Zips sports news, features and notes
- UA’s Alexis Cooks wins discus with school-record throw
- Seven KSU baseball players earn All-MAC honors
- Marla Ridenour: From walk-on to champion: UA’s Alex McCune finds his niche
- KSU’s Jennifer Ha struggles to 79 in first round of NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
- Zips notebook: Quincy Diggs back in school; football player arrested
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 1: Flashes top Zips, get help from Bowling Green to win MAC title, earn top seed in tournament
- On the Record — May 18
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 3: Flashes muster enough energy to top Zips, stay alive for top seed in MAC Tournament
- Kent State golf in fifth after two rounds of NCAA Regional
- Kent State-Akron in-game updates: Kent State wins 4-3
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Bracket busting
Men's basketball
If you don't know what the Bracket Buster game is, educate yourself here. Basically, it's a nationwide set of 50 games that helps to determine at-large berths from mid-major conferences. All 12 MAC teams will get a game.
However, only 22 of the 100 will play on national TV. Five of those games are on ESPNU, which isn't in many households. Since Akron beat Niagara last year at Rhodes Arena, this year's Bracket Buster game is on the road.
Here is a site that has broken down the candidates' RPIs.
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