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Eagle66
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Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/29/2011 2:05:20 PM

With OOC play winding down, I thought I'd take a look at who we and the other MAC schools are matching up with before conference play begins affecting the RPI. I only used RPI (from rpiforecase.com) to rank and did not look up if the teams have already played. I did adjust if there was a MAC team playing another MAC team. Interesting to see there are 18 home teams with an RPI below 100 right now, but only 9 road teams.

TV Games
Northern Iowa (3) @ Iona (12)
Long Beach St. (13) @ Murray St. (16)
Wichita St. (25) @ Ohio (21)
St. Mary's (36) @ Creighton (38)
College of Charleston (52) @ Cleveland St. (42)
Lamar (39) @ Davidson (43)
Indiana St. (61) @ Oral Roberts (70)
Fairfield (75) @ Missouri St. (72)
Drake (78) @ North Dakota St. (73)
Nevada (104) @ South Dakota St. (74)
Drexel (110) @ Wisconsin Green Bay (77)
Eastern Washington (112) @ Wisconsin Milwaukee (79)
Oakland (113) @ Virginia Commonwealth (85)

Other MAC Games
UNC-Wilmington (122) @ Kent St. (92)
Buffalo (119) @ New Mexico State (94)
Akron (132) @ Northern Colorado (124)
Western Michigan (133) @ Manhattan (141)
Eastern Michigan (169) @ Coastal Carolina (159)
Tennessee St. (191) @ Central Michigan (202)
Texas San Antonio (198) @ Bowling Green (204)
Niagara (240) @ Northeastern (220)
Marist (263) @ Miami (238)
Nicholls St. (247) @ Toledo (261)
Northern Illinois (336) @ South Dakota (301)

Edit: Corrected two Southern Conference Teams playing each other in the TV Games.

Last Edited: 12/29/2011 3:22:34 PM by Eagle66

whocaresgobobcats
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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/29/2011 2:14:16 PM

If we did get WSU in the Convo...whoa. That'd be hoppin.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/29/2011 3:58:46 PM

I'm not going to complain if we get Wichita, because it would be a great game, but I think we might get a little more fan interest in the game if we had St. Marys. Even C of C might have a greater name recognition here than Wichita.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/29/2011 4:10:12 PM

Well done. Wow, the west coast teams are screwed travel-wise.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/29/2011 4:15:44 PM

I'd take any of those top 5-10 teams. I'd think Creighton or St. Mary's would be the best "name" to get the Convo hopping.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/29/2011 7:00:09 PM

Ozcat wrote:

I'd take any of those top 5-10 teams. I'd think Creighton or St. Mary's would be the best "name" to get the Convo hopping.

Creighton is a home team... St Mary's, C of C, WSU I think would all do well for us.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/29/2011 10:14:23 PM

Iona lost to an below .500 Hofstra team tonight. So that will do a number on their RPI.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/30/2011 12:55:53 AM

I'd throw Nevada in the mix of a good name. I agree though St. Mary's would be the best. Too bad CSU is a home team....

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/30/2011 2:00:17 AM

Would there be a solid chance of us getting Indiana St.? I'm not sure how much travel expenses and distances are taken into consideration by ESPN for the teams with higher RPI's. I know us vs. Wichita State would draw more fans but I can't see Akron taking a trip all the way to Northern Colorado for a game that most likely won't be on TV.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/30/2011 10:44:22 AM

Great stuff! I hoping for St. Marys or COC.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 12/30/2011 10:56:00 AM

GreenBleeder4Life wrote:

Yes, location is a factor, especially for the lower-tier games and probably to a lesser extent for the TV games.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 1/3/2012 2:34:26 PM

Updated following our last OOC game. Again straight RPI with minimal adjustments.

TV Games
Long Beach St. (16) @ Murray St. (15)
Northern Iowa (24) @ Iona (29)
St. Mary's (26) @ Creighton (18)
Wichita St. (30) @ Davidson (32)
Lamar (52) @ Cleveland St. (55)
College of Charleston (59) @ Missouri St. (60)
Indiana St. (65) @ Ohio (61)
Fairfield (83) @ Virginia Commonwealth (64)
UC Santa Barbara (85) @ Oral Roberts (66)
Drake (94) @ South Dakota St. (69)
Old Dominion (106) @ North Dakota St. (80)
Akron (112) @ Wisconsin Milwaukee (87)
Nevada (107) @ Kent St. (88)

Other MAC Games
Buffalo (113) @ Butler (90)
Western Michigan (117) @ New Mexico St. (93)
Eastern Michigan (192) @ Northeastern (181)
IUPFW (206) @ Ball St. (190)
Niagara (208) @ Central Michigan (194)
Presbyterian (221) @ Bowling Green (212)
Morehead St. (241) @ Miami OH (228)
Toledo (265) @ Idaho (246)
Northern Illinois (338) @ Radford (316)

Last Edited: 1/3/2012 2:43:03 PM by Eagle66

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 1/4/2012 3:10:10 PM

Eagle66 wrote:

My thoughts, no way ESPN leaves Butler out of a TV game.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 1/12/2012 11:16:10 PM

when or after what game are the pairings announced?

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 1/13/2012 8:08:15 AM

Turney13 wrote:

when or after what game are the pairings announced?

Matchups are announced Jan. 30th.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 1/13/2012 9:29:11 AM

If matchups were announced today, and if geography were not a factor, we would likely be hosting Santa Barbara, with Nevada and Indiana State being possibilities, too. Geography usually isn't a factor in TV games, as we have had a bracketbuster matchup with New Mexico St. in the past and I remember Akron being paired with Nevada. We are also right at the border of being broadcasted on ESPN/2 or ESPNU.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 1/13/2012 4:03:11 PM

IF, and it's a big if right now, OUr guys can take 4 of the next five games, I think they're positioned to get a good Bracketbuster opponent, and probably a TV game. Regardless of who they get, Bracketbuster Saturday is always a good time.

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 1/13/2012 8:22:29 PM

http://www.rpiforecast.com/bb.html

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RE: Bracket Busters

Posted: 1/13/2012 11:36:31 PM

Potential to get a true national TV game (ESPN2, not the U) if we continue winning. BracketBuster games have generally been exciting...some of the best I recall are George Mason, Detroit and Wright State. Worst: New Mexico State 20-point lead blown at halftime. The "best of " TOS there...

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