BracketBusters 2010

[MacabreMob]

But we do play 2 more games before the BB Committee pretty much decides who's gonna be playing who on tv.

Also - I goofed. I was thinking announcements were Feb 6th... they are not... TV Matchups will be announced Monday Feb 1st.

The ISU game is HUGE!

[TheAsianSensation]

Yea - I saw that. And I kinda think the MAC is somewhat of a mess too.

Yeah, but they all suck. The CAA's mess is filled with good teams.

[TheAsianSensation]

Our fates change daily.

ESPN2
1) Siena @ Butler (MAAC #1 vs. Horizon #1) - Obvious
2) Old Dominion @ Northern Iowa (CAA #1 vs. MVC #1) - Obvious
3) Wichita St @ Utah St (MVC #2 vs. WAC #2) - I just can't find a good place for WSU. Perhaps Kent St instead of USU
4) William & Mary @ Kent St (CAA #3 vs. MAC #1) - WMU is lucky the power of the CAA is on the home side of the split
5) Louisiana Tech @ George Mason (WAC #1 vs. CAA #2) - LT gets a name opponent

The U
6) Charleston @ VCU (SoCon #1 vs. CAA #4) - This is me putting faith in VCU
7) Nevada @ Creighton (WAC #3 vs. MVC #3) - That's right, all of a sudden it's Creighton in the MVC 3 hole
8 ) Western Carolina @ Murray St (SoCon #2 vs. OVC #1) - Self-explanatory, IMO
9) New Mexico St @ Pacific (WAC #4 vs. Big West #1) - 4 teams for the WAC is too many, but otherwise, someone would have to travel big
10) Akron @ Green Bay (MAC #2 vs. Horizon #2) - Self-explanatory
11) Fairfield @ Northeastern (MAAC #3 vs. CAA #5) - N'eastern sorta gets screwed here

ESPN360
12) Morehead St @ Illinois St (OVC #2 vs. MVC #4) - Poor ISU
13) Morgan St @ Iona (MEAC #1 vs. MAAC #2) - Both deserve ESPNU but won't get it

Break it down!
CAA 5
MVC 4
WAC 4
MAAC 3
SoCon 2
MAC 2
Horizon 2
OVC 2
MEAC 1
Big West 1

Last 4 out
Drexel
Missouri St
Bradley
St Peter's

Off the TV - top games
1) Indiana St @ St Peter's (MVC #7 vs. MAAC #4)
2) Wright St @ Missouri St (Horizon #3 vs. MVC #5)
3) Buffalo @ Vermont (MAC #3 vs. AEast #2)
4) Drexel @ Radford (CAA #6 vs. Big South #2) - Drexel really gets the shaft this year, because there's no way ESPN will be willing to give the CAA 6
5) Western Michigan @ Bradley (MAC #4 vs. MVC #6) - This ruins Bradley's SoS, by the way. As a side note, the SoS is already down to 25. Down down down...

[TheAsianSensation]

Oh, and while we're here, for the second straight year, I would humbly request that we get Drexel if we're not on TV.

Or else.

[MacabreMob]

Been busy and finally got chance to get to an update.

RPI after games played thru 1-27

HOME
21 Northern Iowa
25 Butler
55 VCU
65 Utah St
67 Northeastern
71 Kent
73 Iona
83 Missouri St
84 Murray St
99 Pacific
104 Bradley
106 UW-GB
107 George Mason
110 Creighton
116 Illinois St
133 Bowling Green
138 S Illinois
139 Ohio
142 St Peter's
146 Austin Peay
151 E Kentucky
152 Cleveland St
157 UW-Milwaukee
161 Fresno St
163 Detroit
164 Appalachian St
167 Radford
169 Miami-Oh
170 Vermont
172 Hofstra
181 Montana State
189 Canisius
194 Loyola-Md
198 C Michigan
204 Deleware
206 Idaho
209 E Illinois
220 Boise St
222 CS-Fullerton
223 Manhattan
225 Hawaii
231 CS-Northridge
245 UC-Irvine
249 Ball St
253 Georgia St
259 UC-Riverside
272 Evansville
282 Gardner Webb
287 Jacksonville St

ROAD
38 Siena
39 Old Dominion
50 Wichita St
51 William and Mary
58 Louisiana Tech
60 Western Carolina
70 Nevada
86 College of Charleston
88 Buffalo
92 Indiana St
108 New Mexico St
109 Drexel
113 Akron
117 Fairfield
118 Morehead St
122 Wright St
124 Long Beach St
125 W Michigan
127 San Jose St
129 Morgan St
141 Oral Roberts
153 Loyola
154 Rider
158 UC Santa Barbara
159 Boston
173 Valparaiso
174 Niagara
180 Drake
185 UNC Wilmington
196 Tennessee Tech
228 Youngstown St
230 James Madison
234 Winthrop
239 Cal Poly
240 E Michigan
244 N Illinois
255 South Carolina St
260 New Hampshire
266 Southeast Missouri
280 Illinois-Chicago
281 Elon
283 Tennessee St
300 UC Davis
306 Towson
320 Toledo
322 SIU-Edwardsville
324 Presbyterian
335 Tennessee-Martin
339 Marist

Projections....

