Ohio v Buffalo MAC Championship Preview

by Steve

It all comes down to this. Win and in. Do or die. The MAC Championship tonight at 7:30 on CBS Sports network.

Buffalo comes in hotter than shit winners of 7 straight and 10 of their last 11. UB is favored by 2.5 coming over a tight overtime victory last night. Over under is 155.5.

Ohio soundly beat the top seeded Toledo and has won 3 straight. They did however embarrassingly lose to the Bulls by 20 just two weeks ago. For the season series they are 1 and 1 beating Buffalo by 1 back in late January.

This game is going to be decided by Jeenathan Williams. Guy was a stud last night and may need to be again tonight for Buffalo to punch their ticket back to the big dance.

Prediction
Buffalo 77
Ohio 70

Akron v Buffalo MAC Semi Final Preview

by steve

After a pretty ho-hum 11 point victory of Miami in the quarterfinals UB will face Akron in the MAC tournament semifinals Friday at 7:30 on CBS Sports Network.

Akron won their quarterfinal game over Bowling Green by 7. Buffalo is favored by 4, the over under 153.5.

Akron has lost 3 of its last 4 including a 2 point loss at Buffalo last week. Buffalo is riding a 6 game winning streak.

This game is going to be a battle but being a homer and riding the hot team converges tonight.

Prediction
UB 78 Akron 74

Miami v UB MAC Quarterfinal Preview

by steve

The MAC tournament starts today with UB rolling into Cleveland hotter than shit winning their last 5 games and 8 of their last 9.

Buffalo is favored by 8.5 and the over under is 151.

Miami of Ohio for their part has won 4 of their last 5 games.

UB has blown out Miami twice this year, winning 90-62 back in December and 88-64 in early Feb.

The old saying goes its tough to beat a team three times. Buffalo has gone on a tear since changing to a taller lineup and should win today.

Any UB fan should stilll be nervous. Buffalo and coach Whitesell choked back in the quarterfinals last year. The team has senior leadship with Jayvon Graves and Ronaldo Segu to hopefully offset any jitters.

The MAC tournament is wide open. Surprisingly the one seed Toledo is only a slight favorite towin the tourny at +175 while UB is +185.

Buffalo wont need to potentially worry about a Toledo matchup until Saturday. Take care of business today, survive and advance.

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Prediction
UB 82 Miami 71
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ACC Tourny Pool

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1st 60

2nd 15

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scores:

steve 18 points

wreck 13 points

feyes 13 points

dubs 12 points

coast 10 points

steve
pitt, duke, nd
cuse, clemson, lville, unc
uva, gtech, fsu, unc
gtech, fsu
gtech
139

wreck
Miami Duke ND
Cuse Clemson Louisville UNC
Cuse Clemson FSU UNC
Clemson FSU
FSU
129

feyes
Miami Duke ND
NC state Miami Duke ND
VA GT Duke ND
VA ND
ND
141

coast
Pitt
Duke
Notre dame

Cuse
Clemson
Louisville
Notre dame

Virginia
Clemson
FSU
Notre dame

Virginia
FSU
FSU

146

dubs

1st Rd:

Pitt

Duke

Notre Dame

2nd Rd:

NC State

Clemson

Duke

UNC

Quarter Finals:

NC State

Clemson

Florida St

Virginia Tech

Semifinals:

Clemson

Florida St

CHAMP:

Florida St

Total Points:

142

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Watt to the Cardinals

by steve

JJ Watt signed a 2 year $31 mil contract with the Arizona Cardinals.

Meh.

Do the Bills need an upgrade at D end? No doubt. But Watt has played a full 16 games or even more than 6 only 2 of the last 5 years. His sack numbers (i dont care [much] about alleged QB pressures, who decides that?) 5, 4, 16.5, 0, 1.5.

Hes 32 years old and obviously was looking for another pay day. Which is fine but dont tell me he is going to Cardinals to win a Super Bowl.

Bills likely dodged a bullet especially w the cap being lower.