Eastern Michigan scored another win for the formerly downtrodden MAC West tonight, upsetting Akron 62-59 at James Rhodes Arena in Akron. Not exactly sure how the Eagles, last seen getting run out of Miami’s Millet Hall in a nationally televised game Saturday, pulled this one out, but judging from the box score, the Zips seemed as likely to make a shot tonight as MTV is to stage the next season of Jersey Shore in Rubber City USA.
What I can’t tell is whether Akron was just missing wide-open looks or the Eagles played some down-and-dirty MAC-style defense. Ken Pomeroy’s stats yield the conclusion that it was the latter and not the former. Regardless of the reason, consider the MAC further muddled.
And consider Cleveland as a March destination. Currently, the MAC is best described as a clusterfuck. Sure, Kent State is 6-2 and leading the East, but four teams are within two games of the Golden Flashes. The same can be said of the MAC West where any team but Toledo could finish first in the West. All eight teams that end up advancing to Cleveland for the MAC Tourney will be capable of winning the whole fucking thing. Unlike your typical BCS league, where At-Large invites to the Big Dance are as plentiful as fake boobs at a strip club, there’s only one invite to be had in the MAC.
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