We remain #1 in the mid-major poll. Utah State loses again, and has now lost 2 in a row going into their showdown with Nevada out in the WAC. Nevada #2, Utah State #3. None of us are ranked in the media or coaches poll now though.
We're now at the halfway point of the conference schedule. Here's how we look:
1. Ohio 8-0
2. Akron 6-2
3. N. Illinois 5-3
4. Miami OH 5-3
5. Kent State 5-3
6. Ball State 4-4
7. Toledo 4-4
8. Buffalo 4-4
9. E. Michigan 3-5
10. C. Michigan 2-6
11. Bowling Green 2-6
12. W. Michigan 0-8
The top 6 teams all have winning records overall. We're 16-4, Northern Illinois is 16-4. Akron is 14-5. The others are just 1 or 2 games over .500.
I planned on being asleep about 3 hours ago heh. I just kept blowing out all these teams and the "one more game" factor took hold, even though a full game takes an hour to play. I am *really* excited about finishing off this season and seeing where we can go. I don't think we'll go undefeated in conference play or anything. Road games at N. Illinois and Ball State, home games vs Akron and Miami OH, plus the possibility that we blow a stupid simmed game against Eastern Michigan or something.
But if we don't win the MAC tournament this year the season will be a failure, no question. And hopefully we're positioning ourselves for an 11 seed, or heaven forbid, a 10 or a 9 seed against a team that we're capable of beating. That's looking a long ways ahead though
Lets see how long we can keep this unbeaten streak going, and if we can finally break into the top 25 tomorrow or Sunday.