Thanks for looking into this.

After further inspection, the MAC website has an asterisk next to tie-breaker B, and at the bottom of the page says this is only used to determine the division champion. So guess that means it DOESN'T count for any other seeding. Weird.

Of course, the next tie-breaker is based on winning pct vs. MAC opponents from top to bottom....but then we have some circular logic because to determine who is #4 between Buffalo and Ball St, we need to first look at their record vs. #1....but who is #1 is also a tie...and comes down to who is #4 between Buffalo and Balls.

Luckily for the MAC, it currently doesn't matter since Buffalo has a better record vs BOTH Akron and BG...so they are #4.

Buffalo is 1-1 vs. Akron and 0-1 vs. BG
Ball St is 0-1 vs. Akron and 0-2 vs. BG

And that means BG gets the #1 seed currently because they have a better record than Akron vs. #4 Buffalo.

Many on here are real optimists. Why couldn't OHIO make it to the 4th seed?

Ball State would seem to have an easy road to get a win BUT it is possible for things to lead to several at 9-9 to finish behind BG, Akron, and NIU.

Kent can easily lose the next two to BG and Akron.

Buffalo loses to Miami and NIU

Toledo loses one

OHIO wins two and Ball gets the flu and loses both of their remaining.

Who is #4 if a tie with Buffalo, Ball and OHIO? Or throw in Toledo and make it a four way 9-9 for 4th or what if Kent also has 9-9 --who wins the slot?

As best as I can figure it, we are in pretty good shape to host even if we were to lose out. Assuming that Miami loses at Buffalo, they're out. That would leave Ohio, Toledo, EMU, CMU, and WMU battling for the last two first-round home games.

Considering that we're 3-0 against EMU and CMU, the only way that I can see us falling below the 8 seed would be if we lose out, and either EMU or CMU win out (putting them a game ahead of us at 8-10, versus 7-11).

Notably, I think we would prevail on tie-breakers in any scenario where we are tied with Toledo, EMU, and CMU in a four-way tie for two home games (since we're 3-1 against that group). Even if you were to drop CMU out of that, I still think we'd prevail in a three-way tie with Toledo and EMU, since we'd be 2-1.

Meanwhile, we would also finish 8th in a situation where Toledo and Ohio lose out, WMU wins out, and EMU splits (losing at WMU but winning at Toledo), with all four schools finishing 7-11. In that case, Toledo would be 7th (with a 3-2 record against the others and the tie-breaker over Ohio), Ohio would be 8th (3-2 record, losing tie-breaker to Toledo), EMU would be 9th, and WMU 10th.

So long story short, I may be missing some permutation where Ohio finishes in a tie at 7-11, but I think that we should clinch a home game -- even if we lose out -- so long as each of the following occur:

- Miami loses at Buffalo
- CMU loses at Ball State
- EMU loses at WMU or Toledo

I'm not comfortable relying on anyone's help to secure that home game. Let's just win and take matters into our own hands.