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BracketBusters 2010

TheAsianSensation said:
projections based on what I think will happen, not just on current results

ESPN2
1) Old Dominion at Northern Iowa (#1 CAA vs. #1 MVC)
2) Siena at Butler (#1 MAAC vs. #1 Horizon)
3) William & Mary at Missouri St (#2 CAA vs. #2 MVC)
4) Western Carolina at Murray St (#1 SoCon vs. #1 OVC)
5) Nevada at Pacific (#1 WAC vs. #1 Big West)

ESPNU
6) Wichita St at Kent St (#3 MVC vs. #1 MAC)
7) Louisiana Tech at VCU (#2 WAC vs. #2 CAA)
8 )Fairfield at Northeastern (#2 MAAC vs. #3 CAA)
9) Western Michigan at Illinois St (#2 MAC vs. #4 MVC)
10) Long Beach St at Utah St (#2 Big West vs. #3 WAC)
11) College of Charleston at Wisconsin-Green Bay (#2 SoCon vs. #2 Horizon)

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12) Morgan St at Radford (#1 MEAC vs. #1 Big South)
13) Oral Roberts at Vermont (#1 Summit vs. #1 AEast)

Notables off the board
Buffalo at Iona (#3 MAC vs. #3 MAAC)
Indiana St at George Mason (#5 MVC vs. #4 CAA)
Wright St at Bradley (#3 Horizon at #6 MVC)
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Thanks TAS - nice work. I'll start looking at conference standings in another week or so (just so darn early). ;)

I said earlier and so agree with you now - I think Wright St looks to be a good fit for Bradley.

Also - couple problems with your projections:
1) Pacific and Nevada have already played this season
2) Utah St and Long Beach St have already played this season.

(teams can not have rematches from earlier contests in the season)
 
Well.....crap. How about moving Wichita into Nevada's spot, Nevada down to play VCU, and move La Tech into Wichita's old spot.

My 3 are: Wright St, Niagara, and Drexel. 3 different conferences to choose from there. Of course, we all know what will actually happen.
 
TheAsianSensation said:
My 3 are: Wright St, Niagara, and Drexel. 3 different conferences to choose from there. Of course, we all know what will actually happen.
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And that's why my colored coded options include Valpo, UIC, SEMO, and even SIUe. Heck - we might be willing to put Lennox on the schedule for a home-n-home anyway... this way, we'll get MVC officials on the road next year. ;) :lol:
 
TheAsianSensation said:
Well.....crap. How about moving Wichita into Nevada's spot, Nevada down to play VCU, and move La Tech into Wichita's old spot.

My 3 are: Wright St, Niagara, and Drexel. 3 different conferences to choose from there. Of course, we all know what will actually happen.
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I get your point about Wright St and maybe throwing in an Ohio State, Louisville, or WVU on the road swing. . .but it's been too long since we've played either St. John's or MSG. . .how about that to go with Niagara as a road swing?
 
squirrelgotdead said:
I get your point about Wright St and maybe throwing in an Ohio State, Louisville, or WVU on the road swing. . .but it's been too long since we've played either St. John's or MSG. . .how about that to go with Niagara as a road swing?
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If we can find a Big East school to agree to a one-and-done (or maybe even a 2-1), we oughta do that.

Les does need some new power conference teams on the schedule...
 
squirrelgotdead said:
I get your point about Wright St and maybe throwing in an Ohio State, Louisville, or WVU on the road swing. . .but it's been too long since we've played either St. John's or MSG. . .how about that to go with Niagara as a road swing?
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TheAsianSensation said:
If we can find a Big East school to agree to a one-and-done (or maybe even a 2-1), we oughta do that.

Les does need some new power conference teams on the schedule...
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Well - that's why I said earlier about Wright St. Being in the Dayton area, you could pick up Dayton, Miami (Oh), Xavier or Cincinnati. Heck, why not swing back through Bloomington, IN and take on the Hoosiers? :D
 
Update after the MVC completed their mid-week games.

