Got a little busy and didn't have time to post last week's thread. Updated for Week 6. This week was pretty easy, not a lot of games. Please let me know if I missed anything.

Note: All Times listed are Eastern Time

Monday 12/9
No Games

Tuesday 12/10
No Games

Wednesday 12/11
No Games

Thursday 12/12
No Games

Friday 12/13
No Games

Saturday 12/14
Central Michigan @ Texas - 2 PM (Longhorn Network)
Army @ Buffalo - 2 PM (ESPN+)
Toledo @ Detroit Mercy - 3 PM (ESPN+)
Western Michigan @ Manhattan - 7 PM (ESPN+)

Sunday 12/15
Concord College @ Akron - 2 PM
Mississippi Valley State @ Miami - 2 PM (ESPN3)
Cleveland State @ Bowling Green - 4 PM (ESPN+)


Standings as of 12/9 via ESPN

MAC East

Kent State Golden Flashes - 8-1 (.889)
Akron Zips - 7-2 (.778)
Bowling Green Falcons - 7-2 (.788)
Ohio Bobcats - 7-3 (.700)
Buffalo Bulls - 6-3 (.667)
Miami (OH) RedHawks - 4-5 (.444)

MAC West
Eastern Michigan Eagles - 8-1 (.889)
Toledo Rockets - 7-2 (.778)
Central Michigan Chippewas - 7-3 (.700)
Northern Illinois Huskies - 6-4 (.600)
Ball State Cardinals - 5-4 (.556)
Western Michigan Broncos - 5-5 (.500)

Guess it’s finals week for basically everyone

Kind of the calm before the storm. Some potentially great match-ups the following week.

Kent - UC Irvine & UTEP (maybe)
NIU - Pitt
Ohio -Purdue
Ball State - Georgia Tech & Washington
Miami - Louisville
Akron - Tulane & Liberty (maybe)
Toledo - Wright State
Eastern Michigan - MSU

Massey computer composite is a 28 computer system average through Sunday:


Kent 89
Buffalo 91
Toledo 93
Bowling Green 101
Akron 102
Ohio 130
EMU 146
Ball St. 149
CMU 156
NIU 162
Miami 219
WMU 262

5 contenders, 5 hopefuls, and 2 not so hopefuls.

(12-09-2019 09:46 AM)kreed5120 Wrote:  Kind of the calm before the storm. Some potentially great match-ups the following week.

Kent - UC Irvine & UTEP (maybe)
NIU - Pitt
Ohio -Purdue
Ball State - Georgia Tech & Washington
Miami - Louisville
Akron - Tulane & Liberty (maybe)
Toledo - Wright State
Eastern Michigan - MSU

How in the heck did Ohio get Purdue to come to Athens

(12-10-2019 01:56 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(12-09-2019 09:46 AM)kreed5120 Wrote:  Kind of the calm before the storm. Some potentially great match-ups the following week.

Kent - UC Irvine & UTEP (maybe)
NIU - Pitt
Ohio -Purdue
Ball State - Georgia Tech & Washington
Miami - Louisville
Akron - Tulane & Liberty (maybe)
Toledo - Wright State
Eastern Michigan - MSU

How in the heck did Ohio get Purdue to come to Athens

We got them to come to Ypsi in 2012 (and we beat them). It was a 2-for-1 deal, where we played at Purdue in 2011 and 2013. I’m guessing Ohio’s deal with them is similar. It’s very cool that Purdue does that. Not many P5’s do.

(12-10-2019 01:56 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(12-09-2019 09:46 AM)kreed5120 Wrote:  Kind of the calm before the storm. Some potentially great match-ups the following week.

Kent - UC Irvine & UTEP (maybe)
NIU - Pitt
Ohio -Purdue
Ball State - Georgia Tech & Washington
Miami - Louisville
Akron - Tulane & Liberty (maybe)
Toledo - Wright State
Eastern Michigan - MSU

How in the heck did Ohio get Purdue to come to Athens

We have twin arenas. Love the nostalgia of it. Same architects. Granted they have done many more updates. Wonder what their fans will feel seeing the Convo?!!

In college football P5 conference teams play 3-4 OOC games and G5 programs can still get P5 to agree to 1 and 1 or 2 for 1. In college basketball where teams play 13 OOC games it's surprising those same teams seem less reluctant to agree to such a deal. 2-3 years ago Kent had Oregon State come play at the MACC. They had it built into the football. It would be nice if more AD took similar type approaches.

