Akron men's basketball plays Miami in the MAC Tournament title game Saturday for an NCAA Tournament automatic bid. Follow here for live score updates.

Akron Zips won their second consecutive Mid-American Conference Tournament championship, beating Miami RedHawks 76-74 with a buzzer-beater by Nate Johnson.

But if Akron shoots 3s like it did in Saturday's 76-74 win over Miami in the MAC tourney championship game, when the ...

is the head men's basketball coach at Miami (OH). Groce and his wife Allison have three children — Conner, Camden and Cate.

In the middle of the first half, Miami’s sizzling shooting guard Peter Suder had as many points (16) as the entire Akron team. The Zips trailed 34-16. I kept thinking, “The Zips are in huge trouble.” ...

Akron had previously won 24 games in two other regular seasons (2006-07 and 2019-20). The Zips prevailed in 14 consecutive games at one point en route to winning the MAC by three games over ...

Akron guard Tavari Johnson contributed 15 points. Lyles finished with six points and 14 rebounds for the Zips. Ipsaro posted 12 points for Miami. Akron led for just 2 minutes and 41 seconds.

Top-seeded Akron repeated as the MAC tourney champion Saturday night with a dramatic 76-74 win over No. 2 Miami, whose coach, Travis Steele, is the brother of Zips coach John Groce. In Friday's ...