MAC in the NCAA, NIT & CBI

cowboyjoe · Post by **cowboyjoe** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:00 pm

Yeah. Aren't we glad we get Miami, Akron, Kent, and OU twice a year? Sheesh!!

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:19 pm

Akron was up 20-5 early against Florida State, but FSU stormed back and it's now a one-possesion game with 13:00 to play.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:27 pm

cowboyjoe wrote:Yeah. Aren't we glad we get Miami, Akron, Kent, and OU twice a year? Sheesh!!

Yeah, it's tough for us right now going up against those teams. But before our slide about five years ago, and the turnaround of teams like Kent State (the last decade) and Akron (about the time we started our slide), teams were saying the same thing about BG. At the MAC Tournament this year, I was sitting there at the MAC Championship between Kent State and Akron and thinking back to the recent past, and I was telling my friend that when I was in school, both of those two teams (Kent State and Akron) were bottom dwellers in the MAC. Times have certainly changed. Miami and Ohio have always been solid in hoops with the exception of years here and there. Kent State’s owned the crown in the last decade, but in MAC basketball history, Miami and Ohio are two of the best IMO.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:21 pm

Akron beat Florida State in the NIT tonight in overtime, 65-60. Nice day for the MAC going 2-0.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:21 pm

BGSU33 wrote:Akron beat Florida State in the NIT tonight in overtime, 65-60. Nice day for the MAC going 2-0.

I watched that game on ESPN Classic. Way to go, Zips!

San Fran Falcon · Post by **San Fran Falcon** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:59 pm

What the hell does "CBI" stand for anyway? Can't Buy our way Into the NIT? Seriously though, is it something like College Basketball Invitational, and how many teams play in this garbage tourney?[/u]

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:45 pm

NIT = Nobody's Interested Tournament

CBI = Crap Basketball Invitational

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:41 pm

Miami was without Michael Bramos tonight at Tulsa and lost 61-45. Bramos was out with a hand injury.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:08 pm

Akron was up by 12 midway through the second half, but a 22-5 run by UMass to close the game put the Zips away, 68-63. Ohio is the last MAC team standing in the postseason (in the CBI).

VDub26Falcon · Post by **VDub26Falcon** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:04 pm

The CBI is the College Basketball Invitational. It's stupid...what is it, 16 teams or something like that? I like the idea of having a "Post Season Exhibition" with another conference. I think that would be interesting and would give our team some extra playing time to work some kinks out. Someone get Mr. Chryst on the phone.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:27 pm

Bradley came back from 13 down at halftime to beat Ohio 79-73 in the CBI. That bounced the last MAC team from postseason play. The MAC went 2-4 in postseason play combined in the three tournament.

NCAA TOURNAMENT:
UNLV def. Kent State, 71-58

NIT:
Akron def. Florida State, 65-60 (OT)
UMass def. Akron, 68-63

CBI:
Ohio def. Brown, 80-74
Bradley def. Ohio, 79-73
Tulsa def. Miami, 61-45