This is the best year of MAC women's basketball ever, with a league RPI ranking as the 7th best league, even ahead of the American ( UConn ). ESPN currently has two MAC teams with 9 seeds in Bracketology. Certainly Buffalo, with an RPI of 14 starting tonight and Central Michigan, who clinched the regular season championship and started tonight with an RPI of #26 are having historically great seasons. You can make a strong case for either one. Ball state has had a tremendous season as well.

One other person has done an incredible coaching job, that would be first year coach Megan Duffy at Miami. Here are the records of Miami the last 4 years: 2013-2014 8-22
2014-2015 7-23
2015-2016 9-21
2016-2017 11-21
Miami had no seniors last year, and no one transferred out. We have one scholarship freshman, she was recruited by the previous coach and has made 2 field goals all year. We had two rotation players go down with season ending injuries before the season started, including the girl who was our leading scorer in our exhibition game. So Coach Duffy does not have a single player on the roster that she recruited. After winning at Ohio tonight (our third consecutive win by over 20 points and our 9th win in the last 10 games) Miami is now 19-10 and 11-6 in the MAC and clinched a bye and the #4 seed. Our RPI was #84 coming into tonight and will jump into the 70's with a road win over #81. There are really 3 coaches that deserve the COY award this season.

(03-01-2018 12:29 AM)DICK Wrote:  Certainly Buffalo, with an RPI of 14 starting tonight and Central Michigan, who clinched the regular season championship and started tonight with an RPI of #26 are having historically great seasons.

If CMU loses to Toledo and UB wins the teams end up tied, the tie breaker, I think would go to Buffalo because NIU (UB's loss) is behind Toledo (CMU's owuld be loss)..

It's a long shot, but I don't think it's over.

(03-01-2018 01:46 AM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(03-01-2018 12:29 AM)DICK Wrote:  Certainly Buffalo, with an RPI of 14 starting tonight and Central Michigan, who clinched the regular season championship and started tonight with an RPI of #26 are having historically great seasons.

If CMU loses to Toledo and UB wins the teams end up tied, the tie breaker, I think would go to Buffalo because NIU (UB's loss) is behind Toledo (CMU's owuld be loss)..

It's a long shot, but I don't think it's over.

I watched the replay of the CMU-BS game last night and Central was celebrating a MAC championship and passing out t-shirts, so I went by that.

(03-01-2018 01:02 PM)DICK Wrote:  

(03-01-2018 01:46 AM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(03-01-2018 12:29 AM)DICK Wrote:  Certainly Buffalo, with an RPI of 14 starting tonight and Central Michigan, who clinched the regular season championship and started tonight with an RPI of #26 are having historically great seasons.

If CMU loses to Toledo and UB wins the teams end up tied, the tie breaker, I think would go to Buffalo because NIU (UB's loss) is behind Toledo (CMU's owuld be loss)..

It's a long shot, but I don't think it's over.

I watched the replay of the CMU-BS game last night and Central was celebrating a MAC championship and passing out t-shirts, so I went by that.

Well I'd be surprised if they lost to Toledo but... If Toledo & UB wins, and NIU loses I think the tie breakers favor UB...