Bracket Buster

[sportsnut2]

When are pairings announced? Any ideas who we will get? Maybe a trip to Macomb to play Mo's Leathernecks?

[Da Coach]

When are pairings announced? Any ideas who we will get? Maybe a trip to Macomb to play Mo's Leathernecks?

Matchups for the final BracketBusters weekend will be announced Feb. 4.
Bradley is a road team. WIU is a home team, so it's possible. But there are numerous other possibilities.

Here are the 122 Home and road teams-

http://espnbracketbusters.com/site/component/content/article?id=15

Here is a great site that tracks the RPI of the home and road teams to help guess what matchups will happen- WIU is close, but then so is Loyola (again).

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

[Bravesfan]

Matchups for the final BracketBusters weekend will be announced Feb. 4.
Bradley is a road team. WIU is a home team, so it's possible. But there are numerous other possibilities.

Here are the 122 Home and road teams-

http://espnbracketbusters.com/site/component/content/article?id=15

Here is a great site that tracks the RPI of the home and road teams to help guess what matchups will happen- WIU is close, but then so is Loyola (again).
http://www.rpiforecast.com/bb.html

With the loss of teams like VCU and Butler to the A-10, and with the CAA not participating anymore (not sure why, but that is a good thing with them being so weak this year), there are pretty slim pickings as to who Creighton and Wichita St. will end up with. It looks like Creighton will visit Belmont, which is a good matchup. But Wichita St. playing one of the Summit Conference Dakota St. teams probably won't help them that much, and could end up hurting them more.

Bradley could conceivably end up with Loyola again, but don't we play at Loyola next year as the return visit from last year's Bracketbusters? Or after this year is a return game even required now that the Bracketbusters will not be held from here on out?

[Da Coach]

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Bradley could conceivably end up with Loyola again, but don't we play at Loyola next year as the return visit from last year's Bracketbusters? Or after this year is a return game even required now that the Bracketbusters will not be held from here on out?

Yes, we play the return game with Loyola (from last year's BB) next season. So technically, we could get Loyola again this year, though I believe the schedulers will make every effort to avoid another Loyola matchup.
I don't know for sure, but I think we will still play a return game with whoever we get matched up with this year. I believe it is still a part of the BB agreement, but we'll see.

[Bravesfan]

Yes, we play the return game with Loyola (from last year's BB) next season. So technically, we could get Loyola again this year, though I believe the schedulers will make every effort to avoid another Loyola matchup.
I don't know for sure, but I think we will still play a return game with whoever we get matched up with this year. I believe it is still a part of the BB agreement, but we'll see.

Yes, after reading about it at their link, we still will be owed a return game for this year's Bracketbuster game as well. I would love to see Coach Mo make a return visit to Carver Arena within the next year or so!