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

Akron's Nate Johnson hit a game-winning layup in the final two seconds to beat the RedHawks and send the Zips dancing.

Akron Zips guard Nate Johnson puts up the game-winning shot guarded by Miami (Oh) Redhawks guard Peter Suder in the second ...

Nate Johnson hit a short pull-up jumper with two seconds left and top-seeded Akron rallied from 18 points down to beat Miami ...

Nate Johnson hit a short pull-up jumper with two seconds left and top-seeded Akron rallied from 18 points down to beat Miami ...

BOTTOM LINE: Akron and Miami (OH) meet in the MAC Championship. The Zips have gone 19-1 against MAC opponents, with a 7-5 ...

Nate Johnson hit a short pull-up jumper with two seconds left and top-seeded Akron rallied from 18 points down to beat Miami ...

RedHawks (23-8, 14-4 MAC) Cleveland; Thursday, 4 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: RedHawks -5.5; over/under is 149.5 BOTTOM LINE: Miami (OH) and Eastern Michigan square off in the MAC Tournament. The ...

Miami is on the same side of the bracket as Kent State, so it will likely have to get through both the Golden Flashes and Akron to make the NCAA tournament. Steele's RedHawks made the MAC ...

No. 1 Akron fought back from an 18-point deficit to beat No. 2 Miami (OH) 76-4 and punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament.