The long-awaited time is upon us. On January 3, every MAC men’s basketball program and their passionate supporters buckled in for a journey to fulfill their hopes and dreams of playing on college basketball’s grandest stage, the NCAA tournament.
The start of the conference season brings a palpable sense of excitement and optimism to every MAC arena. No matter how a team fared in their opening 13 games against non-conference competition, the remaining 18 MAC contests provide hope for a turnaround: every team starts with a 0-0 record.
The expected intensity of the start of MAC play was on full display in the opening week of action, in which every team played two games.