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Tipoff is actually at 4:20pm

The Lamonte Bearden Memorial Game.

Game is tomorrow at 2:00 in Alumni. Past few games have shown reasons for optimism. If Adams comes back I think we’ve got a shot

I didn't mind that, but there was nothing else going on around it. We've been at other venues that also had ESPN on the big screen, but it was surrounded with food, drink, merch booths, activities for adults and kids...

I agree with the majority of your post. I was originally going to say the 70-100 range but edited it at the last second. As you stated, they really weren’t far off from that range during the early Whitesell years which is why I think it was fair to want a little bit more from the program even if it’s not an easy standard for MAC schools to achieve. Toledo is such an interesting program. Consistently good regular seasons under Coach K but no NCAA Tournaments to show for it. Ohio has kinda been the opposite the last 15 years where they’re normally pretty good but never great but get hot in Cleveland every once in a while. I think more fans would take the postseason success over the regular season consistency. The nice part of the Oats years was that Buffalo had both.

I initially thought that article was written by AI, but all the AI detection sites said it was human written. I don't know any human that would think Cole Snyder would start at Florida State so I'm going with really good AI.

I appreciate your perspective. With respect to your statement '...with the right coach and proper investment, they could’ve remained in the 60-90 range...'. This is certainly a lot easier said than done. While overall, I agree that it was time to move on from Whitesell, the choice initially had some merit, keep team together, an experienced coach (albeit an average past record). The team was even ranked in your desired range in his second year (77), but they were stopped short by a hot Ohio team led by Preston. My point is not to reopen discussion about the choice, as it proved not to work out, but to emphasize it is not a simple task to pick the right coach. There was certainly some carryover from the success of Oats into Whitesell years, but in the end Whitesell was not able to capitalize. To me the sweet spot of a MAC coach is one who keeps the team successful but stays put, Groce (Kenpom ranks between 80-110)? It will be interesting to see if Groce stay put. I would have said Kowalczyk but he has not delivered a MAC championship but has delivered rankings in 60-90 range. I struggle to see a scenario where you have a carousel of coaches and you remain consistently competitive. As for rankings, this team has had two very bad games which justify the net rank of 360, and two decent losses (JMU and Butler) that suggest a better ranking. Overall, I do think their true ranking is slightly higher, ~330. I think if the team brings effort on defense they will be competitive in more games and their rank will improve. As you say, it is in Halcovage's and the team's hands how much the rank changes from here. I wish them success in that effort.

And if Michigan wins, they receive full MAC membership. Lots to play for for either side

Boldin is quickly becoming one of my favorite players on the team