Marshall knows it's hitting the road: Herd is No. 13 seed in Mid-American Conference

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Marshall University has no idea of its opponent in the first roundof the Mid-American Conference tournament.

It could be Bowling Green or Western Michigan or Toledo or Miami(Ohio) or Akron or Buffalo or Kent State or Ohio.

The Herd also has no clue where it will play.

Except on the road, of course.

Marshall's record (5-20, 2-14 MAC) clinches that. The Herd isstaring down the barrel - the bottom of the barrel, that is - atbeing the No. 13 seed in a 13-team league.

Marshall would have to upset Akron at 7 tonight in the J.A.R. atAkron, Ohio, and, then, surprise Miami of Ohio at 2 p.m. Saturday inHuntington to gain the No. 12 …