TV GAMES
Northern Iowa vs Old Dominion
Butler vs Siena
Utah St vs Wichita St
Kent vs Western Carolina
VCU vs Louisiana Tech
Northeastern vs Buffalo
Murray St vs College of Charleston
Iona vs William and Mary
Pacific vs Morehead St
Missouri St vs Nevada
UW-GB vs Akron
George Mason vs Fairfield
Creighton vs UC Santa Barbara

SOME OTHER MATCHUPS
Ohio vs Indiana St
Austin Peay vs Wright St
Radford vs Morgan St
Appalachian St vs Boston
Bradley vs New Mexico St
Illinois St vs Long Beach St
Bowling Green vs Drexel
St Peter's vs W Michigan
Vermont vs Rider
E Kentucky vs Valparaiso
Cleveland St vs Oral Roberts
Detroit vs San Jose St
UW-Milwaukee vs Drake
S Illinois vs Loyola

[MacabreMob]

After games played thru 1-28-10

HOME
20 Northern Iowa
26 Butler
57 VCU
63 Utah St
66 Northeastern
70 Kent
81 Missouri St
83 Murray St
84 Iona
90 Pacific
102 Bradley
103 George Mason
105 Creighton
108 UW-GB
121 Illinois St
128 Austin Peay
133 Bowling Green
135 Ohio
146 St Peter's
147 S Illinois
149 Appalachian St
152 Detroit
153 E Kentucky
154 Cleveland St
165 Miami-Oh
166 UW-Milwaukee
168 Radford
172 Vermont
173 Hofstra
177 Fresno St
187 Montana State
195 Canisius
196 Loyola-Md
198 Idaho
200 Deleware
206 C Michigan
210 E Illinois
211 Ball St
212 Boise St
222 CS-Fullerton
228 Manhattan
230 Hawaii
245 UC-Irvine
247 Georgia St
250 CS-Northridge
267 UC-Riverside
269 Evansville
279 Jacksonville St
297 Gardner Webb

ROAD
31 Siena
42 Old Dominion
49 Wichita St
51 William and Mary
55 Louisiana Tech
71 Nevada
72 Western Carolina
86 Indiana St
94 College of Charleston
106 New Mexico St
107 Drexel
111 Buffalo
113 Fairfield
114 Akron
117 Long Beach St
118 Morehead St
124 Wright St
126 W Michigan
127 San Jose St
129 Morgan St
140 Oral Roberts
157 Rider
158 UC Santa Barbara
159 Loyola
162 Boston
169 Valparaiso
178 Drake
179 Niagara
192 UNC Wilmington
194 Tennessee Tech
226 Winthrop
229 Youngstown St
233 James Madison
239 N Illinois
242 E Michigan
243 Cal Poly
256 New Hampshire
257 South Carolina St
272 Southeast Missouri
274 UC Davis
281 Tennessee St
288 Illinois-Chicago
298 Elon
304 Towson
319 Toledo
321 SIU-Edwardsville
322 Presbyterian
335 Tennessee-Martin
336 Marist

PROJECTED MATCHUPS
Northern Iowa vs Old Dominion
Butler vs Siena
Utah St vs Wichita St
Kent vs Nevada
VCU vs New Mexico St
Northeastern vs Western Carolina
Murray St vs Morgan St
Iona vs College of Charleston
Pacific vs Louisiana Tech
Missouri St vs Morehead St
George Mason vs Buffalo
UW-GB vs Akron
Creighton vs William and Mary

11 of those 13 matchups are tv games, not sure if 360 will cover 2 more games.

[MacabreMob]

PROJECTED MATCHUPS
Northern Iowa vs Old Dominion
Butler vs Siena
Utah St vs Wichita St
Kent vs Nevada
VCU vs New Mexico St
Northeastern vs Western Carolina
Murray St vs Morgan St
Iona vs College of Charleston
Pacific vs Louisiana Tech
Missouri St vs Morehead St
George Mason vs Buffalo
UW-GB vs Akron
Creighton vs William and Mary

11 of those 13 matchups are tv games, not sure if 360 will cover 2 more games.

