Kent State will travel to Loyola University (Md.) for a second round game on at 3 p.m. Sunday in the second round of CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

Kent State beat Fairfield 73-71 on Wednesday night.

Kent State’s first-round CollegeInsider.com Post Season Tournament game against Fairfield (Ct.) that was originally schedule for today at 7 p.m. at the M.A.C. Center has been moved to Wednesday at 7 p.m.

If I had a quarter for every time in the last few days someone’s asked me what the heck the CollegeInsider.com Post Season Tournament is, I might not need to work any longer.

But before I consider early retirement, I thought I’d share the details I unearthed before the 7 p.m. game Wednesday against host Kent State (20-13) and visiting Fairfield (19-15) from Connecticut in the postseason’s first-round action.

Mason senior middle distance runner Olivia Gause has accepted a scholarship to Kent State to run track, coach Tony Affatato told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

A day after accepting an invitation to host a first-round game in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Kent State learned it will face a familiar opponent Tuesday night.

Kent State’s offense went dry in the final four minutes of play Friday night against Akron and with it went the Golden Flashes NCAA Tournament hopes.

With rivals Kent State and Akron tipping off in a Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinal game in an hour and a half, here’s a little primer for tonight’s action at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena:

There’s a fine line between trying to do too much and taking over right when the team needs it.

Kent State senior running back Larry Dawson will participate in a super regional combine in Texas, according to the KSU athletic department.

Kent State is providing three 55-seat buses to take students to Cleveland for every game the Golden Flashes play in the Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament for just $10 per student per day.

Kent State senior guards Chris Evans and Randal Holt were named to All-Mid-American Conference first and third teams, respectively. Here's the release from the MAC:

MAC Announces Men's Basketball All-MAC, All-Freshman Teams

It was going to take a team effort for Kent State to knock off rival Akron, even with the host Zips missing suspended point guard Alex Abreu.

Senior guards Randal Holt and Chris Evans led four players in double-figure scoring as the Golden Flashes outlasted visiting Bowling Green 69-61 Tuesday night at the M.A.C. Center.

Holt finished with a game-high 16 points and Evans was just three assists away from KSU's first ever triple double, finsihing with 12 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high seven assists. Junior forward Darren Goodson contributed 12 points in 17 minutes and sophomore point guard Kris Brewer chipped in 11 points that included three 3-pointers.

Per a KSU sports release: Head Coach Paul Haynes recently announced the promotion of Shawn Clark to run game coordinator. Clark joined the football staff in early January as the offensive line coach.

“Coach (Brian) Rock and I agreed that Coach Clark’s experience would really benefit us in the overall preparation of our run game,” Haynes said. “Coach Clark has a proven record of success with his offensive lines and his long-term vision for the offense has him prepared for this task.”

Per a KSU news release: Kent State (1-7) will make the trip to No. 4 Louisville (7-1) for a three game series beginning on Friday (Mar. 1) at 4:00 pm EST. They play at 2:00 pm EST on Saturday (Mar. 2) and Sunday (Mar. 3).

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Per a KSU news release - Kent State’s 2013 football schedule was announced Friday by the Mid-American Conference. The 12-game regular season includes five home contests at Dix Stadium, beginning with a Thursday night opener against Liberty (Aug. 29). The rest of the home slate features Bowling Green (Sept. 7), a MAC Championship game rematch with Northern Illinois (Oct. 5), Buffalo (Oct. 26) and a Wednesday night matchup with Miami (Nov. 13).

The battle with the RedHawks is the first of back-to-back weeknight MAC East games to be televised on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, the Golden Flashes will close out the regular season with a nationally televised game at Ohio.