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| Toledo | 15-2 (3-1) | RPI: 40 | BBState: 10 |
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LAST WEEK (W) Buffalo, 67-65 (W) @Akron, 75-61 THIS WEEK Wednesday: NIU Sunday: Kent State |
The Juice Brown walkoff jumper may have jump-started this team after the WMU loss, but the game at Akron brought them back into the picture as a front-runner. But we know they can score. I'm more impressed with the defensive numbers. | ||
| Ohio | 13-4 (3-1) | RPI: 77 | BBState: 53 |
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LAST WEEK (W) Ball State, 71-51 (W) @NIU, 65-46 THIS WEEK Wednesday: BGSU Saturday: at EMU |
Big wins against the lesser teams in the MAC shouldn't be a big story, but everyone seems to be either dropping these contests or letting them hang around. Good on you, Bobcats. | ||
| Akron | 11-6 (3-1) | RPI: 118 | BBState: 84 |
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LAST WEEK (W) Miami, 59-52 (L) Toledo, 75-61 THIS WEEK Wednesday: at EMU Saturday: at CMU |
Demetrius Treadwell posted back-to-back double-doubles, leading his team in both points and rebounds in both contests. He also led his team in assists (3) once. So don't blame him for the Toledo loss at all. The point guard situation is going to be an issue, but this won't improve anytime soon, unless Carmelo Betancourt suddenly figures it all out. | ||
| Eastern Michigan | 11-6 (3-1) | RPI: 43 | BBState: 58 |
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LAST WEEK (W) WMU, 56-37 (W) @CMU, 72-59 THIS WEEK Wednesday: Akron Saturday: Ohio |
Yes, their defense is still there defense. Mike Talley didn't get the memo, who has scored at least 14 points in all conference games. | ||
| Buffalo | 9-5 (3-1) | RPI: 102 | BBState: 67 |
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LAST WEEK (L) Toledo, 67-65 (W) Kent State, 71-60 THIS WEEK Thursday: at Ball State Saturday: at NIU |
If it wasn't Buffalo at 3-1, it would be Kent State at 3-1. So there'd be first-place confusion either way. Maybe logjams are what makes the world go round. | ||
| Western Michigan | 9-7 (2-2) | RPI: 181 | BBState: 161 |
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LAST WEEK (L) @EMU, 56-37 (L) BGSU, 69-64 THIS WEEK Thursday: at Kent State Sunday: Ball State |
One week you're beating Toledo. The next you're falling to some of the worst teams in the MAC. Thanks a lot, Western Michigan, for again confusing the heck out of us. Related: nobody has ever correctly pronounced "Connar Tava." | ||
| Kent State | 11-6 (2-2) | RPI: 178 | BBState: 117 |
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LAST WEEK (W) @NIU, 73-64 (OT) (L) @Buffalo, 71-60 THIS WEEK Thursday: WMU Sunday: at Toledo |
No, they're not playing their best, but they're in their "dormant volcano" mode right now — just kind of hanging around until they make their move somewhere down the line. So don't go building any cities around Kent State basketball, for fear of ashen lava death. | ||
| Bowling Green | 8-9 (2-2) | RPI: 182 | BBState: 192 |
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LAST WEEK (W) CMU, 67-57 (W) @WMU, 67-62 THIS WEEK Wednesday: at Ohio Saturday: Miami |
I caught a bit of the BGSU-WMU game on the radio Sunday afternoon, specifically the frenzied second half, specifically "the good part" — from 7:44 to the media timeout at 2:05, where I don't think a single stoppage in action existed. By this time my radio started cutting out, which was probably for the best. I was driving, and expected a loss, which could have resulted in some highway carnage. A win at WMU is a pleasant surprise, and while it may not save Louis Orr's job, every win will help salvage his semi-long era here. | ||
| Miami | 6-9 (2-2) | RPI: 163 | BBState: 182 |
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LAST WEEK (L) @Akron, 59-52 (W) @Ball State, 64-52 THIS WEEK Wednesday: CMU Saturday: at BGSU |
Don't let the record fool anyone; their two wins are against the two 0-4 teams. They'll need some W's against the upper teams, but everybody's doing it these days so it'll happen eventually. | ||
| Northern Illinois | 7-9 (1-3) | RPI: 214 | BBState: 264 |
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LAST WEEK (L) Kent State, 73-64 (OT) (L) Ohio, 65-46 THIS WEEK Wednesday: at Toledo Saturday: Buffalo |
They let a beautiful opportunity slip away against Kent State, being up by double digits within 10 minutes of that contest, and that just would've made this entire early standings exponentially weirder. One other odd note: Aaron Armstead lead the team in scoring both times last week, his first(s) of the season. | ||
| Central Michigan | 7-9 (0-4) | RPI: 273 | BBState: 259 |
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LAST WEEK (L) @BGSU, 67-57 (L) EMU, 72-59 THIS WEEK Wednesday: at Miami Saturday: Akron |
We could criticize, but look: scoring 60 points is hard. I probably couldn't do it either! | ||
| Ball State | 3-12 (0-4) | RPI: 313 | BBState: 320 |
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LAST WEEK (L) @Ohio, 71-51 (L) Miami, 74-62 THIS WEEK Thursday: Buffalo Sunday: at WMU |
If you can't blog anything nice, don't blog anything at all. | ||
| Massachusetts (Atlantic 10) | 16-1 (3-0) | RPI: 3 | BBState: 5 |
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LAST WEEK (W) @George Mason, 88-87 (W) @Elon, 84-74 THIS WEEK Wednesday: at Richmond Sunday: Fordham (NBCSN) |
The George Mason win proves you can be on the brink of losing any game, and then not lose the game. It's a proof that is now going to ultimately doom them down the road: they'll be down 30 points with five minutes to go. "We got this," they'll say. And ... they'll lose by 15. | ||
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TOP MAC PERFORMANCES Richaun Holmes (BGSU): 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 steals, 2 assists vs. CMU Will Regan (Buffalo): 25 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks vs. Kent State Anthony Henderson (BGSU): 25 points (7-10 3PT), 4 steals vs. WMU J.D. Weatherspoon (Toledo): 20 points, 14 rebounds vs. Akron Javon McCrea (Buffalo): 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks vs. Toledo Shayne Whittington (WMU): 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks vs. BGSU Kris Brewer (Kent State): 25 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals vs. NIU Will Felder (Miami): 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals vs. Ball State |
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