MAC-Sun Belt Challenge 1st games are set. MAC schools host Nov 8-11. Top matchups are James Madison @ Kent, S Miss @ Akron, Louisiana @ Toledo. In addition, Old Dominion (expected to be good this yr) is @ Ball St, and Ark St (also expected to be better) @ BG.

In Feb MAC teams will skip a conf game and travel South for a return game against a Sun Belt team with a corresponding mid season NET ranking. I like the agreement. Adds a solid early season home game w students in session for the better MAC teams and insures that the weaker MAC programs who struggle to get decent D1 non-conf home games get one during the first week of the college hoops season.

(06-21-2023 03:52 PM)pono Wrote:  MAC-Sun Belt Challenge 1st games are set. MAC schools host Nov 8-11. Top matchups are James Madison @ Kent, S Miss @ Akron, Louisiana @ Toledo. In addition, Old Dominion (expected to be good this yr) is @ Ball St, and Ark St (also expected to be better) @ BG.

In Feb MAC teams will skip a conf game and travel South for a return game against a Sun Belt team with a corresponding mid season NET ranking. I like the agreement. Adds a solid early season home game w students in session for the better MAC teams and insures that the weaker MAC programs who struggle to get decent D1 non-conf home games get one during the first week of the college hoops season.

This is so dumb.... The Sun-Belt sucks at basketball. None of these matchups are exciting. The MAC should spend money to try and host P-5 teams, rather then play these ****** schools. Literally the only game that is interesting is Louisiana at Toledo.... Other than that yuck.