ISU may play U of I next year

[tornado]

well...they appear to at least be in the same bracket in a tournament in Cancun in 2011-2012, but I'll bet Illinois will do every thing in their power to be sure they DO NOT face any other in-state school.
ISU also gets to host two cupcakes, so in the end this may not give them anything tougher than a game against Rutgers and Lipscomb...

http://www.goredbirds.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012811aad.html

so far I am not too impressed, since the links to their web site go to a blank page..

http://www.tccollegesports.net/cancun.asp?eventid=14

http://www.triplecrownsports.com/college/#

[AZ BU Fan]

I thought we wanted ISU R to improve their schedule

[cpacmel]

ISU will play Lipscomb and SIU-E in Normal.

Regardless of the outcomes of those games, the match-ups in Cancun will be:

ISU vs. Rutgers

Illinois vs. Richmond

The winners will then meet and the losers of those games will play as well.

[TheAsianSensation]

Lipscomb is at least a competent A-Sun school. Of course, that's the A-Sun we're talking about, so that'll be a overall negative.

Rutgers would be a negative too, but just the mere fact they're a Big East school makes this a headliner for ISU. Even if ISU misses UI, Richmond will be a solid RPI Top 75 game.

Please, please, PLEASE tell me their SIUE series was folded into this and they're not playing twice next year.

[dogsrus]

Who cares who you are playing ...schedules be dam*ned....your going to Cancun. Beats the heck out of Massachusets.

I hope BU can give us another warm weather roadie.....Cancun would be great...Puerto Rico...Hawaii....

[TheAsianSensation]

Also, the tournament is putting the top 2 teams in the semifinals (UI, Richmond). Curious tournament decision.

[MacabreMob]

ISU will play Lipscomb and SIU-E in Normal.

Regardless of the outcomes of those games, the match-ups in Cancun will be:

ISU vs. Rutgers

Illinois vs. Richmond

The winners will then meet and the losers of those games will play as well.

Too bad for ISU wanting a crack at UIUC, cause the Redbirds will be facing Richmond in the Championship.