(12-10-2019 01:56 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(12-09-2019 09:46 AM)kreed5120 Wrote:  Kind of the calm before the storm. Some potentially great match-ups the following week.

Kent - UC Irvine & UTEP (maybe)
NIU - Pitt
Ohio -Purdue
Ball State - Georgia Tech & Washington
Miami - Louisville
Akron - Tulane & Liberty (maybe)
Toledo - Wright State
Eastern Michigan - MSU

How in the heck did Ohio get Purdue to come to Athens

Ohio played at Purdue last year, and in lieu of a two-for-one and because they obviously wouldn't do a true home-and-home, my guess is that Ohio took a smaller payout on the 2017 football game at Purdue.

(12-10-2019 07:52 AM)BobcatAttack11 Wrote:  

(12-10-2019 01:56 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(12-09-2019 09:46 AM)kreed5120 Wrote:  Kind of the calm before the storm. Some potentially great match-ups the following week.

Kent - UC Irvine & UTEP (maybe)
NIU - Pitt
Ohio -Purdue
Ball State - Georgia Tech & Washington
Miami - Louisville
Akron - Tulane & Liberty (maybe)
Toledo - Wright State
Eastern Michigan - MSU

How in the heck did Ohio get Purdue to come to Athens

We have twin arenas. Love the nostalgia of it. Same architects. Granted they have done many more updates. Wonder what their fans will feel seeing the Convo?!!

I could be way off on this, but was it related to a football deal? I feel like sometime in the past year or two a MAC team got a home bball game through some sort of football deal.

If ti was a football deal wouldn't Kent be playing Oregon State sometime soon? I do not remember them being on the schedule.

(12-10-2019 03:07 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  If ti was a football deal wouldn't Kent be playing Oregon State sometime soon? I do not remember them being on the schedule.

Kent played Oregon State three straight seasons, beat them twice and should have won all three!!!

(12-10-2019 04:22 PM)cleveland Wrote:  

(12-10-2019 03:07 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  If ti was a football deal wouldn't Kent be playing Oregon State sometime soon? I do not remember them being on the schedule.

Kent played Oregon State three straight seasons, beat them twice and should have won all three!!!

Sorry i should have been more clear. The one post made it sound like that set of games was due in part from a football deal but I do not recall Oregon State being on the football schedule.

(12-09-2019 05:22 PM)Victory Wrote:  Massey computer composite is a 28 computer system average through Sunday:


Kent 89
Buffalo 91
Toledo 93
Bowling Green 101
Akron 102
Ohio 130
EMU 146
Ball St. 149
CMU 156
NIU 162
Miami 219
WMU 262

5 contenders, 5 hopefuls, and 2 not so hopefuls.

theoretically, if any of the top 10 finish non-conf strong they will be top 100 teams. not saying that will happen. and, obviously, teams like EMU, Ohio, NIU, CMU and Ball St would probably need a major upset to move up that much, but the schedule sets up for all of those 10 to be pretty well ranked with a strong next 2 weeks of play.

The MAC didn't look so good yesterday. Buffalo lost at home to kenpom #261 Army and Toledo struggled to beat a 1-9 Detroit team that was without their 24 ppg scorer.

(12-15-2019 12:29 PM)kreed5120 Wrote:  The MAC didn't look so good yesterday. Buffalo lost at home to kenpom #261 Army and Toledo struggled to beat a 1-9 Detroit team that was without their 24 ppg scorer.

CMU led most of the way at Texas but kinda imploded down the stretch. WMU gets a good road win at Manhattan on a late 3. Yes, Toledo struggled most of the way against a hot shooting Detroit team, but did rally to finish strong and confidently which is a good sign for a Toledo team that has struggled at times to finish games.

(12-15-2019 05:20 PM)pono Wrote:  

(12-15-2019 12:29 PM)kreed5120 Wrote:  The MAC didn't look so good yesterday. Buffalo lost at home to kenpom #261 Army and Toledo struggled to beat a 1-9 Detroit team that was without their 24 ppg scorer.

CMU led most of the way at Texas but kinda imploded down the stretch. WMU gets a good road win at Manhattan on a late 3. Yes, Toledo struggled most of the way against a hot shooting Detroit team, but did rally to finish strong and confidently which is a good sign for a Toledo team that has struggled at times to finish games.

Manhattan and good win shouldn't be used in the same sentence. I know WMU was 1-2 point underdogs but that's because WMU is really bad this year.

Army has a good big man. UB is going to struggle against good big men all year.