BracketBuster 2008

[MacabreMob]

Here is the list of participants. I will add RPI values asap and update them on a regular basis.

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Akron
App St
Austin Peay
Boise St
Bradley
Buffalo
Butler
Canisius
Cleve St
CS Fullerton
CS Northridge
Detroit
Drexel
E Tenn St
E Illinois
E Ky
E Mich
Elon
Fresno St
Holy Cross
Illinois St
Iona
Jacksonville St
James Madison
Louisiana Tech
Loy (Md)
Manhattan
Mo St
Murray St
NM St
N Arizona
N Illinois
N Iowa
Ohio
Old Dominion
Oral Roberts
Pacific
SIU
St Mary's
St Peter's
Tenn-Martin
Toledo
Towson
UC-Irvine
UC-Riverside
UNC-Wilmington
Utah St
Valpo
William & Mary
Winthrop
Wisc-GB

ROAD
Albany
Ball St
Binghampton
Bowling Green
Boston U
Bucknell
Cal Poly
C Mich
Creighton
Davidson
Deleware
Drake
Evansville
Fairfield
Geo Mason
Ga So
Ga St
Hawaii
High Point
Hofstra
Idaho
Illinois-Chi
Indy St
Kent
Long Beach
Loyola (Chi)
Marist
Miami (Oh)
Morehead St
Nevada
Niagara
Northeastern
Portland St
Rider
Samford
San Jose St
SEMO
Siena
Tenn St
Tenn Tech
UC Davis
UC-SB
VCU
Vermont
W Michigan
Wichita St
Wisc-Mil
Wright St
Youngstown St

[TheHeemyMonster]

of those road teams we could play the following teams are the ones i would most like to see:
UCSB RP1 (8-1 RPI 41)
George Mason (7-3 RPI 29)
Kent St (8-2 RPI 61)
Marist (6-4 RPI 86)
Geo Southern (6-1 RPI 65)

I think G-Mason might be the best for us because of their name recognition

none of the others really stand out for me
maybe Western Michigan(4-5 RPI 118 ) or Nevada (3-4 RPI 111) but with those records it doesnt look good for them

[SFP]

of those road teams we could play the following teams are the ones i would most like to see:
UCSB RP1 (8-1 RPI 41)
George Mason (7-3 RPI 29)
Kent St (8-2 RPI 61)
Marist (6-4 RPI 86)
Geo Southern (6-1 RPI 65)

I think G-Mason might be the best for us because of their name recognition

none of the others really stand out for me
maybe Western Michigan(4-5 RPI 118 ) or Nevada (3-4 RPI 111) but with those records it doesnt look good for them

I agree and would be nice to head out east for a game in the DC area for the team and recruiting. UCSB would be great for the fans to go to. It's in a real nice area!

[Fyrebyrd]

we are the home team this year...we wont be traveling anywhere

[houstonbrave]

but we do play a return game at their place the following year.

[real fan]

I would like to see us play Kent State and maybe get something going with them home and away for a 4 year period.

[Guinness]

George Mason would be pretty cool....

[Beninator]

George Mason would be pretty cool....

Along with UCSB...

[jasonpeoria911]

Didn't Kent State used to be the Gonzaga of the 90's? Consistently getting into the Tourney and making runs but didn't have quite enough. I wouldn't mind taking them or George Mason.

Jason

[MacabreMob]

I wouldn't mind seeing Charlie Coles on the sidelines in Feb (against Miami-Oh).

[MacabreMob]

Didn't Kent State used to be the Gonzaga of the 90's? Consistently getting into the Tourney and making runs but didn't have quite enough. I wouldn't mind taking them or George Mason.

Jason

Kent has been to the tourney 4 times:

'99 lost as an #11 seed
'01 won as #13 over Indy but lost to #5 Cincy
'02 (BIG year with Wally-World Zerbiak) won as #10 over Ok St, then over #2 Alabama, and #3 Pitt in OT before losing to eventual Runner-Up IU
'06 lost as #12 to Pitt by 14

[MacabreMob]

Sorted by RPI as of games played thru 12/11 of the Top 100 RPI teams:

HOME:

4 St Mary's

30 Butler
33 Mo St
43 Winthrop
47 Holy Cross
49 SIU
56 Valpo
66 Cleve St
69 Ohio
72 Bradley
77 Toledo
80 James Madison
96 Illinois St

ROAD:

26 Miami (Oh)
27 Creighton
39 UC-SB
40 Geo Mason
58 VCU
60 Kent
62 Portland St
65 Ga So
67 Drake
73 Siena
78 Marist
91 Wright St
93 C Mich
97 Northeastern
98 Wichita St

[SFP]

we are the home team this year...we wont be traveling anywhere

That's what I meant I was thinking for next year I wish we could play St. Mary since they are close to SF.

[amckillip]

Anyone worried we are at the bottom of that list. I know it's early, and we'll probably move up... But it's still not fun to see.

[pfunk880]

Kent has been to the tourney 4 times:
'02 (BIG year with Wally-World Zerbiak) won as #10 over Ok St, then over #2 Alabama, and #3 Pitt in OT before losing to eventual Runner-Up IU

Szcerbiak went to Miami (OH).