DaBulls99 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Ohio leading NIU with 5:30 to play. Win by the Bobcats puts us back into 5th (with tiebreaker over NIU). That 5th spot will be crucial. Potential playing Ball State vs one of the Big 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 2 hours ago, DaBulls99 said: Ohio leading NIU with 5:30 to play. Win by the Bobcats puts us back into 5th (with tiebreaker over NIU). That 5th spot will be crucial. Potential playing Ball State vs one of the Big 3. Ohio finished off NIU so UB is back in the 5 spot. Final 7 games won’t be easy with 3 games left vs the top 3 including 2 on the road, plus games @ Ohio and @ NIU. Need to go at least 4-3 to have a realistic shot at the 5 seed. The way the Bulls have played defense lately that seems like a stretch but time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Ohio leading Akron by 8 and on pace for 90+ pts with 14:00 to go. If they can hang on it would give them that signature MAC win that UB lacks and would tie us at 6-6. At this point I foresee the Bobcats passing UB in the standings and we’ll be fighting with NIU for at best the 6 seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 So Ohio hung on and laid 90 on the MAC’s stingiest defense, beating Akron by 9. Bulls had better bring their A+ game to Athens Tuesday night to stay in the hunt for the 5 seed. At this point that’s probably the best they can hope for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) Ball State took care of BG today for their 5th straight win to move to 9-3 and into 3rd ahead of Akron by virtue of their win over the Zips earlier in the season. Hard to believe our Bulls were the last to beat the Cardinals, and beat them good on their court no less. Beginning to look like that was a fluke, but at least for now we can say we beat a top 3 MAC team 😂 Meanwhile NIU crushed WMU and jumped back ahead of UB into 5th. Edited February 12, 2023 by Bluebird96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Only one Friday night MAC game tonight - EMU at Kent. With only 3 conference wins at this point, EMU may need to win every game from here out to make it to Cleveland. EMU had played a little better of late, until blowout loss to Akron at home in their last outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 hours ago, DocCas86 said: Only one Friday night MAC game tonight - EMU at Kent. With only 3 conference wins at this point, EMU may need to win every game from here out to make it to Cleveland. EMU had played a little better of late, until blowout loss to Akron at home in their last outing. Just looked at the schedule. They probably don’t have to win out. The bottom of the conference is that bad. They’ve beaten Central already and have BG on the schedule. They need help but don’t necessarily need to win out. Only bc CMU, who is 8th, might only win 1 game the rest of the way. The bottom of the conference stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, DocCas86 said: Only one Friday night MAC game tonight - EMU at Kent. With only 3 conference wins at this point, EMU may need to win every game from here out to make it to Cleveland. EMU had played a little better of late, until blowout loss to Akron at home in their last outing. Kent favored by 18.5 and won by 14 @ EMU earlier in the season. Would take a monumental effort by the Eagles to pull out a road win, then their final 4 games are home vs WMU and BSU, and away vs BG and NIU. The best I could see them going is 2-3 to get to 5-13, probably not quite good enough to make it to Cleveland. Edited February 17, 2023 by Bluebird96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: Just looked at the schedule. They probably don’t have to win out. The bottom of the conference is that bad. They’ve beaten Central already and have BG on the schedule. They need help but don’t necessarily need to win out. Only bc CMU, who is 8th, might only win 1 game the rest of the way. The bottom of the conference stinks. I agree about CMU, they have a rough schedule but only need to win 1 game to get to 6 wins which might be enough to edge out BG and EMU. If UB could jump NIU to get the 6 seed, maybe we’ll be lucky enough to face Ball in Cleveland instead of one of the other 3 that we can’t seem to beat lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Hahaha all moot now, EMU isn’t even competitive. If we aren’t in Cleveland then Whitesell should be fired. The bottom 4 of this conference are absolute trash. And CMU is barely any better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, DooleyBull06 said: Hahaha all moot now, EMU isn’t even competitive. If we aren’t in Cleveland then Whitesell should be fired. The bottom 4 of this conference are absolute trash. And CMU is barely any better. EMU is pretty sad. Only Bates with 15 in double figures, and Acuff who had back to back 35+ Pt games last week, was held scoreless by Kent and now has 2 pts over the last 2 games. Four assists by EMU for the game. As frustrating as UB has been to watch at times, I’ll take our brand of ball any day over what EMU is currently offering its fans. Edited February 18, 2023 by Bluebird96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Bluebird96 said: EMU is pretty sad. Only Bates with 15 in double figures, and Acuff who had back to back 35+ Pt games last week, was held scoreless by Kent and now has 2 pts over the last 2 games. Four assists by EMU for the game. As frustrating as UB has been to watch at times, I’ll take our brand of ball any day over what EMU is currently offering its fans. So much hype for that signing and it has just fallen flat. Sometimes having 1 superstar doesnt really do much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bluebird96 said: As frustrating as UB has been to watch at times, I’ll take our brand of ball any day over what EMU is currently offering its fans. Oh no doubt. That ain’t even a comparison. We