BG-KSU

BGSUE · Post by **BGSUE** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:54 pm

BG 69-33 win 1/10/13

just win by 1 that's all that matters

Jennifer said after OU game there would be practice or a game Saturday either way team will be ballin'

Take care of selves then scoreboard watch

being #1 or #2 seed hasn't helped teams

#5 seed in finals last two tourneys

side note IU plays UM on Thursday tip approx 9:30pm on BTN

bgsufalcon24 · Post by **bgsufalcon24** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:58 pm

Sue, I do remember CMU making a run from the #5 spot last year to nearly pull off the impossible. That was a very impressive run, but you have to admit, winning 5 games in 8 days to win the auto bid is a grueling task for any team. Usually fatigue will catch up with a team by the final game. I remember one year Syracuse's men won the Big East from the #8 or #9 spot winning 4 or 5 games on consecutive days (including a 6OT marathon against Connecticut in the semis) but runs like that are extremely rare.

Besides, when was the last time either MAC tournament was won by a team from outside the #1 or #2 seed? Here's what I recall on the women's side

2005 - BG (#1)
2006 - BG (#1)
2007 - BG (#1)
2008 - Miami (#2) - #1 BG eliminated by #4 Ohio in the semis
2009 - Ball State (#2) - #1 BG eliminated by #2 Ball State in the finals (both teams should've been dancing as we got mercilessly jobbed by the committee at 28-4)
2010 - BG (#1)
2011 - BG (#2) - #1 Toledo eliminated by #4 Eastern Michigan in the semis
2012 - Eastern Michigan (#2) - #1 BG eliminated by #5 Central Michigan in the semis
2013 - ???

So basically history tells us, if you're not #1 or #2, you're not going to win. That being said, there's not a great difference between #2 and #6 this year, so you could have a team catch fire and win it. I say #2 and not #1 because Toledo is clearly the team to beat, and honestly they might have a tourney bid already locked. Hopefully somebody takes the scuds out and the MAC finally gets 2 teams in like we should have had in 2009, the year that Ball State obliterated Tennessee.

EDIT: Actually I stand corrected on UT...they are 26-2, RPI 45, SOS 221. I didn't realize their SOS was so bad, that might be enough to keep them out with a MAC tourney defeat. If they lose, they'll be sweating big time on Selection Monday.

HoopsFan · Post by **HoopsFan** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:04 pm

The other thing is with 10.5 players, fatigue will set in for the Falcons. It's hard to think that 10 gals can play 5 games in 8 days and be competitive all 5 days. We better hope that the long layover hurts the bye teams (as it did for BG last year) when the #5 team beat us.

However, maybe just getting past the first 2 will give us hope, or if Central stumbles tomorrow night......

HoopsFan

BGSUE · Post by **BGSUE** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:35 pm

Almost time to find out who plays whom where

I get all the numbers let's see what happens

Fatigue.... try broken bones, bad discs, masked face, scratches & bruises

Just need to wait for the plan

Then play the hand delt hope no stacked deck

Wednesday this time the picture will clear mud/snow

gmartin · Post by **gmartin** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:44 pm

What an ugly game!!!

BG went 10:20 without making a shot. Shooting 26% for the half. Numerous turnovers.

Halftime. BG: 16 Kent: 14

MACfan05 · Post by **MACfan05** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:48 pm

gmartin wrote:What an ugly game!!!

BG went 10:20 without making a shot. Shooting 26% for the half. Numerous turnovers.

Halftime. BG: 16 Kent: 14

Yes exactly. Very painful to watch. Just ouch. Not making shots and a number of turnovers have made this a painful first half to watch. Let's hope they come out ready to play in the 2nd half. Opened the first half with a very slow start and it never really got any better for the rest of the 1st half.

MACfan05 · Post by **MACfan05** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:56 pm

51-43 BG gets the win over Kent State. Definitely not a good game by any means. Didn't really start playing somewhat well until 8 mins left in the second half.

bgsufalcon24 · Post by **bgsufalcon24** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:52 pm

Well, BG finishes 5th in the conference standings, thanks to CMU's 63-56 win over EMU. Ugh.

Akron's 77-60 win over Buffalo at least means that our horrible loss against WMU didn't cost us the East Division title and the #2 seed. Had we won at Akron that would've been enough though, since we would've had the tiebreaker on CMU and Ball State.

Looks like either BG faces Kent/Ohio on Saturday in round 1. The winner of WMU/EMU will likely be our 2nd opponent on Tuesday, followed by either CMU or BSU in the quarterfinals assuming we don't lose before then (which would be humiliating, IMO).

One game at a time now. We gave ourselves this road, so its time to traverse it.

gmartin · Post by **gmartin** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:55 am

Division winners are no longer guaranteed the #2 seeds. In this case Akron is #3. Ball State is #2. So that loss at WMU was huge because we would have been tied with Akron and would have won the tie breaker. Either way, 5 straight wins for a championship. First up, Kent.

threestooges · Post by **threestooges** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:17 pm

gmartin wrote:Division winners are no longer guaranteed the #2 seeds. In this case Akron is #3. Ball State is #2. So that loss at WMU was huge because we would have been tied with Akron and would have won the tie breaker. Either way, 5 straight wins for a championship. First up, Kent.

I agree that the loss at WMU was huge. But, FWIW, we would not have won a 2-team tiebreaker with Akron had we beaten WMU. The first tiebreaker is head to head games, and BGSU and Akron split their two games.

The second tiebreaker between two teams from the same division (at least at the top of the division) is record within the division. Akron was 9-1 in games within the division, and BGSU was 7-3. The WMU game wouldn't have changed that.

HOWEVER, in the event of a 3-team tie between BGSU, UA and CMU -- OR a 4-team tie between those three teams and Ball State -- BG would have fared much better. So the WMU game was huge in that regard. One more win against ANYONE would very likely have given us a bye.

It's going to be a very difficult road, as BGSU would likely have to beat CMU and Toledo just to make it to the championship game. But, stranger things have happened, & I'll never count the BG women out at tournament time.

MACfan05 · Post by **MACfan05** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:31 pm

I agree threestooges, stranger things have indeed happened and it is always important to never count out the BG women at tournament time. Anxious to see how things play out.

Class of 61 · Post by **Class of 61** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:59 am

Though we assume that BG should be favored over Kent, the old adage about how hard it is to beat the same team THREE times in a season could rear its ugly head...especially after another poor shooting night for the falcons on Wed. at KSU.
This shooting inconsistency is BG's achille's heel IMO.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:26 am

New season starts Saturday.

Record is back to 0-0

Only W's count now.

#ROLLALONG

Globetrotter · Post by **Globetrotter** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:44 am

transfer2BGSU wrote:New season starts Saturday.

Record is back to 0-0

Only W's count now.

#ROLLALONG

You can't get to the top of the mountain until you start climbing.

The longest voyage starts with the first step.

Two in the Bush is worth less then one in the hand.

BGSUE · Post by **BGSUE** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:13 am

Shut down your computer

Spend a buck if you're close enough

Be part of the "sixth woman",populate a seat in the Stroh

Team needs all the support it can get

Friendly confines=great results

One game at a time

Win 10 4 minute segments

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