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Hopefully this thread will keep us entertained through next weekend. The MAC Tournament begins with campus site games on Monday.

The number one seed belongs to Akron. The Zips will await the winner of the Ohio/Central Michigan tilt in Athens. Ohio University is a team that I could see playing in the title game on Saturday. That is not to say that they will beat Central Michigan, let alone Akron. But I wouldn't be surprised they did.

Sticking with that side of the bracket the number four seed is Northern Illinois. For a brief moment this season I thought that maybe the Huskies were for real. Hogwash. You want to talk about a mediocre program, hop on their message board. I can't believe they beat Kent State....TWICE!
After the Buffalo/Miami scrimmage is over, don't be shocked if the Bulls tech fall Northern Illinois on their way to semi - final showdown with Akron or Ohio.

The number 2 seed belongs to Bowling Green. BG will await the winner of Monday's game between #7 Toledo and #10 Western Michigan.

The Ball State Cardinals are the number 3 seed. They will draw the winner of the game between Kent State and Eastern Michigan. If anybody should feel good about their shot to get to Friday, its Ball State. Obviously the good people around here don't want that to happen.

A few thoughts:
Thursday has the potential to be a good one in/for Cleveland. If Akron and Ohio University square off at noon and Buffalo is playing in the 2:30 slot, the early session may look a little less like the typical Thursday ghost town. Add to that the potential of Toledo and Bowling Green opening things up on Thursday evening and you may see more than a few local basketball junkies come out of the woodwork. Obviously Kent State will bring a few more bodies than EMU, but there is a bridge to cross first.

That bridge is the Eagles and their 2-3 zone. This has been an interesting board over the last couple of seasons. I will admit to having a rather smug outlook on KSU hoops and the future of the program.
For a few years now we have argued the validity of the "nothing really matters until March" mentality. That has transformed into a debate over whether or not fans should just be complacent and place no criticism on players or coaches because "that's just the way it is." Its all interesting stuff and there is a probably a happy medium out there somewhere.
But the reality is that on Monday the Golden Flashes HOST Eastern freaking Michigan in the MAC Tournament. Maybe a win or a loss is all that is riding on the game. But I think there are quite a few fans who would disagree. Perhaps those of us who came to expect martinis and free food at Flannery's followed by Golden Flash Basketball have become long in the tooth. Lets hope not.

Go Flashes!