MAC T seeding

MAC is the first Other 5 conference  tournament tip off on March 7 and its top four get into action on March 10.

Game 5:  No. 8 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 9 Toledo  Winner vs. No. 1 Akron, 12 Noon

Game 6: No. 5 Kent State vs. No. 12 Bowling Green  Winner vs. No. 4 Central Michigan

Game 7: No. 7 Northern Illinois vs. No. 10 Western Michigan  Winner vs. No. 2 Ohio

Game 8: No. 6 Ball State vs. No. 11 Miami  Winner vs. No. 3 Buffalo

Ball St loss to NIU last night cost them a first round bye.. Akron has been playing well and is the only MAC team that deserves and at large if they fail to win the MAC T. The power resides in the East and Ohio led by Antonio Campbell or Buffalo led by the Bearden/Hamilton due appear to be the likely candidates to knock off #1 Akron.

My Cellar Cinderella  pick is Miami of Ohio who played better in February  and perhaps  Gavin Block and the Red Hawks will take advantage of the reeling  Ball St squad. March is madness time.

For new readers: Other5 , a football creation, is  AAC, CUSA, MAC, MWC, & Sunbelt

MWC- SD St  crushed fading New Mexico .

SunBelt- Arkansas Little Rock led by Roger Woods defeated Ark St and remains in high gear going into the conference tourney. Texas Arlington beat Tx St and has some Cinderella  capability.

MAC: Akron won the East title with a win over Ohio.  Buffalo lost to Miami (Ohio) -huh.Central Michigan beat  Ball St  while W.Michigan beat Toledo which tightened up the West. with one conference game remaining.

WEST	CONF	OVERALL
Ball State	10-7	19-11
Central Michigan	10-7	17-13

MAC tourney March 7

Big night in the MAC as teams jockey for MACT positions starting March 7.
Antonio Campbell leads Ohio into Akron as they battle for first in the East. I'm watching the Toledo/W.Mich game out the corner of one eye.
Ball St hosts CMU in a big battle in the West. The steady trio of House, Calhoun, & Weber  have kept the Cards atop the West deck but  faces a solid CMU squad led by Fowler & Rayson.

EAST	CONF	OVERALL
Akron	11-5	22-7
Ohio	10-6	19-9
Kent State	9-7	18-11
Buffalo	9-7	16-13

WEST	CONF	OVERALL
Ball State	10-6	19-10
Central Michigan	9-7	16-13
Northern Illinois	8-8	19-10
Toledo	8-8	17-12

Topsy turvy AAC, MAC, MWC last night Feb 23

AAC: Birt and his Tulsa teammates romped over Temple  and moved within a  game of them for first place in the AAC

MAC: Akron lost but stayed  alone atop the MAC East  as Kent St  and Ohio lost. Boothe/Navigato show helped Toledo upset Ball St and keep the MAC West wide open.

WEST	CONF	OVERALL
Ball State	9-6	18-10
Toledo	8-7	17-11
Central Michigan	8-7	15-13
Northern Illinois	7-8	18-10
Eastern Michigan	7-8	15-13

MWC: Lobos keep losing  and Boise got a big win over UNLV.  Webb III  was injured and Boise will need him for it's late season run.

Feb 27 update

Reggie McAdams sored 29 to lead Akron to a blowout win over Bowling Green. Centrral Michigan /Toledo matchup in a key MAC West game today.

MIA on the AAC,MAC, & SunBelt moved.

In the blink of an eye , SMU has two AAC conference losses including  a loss to Houston who badly needed the win to stay in the hunt. Only ECU, USF, and Tulane are out of contention.  Clark hit a three to give Cincy the win over UConn. Tulsa led by Woodard is at Temple led by DeCosey tonight in a battle of second place teams.

 Akron has won five straight and has one game lead over Kent St & Buffalo in the MAC  East. C.Michigan has won four straight  and leads NIU and Ball St by a game in the West. Akron . 

Akron ended C.Michigan 's streak  last night (Jan 5) and moves to a 1.5 game lead over Kent St. Nice shooting from Josh Williams who hit six treys and Antino Jackson who was 7 of 9 from the field.

UTA continues to slide in the SunBelt  while Ark LR has won four straight and leads ULL by two games. ARK LR faces Troy tonight and ULL is at App St..

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Jan 8: AAC-Temple  edged UCF and is looking solid for a Dance ticket. Memphis hurt Cincy  a little ,  and I think the AAC  won't get more than four.

MAC;  Jeremie helped Ball St edged WMU and stay in the thick of a wild west race.

Note to new readers:

Other 5= AAC, CUSA,MAC, MWC, & the Sunbelt and is derived from College football, but I've  carried that thread over to hoops. More at https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104643398353248786505