A few other thoughts

First, with the win, Coach Orr should be the hands-down choice for MAC Coach of the Year. It will be the second time he has won that award, the first being at Seton Hall in the Big East. His performance in turning this program around has been impressive, and, in particular, the team's ability to finish strong this year is a terrific testament to his ability, and his staff's ability as well.

Second, here's the bracket for the tournament.

Bowling Green plays the OU-WMU winner at 7pm Thursday, and then plays the Miami-Akron/UT winner in the late game on Friday with a win. That whole "West gets the number 2 seed" thing actually gives Buffalo a slight advantage on that end of the draw, but in the end, it doesn't really matter. If you want to win the tournament, you have to go and be ready to beat the best opponents....in other words, sooner or later, we have to figure out how to beat Miami.

Third, Jerome Tillman came into the game as the leading MAC scorer and rebounder. Yesterday, he had 1 point and 2 rebounds and played only 20 minutes. Coach Groce seemed to want to send a messasge, because his reserves logged lots of minutes in the game.

I also forgot to mention that fan favorite Matt Karafa had 5 points in 2 minutes, which tranlates to 100 points per 40 minutes played. Oh yeah!