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Topic: 2026 MAC Tournament

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Bobcat Tattoo
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2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 11:59:02 AM

Figured it makes sense to have a dedicated thread for the tournament. 3 games to go until OUr boys take the court tonight.

To no one's surprise, Miami-UMass is tight at the half. UMass looks up for it. Attacking the rim and the offensive glass all day.

shabamon
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 12:52:39 PM

Get in on this, guys

Bobcat Tattoo
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 12:59:40 PM

C'mon, UMass, close this out!

joefromperry
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 12:59:42 PM

UMass ahead with 2:26 left. Probably won't last, but hope it does.

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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:07:07 PM

CHOKE. Fiami loses to #8 seed UMASS 87-83. Seeeeeeeya.

bobcatsquared
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:11:00 PM

Not a choke. Credit to UMass. MAC offices can't be happy what this result does to ticket sales for Friday and Saturday.

FearLeon
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:13:36 PM

Sure feels like Miami is Dayton bound for the first four. They had to at least win one MAC Tourney game to completely shut up the haters.

#BleedGreen #TrentIsGOAT #NoMissesAllowed

Ohio69
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:14:10 PM

Oh my. MAC gonna get 2 teams in tourney?

Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?.....

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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:15:14 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:

Not a choke. Credit to UMass. MAC offices can't be happy what this result does to ticket sales for Friday and Saturday.

Yep, they played a very inspired game right through to the end. Fiami looked a little too confident.

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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:16:03 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:

Not a choke. Credit to UMass. MAC offices can't be happy what this result does to ticket sales for Friday and Saturday.

UMass lost 12 games by 7 points of less. Much better team than their record indicated.

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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:17:07 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:

Not a choke. Credit to UMass. MAC offices can't be happy what this result does to ticket sales for Friday and Saturday.

They are praying UMass loses tomorrow.

Tight buttholes in Oxford.

Andrew Ruck
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:19:22 PM

The 2025-26 Miami Redhwaks were total frauds and I will never believe anything different. They were your normal run of the mill top 3 MAC basketball team, nothing special and nothing historic. Their inclusion in the list of undefeated regular season NCAA bball teams will be a brown stain to that list for eternity. Their excitement and newfound fan base will disappear just as fast as it showed up. Their new arena will be as empty as Millett has been for decades. Muck Fiami.

Andrew Ruck
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:19:55 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:

Not a choke. Credit to UMass. MAC offices can't be happy what this result does to ticket sales for Friday and Saturday.

Yes UMASS deserved the W. But Fiami up 9 with 7:30 to play. Horrible bad pass turnover down 2 with 20 seconds left. Unbeaten and lose to the 8 seed in your first game of the tourney, I call that a choke. Outrebounded by 17, difference in the game. Fiami fans faces afterwards priceless.

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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:20:47 PM

Andrew Ruck wrote:

I found a picture of fiami's basketball team.

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/561503c9e4b...

Last Edited: 3/12/2026 1:21:19 PM by FishBates

shabamon
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:24:09 PM

I guess the Speedo thing is out???

MedinaCat
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:25:17 PM

Which and how many Redhawk players enter the portal and join their coach at UC next season?

J.B.Hoy
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:25:50 PM

Cruel NCAA refuses to let 2 MAC schools in...
Miami vs MAC Tourny winner in First Four

Bobcat Tattoo
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:26:09 PM

mid70sbobcat wrote:

bobcatsquared wrote:

Not a choke. Credit to UMass. MAC offices can't be happy what this result does to ticket sales for Friday and Saturday.

UMass lost 12 games by 7 points of less. Much better team than their record indicated.

They are the opposite of Miami, who squeaked by with 2-3 point wins all season. 16-15 over 31-0 looks like a major upset, but flip those close results and these teams look pretty even.

Andrew Ruck
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:31:34 PM

Bobcat Tattoo wrote:

mid70sbobcat wrote:

bobcatsquared wrote:

Not a choke. Credit to UMass. MAC offices can't be happy what this result does to ticket sales for Friday and Saturday.

UMass lost 12 games by 7 points of less. Much better team than their record indicated.

They are the opposite of Miami, who squeaked by with 2-3 point wins all season. 16-15 over 31-0 looks like a major upset, but flip those close results and these teams look pretty even.

Absolutely right. Umass was unlucky and dangerous, dropping so many heartbreakers all season. Absolute opposite of Miami. In hindsight this should've been a great betting opportunity.

Andrew Ruck
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:31:48 PM

I guess the powerhouse Redhawks will have to wait another couple decades for a Mac championship. Whoops.

bobcatsquared
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:34:04 PM

I've thought all year that UMass, even more so than Ohio, was a team where the opposite of "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is true. Bettiol is the best true post player and offensive rebounder in the MAC, Banks one of the best shooting guards and Carbuccia one of the best pure point guards. Not to mention a coach that has Final Four experience. And, as mentioned above, a season with a lot of close losses that could have gone either way.

Is this the first 8 seed over the 1 seed in MAC history? Either way, UMass now owns the best all-time MAC tournament winning percentage.

Last Edited: 3/12/2026 1:38:04 PM by bobcatsquared

QuantCat
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:44:06 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:

Kent State did it I believe 2 years ago. They made it all the way to the final where they had the infamous fouling Akron while up 1 with 5 seconds to go in the game to give Akron the title. That Kent team was similar to UMass in that they had a ton of talent and underperformed during the regular season.

Andrew Ruck
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:48:35 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:

Is this the first 8 seed over the 1 seed in MAC history? Either way, UMass now owns the best all-time MAC tournament winning percentage.

Kent beat Toledo 2 years ago in 2024.

I know of a 9 seed over a 1, when Ohio beat down Kent 81-64 in 2010.

In 2001, 8 seed Miami beat 1 seed Central Michigan. And in 2000, 9 seed Miami beat 1 seed Bowling Green.

Last Edited: 3/12/2026 1:50:42 PM by Andrew Ruck

Andrew Ruck
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 1:57:53 PM

Couldn't happen to a better group of guys over at Miami.

Probably not the best scenario for the MAC, or for Ohio. But whatever. Miami's a school full of psychopaths, and this is good.

But ultimately, having another chance to beat Miami would have been motivating for the team. Oddly, I think we're probably less likely to win the tournament now, even if we already had very low odds.

Tom Valentino
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RE: 2026 MAC Tournament

Posted: 3/12/2026 2:15:23 PM

I hope someone gave a smug wave goodbye to Peter Suder when Miami left the court after the game.

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