Central Michigan threw the seeding out the window and beat fifth-seeded Ohio 65-56 on Ohio's home court in the first round of the MAC tournament. Ohio finished a disappointing up-and-down campaign at 17-11 (11-8 MAC), with four conference losses coming at the Convo.

12th-seeded CMU (10-18, 6-13 MAC), last season's regular season MAC champion and tournament's No. 1 seed, had struggled all season but found its game tonight with tight defense and rebounding. Ohio cut the Chippewas' lead to two...

Home-court advantage is proving to be a disadvantage for the Ohio Bobcats.

Toledo used a hanging 12-foot jumper by sophomore guard Terry Reynolds with 23 seconds left to beat Ohio 69-68 and break a 19-game, 21-year-old futility steak in the Convo. The last time Toledo won in Athens, it was 1981. The Bobcats fell for the second consecutive game on their home court.

Missing one of its top three scorers and not getting the usual punch from its other two, Ohio still managed to come back from a...