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BracketBuster 2008

I know I am prejudice but, with Bradleys Basketball reputation, as opposed to 95% of the other possibles, and a FULL HOUSE at Carver, I would think ESPN and their sponsors, would love to have BU on TV!l :p
Follow the M-O-N-e-Y!
 
BradleyBrave said:
I was wondering today if 13-10 and a top 100 RPI would be enough for a TV game. If they take recent performances (winning 6 of 7), injuries (Ruffin), last year's prime-time performance (a road win at VCU), and name recognition (Sweet 16 2 years ago, NIT last year) into consideration, I would think that 2 wins this week would get us a TV game. It might an 11 AM game, but a TV game on the ESPN family nonetheless. All things considered, getting on TV at this point would be pretty impressive. However, this isn't the NCAA Selection Committee, so who knows what they look at.

But, one game at a time. Let's get back to .500 in the league tonight before we start booking our TV game in February.
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Yea, let's win 2 more games first.

But I actually think our name recognition (the Valley, frankly, has become the flagship of the whole shindig, and we've got a sweet 16, and we've got a nationally recognized PG in Ruffin) will cheat us into a TV game.

Man, so this is what it feels like to be a BCS school.
 
Updated after games played through Wed 1-30, rpi from JPalm's site at www.collegerpi.com.

Home
18 St Mary's
24 Butler
46 Illinois State
49 Ohio
60 Oral Roberts
63 Cleveland State
69 So Illinois
75 Akron
86 CS Northridge
90 Valparaiso
91 Appalachian State
101 No Iowa
102 Utah State
103 Bradley
104 Wisc-GB
108 Winthrop
111 Boise State
123 No Arizona
130 Missouri State
131 East Tn St
134 Pacific
140 Austin Peay
141 New Mexico State
148 Holy Cross
154 CS Fullerton
158 UNC-Wilmington
159 William & Mary
160 Loyola (Maryland)
163 Old Dominion
171 Murray State
184 Fresno State
202 UC Irvine
206 James Madison
212 Toledo
217 Drexel
220 Iona
225 Towson
239 Eastern Kentucky
253 Buffalo
262 Eastern Michigan
268 Elon
271 Manhattan
286 No Illinois
294 Detroit
309 UC Riverside
316 St Peter's
323 Canisius
326 Louisiana Tech
339 Eastern Illinois
340 Jacksonville State

ROAD
6 Drake
40 Kent State
48 George Mason
55 Creighton
64 VCU
70 Miami (Ohio)
78 Wright State
79 Nevada
82 Davidson
93 Wisconsin-Milwaukee
95 Georgia Southern
98 UC Santa Barbara
100 Marist
106 Niagara
110 Siena
118 Rider
119 Indiana State
151 Portland State
157 Illinois-Chicago
165 Wichita State
172 Delaware
175 Western Michigan
176 Central Michigan
180 Northeastern
185 Vermont
187 Youngstown State
193 Bowling Green
198 San Jose State
199 Cal Poly
201 Bucknell
213 Albany
218 Fairfield
222 Morehead State
224 Binghamton
235 Loyola (Illinois)
246 Hofstra
247 SE Missouri State
249 Tennessee-Martin
252 High Point
256 Evansville
257 Hawaii
258 Tennessee State
273 UC Davis
284 Georgia State
289 Boston University
292 Samford
296 Ball State
305 Tennessee Tech
317 Idaho
320 Long Beach State
 
Just guessing here. I think only the first 2 games are pretty look like solid matchups, after that... no clue. (Home team on left)

18 St Mary's vs 40 Kent State
24 Butler vs 6 Drake
46 Illinois State vs 48 George Mason
49 Ohio vs 64 VCU
60 Oral Roberts vs 55 Creighton
63 Cleveland St vs 82 Davidson
69 So Illinois vs 79 Nevada
75 Akron vs 78 Wright State
86 CS Northridge vs 151 Portland State
90 Valparaiso vs 70 Miami (Ohio)
91 Appalachian St vs 100 Marist
101 No Iowa vs 118 Rider
102 Utah State vs 98 UC Santa Barbara
103 Bradley vs 106 Niagara
104 Wisc-GB vs 119 Indiana State
108 Winthrop vs 95 Georgia Southern
111 Boise State vs 93 Wisc-Milwaukee
123 No Arizona vs 110 Siena
130 Missouri State vs 157 Illinois-Chicago
 
If only ESPN would at least add any additional home teams Internet video feed via 360....
 
