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Exploring the dark horses for the MAC Men’s Basketball Tournament

We are just a mere couple of weeks from the MAC Tournament, and the race to Cleveland is still very much wide open as their isn’t a team that has really separated itself from the rest of the pack at this point in the season.

With this in mind, let’s take a look at the teams not named Akron or Ohio and make the case for the ones that can legitimately win the ‘ship in the Land in March.

NCAA Basketball: Buffalo at Pittsburgh
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It’s a strange year when the two-time defending champions are considered a dark horse to win its own conference.