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Topic: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

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UpSan Bobcat
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Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 10/29/2013 9:54:27 AM

Akron and Buffalo picked ahead of the Bobcats, with Kent state just behind. Toledo was a nearly unanimous pick to win the West.

2013-14 East Division Predicted Order of Finish

1. Akron – 143 Votes (18 first place votes)

2. Buffalo – 120 Votes (6 first place votes)

3. Ohio – 94 Votes

4. Kent State – 91 Votes (1 first place vote)

5. Miami – 42 Votes

6. Bowling Green – 35 Votes

2013-14 East Division Preseason All-MAC Team

Javon McCrea, Buffalo

Demetrius Treadwell, Akron

Will Felder, Miami

Will Regan, Buffalo

Quincy Diggs, Akron

2013-14 West Division Predicted Order of Finish

1. Toledo – 149 Votes (24 first place votes)

2. Western Michigan – 108 Votes

3. Eastern Michigan – 101 Votes (1 first place vote)

4. Ball State – 89 Votes

5. Central Michigan – 50 Votes

6. Northern Illinois – 28 Votes

2013-14 West Division Preseason All-MAC Team

Rian Pearson, Toledo

Julius Brown, Toledo

Shayne Whittington, Western Michigan

Majok Majok, Ball State

Glenn Bryant, Eastern Michigan

MAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Winner: Akron (14); Toledo (7); Buffalo (1)

http://www.mac-sports.com/tabid/969/Article/281842/MAC-An...

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 10/29/2013 1:13:38 PM

That's fine. The last time we finished 3rd in the MAC East we made the Sweet 16, so...

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 10/29/2013 6:05:28 PM

Buffalo is getting way too much love.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 10/29/2013 6:13:23 PM

JSF wrote:

Buffalo is getting way too much love.

That's your opinion... Many others including me feel differently.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 10/29/2013 7:05:21 PM

Eastern Michigan definitely could be a sleeper team this year. They recruited well.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 10/29/2013 10:35:41 PM

buffalobobcatfan wrote:

JSF wrote:

Buffalo is getting way too much love.

That's your opinion... Many others including me feel differently.

Of course it's my opinion, and of course many others feel that way. If everyone agreed with me, I wouldn't have said something contrary to popular opinion.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 10/31/2013 12:02:49 AM

Jeff McKinney wrote:

Eastern Michigan definitely could be a sleeper team this year. They recruited well.

EMU has a basketball team?

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 10/31/2013 8:26:37 AM

Shennanigans, it will be Ohio and Akron again.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 11/1/2013 12:39:43 PM

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh...Elton.

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2013/10/akron_zips_picked_to_win_it_al.html

"The preseason Mid-American Conference basketball poll reflects most of the national magazines. The defending MAC regular season co-champion Akron Zips are the favorite in the MAC East, where the Zips have dominated the last two seasons."

He just HAD to put that little nugget in there. For one, it's not true. For two, WHY? Everyone knows what Akron has done the past two seasons. Just stop.

Even more, how have they dominated if they were CO-CHAMPIONS during the last regular season?

Last Edited: 11/1/2013 4:19:00 PM by GoCats105

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 11/1/2013 1:55:15 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

Jeff McKinney wrote:

Eastern Michigan definitely could be a sleeper team this year. They recruited well.

EMU has a basketball team?

Dozens, if not hundreds, of EMU fans do claim they do in fact have a basketball program.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 11/2/2013 12:20:51 PM

GoCats105 wrote:

They beat us three times. I thought our 14-2 regular season was impressive, but we all know that title comes with an asterisk.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 11/3/2013 1:56:17 PM

GoCats105 wrote:

"The preseason Mid-American Conference basketball poll reflects most of the national magazines. The defending MAC regular season co-champion Akron Zips are the favorite in the MAC East, where the Zips have dominated the last two seasons."

He just HAD to put that little nugget in there. For one, it's not true.

Yes it is.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 11/3/2013 4:50:26 PM

Andrew Ruck wrote:

Shennanigans, it will be Ohio and Akron again.

Ohio has enough talent to automatically finish in the upper half of the MAC. JC knows how to coach defense to go with his talent so that places the program in the upper 1/4. If Ohio does finish #3 in the East its going to be because the top 2 teams in the conference are also playing in the East so still its a bye to the quarterfinals in Cleveland. Its all going to come down to how good this team is in the month of March like it does in most seasons.

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RE: Bobcats picked 3rd in MAC East

Posted: 11/13/2013 11:35:21 PM

I take back what I said about Buffalo.

They fell to Niagara 92-81 tonight and looked like the inferior team. McCrea was a beast like normal but they struggled to hit open shots and struggled mightily on defense.

Pair that with how Ohio has opened the season, I expect Ohio to be a better team than the Bulls.

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