2010 MAC Tournament Preview

Posted by at 11:23 AM on Mar 6, 2010

Championship Week is upon us and it's time to start finding out who's worthy of making the field of 65.  The MAC appears it will only send 1 team to the Dance unless there are no upsets in the other conference tourneys, all other bubblers lose allowing Kent St. a chance at an at-large bid with a MAC Championship loss.  Tournament play usually equals grind it out, half-court basketball at its finest, which demands perfect execution at both ends.  It also provides an opportunity for one team to get hot and carry that play over 3 days, allowing a team to break through and advance.  Tournament play is the ultimate pressure cooker:  one big scoring run to get separation may be enough to win, but if it comes too early and you decide to sit on the lead, the door is open for your opponent to come back and send you home disappointed.  We're going to try and break down every game from the 1st round on and see how things play out.

1st Round

12 Toledo at 5 Buffalo

Previous meeting at Toledo:  Buffalo 65-59.  When they played earlier, both teams were looking to gain some confidence.  Toledo hadn't... [Read the entire story]

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Hawk of the Week

Malarie Schmidt and Chris Heaton

Our new co-Hawks of the Week are women's senior swimmer Malarie Schmidt and men's senior diver Chris Heaton.  Both athletes set MAC and Miami records over the weekend at the Miami Invitational.

In racing to a second place finish, Malarie set a new Miami and Mid American Conference record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55:07.  She also helped Miami's 400 medley relay team shatter another conference and school record with a winning time of 3:41.98.  Between individual and relay events, Malarie had five victories and one second place finish to help Miami win the Invitational by a whopping 943 points. 

Chris set a new MAC and Miami record in the three meter diving event with a total score of 406.85, shattering the old conference record by almost 50 points.  In addition to his winning performance in the three meter competition, Chris also finished second in the one meter event.  Overall, the men placed third at the event.

For the season, the women's team is 7-1, including 4-0 in the MAC while the men's team is 2-5.  Both teams next compete at a dual meet in mid-January against the University of Cincinnati.

Congratulations to Malarie and Chris on their outstanding meets and on being named our Hawk of the Week.

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