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  • BracketBusters 2010

    All this talk about the RPI - even though it is WAY TOO EARLY - has got me started on the BracketBuster thread for 2010.

    Teams are ranked by their RPI after games played through Friday 12/4. I will update this weekly or so and more often in late January.

    TV Matchups will be announced on Feb 1st (networks and time slots on Feb 8th).

    Here is the MVC press release from earlier this year:


    Here is a PDF press release showing the teams and their conferences:


    One thing I noticed... there are 3 teams ALREADY scheduled to play on Friday Feb 19th. Maybe their arenas were unavaliable on Saturday the 20th... or maybe they were hoping to get a leg up on a Friday TV slot. The three are UNI, SIU and South Carolina St. I have my doubts as to whether SIU will get a TV game, but it is way too early to tell. But what's funny is... South Carolina St is a ROAD team and UNI and SIU are a home team. Maybe SIU will get South Carolina St just because they are available and it won't be televised. LOL!

    Anyway - here's the list. Remember - we can't play someone we already played this season and we can't play someone in our conference (had to say that for Squirrel ).

    HOME TEAMS
    11 Missouri St
    12 Northern Iowa
    33 VCU
    44 Butler
    52 E Kentucky
    56 Murray St
    70 Kent
    79 Pacific
    84 UC-Riverside
    85 UW-GB
    95 Radford
    96 Bradley
    101 Hofstra
    105 UC-Irvine
    106 Detroit
    113 Canisius
    115 Loyola-Md
    123 Vermont
    124 CS-Northridge
    131 Austin Peay
    136 Montana State
    142 Idaho
    146 Illinois St
    154 St Peter's
    163 George Mason
    170 Miami-Oh
    172 Utah St
    175 Northeastern
    176 Boise St
    193 Iona
    202 Ohio
    209 Cleveland St
    218 S Illinois
    226 Appalachian St
    238 Manhattan
    239 Hawaii
    248 Georgia St
    263 Fresno St
    265 Evansville
    268 E Illinois
    269 UW-Milwaukee
    270 CS-Fullerton
    281 Gardner Webb
    284 Bowling Green
    285 Creighton
    287 Jacksonville St
    297 Ball St
    312 Deleware
    323 C Michigan

    ROAD TEAMS
    24 William and Mary
    32 Long Beach St
    41 Nevada
    42 Loyola
    43 Indiana St
    49 Western Carolina
    74 Louisiana Tech
    80 San Jose St
    81 E Michigan
    83 Wright St
    99 Siena
    103 Old Dominion
    107 Rider
    118 Youngstown St
    128 Buffalo
    130 Niagara
    133 UNC Wilmington
    134 W Michigan
    152 Boston
    160 Wichita St
    161 Morgan St
    190 Akron
    201 Drexel
    203 Tennessee Tech
    205 New Hampshire
    208 New Mexico St
    214 James Madison
    232 College of Charleston
    234 Fairfield
    240 Drake
    242 UC Santa Barbara
    243 Oral Roberts
    254 Southeast Missouri
    257 N Illinois
    259 Valparaiso
    271 Morehead St
    278 Toledo
    283 Presbyterian
    288 Towson
    291 Elon
    298 Tennessee St
    305 UC Davis
    317 SIU-Edwardsville
    320 Illinois-Chicago
    328 Cal Poly
    330 Winthrop
    343 Tennessee-Martin
    345 Marist
    347 South Carolina St

  • #2
    Time to fire up my CAA bandwagon. Let's get ODU or Drexel in there.

    And once again, all the power in the BB is in the home side of the split, not the away. Which means a few unfortunate teams will get useless home games. I'm already preparing to whine about it.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by TheAsianSensation View Post
      ... I'm already preparing to whine about it.
      Hey - right now, Wright St looks like a good fit.

      Get ready to reach thru your computer and punch something.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by MacabreMob View Post
        Hey - right now, Wright St looks like a good fit.

        Get ready to reach thru your computer and punch something.
        It's OK this year. Loyola is the only Horizon team on the sked. Now, if there were 4 of them....

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        • #5
          Not sure why UNI is locked into the Friday game of BB. There are no known conflicts in the McLeod Center or UNI-Dome on Saturday. I'll have to try to find out more info on this.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by TheAsianSensation View Post
            It's OK this year. Loyola is the only Horizon team on the sked. Now, if there were 4 of them....
            Hmmm, we haven't played Youngstown St. yet and they are in the RPI vicinity of teams we may draw!