should be leaps and bounds ahead of every team except Kent, Akron, Ohio and Toledo. Unfortunately we’ve regressed this season to the back of the middle of the pack. And those mentioned teams, we should always be on par with. At the least Edited February 18, 2023 by DooleyBull06 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) WMU beat Ball State by 10 today, and Toledo has a single digit lead over BG with 7+ minutes to go. You just never know with the MAC. Edited February 18, 2023 by Bluebird96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 (edited) I was just looking at the standings. I think it’s a lock that we get to Cleveland. Barring losing out. Us getting to Cleveland is mostly thanks to the bottom 4 of the conference being terrible. I can see us finishing 3-1 down the stretch. Question is what seed. Realistically I don’t see us getting higher than a 6. Ohio is 2 games ahead of us with the head to head. And we need them to beat NIU tomorrow. Top 4 teams also play each other tomorrow. Funny thing is, I feel like there’s a greater chance of us pulling a first round upset than us winning the conference tournament. Edited February 21, 2023 by DooleyBull06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clodney Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 14 hours ago, DooleyBull06 said: I can see us finishing 3-1 down the stretch. I think 2-2. Dekalb has been a house of horrors for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 1 hour ago, clodney said: I think 2-2. Dekalb has been a house of horrors for us. Very true. Anyone here would sign up for 2-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, DooleyBull06 said: Very true. Anyone here would sign up for 2-2. I think it will take 3-1 including a W over NIU to get the 6 seed at 9-9. Would help if Ohio takes care of NIU tonight, then NIU has @ CMU and home for UB and EMU. So not exactly a tough schedule for them. As for Ohio, I don’t see them finishing any worse than 2-2 to get to 10-8, so even 4-0 by the Bulls wouldn’t be enough to take the tiebreaker for the 5 seed. Edited February 21, 2023 by Bluebird96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Toledo blows out Akron to take over 1st and Ball beats Kent by 12 to take over 3rd. Ohio’s win over NIU puts UB back in 6th. Big games coming up @ Toledo and @ NIU. Looks to be a wild finish in the MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, Bluebird96 said: Toledo blows out Akron to take over 1st and Ball beats Kent by 12 to take over 3rd. Ohio’s win over NIU puts UB back in 6th. Big games coming up @ Toledo and @ NIU. Looks to be a wild finish in the MAC. Beat NIU and Miami and we should be the 6 seed. As mentioned in the other thread, the game at NIU will likely determine the 6/7 seed. I don’t think we will beat Toledo. But hey maybe they are prime for a letdown after tonight’s blowout win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBulls99 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 NIU is oddly 4-6 at home this year if I’m reading it right. Although we’re worse on the road, so who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, DaBulls99 said: NIU is oddly 4-6 at home this year if I’m reading it right. Although we’re worse on the road, so who knows. Oh I’m not saying that game will be a win. That court is a nightmare. Literally, from the way it looks to our nightmare loses there. But that’s a must win game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBulls99 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 At this point I don’t think the seed matters. Akron is currently the 4 seed. Would we want to be 5? Do we feel like we match up any better with them than the other 3 at the top? While we handily beat Ball on the road, not sure I’d feel any better about matching up with them than Akron, Kent or Toledo. So I don’t see it as must win other than this team needs confidence and to get on a roll to have a chance to advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 5 hours ago, DaBulls99 said: At this point I don’t think the seed matters. Akron is currently the 4 seed. Would we want to be 5? Do we feel like we match up any better with them than the other 3 at the top? While we handily beat Ball on the road, not sure I’d feel any better about matching up with them than Akron, Kent or Toledo. So I don’t see it as must win other than this team needs confidence and to get on a roll to have a chance to advance. I kinda disagree. Right now if the season ended our path would be Ball St then Kent state. Given we beat ball state and lost somewhat close games to Kent I rather that path then Toledo right off the bat. Idk, you’re right in the sense that confidence regardless who we play is low. But playing Ball to open gives a glimmer of hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 5 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: I kinda disagree. Right now if the season ended our path would be Ball St then Kent state. Given we beat ball state and lost somewhat close games to Kent I rather that path then Toledo right off the bat. Idk, you’re right in the sense that confidence regardless who we play is low. But playing Ball to open gives a glimmer of hope. I agree with your line of thinking, if only because UB has performed better in the games with Kent and especially Ball this season. That’s not to say that they’re both not capable of blowing us out like Akron has already done twice. But I would argue the 1st game with Akron was a bit of an outlier due to the Zips’ extremely hot shooting from 3 (12 for 18) that day. The 1st game with Toledo was sort of in between since we hung with them all game and wound up losing by 9. We’ll see how this weekend’s game goes as to whether we should have any level of confidence potentially facing the Rockets in Cleveland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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