After Thursday’s all-day action at Quicken Loans Arena, only four teams remain in contention in the MAC Tournament, and more importantly, for an NCAA Tournament bid.
One of those four teams was not expected to be here — Northern Illinois. After soundly defeating Ohio on Monday night in DeKalb, the Huskies stormed into Cleveland on a mission. Behind star point guard Eugene German’s 27 points, 7-seed Northern Illinois edged 2-seed Toledo, 80-76 in the first game of Thursday night’s double-header.
As Northern Illinois pulled off the most stunning upset of the young MAC Tournament, 3-seed Bowling Green was preparing to avoid an upset to 11-seed Ball State.