There has been a little movement in the RPI in the past couple days. We are 99 today. I think Niagara looks like a REAL good fit now. (Wisc-Mil dropped to 120, btw) I could go thru the numbers again later today, but I might just wait til after today's announcement of tv games. I'm not holding my breath for Bradley to get one, but I have seen stranger things happen - who knows. Anyway... Monday will be the announcement for the rest of the matchups.
 
Here is Lunardi's guesses:

??? Drake (19-1, 10-0 Missouri Valley) at Butler (19-2, 8-2 Horizon League)
??? Kent State (17-4, 6-1 MAC) at St. Mary's (17-3, 4-1 West Coast Conference)
??? Davidson (14-6, 12-0 SoCon) at Illinois State (15-6, 7-3 Missouri Valley)
??? VCU (15-5, 8-2 CAA) at Oral Roberts (14-5, 9-0 Summit League)
??? Nevada (13-7, 5-2 WAC) at Southern Illinois (11-10, 6-4 Missouri Valley)
??? George Mason (15-6, 7-3 CAA) at Ohio U. (14-6, 5-2 MAC)
??? Creighton (14-6, 5-5 Missouri Valley) at CS Northridge (15-4, 7-0 Big West)
??? UC Santa Barbara (16-5, 5-3 Big West) at Utah State (15-6, 5-1 WAC)
??? Niagara (13-6, 7-3 MAAC) at Akron (15-5, 5-2 MAC)
??? Rider (16-6, 9-2 MAAC) at Boise State (15-5, 6-2 WAC)
??? Siena (13-7, 8-2 MAAC) at Cleveland State (14-8, 7-3 Horizon League)
??? Georgia Southern (14-8, 7-5 SoCon) at Valparaiso (14-7, 5-4 Horizon League)
??? Wright State (12-6, 5-4 Horizon League) at Appalachian State (13-7, 8-3 SoCon)
??? Marist (14-8, 8-3 MAAC) at Winthrop (14-7, 5-1 Big South)

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blo...pn/blog/index?entryID=3225456&name=ncbexperts
 
Bracket Buster pairings are coming Monday. The 14 TV matchups are released at 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU). The rest are made public around the same time.
 
MacabreMob said:
Here is Lunardi's guesses:

??? Drake (19-1, 10-0 Missouri Valley) at Butler (19-2, 8-2 Horizon League)
??? Kent State (17-4, 6-1 MAC) at St. Mary's (17-3, 4-1 West Coast Conference)
??? Davidson (14-6, 12-0 SoCon) at Illinois State (15-6, 7-3 Missouri Valley)
??? VCU (15-5, 8-2 CAA) at Oral Roberts (14-5, 9-0 Summit League)
??? Nevada (13-7, 5-2 WAC) at Southern Illinois (11-10, 6-4 Missouri Valley)
??? George Mason (15-6, 7-3 CAA) at Ohio U. (14-6, 5-2 MAC)
??? Creighton (14-6, 5-5 Missouri Valley) at CS Northridge (15-4, 7-0 Big West)
??? UC Santa Barbara (16-5, 5-3 Big West) at Utah State (15-6, 5-1 WAC)
??? Niagara (13-6, 7-3 MAAC) at Akron (15-5, 5-2 MAC)
??? Rider (16-6, 9-2 MAAC) at Boise State (15-5, 6-2 WAC)
??? Siena (13-7, 8-2 MAAC) at Cleveland State (14-8, 7-3 Horizon League)
??? Georgia Southern (14-8, 7-5 SoCon) at Valparaiso (14-7, 5-4 Horizon League)
??? Wright State (12-6, 5-4 Horizon League) at Appalachian State (13-7, 8-3 SoCon)
??? Marist (14-8, 8-3 MAAC) at Winthrop (14-7, 5-1 Big South)

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blo...pn/blog/index?entryID=3225456&name=ncbexperts
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BU could easily slide into SIU's slot with a win tonight and an SIU loss. BU would have then won 5 straight, be 6-5 in conference, and 13-10 overall. I still think the chances are slim, but I didn't realize they were televising 14 games.
 
shaunguth said:
Bracket Buster pairings are coming Monday. The 14 TV matchups are released at 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU). The rest are made public around the same time.
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Thanks shaunguth.

