BobcatAttack.com - For Fans of Ohio University Sports

Welcome Guest!
Create an Account

site search

about us

advertise with us

help

BobcatAttack.com Message Board

Ohio Basketball

Topic: REALISTICALLY --- IS IT CLEVELAND OR BUST???

Topic: REALISTICALLY --- IS IT CLEVELAND OR BUST???

Author

Message

OUcat
General User

Member Since: 10/13/2011
Post Count: 205

Status: Offline

REALISTICALLY --- IS IT CLEVELAND OR BUST???

Posted: 11/27/2025 10:59:47 PM

While it's obvious the Bobcats have not played as most predicted/expected, who thinks MAC play will see Ohio regroup a bit and who thinks otherwise?

Records aside here is how things look to me.

Tier 1 -- Akron is clear No. 1

Tier 2 -- Miami is clear but suspect No. 2

Tier 3 -- Buffalo, Kent, Toledo, Eastern are mid-pack.

Tier. 4 -- Bowling Green, UMass, Ohio are still unknowns.

Tier 5 -- NIU, CMU, WMU, Ball State bring up the rear.

My questions reside with Tier 3 and Tier 4.

(1) It will be interesting to see if any Tier 3 teams become a title threat by the end of January. Or, will Akron and Miami quickly separate.

(2) Can/Will any one or more Tier 4 team rise to Tier 3, turning the chase for 6-7-8 seed in the MAC Tournament into a dog fight.

Individually speaking, still have questions about Kent as they have yet to play a true road game. Also question if BG can put it together for the long haul. I think UB and EMU - unexpectedly - look capable of earning a Top 4 MAC Tournament seed. But time will tell.

To my knowledge Kent is the only team so far that has lost a key player (Sumlin) for the season to (foot) injury. We'll see if injury bug hits anyone else before MAC play begins.

As for the Bobcats, the road looks rough. But pedigree in the MAC usually means something. Can't lose more than two home games to have a shot at a .500 MAC season. And there are a couple of winnable road games if this team is up to the task.

The season is not lost. Target now should be Cleveland or Bust!!

OhioCatFan
General User

Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Athens, OH
Post Count: 15,087

Status: Offline

RE: REALISTICALLY --- IS IT CLEVELAND OR BUST???

Posted: 11/27/2025 11:41:09 PM

My predictions: UMass will rise to Tier2 in conference play; and my beloved Bobcats will sink to the bottom Tier. I hope I'm wrong, but the MAC top to bottom looks like it is stronger this year than it's been in awhile, and OHIO looks like a bunch of guys playing pickup ball at Ping. Speaking of playing pickup ball at Ping, my sources tell me that Quinn Corna is enrolled at OHIO again, and has been spotted there this year jacking up and making threes at an incredible high percentage. Perhaps a return of this living legend could give the Bobcats the spark that they need! After all he further honed his Duke-level BBIQ last year at OWU and scored a career high of 12 points against #1 ranked Trine University.

The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA

"It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right."

Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org

Showing Replies:	1 - 2 of 2 Posts
Jump to Page:	1

View Other 'Ohio Basketball' Topics

There are 291 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com

287 Guests
4 Registered Users:
	Radar, davepi2, BillyTheCat, shabamon

There are no other users looking at this page.