            Seriously though Siena, Niagara or ODU again would be nice. We need to avenge the loss to ODU earlier this year, so that would make the most sense!

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            • #7
              Just an update as we head into a weekend of games.

              HOME TEAMS
              24 VCU
              25 Missouri St
              29 Butler
              57 Hofstra
              58 Radford
              63 Austin Peay
              77 Pacific
              87 Kent
              89 Murray St
              99 UW-GB
              100 Vermont
              109 CS-Northridge
              110 Bradley
              126 E Kentucky
              127 Montana State
              129 Idaho
              131 George Mason
              133 Ohio
              141 Miami-Oh
              148 Iona
              149 UC-Irvine
              157 UC-Riverside
              166 Manhattan
              169 Appalachian St
              174 Illinois St
              178 Utah St
              182 Canisius
              185 UW-Milwaukee
              186 Northeastern
              191 Loyola-Md
              193 Boise St
              195 CS-Fullerton
              197 S Illinois
              201 Fresno St
              209 Detroit
              214 C Michigan
              217 Bowling Green
              219 Georgia St
              224 Creighton
              235 Ball St
              236 Northern Iowa
              239 Gardner Webb
              242 St Peter's
              256 Evansville
              257 E Illinois
              258 Hawaii
              276 Cleveland St
              288 Jacksonville St
              305 Deleware

              ROAD TEAMS

              18 Western Carolina
              19 William and Mary
              33 Long Beach St
              36 Loyola
              59 E Michigan
              65 Siena
              68 Indiana St
              79 Buffalo
              82 Louisiana Tech
              84 Nevada
              91 W Michigan
              103 Niagara
              107 Old Dominion
              123 Wright St
              124 Morgan St
              140 Fairfield
              142 Akron
              144 Boston
              146 Illinois-Chicago
              154 New Mexico St
              155 Wichita St
              160 College of Charleston
              161 UNC Wilmington
              165 Youngstown St
              167 Tennessee Tech
              171 Drexel
              180 San Jose St
              188 Rider
              196 Valparaiso
              200 Oral Roberts
              208 New Hampshire
              212 Elon
              216 UC Santa Barbara
              236 N Illinois
              246 Cal Poly
              252 South Carolina St
              260 Winthrop
              265 Drake
              266 Southeast Missouri
              275 Morehead St
              277 James Madison
              280 Presbyterian
              290 Towson
              299 Tennessee St
              308 Toledo
              327 UC Davis
              330 SIU-Edwardsville
              338 Tennessee-Martin
              343 Marist

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              • #8
                Here we are just before Christmas.

                HOME
                12 VCU
                21 Butler
                33 Northern Iowa*
                43 Missouri St
                55 Austin Peay
                62 Kent
                79 Murray St
                85 Radford
                97 Hofstra
                99 Pacific
                105 UW-GB
                108 Ohio
                118 Bradley
                122 Appalachian St
                128 Montana State
                131 Vermont
                134 E Kentucky
                135 George Mason
                147 S Illinois*
                148 Iona
                149 Miami-Oh
                150 Idaho
                152 Illinois St
                157 Manhattan
                160 UW-Milwaukee
                168 Loyola-Md
                169 Utah St
                175 Canisius
                178 CS-Northridge
                181 E Illinois
                183 Northeastern
                184 Detroit
                185 Boise St
                193 UC-Irvine
                195 Hawaii
                196 Bowling Green
                202 UC-Riverside
                211 Creighton
                218 Cleveland St
                220 C Michigan
                222 Georgia St
                229 St Peter's
                234 Ball St
                236 Fresno St
                240 Deleware
                262 Gardner Webb
                281 Evansville
                287 CS-Fullerton
                328 Jacksonville St

                ROAD
                7 William and Mary
                17 Western Carolina
                35 Long Beach St
                37 Old Dominion
                42 Buffalo
                48 Indiana St
                49 Loyola
                56 Siena
                72 Nevada
                75 Niagara
                95 Morgan St
                100 Wichita St
                104 Louisiana Tech
                106 W Michigan
                120 Oral Roberts
                127 Drexel
                136 San Jose St
                140 Wright St
                142 Fairfield
                145 Rider
                153 UNC Wilmington
                158 Youngstown St
                161 E Michigan
                163 Boston
                171 College of Charleston
                179 New Mexico St
                180 Akron
                192 Tennessee Tech
                200 UC Santa Barbara
                224 South Carolina St*
                237 New Hampshire
                245 Elon
                250 Morehead St
                252 Southeast Missouri
                255 Valparaiso
                260 Drake
                270 Winthrop
                271 Illinois-Chicago
                273 James Madison
                283 Cal Poly
                285 N Illinois
                290 Tennessee St
                294 Towson
                295 Presbyterian
                300 Toledo
                310 SIU-Edwardsville
                318 Tennessee-Martin
                333 UC Davis
                346 Marist

                *Teams already scheduled for Friday

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                • #9
                  In the Christmas spirit, I thought I would give a prediction based on today's RPI's.

