#4 Gonzaga vs. #13 Akron Well for the 9th consecutive season the MAC will place only one team into the NCAA tournament. Akron is hoping to end the streak of 5 straight seasons of one and done for the conference as well. It is not going to be easy as they are facing a powerhouse …
Category Archive: Put on your dancing shoes
Mar
17
2009
Mar
14
2009
MAC Finals Preview
#3 Buffalo vs. #5 Akron Well after a regular season that saw 5 of 12 MAC team claim a share of a division championship, and 3 more finish one game out of that log jam this tournament has finally sorted out which two teams are the class of this conference. After losing a heartbreaker …
Mar
13
2009
Put on your dancing shoes 3/12/09
Wow. That’s the easiest way to sum up the Connecticut vs Syracuse Big East Tournament Quarterfinal game that JUST ended. I counted six overtimes, but there could have been more. I also counted two teams worth of guts and heart, neither wanting to flinch and lose a game they must have known was going to …
Mar
12
2009
MAC Tournament Quarterfinals Preview
#2 Ball State vs. #7 Central Michigan A far better match up on the gridiron than it is on the hardwood this battle between 2 of the 3 West division champs promises to be an ugly, poorly attended, slugfest. Ohio based MAC fans have little respect for the quality of basketball played in the West …
Mar
11
2009
Put on your dancing shoes 3/11/09
This has been a great year of College Basketball. I can’t remember a time when there has been as much parity in the game. No clear cut two or three teams threatening to run away with everything. Last year we saw all four #1 seeds advance to the Final Four. It is certainly possible this …
