Western kentucky mac conference9/2/2023 ![]() So, as you can see, last year we’re still a one-bid league. Ohio got quite the boost from beating #16 Virginia in the first round of the tournament, before that they were in the Buffalo/Akron/Kent tier. Last years MAC was very middling the top of the conference was ![]() UB was ranked and would have gotten in no matter what but Bowling Green was well outside the top 50, even beating Buffalo would not have gotten them there. The last real shot the MAC had at being at large is when Bowling Green played Buffalo tight in the MAC title game. Every year the A10 and Americans have managed this, the MAC has not. To get a legit crack at sending more than one team to the dance you need to have two or three teams in the top 50. Someone pointed out to me yesterday that while this will bring the MAC’s average RPI and median RPI right in line with the American and A10 leagues, it does not add the key thing a conference needs. No, neither of these teams is going to make the MAC a two-bid league. Just so we get the big question out of the way. So what about hoops, specifically men's hoops (we may cover women's hoops later). They hug the MAC footprint, they are a built-in pair of rivals, and they have shown in the past decade that they will not diminish the quality of MAC football. My feelings are, if you’re going to add teams and can get ESPN to foot the bill, then these two teams are the natural additions to the MAC. Yesterday we talked about the motivation behind adding these two schools, and their impact on football. All indications seem to point that way but things move quickly as the latest rumor is Conference USA is adding four schools to try and restabilize and maybe tempt the Hilltoppers and Blue Raiders to stick around ![]() Disclaimer : At this point there is no official word that the Middle Tenessee or Western Kentucky are “in”.
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