                  Top 15 matchups:

                  VCU vs Western Carolina
                  Butler vs William and Mary
                  Northern Iowa vs Long Beach St
                  Missouri St vs Old Dominion
                  Austin Peay vs Buffalo
                  Kent vs Indiana St
                  Murray St vs Loyola
                  Radford vs Siena
                  Hofstra vs Niagara
                  Pacific vs Wichita St
                  UW-GB vs Nevada
                  Ohio vs Morgan St
                  Bradley vs W Michigan
                  Appalachian St vs Louisiana Tech
                  Montana State vs Oral Roberts

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                  • #10
                    This early in the year, you'd probably get a more accurate projection using Sagarin because of it's PREDICTOR element (forward-looking) In theory RPI should move in Sagarin's blended direction with more data.

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                    • #11
                      By request, an update:

                      HOME
                      20 Butler
                      22 Northern Iowa
                      27 Missouri St
                      37 VCU
                      67 Northeastern
                      80 S Illinois
                      81 Pacific
                      83 Illinois St
                      84 Murray St
                      85 Kent
                      96 Austin Peay
                      97 UW-GB
                      103 Ohio
                      104 George Mason
                      107 Bradley
                      113 Iona
                      114 E Kentucky
                      119 Radford
                      127 Idaho
                      132 Utah St
                      135 Montana State
                      136 Hofstra
                      147 Appalachian St
                      150 Detroit
                      155 Vermont
                      157 Loyola-Md
                      165 Bowling Green
                      167 UW-Milwaukee
                      184 Miami-Oh
                      187 Cleveland St
                      190 Canisius
                      191 Creighton
                      192 Fresno St
                      196 Boise St
                      197 E Illinois
                      207 CS-Northridge
                      209 Hawaii
                      211 C Michigan
                      213 Ball St
                      216 Deleware
                      217 UC-Riverside
                      228 UC-Irvine
                      231 St Peter's
                      245 Manhattan
                      252 Georgia St
                      269 Evansville
                      275 Gardner Webb
                      276 CS-Fullerton
                      327 Jacksonville St


                      ROAD
                      19 William and Mary
                      26 Western Carolina
                      42 Old Dominion
                      47 Siena
                      53 Nevada
                      55 Long Beach St
                      63 Indiana St
                      64 Loyola
                      65 W Michigan
                      77 Louisiana Tech
                      82 Wichita St
                      91 Buffalo
                      102 UNC Wilmington
                      109 San Jose St
                      111 Wright St
                      115 Drexel
                      122 Fairfield
                      125 Niagara
                      128 Oral Roberts
                      137 College of Charleston
                      143 Rider
                      145 Morgan St
                      152 Boston
                      158 UC Santa Barbara
                      162 Akron
                      175 New Mexico St
                      181 South Carolina St
                      183 E Michigan
                      186 Tennessee Tech
                      202 Morehead St
                      220 Youngstown St
                      229 Valparaiso
                      240 Illinois-Chicago
                      255 New Hampshire
                      259 Elon
                      263 Winthrop
                      267 Cal Poly
                      270 James Madison
                      271 Drake
                      272 Southeast Missouri
                      273 Tennessee St
                      279 Presbyterian
                      281 N Illinois
                      295 Toledo
                      300 Tennessee-Martin
                      304 SIU-Edwardsville
                      309 UC Davis
                      312 Towson
                      345 Marist

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                      • #12
                        Looks like I may finally get my dream matchup with Niagara.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by squirrelgotdead View Post
                          Looks like I may finally get my dream matchup with Niagara.
                          Is there any way you can get their staff to stay in Peoria?
                          Onward and Upward!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by squirrelgotdead View Post
                            Looks like I may finally get my dream matchup with Niagara.
                            Right now - it looks like Wright St might be a good fit. (IMO)

                            And then maybe next year, when we make the return trip to the Dayton area - maybe, just maybe, we can get Xavier, Cincinnati, Dayton, or Miami on the schedule.

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                            • #15
                              1-5 odds they hand-pick UIC.

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