DocCas86 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, Bluebird96 said: Ball State beat Toledo at home and Kent with a relatively narrow 8-Pt win over 300+ ranked WMU. If UB plays defense like they did tonight (minus a couple of lapses) the Bulls should be able to compete with anyone in the MAC. It is going to be a battle with the top six teams all year. A continued headscratcher is EMU, losing at home by 16 to BGSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Just now, DocCas86 said: A continued headscratcher is EMU, losing at home by 16 to BGSU. Even worse, they lost by 26 (91-65). I can’t imagine how frustrated EMU fans must feel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Bluebird96 said: Even worse, they lost by 26 (91-65). I can’t imagine how frustrated EMU fans must feel Oops I need some sleep that is what I am blaming the arithmetic error on. They shot poorly and didn't play much defense. I wonder how things are on their fan forum. 'I see very few hi-fives or attaboys from teammates on the court. Our most talented player sits at the end of the bench during timeouts leaning away from the coach, showing an incredible lack of engagement in the TEAM. The pre-season rankings may have been too optimistic, this team is REALLY bad.' That is a sample. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 We're absolutely in the mix to be top four. Our pace and ability to score in bunches will overwhelm some teams, especially if the defense continues the improvement that we saw against Ohio tonight. Now, there may be a couple awful 15 point road losses sprinkled in, but I don't think our group should be scared of anyone in the MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, DocCas86 said: Oops I need some sleep that is what I am blaming the arithmetic error on. They shot poorly and didn't play much defense. I wonder how things are on their fan forum. 'I see very few hi-fives or attaboys from teammates on the court. Our most talented player sits at the end of the bench during timeouts leaning away from the coach, showing an incredible lack of engagement in the TEAM. The pre-season rankings may have been too optimistic, this team is REALLY bad.' That is a sample. The guy is talented, but not a team guy. That’s why he was available in the first place. They may win a few games with him, but he may also mentally check out and leave them all hanging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 22 hours ago, Bluebird96 said: Kent with a relatively narrow 8-Pt win over 300+ ranked WMU. Looking at the play-by-play recap, Kent led 72-55 with 6:00 to go, then WMU went on a 15-0 run over the next 4:00 to cut the lead to 2. So even the best teams fall victim to those dreaded scoring droughts. Though it would’ve been nice to make a few more FTs and layups and beat Ohio by double digits, knowing how to battle through and win tight games like that can only help come March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) Good matchup tonight with Akron @ Ball State on CBSSN. Seems like Ball is poised to give the top 3 teams a run for their money with 4 players averaging 13+ ppg and a win @ Toledo already under their belt. Interesting that one of their top scorers from last season, the pesky 3-pt shooter Bumbalough now in his 4th season, is averaging 1.4 ppg this year in roughly 15 min per game. They should give Akron a good game. And now that I’ve mentioned him, Bumbalough will probably go off and nail a few 3’s. 😂 Edited January 6, 2023 by Bluebird96 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Bluebird96 said: Good matchup tonight with Akron @ Ball State on CBSSN. Seems like Ball is poised to give the top 3 teams a run for their money with 4 players averaging 13+ ppg and a win @ Toledo already under their belt. Interesting that one of their top scorers from last season, the pesky 3-pt shooter Bumbalough now in his 4th season, is averaging 1.4 ppg this year in roughly 15 min per game. They should give Akron a good game. And now that I’ve mentioned him, Bumbalough will probably go off and nail a few 3’s. 😂 This should be a good kickoff to this year's MACtion. ESPN has Ball St as 2.5 pt favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, DocCas86 said: This should be a good kickoff to this year's MACtion. ESPN has Ball St as 2.5 pt favorite. And in the early game, ESPN has Toledo as 16 pt favorites over WMU. Seems a little high seeing how WMU gave Kent a hard time down the stretch on Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 13 minutes ago, Bluebird96 said: And in the early game, ESPN has Toledo as 16 pt favorites over WMU. Seems a little high seeing how WMU gave Kent a hard time down the stretch on Tuesday. ...and WMU lost to Wisconsin by 10 in game prior. Toledo would be wise not to take WMU too lightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire17 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Toledo is WAY overrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Bluebird96 said: And in the early game, ESPN has Toledo as 16 pt favorites over WMU. Seems a little high seeing how WMU gave Kent a hard time down the stretch on Tuesday. Apparently Toledo took offense to my questioning if they would cover. 102-74. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 21 hours ago, DocCas86 said: This should be a good kickoff to this year's MACtion. ESPN has Ball St as 2.5 pt favorite. There was no Castaneda for Akron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, DooleyBull06 said: There was no Castaneda for Akron Yes...Akron played some tough D. This game was one possession game until the very end. Two of better MAC big men, Sparks and Freeman. It will be interesting to see how well Jack does against them. Hopefully he holds his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 What's wrong with this picture? EMU struggles continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121Merrimac Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 FakeKevin tells me that this is what’s wrong: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Ohio just lost to bowling green and have started Mac play 0-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 55 minutes ago, Tee4three said: Ohio just lost to bowling green and have started Mac play 0-2 And BG picked to finish in the bottom 1/3 of the MAC, is 2-0. Also Kent squeaked out a 3-Pt win over MOH another bottom 1/3 team, and EMU picked up their first conference win. Going to be a fun season in the MAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 22 minutes ago, Bluebird96 said: And BG picked to finish in the bottom 1/3 of the MAC, is 2-0. Also Kent squeaked out a 3-Pt win over MOH another bottom 1/3 team, and EMU picked up their first conference win. Going to be a fun season in the MAC All those teams should fire their coaches, even the ones that won, because they didn't win by enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Some interesting games in the MAC tonight including Toledo @ Kent amand Ball St @Ohio. Ohio is badly in need of a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, DocCas86 said: Some interesting games in the MAC tonight including Toledo @ Kent amand Ball St @Ohio. Ohio is badly in need of a win. My takeaway on this is that the largest spread is -4. That seems to indicate a pretty balanced conference. I think UB can make some noise. Ball St. looks tough, so not sure if Ohio will get this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, UBinMD said: My takeaway on this is that the largest spread is -4. That seems to indicate a pretty balanced conference. I think UB can make some noise. Ball St. looks tough, so not sure if Ohio will get this one. Ball St. did look tough against Akron, but home game for Ohio. I think Ohio finds a way to get the w at home. It does not get any easier for then as Kent visits them on Friday. Then they head to Toledo. The scheduling gods were not kind to Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, DocCas86 said: Ball St. did look tough against Akron, but home game for Ohio. I think Ohio finds a way to get the w at home. It does not get any easier for then as Kent visits them on Friday. Then they head to Toledo. The scheduling gods were not kind to Ohio. I think they thought they were giving them a softball with a rebuilding UB team on the road to start. Oops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 6 hours ago, UBinMD said: My takeaway on this is that the largest spread is -4. That seems to indicate a pretty balanced conference. A lot of tight games all around the MAC tonight. Biggest halftime lead is 6 by WMU over EMU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Kent the only undefeated team left in MAC play after just 3 games. And the other 11 teams are all within a game of each other. As Miami showed us tonight, road games are tough to win and a team’s KenPom or other ranking isn’t always a good indicator of how competitive they will be especially on their home court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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