Toledo | 5-0 | RPI: 43 | BBState: 4 |
LAST WEEK (W) Florida A&M, 79-69 (W) Stony Brook, 103-99 (at Detroit) (W) @Detroit, 80-78 THIS WEEK Sunday: vs. Florida Atlantic (at Detroit) |
Rocky don't care. Toledo or Detroit, they're going to keep winning until they're damn well tired of winning. One more game in the Detroit 2K Sports Classic and they don't play again for eight days. Go to a Rocket player's family for Thanksgiving and watch them slam dunk a bowl of cranberries. | ||
Eastern Michigan | 5-0 | RPI: 8 | BBState: 1 |
LAST WEEK (W) Cleveland State, 81-69 (W) Texas-Arlington, 74-69 THIS WEEK Wednesday: at Kentucky |
Sure, two of the wins are cheap, but the Cleveland State double-digit victory proved that this team is at least competitive. The Eagles haven't won the first five games of their season since 1995 — Earl Boykins' sophomore year. He was little back then! | ||
Kent State | 6-1 | RPI: 105 | BBState: 36 |
LAST WEEK (W) Saint Peter's, 75-58 (W) Western Carolina, 72-59 (W) South Carolina-Upstate, 79-78 (W) Niagara, 102-97 THIS WEEK Wednesday: vs. Youngstown State |
Busy week at home, beautiful results. And while not even heavily up-tempo, these Flashes have yet to be held to under 70 points in a game. Now accepting weird theories on this, and also why the leading scorer for Kent State last week was Mark Henniger. | ||
Ohio | 4-1 | RPI: 65 | BBState: 92 |
LAST WEEK (W) Valparaiso, 76-72 (W) @Morgan State, 65-62 (W) Heidelberg (DIII), 85-57 THIS WEEK Tuesday: vs. Mercer Saturday: vs. Evansville |
A couple of close calls broke in their favor, and having Maurice Ndour on the team occasionally helps. Another couple of tough challenges face the Bobcats this week, both at home, so it's possible they keep one of the best records in the MAC in the early season. | ||
Western Michigan | 3-2 | RPI: 285 | BBState: 273 |
LAST WEEK (W) Alabama A&M, 73-69 (L) North Dakota State, 83-74 THIS WEEK Tuesday: vs. Oakland Friday: vs. Cornell |
A good win over the A&M of Alabama, which is just two letters of Alabama out of seven. We do not how well they'd do against the rest of Alabama, or L&A&B&A&A. But they do play two winless teams this week. Just don't be the team they finally top. | ||
Central Michigan | 3-3 | RPI: 324 | BBState: 259 |
LAST WEEK (W) Austin Peay, 90-75 (L) Montana State, 59-54 (W) Cal-Northridge, 90-76 THIS WEEK Tuesday: at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday: vs. Jacksonville State |
Going 2-1 at one's own basketball tournament ain't bad. But 90 points, 54 points, 90 points ... guys, let's just pick a tempo and stick with it. | ||
Ball State | 2-2 | RPI: 202 | BBState: 266 |
LAST WEEK (W) SE Missouri, 87-83 (L) Butler, 59-58 THIS WEEK Wednesday: at Utah Saturday: at Cleveland State |
Is hanging with Butler for 39 minutes and 59 seconds a good thing for James Whitford's mysterious team of unknown commodities, or was it just gas? The world may never know. | ||
Buffalo | 1-2 | RPI: 329 | BBState: 349 |
LAST WEEK None THIS WEEK Tuesday: vs. Robert Morris Saturday: vs. Delaware State |
And nothing happened. But they have two games on Thanksgiving week; most grown-ups are unfortunate if they have to work two full days this week. | ||
Akron | 1-2 | RPI: 165 | BBState: 181 |
LAST WEEK None THIS WEEK None |
Akron basketball remains incubated in blissful stasis. No wins or losses for a few weeks, just peaceful existence. Life is zero sum. | ||
Bowling Green | 1-3 | RPI: 73 | BBState: 130 |
LAST WEEK (L) @Wisconsin, 88-64 (L) @Saint Louis, 74-47 THIS WEEK Tuesday: vs. Presbyterian |
The Bowling Green basketball season probably starts in a few weeks. | ||
Northern Illinois | 1-3 | RPI: 303 | BBState: 312 |
LAST WEEK (L) Milwaukee, 82-69 THIS WEEK Sunday: vs. St. Joseph's (D-II) Saturday: at Nebraska |
Whatever, man. They already have a win in the nonconference this season. You can't touch them. | ||
Miami | 0-4 | RPI: 79 | BBState: 287 |
LAST WEEK (L) @Xavier, 77-51 (L) Wilmington (DIII), 65-63 THIS WEEK None |
Yes, they're running around the country getting whacked, and maybe it has something to do with character-building, but there's something poetic about the one they call Miami (Ohio) losing to Wilmington (Ohio). Also, ya probably shouldn't go 3-for-20 on threes against a Division III team. | ||
Massachusetts | 5-0 | RPI: 1 | BBState: 11 |
LAST WEEK (W) Youngstown State, 85-69 (W) Nebraska, 96-90 (W) New Mexico, 81-65 THIS WEEK None |
Hi UMass. It's Matt calling. Sounds like you're busy again. Just wondering what you thought about joining the MAC full time. Oughta be fun. Okay bye. | ||
TOP PERFORMANCES | |||
Karrington Ward (EMU): 29 points (9-10 FG, 7-11 FT, 3-3 3PT), 6 rebounds, 3 steals vs. Cleveland State Maurice Ndour (Ohio): 23 points (9-13 FG, 4-7 FT, 1-1 3PT), 6 rebounds, 5 blocks, 4 steals vs. Valparaiso Shayne Whittington (WMU): 22 points (8-12 FG, 4-10 FT, 2-2 3PT), 17 rebounds vs. Alabama A&M Juice Brown (Toledo): 23 points (5-9 FG, 10-10 FT, 3-7 3PT), 8 assists, 2 steals vs. Stony Brook Mark Henniger (Kent State): 17 points (4-7 FG, 9-9 FT), 8 rebounds, 2 blocks vs. Western Carolina |
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MAC Basketball Week In Review: Toledo and EMU still haven't lost, what's up with that?
Kent State went 4-0 on the week and Miami is still looking for their first win. Here is a look back at the 12 MAC teams (plus UMass) recent schedule, sorted by win-loss record, and some of the top performances.
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Matt Sussman