For some reason I thought they were gonna do the tv games announcement today then the rest Monday. Musta been how they did it in the past and ESPN didn't email me the memo on the format change. ;)
 
Here are my guesses at the TV games after games played thru 2-2 (Home team on left):

St Mary's vs Kent
Butler vs Drake
ISU vs George Mason
Ohio vs VCU
ORU vs Davidson
Akron vs Creighton
SIU vs Wright St
Cleve St vs Marist
Valpo vs Mia (Oh)
Utah St vs Portland St
App St vs Rider
Bradley vs Nevada
CS-Northridge vs Niagara
Austin Peay vs Siena

couple extra games paired....

UNI vs W Mich
Wi-GB vs Indiana St
Winthrop vs Georgia So
Boise St vs UCSB

TV coverage breakdown by Conference:

5 MVC
4 Horizon, MAC, MAAC
2 Colonial, Southern, WAC
1 BigSky, BigWest, OVC, Summit, WCC
 
Here are the teams updated with RPI's as of games played thru 2-2.

HOME
22 St Mary's
23 Butler
44 Illinois State
50 Ohio
53 Oral Roberts
75 Akron
79 So Illinois
86 Cleveland State
87 Valparaiso
90 Utah State
94 Appalachian State
98 Bradley
99 No Iowa
103 Wisc-GB
104 CS Northridge
112 Winthrop
114 Boise State
122 Austin Peay
130 East Tn St
131 CS Fullerton
136 Pacific
139 New Mexico State
140 No Arizona
142 Holy Cross
145 Missouri State
150 William & Mary
158 Old Dominion
164 UNC-Wilmington
165 Loyola (Maryland)
172 Murray State
186 Toledo
187 Fresno State
189 UC Irvine
194 James Madison
205 Iona
219 Towson
223 Eastern Kentucky
227 Drexel
247 Eastern Michigan
258 Buffalo
266 Manhattan
267 Elon
277 No Illinois
278 Detroit
300 UC Riverside
316 Canisius
324 St Peter's
330 Louisiana Tech
337 Eastern Illinois
341 Jacksonville State

ROAD
8 Drake
45 Kent State
52 George Mason
54 Creighton
57 VCU
63 Wright State
70 Davidson
77 Miami (Ohio)
81 Nevada
93 Marist
96 UC Santa Barbara
102 Rider
105 Niagara
107 Georgia Southern
117 Indiana State
120 Siena
123 Wisconsin-Milwaukee
146 Portland State
149 Illinois-Chicago
163 Western Michigan
167 Wichita State
169 Central Michigan
170 Northeastern
180 Delaware
191 Bowling Green
193 Vermont
199 Bucknell
201 Youngstown State
203 San Jose State
209 Albany
210 Morehead State
218 Cal Poly
221 Loyola (Illinois)
230 Binghamton
237 Fairfield
244 Hofstra
245 Tennessee-Martin
252 High Point
259 SE Missouri State
260 Hawaii
261 Evansville
268 Tennessee State
272 Boston University
273 Samford
276 UC Davis
288 Georgia State
295 Ball State
299 Tennessee Tech
315 Idaho
322 Long Beach State
 
i watched the game yesterday between rider and siena....siena matches us better, but rider smoked them. They have a 6'11'' NBA prospect who is an absolute stud and then his younger brother is a guard who is pretty good as well...I wouldnt mind seeing the Broncs coming to town
 
Question, are we obligated to play an away game next year against our Bracket Buster opponent? If so, I hope it is Neveda. Lake Tahoe road trip.
 
Doesn't Illinois St have the arena booked on that Saturday? I think they can only host the midnight game.



Just imagine if they can't get a TV game because of it - there's no way they drop another top team to play ISU if it's not a TV game - which means ISU doesn't get the quality opponent it DESPERATELY needs right now.
 
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