And just for fun... here's a few more matchups:

Ohio vs Wright St
Austin Peay vs Indiana St
Radford vs Fairfield
Appalachian St vs Drexel
Bradley vs W Michigan
Illinois St vs Long Beach St
Bowling Green vs Valparaiso
Miami-Oh vs Oral Roberts
St Peter's vs Boston
Vermont vs Rider
Cleveland St vs San Jose St
Detroit vs UC Santa Barbara
UW-Milwaukee vs Drake
S Illinois vs Loyola

[LittleBrave]

Would like to see Nevada @ Missouri State.
That might happen if MSU knocks off UNI on Saturday.

[TheAsianSensation]

It's abundantly clear we're off TV now. After WSU and UNI, we're behind ISU and Creighton in conference record, and tied with MSU who has a superior record. The computer profile has dissolved, and there's no way ESPN reaches 6 deep in the MVC.

Time to scrounge around for a good opponent not on TV. Once again, I'm rooting for the top CAA team that isn't going to be on TV: Drexel. Start up the CAA bandwagon!

The MVC pecking order probably goes
UNI
WSU
ISU
CU
MSU

[MacabreMob]

After games played thru 1/30

HOME
18 Northern Iowa
22 Butler
53 Utah St
54 Northeastern
61 VCU
67 Kent
83 Missouri St
85 Iona
90 Murray St
95 Pacific
104 George Mason
106 Bradley
109 UW-GB
111 Creighton
118 Illinois St
126 Austin Peay
136 Ohio
143 St Peter's
144 S Illinois
149 Cleveland St
150 Bowling Green
151 Miami-Oh
155 E Kentucky
159 UW-Milwaukee
161 Detroit
166 Appalachian St
169 Radford
173 Vermont
174 Hofstra
182 Idaho
183 Fresno St
184 Montana State
185 C Michigan
189 Canisius
191 Loyola-Md
204 Boise St
205 Deleware
208 CS-Fullerton
209 Ball St
220 E Illinois
224 Manhattan
228 Hawaii
241 CS-Northridge
245 Georgia St
253 UC-Irvine
262 Evansville
265 UC-Riverside
270 Jacksonville St
305 Gardner Webb

ROAD
42 Siena
47 Old Dominion
49 Wichita St
51 William and Mary
65 Nevada
75 Louisiana Tech
76 Western Carolina
82 New Mexico St
87 Indiana St
94 College of Charleston
100 Drexel
101 Buffalo
112 Wright St
116 Morehead St
119 Akron
124 Fairfield
125 Long Beach St
128 San Jose St
129 Morgan St
132 Rider
133 W Michigan
138 Oral Roberts
160 Loyola
164 Boston
172 Drake
175 Valparaiso
176 UC Santa Barbara
180 Niagara
190 Tennessee Tech
203 Winthrop
210 UNC Wilmington
234 South Carolina St
239 James Madison
240 Youngstown St
247 N Illinois
248 E Michigan
258 New Hampshire
259 Cal Poly
276 Tennessee St
280 Southeast Missouri
284 Illinois-Chicago
285 UC Davis
287 Towson
295 Elon
314 SIU-Edwardsville
316 Toledo
318 Presbyterian
335 Tennessee-Martin
337 Marist

PROJECTED MATCHUPS
Northern Iowa vs Old Dominion
Butler vs Siena
Utah St vs Wichita St
Kent vs Nevada
VCU vs Louisiana Tech
Northeastern vs Western Carolina
Murray St vs Morgan St
Iona vs William and Mary
Pacific vs New Mexico St
Missouri St vs Morehead St
UW-GB vs College of Charleston
George Mason vs Buffalo
Ohio vs Wright St
Austin Peay vs Indiana St
Creighton vs Drexel
Illinois St vs Akron
Bradley vs W Michigan
E Kentucky vs Fairfield
Appalachian St vs Oral Roberts
Miami-Oh vs Valparaiso
Cleveland St vs Rider
S Illinois vs Loyola
UW-Milwaukee vs Drake

[TheAsianSensation]

My final predictions

ESPN2
1) Siena @ Butler
2) Old Dominion @ Northern Iowa
3) Wichita St @ Utah St
4) Louisiana Tech @ VCU
5) Nevada @ Missouri St

The U
6) William & Mary @ Kent St
7) New Mexico St @ Pacific
8 )Western Carolina @ Murray St
9) Charleston @ Northeastern
10) Akron @ Green Bay
11) Fairfield @ George Mason

ESPN360
12) Morgan St @ Illinois St
13) Wright St @ Iona

Off the board
Drexel @ Creighton
Buffalo @ St Peter's
Indiana St @ Ohio
Morehead St @ Southern Illinois
Western Michigan @ Bradley


But here's to Bradley pulling the strings to play out east. Drexel is my target. Ever other desirable name school is going to be on TV, however.

[BUFAN]

If memory serves me correct Creighton played Drexel two years ago and I don't think they repeat that often.