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Alex Varone of College Basketball Daily is the RTC correspondent for the Mid-American Conference

Around The MAC:

Will Ohio Dance Again?: Three Mid-American Conference teams reached postseason play in the 2010 season, led by the Ohio Bobcats, who shocked the nation by handing third-seeded Georgetown a 14-point loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Kent State Golden Flashes, MAC regular season champions, also represented themselves well by winning a first round NIT contest over Tulsa before falling to Illinois. The Akron Zips were the third team to reach the postseason, qualifying [...]]]>
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Conference Primers: #15 – MAC http://rushthecourt.net/2007/11/06/conference-primers-15-mac/ http://rushthecourt.net/2007/11/06/conference-primers-15-mac/#respond Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:03:21 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/2007/11/06/conference-primers-15-mac/

Predicted Order of Finish:

East

Kent St. (22-6) (13-3) Miami (OH) (16-10) (11-5) Akron (17-12) (9-7) Ohio (12-15) (7-9) Bowling Green (12-16) (6-10) Buffalo (7-19) (4-12)

West

Western Michigan (19-11) (11-5) Central Michigan (16-11) (10-6) Toledo (14-14) (9-7) Eastern Michigan (14-13) (8-8) Northern Illinois (9-19) (5-11) Ball St. (6-22) (3-13)

 

WYN2K. We went back and forth on where to rank the MAC because conveniently pigeonholing this league into low- or mid-major status is very difficult to do. Historically, the league hasn’t been more than a one-bid league (since 1985 the MAC has received two NCAA bids only five times), but it has consistently done well with [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2007/11/06/conference-primers-15-mac/feed/ 0