The regular season champs of the Sun Belt and MAC are going to do battle tonight in the NIT, as they should. With the way the powers that be are setting up bowl season, the relationship that these two conferences will have going forward is only going to grow. Not only are they natural football rivals, they have a lot of mutual interests, being the in the shadow of the titans of the college money making business.
The Mavericks have been to the NIT 3 times, and Akron is making their 7th appearance. The winner of tonight’s game advances to the third round, something neither team has done.