Bracket Buster official release

[ER3]

I'm afraid this bracketbuster will be a disaster. I think we can win and UNI should win, not certain what EIU has so maybe EU can win, but I think everyone else is way overmatched.

What are you basing this on?
SIU should be a favorite over Nevada at home. ISU is a better team than Wright State and that is a home game for them...Creighton will not be overmatched by Oral Roberts...
Anything can happen of course, but those three teams will absolutely not be overmatched by the team they are paired with...and those are the games we have to win as a conference (along with the BU and UNI games...) to call this Bracketbuster a success for the Valley.

[MacabreMob]

A 5th Horizon team doesn't help the SoS - they all play each other, so our SoS dips closer and closer to .500.

I'd gamble on the WAC recovering next year.


And finally,

BB has not been very good to us. Actually, the last two years have been solid. But I still won't forgive them for a 150 RPI team trying to pop our bubble in '06.

AS - this all really doesn't matter. It's all Blah-blah to people. I don't want to hear about SOS numbers and such - it really doesn't matter.

We don't deserve a BracketBuster Boosting game based on where our numbers are at right now - and ESPN knows that (and so do you and I).

Wisc-Mil or Nevada or Mia-Oh... none of it helps... THIS YEAR.

So the talk is really about next year. The return game and what it could mean for us. Shucks - we got hosed. But that is because the resume we built so far to this point in the eyes of ESPN for their day (weekend now)with Cinderella.

You have said before - doesn't matter... win games... go on a roll.

If Bradley is good enough, they will win enough games down the stretch to put themselves in the discussion (yet, really must win auto bid). A win in the BracketBuster over any WAC/MAC/Horizon team is equal.... JUST WIN!!!

[BradleyBrave]

this matchup blows i agree.... however it is on tv and if we can blow this team out of the water and show some people how dominate we can be it could really help us....if we win a close game or something like that it wont really matter i dont think

We have to win Arch Madness to dance. Unless we run the table to the MVC final (which would be 13 in a row), it doesn't matter if we win the BracketBuster by 1 or 100.

[TRIMAN]

We have to win Arch Madness to dance. Unless we run the table to the MVC final (which would be 13 in a row), it doesn't matter if we win the BracketBuster by 1 or 100.

Ditto. We just need to avoid the play-in games. We have no reason to be afraid of any team in the valley this year. Any team not playing on Thurs night can win the tourney this year. We really just need to be playing well going into the tourney (unless we are simply playing for NIT at this point).

[TheAsianSensation]

AS - this all really doesn't matter. It's all Blah-blah to people. I don't want to hear about SOS numbers and such - it really doesn't matter.

We don't deserve a BracketBuster Boosting game based on where our numbers are at right now - and ESPN knows that (and so do you and I).

Wisc-Mil or Nevada or Mia-Oh... none of it helps... THIS YEAR.

So the talk is really about next year. The return game and what it could mean for us. Shucks - we got hosed. But that is because the resume we built so far to this point in the eyes of ESPN for their day (weekend now)with Cinderella.

You have said before - doesn't matter... win games... go on a roll.

If Bradley is good enough, they will win enough games down the stretch to put themselves in the discussion (yet, really must win auto bid). A win in the BracketBuster over any WAC/MAC/Horizon team is equal.... JUST WIN!!!

My SoS comments were about next year.

Agree - this year, it really doesn't matter much (as long as we didn't get hit with a REAL bad opponent to blow potential NIT opportunities).

Ah, screw it. Let's just win every **************** game on the schedule and take care of this ourselves.

[MacabreMob]

Ah, screw it. Let's just win every **************** game on the schedule and take care of this ourselves.

Here here!!!

[Beninator]

We don't deserve a BracketBuster Boosting game based on where our numbers are at right now - and ESPN knows that (and so do you and I).

Wisc-Mil or Nevada or Mia-Oh... none of it helps... THIS YEAR.

Good point Mob. This matchup is what it is this year.... One game at a time to put us in a better positon for the MVC tournament and meaningful experience for key players for next year.

I am looking forward to the Drake-Butler matchup.

one other point:

If I were JL, I would have Ryan Thornton sit in with the game film analysis to see if RT can give us any additional insight to the scouting report.

[TheHeemyMonster]

We have to win Arch Madness to dance. Unless we run the table to the MVC final (which would be 13 in a row), it doesn't matter if we win the BracketBuster by 1 or 100.

completely agree with that however i would rather be in the NIT than nothing at all and it could possibly help that

[squirrel]

Well, every win the Valley gets will help the overall conference RPI. So winning this game will help everyone out, including us.

But talk about the MVC/Horizon challenge for us! Anyone else from that conference want to play us next year?

Without looking it up, the Valley has always choked in the BB. I don't think we've gone better than 5-5 or maybe 6-4, when we should have gone no worse than 8-2 in any year.

Everybody guns for us and we don't back up the swagger.

[squirrel]

AS - this all really doesn't matter. It's all Blah-blah to people. I don't want to hear about SOS numbers and such - it really doesn't matter.

We don't deserve a BracketBuster Boosting game based on where our numbers are at right now - and ESPN knows that (and so do you and I).

Wisc-Mil or Nevada or Mia-Oh... none of it helps... THIS YEAR.

So the talk is really about next year. The return game and what it could mean for us. Shucks - we got hosed. But that is because the resume we built so far to this point in the eyes of ESPN for their day (weekend now)with Cinderella.

You have said before - doesn't matter... win games... go on a roll.

If Bradley is good enough, they will win enough games down the stretch to put themselves in the discussion (yet, really must win auto bid). A win in the BracketBuster over any WAC/MAC/Horizon team is equal.... JUST WIN!!!

Yes! And next year we get 4 more games against the Horizon League! I can hardly wait!

I want a team that doesn't limit our SOS universe. I think it is relevant.

Never mind Milwaukee is on the fast-track back to becoming one of the garbage programs in DI.

[pfunk880]

Never mind Milwaukee is on the fast-track back to becoming one of the garbage programs in DI.

I think that's a little extreme.

[squirrel]

Perhaps a bit extreme. However, it's a program that has only been DI something like 18-20 years. The five years before Bo Ryan took over, I doubt they averaged 8 wins and were mired in countless academic, discipline, and administrative fiascoes.

Incidents they have encountered in the post-Bruce Pearl days seem to indicate they're not too far off from returning to those days.

[tornado]

Evansville @ Eastern Illinois

Wow....Eastern Illinois is 11-6 all time against Evansville.....

http://www.eiupanthers.com/news/mbball/2008/2/4/08bracketbusterannounce.asp?path=mbball

Come on Marty...turn that around!!

[MacabreMob]

Perhaps a bit extreme. However, it's a program that has only been DI something like 18-20 years. The five years before Bo Ryan took over, I doubt they averaged 8 wins and were mired in countless academic, discipline, and administrative fiascoes.

Incidents they have encountered in the post-Bruce Pearl days seem to indicate they're not too far off from returning to those days.

Hee-hee. You made me chuckle Squirrel.

But seriously... what's length of being D1 have anything to do with it? IUPUI has been to the NCAA and they have been D1 a very short time. NW'rn has never been to the NCAA and they have been D1 for a very long time.

[MacabreMob]

Anybody heard anything yet on the TV Games? What network? What time?