BracketBusters to get busted after this season

[LittleBrave]

Good for the Valley! I think it would behoove the Valley to schedule some meaningful games in February vs. non-conf. foes.

I know I'm dreaming, but it would be cool to have the #1-#8 teams in the Valley go head-to-head with #1-#8 teams in CUSA. There could be some bracket-bustin' goin' on if that were to happen. A major obstacle would be the distance between schools.

Or have the MAC vs. Valley, though that might hurt the Valley rather than help as far as At-Large bids, considering the MAC is a 1-2 bid league annually. (I think)

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2012-12-11/espn-bracketbusters-ends-after-2013-season-maac-commissioner-says

[TheAsianSensation]

WCC is the obvious choice for me. If the MWC challenge is dead.

[Da Coach]

Barry Hinson is one a many mid-major coaches who are sorry to see the BracketBuster go-

https://twitter.com/CoachBHinson/status/278546130114060288

[Bravesfan]

Good for the Valley! I think it would behoove the Valley to schedule some meaningful games in February vs. non-conf. foes.

I know I'm dreaming, but it would be cool to have the #1-#8 teams in the Valley go head-to-head with #1-#8 teams in CUSA. There could be some bracket-bustin' goin' on if that were to happen. A major obstacle would be the distance between schools.

Or have the MAC vs. Valley, though that might hurt the Valley rather than help as far as At-Large bids, considering the MAC is a 1-2 bid league annually. (I think)

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...missioner-says

First, Sporting News better correct their facts and say the Bracketbusters started in 2003, not 2013!

Second, no MAC/Valley challange. The MAC may have a few decent teams each year, but there are too many scrub teams in that conference to help our RPI. We need to try to schedule a challange against the likes of CUSA, WCC or the A-10.

Third, there will be mixed feelings regarding the end of the Bracketbusters. It certainly has helped the best mid-major teams make the tournament, and in some cases helped with seeding. But when good teams play each other, this format hurts the half of the teams who lose. If everyone of the elite mid-majors scheduled a solid team in lieu of the Bracketbuster matchup, and they all won (though I guess it would still be good mid-major versus good mid-major), more teams potentially would make the tournament. On the other hand, the Barry Hinson's of the world view the Bracketbusters as the possible final chance for some of the mid-majors to earn a quality win before the end of the season, so I can definitely see their point as well.

[LittleBrave]

First, Sporting News better correct their facts and say the Bracketbusters started in 2003, not 2013!

Second, no MAC/Valley challange. The MAC may have a few decent teams each year, but there are too many scrub teams in that conference to help our RPI. We need to try to schedule a challange against the likes of CUSA, WCC or the A-10.

Third, there will be mixed feelings regarding the end of the Bracketbusters. It certainly has helped the best mid-major teams make the tournament, and in some cases helped with seeding. But when good teams play each other, this format hurts the half of the teams who lose. If everyone of the elite mid-majors scheduled a solid team in lieu of the Bracketbuster matchup, and they all won (though I guess it would still be good mid-major versus good mid-major), more teams potentially would make the tournament. On the other hand, the Barry Hinson's of the world view the Bracketbusters as the possible final chance for some of the mid-majors to earn a quality win before the end of the season, so I can definitely see their point as well.

No kidding - I saw that typo too - stood out loud!

BBusters was great at the outset before the number of schools doubled - then tripled, etc. I think it really helped SIU, Creighton, UNI during a few year period. It may have even helped Bradley get in to the tournament (??) in 2006 with an extra win on the resume.
But it didn't really do much for the Valley in giving them chances to improve their RPI. When the Shockers played VCU at home a couple years back, the loss hurt WSU and propelled VCU into the tourney, and we know what happened from there!

There wasn't a lot of interest beyond the top 2 games featured and it really became watered down.
Had it stayed with about 40-50 schools, I think it would have sustained success.

[JMM28]

Good riddance. Glad we won't have to play home and homes with whatever directional Tennessee schools. At least last year we wound up with Loyola which has some value outside of their 200+ RPI.

[Da Coach]

Good riddance. Glad we won't have to play home and homes with whatever directional Tennessee schools. At least last year we wound up with Loyola which has some value outside of their 200+ RPI.

Actually, one of the best points about the BB was that it automatically added 2 non-conference games to the schedule without much work to do so. Now schools like Bradley, who already put in many hours of work to get games scheduled, will have to work even harder to replace those 2 non-conference games every year.

[amckillip]

Actually, one of the best points about the BB was that it automatically added 2 non-conference games to the schedule without much work to do so. Now schools like Bradley, who already put in many hours of work to get games scheduled, will have to work even harder to replace those 2 non-conference games every year.

Yeah, but I don't mind having a choice in those schools instead of being forced to do a home and away with a random, non-value add school.

[TheAsianSensation]

The problem is the non-con games that we got are the type of games we can get independent of BB anyways. We've had a couple home-and-homes with OVC and Horizon schools we can get anytime we want.

Given Geno's scheduling tendencies with his good Kent State teams, I'm not worried about his ability to schedule to the brim with solid games.

[JMM28]

Actually, one of the best points about the BB was that it automatically added 2 non-conference games to the schedule without much work to do so. Now schools like Bradley, who already put in many hours of work to get games scheduled, will have to work even harder to replace those 2 non-conference games every year.

As others have stated, it isn't worth the risk of getting saddled with a terrible opponent on the road when we could get north Tennessee a&m to do that any day of the week. Or Loyola. Or Eastern. Or any team we've ever played in the **** thing outside of maybe VCU.

I don't worry about filling the schedule. They still had to schedule the return game which is often the hardest part.

[SFP]

Scheduling is a science and do not underestimate how hard it is for BU to schedule especially once they start winning. Sometimes even when schools want to play each other you can't make it work.