OSUFALCON
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Well some respect for the MAC now?
Wow!!!!
Buffalo!
Wow!
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SUisBigEast4ever
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
Time to get 2 bids next year
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ilovegymnast
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
Only if thry do it again to Kentucky
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Bull_Is_Back
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
(03-16-2018 11:25 AM)ilovegymnast Wrote: Only if thry do it again to Kentucky
Naa Ohio winging a couple seven years ago did not get us a second bid... Those bids are won by scheduling hard, getting some quality wins, and avoiding awful in conference losses.
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ilovegymnast
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
I was rrferring to the respect aspect of it and not the 2 bids. With Buffalo returning most of the team they would start higher up the preseason rankings.
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
Sorry to be lazy, but how are our other post season teams doing?
Good job Buffalo!
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03-16-2018 11:53 AM |
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
(03-15-2018 11:23 PM)SUisBigEast4ever Wrote: Time to get 2 bids next year
I'm "Sunshine Steve" but if EMU can keep its team together minus our senior, Tim Bond, we'll be very tough next year.
JT4, Minnie and Jackson are a pretty sweet nucleus.
I can see EMU beating UB in the MAC tourney and getting two bids.
(This post was last modified: 03-16-2018 01:45 PM by emu steve.)
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Bull_Is_Back
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
(03-16-2018 11:53 AM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote: Sorry to be lazy, but how are our other post season teams doing?
Good job Buffalo!
I think only Miami / BSU are out... CMU and EMU both won
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george14
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
Unless they make a deep run...no.
People don't really remember these games unless you went to either school or are from a small conference.
It sucks, but it's reality. A team like Ohio is remembered because they went to the Sweet 16 and nearly made it to the elite 8.
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03-16-2018 01:36 PM |
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emu steve
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
Hell, even a FORMER MAC member Marshall had a huge upset over Wichita State.
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bobcat_backer
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
(03-16-2018 01:36 PM)george14 Wrote: Unless they make a deep run...no.
People don't really remember these games unless you went to either school or are from a small conference.
It sucks, but it's reality. A team like Ohio is remembered because they went to the Sweet 16 and nearly made it to the elite 8.
we were THIS CLOSE to beating North Carolina! lost in OT!
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
(03-16-2018 11:35 AM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote: (03-16-2018 11:25 AM)ilovegymnast Wrote: Only if thry do it again to Kentucky
Naa Ohio winging a couple seven years ago did not get us a second bid... Those bids are won by scheduling hard, getting some quality wins, and avoiding awful in conference losses.
Save this and repeat 500 more times.
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OSUFALCON
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
Well the MAC women just proved to the NCAA that this conference is for real! Two dominating victories! Both CMU and Buffalo looked really good!
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03-17-2018 02:30 PM |
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
After a pretty crappy football season, the last week has been nice to be a MAC fan. UB's win was great to see and is part of a men's basketball season that many of us feared would be awful, the ladies are proving that we're legitimately a strong women's hoops conference as well.
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03-17-2018 02:44 PM |
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
And yet our runner-up (Toledo) couldn't even get a NIT bid.
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
Oates immediately justified his raise.
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
This season could really have a big impact on MAC women's hoops. CMU and Buffalo are really good and the league has several other solid established programs. You can see how the balance of the league pushed it's 2 premier programs to improve as the season went on. MAC was back and forth w AAC for 7th/8th ranked conference and our #2 just blew out their #2 team, so, outside of UConn (and that's like out the house, down the block around the bend outside) the MAC is proving to be a better league. MAC also beat up the A10 in crossover games this year, had some good wins over the Big East and Big 12 and you can definitely say the league top to bottom is the best non power conf out there in women's hoops and very competitive with most of those P5 ypte leagues too.
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Dwight
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
(03-18-2018 06:16 PM)pono Wrote: This season could really have a big impact on MAC women's hoops. CMU and Buffalo are really good and the league has several other solid established programs. You can see how the balance of the league pushed it's 2 premier programs to improve as the season went on. MAC was back and forth w AAC for 7th/8th ranked conference and our #2 just blew out their #2 team, so, outside of UConn (and that's like out the house, down the block around the bend outside) the MAC is proving to be a better league. MAC also beat up the A10 in crossover games this year, had some good wins over the Big East and Big 12 and you can definitely say the league top to bottom is the best non power conf out there in women's hoops and very competitive with most of those P5 ypte leagues too.
It will be interesting to see what next year brings. It looks like the top three teams - Central, Buffalo, and Ball State - probably will not be quite as good next year as they were this year. Miami, Ohio, and Eastern Michigan, though, should all be stronger. I know that Eastern and Miami each has a highly touted freshman recruit. I wonder if there are teams that have significant transfers who will be eligible next year, such as Buffalo (Dillard) and Central (Kelly) had this year.
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Bronco'14
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RE: Well some respect for the MAC now?
Probably not, but we shouldn't be the laughing-stock of the G5 in hoops next year.
Need a couple teams to just completely dominate to have any shot at 2 bids, and we haven't seen that in several years. (or even just one completely dominate team but still lose the MAC Championship game)
(This post was last modified: 03-18-2018 10:43 PM by Bronco'14.)
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