An automatic bid to the NCAA tournament is at stake tonight at 6 p.m. Two opponents quite familiar with each other will decide the MAC tournament champion. Forty minutes was not enough to determine a winner the last time they met. Will overtime(s) beckon again?
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CLEVELAND, OH - David Kool put on a performance for the ages, scoring 39 points, but he came up just short when his jumper bounced off the rim with two seconds remaining as Akron advanced to the finals for the fourth consecutive year with a 66-64 victory.
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Miami head coach Charlie Coles left Quicken Loans Arena Thursday night thinking Friday’s Miami-Ohio University matchup might be another “classic” as the two teams battled for a spot in Saturday’s MAC championship title game. What he got, instead, was a rare clunker. Ohio grabbed an early lead an went on to a 54-42 victory.
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Yesterday's quarterfinal games set a high standard for entertainment value. The semifinals are set. Who will advance to the title game?
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CLEVELAND - What is it with the Akron Zips and overtime in the Mid-American Conference Tournament?Last year it took the Zips two extra periods to defeat Toledo, thanks to some key shots at the end of regulation by Anthony ‘Humpty’ Hitchens and Brett McKnight before the Zips pulled away with a victory. Thursday afternoon, it took an amazing three-pointer by junior guard Steve McNees with 0.6 seconds remaining in the first overtime to keep No. 2 seeded Akron in the tourney title hunt.
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CLEVELAND, OH -The Mid-American Conference Tournament began its run in Cleveland back in 2000. That was the last time a top seed in the tournament lost in the quarterfinals - until Thursday night. The Ohio Bobcats provided the latest shocker as they defeated Kent State 81-64 Thursday at the 2010 FirstEnergy MAC Men’s Basketball Tournament at Quicken loans Arena.
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