HOME
16 Butler
19 Northern Iowa
47 VCU
59 Missouri St
61 Northeastern
76 Murray St
77 Kent
86 Utah St
90 Iona
96 Bradley
97 Illinois St
102 Pacific
114 UW-GB
116 George Mason
119 E Kentucky
123 Austin Peay
127 Ohio
137 Radford
141 Vermont
151 S Illinois
154 Bowling Green
161 UW-Milwaukee
162 Hofstra
163 Cleveland St
166 Creighton
170 Miami-Oh
171 Appalachian St
172 Detroit
174 Montana State
179 Fresno St
180 Loyola-Md
185 Deleware
186 Idaho
197 St Peter's
198 Canisius
202 E Illinois
204 C Michigan
217 UC-Irvine
220 Manhattan
227 Boise St
228 Hawaii
232 CS-Fullerton
235 CS-Northridge
248 UC-Riverside
258 Georgia St
261 Evansville
267 Ball St
272 Gardner Webb
298 Jacksonville St

ROAD
26 William and Mary
38 Old Dominion
41 Siena
52 Wichita St
57 Western Carolina
65 Louisiana Tech
66 Nevada
78 Long Beach St
85 W Michigan
92 Indiana St
110 Buffalo
111 College of Charleston
113 Loyola
115 Drexel
117 Fairfield
126 New Mexico St
132 Niagara
133 Akron
134 Wright St
139 Morgan St
142 Oral Roberts
146 Rider
148 San Jose St
150 UNC Wilmington
158 Morehead St
160 UC Santa Barbara
165 Boston
184 Youngstown St
188 South Carolina St
210 E Michigan
223 Tennessee Tech
229 N Illinois
236 Drake
240 Valparaiso
246 Winthrop
252 James Madison
260 Illinois-Chicago
263 Cal Poly
269 Southeast Missouri
270 New Hampshire
277 Tennessee St
282 Elon
289 Presbyterian
311 UC Davis
312 Toledo
318 Towson
320 Tennessee-Martin
321 SIU-Edwardsville
342 Marist
 
I'm not sure if it's solely based on RPI, but I'd like to see these pairings:

Siena @ Butler
Old Dominion @ UNI
Wichita St. @ VCU
Nevada @ Missouri St.
Akron @ Bradley
 
MacabreMob said:
Well - that's why I said earlier about Wright St. Being in the Dayton area, you could pick up Dayton, Miami (Oh), Xavier or Cincinnati. Heck, why not swing back through Bloomington, IN and take on the Hoosiers? :D
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Will we be willing to do a one and done on said road trip? I would. Maybe talk Dayton or Xavier into a 1-1, or even a 2-1 isn't that bad. (I doubt Cincy wants to bother with us given they once had ISU, IIRC)
 
Don't forget that this year's Bracket Buster game will not have a return game next year but instead will happen the year after that.

This also means JL will have another game to schedule for next year that he normally would not have to find. Hopefully, he takes TAS's advice and avoids the SWAC like the plague.
 
Actually would be good to get a team that looks promising for next year too, so we can get another good non-conf. road test...oh yeah, that didn't work out too well for us this season.
 
RedSoxDSM said:
Don't forget that this year's Bracket Buster game will not have a return game next year but instead will happen the year after that.

This also means JL will have another game to schedule for next year that he normally would not have to find. Hopefully, he takes TAS's advice and avoids the SWAC like the plague.
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I didn't forget - just didn't know!
I guess it won't matter too much if we play a good team this year that might be good next year too.
 
LittleBrave said:
I'm not sure if it's solely based on RPI, but I'd like to see these pairings:

Siena @ Butler
Old Dominion @ UNI
Wichita St. @ VCU
Nevada @ Missouri St.
Akron @ Bradley
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It's not solely on RPI - but the top matchups do rely on the RPI as well as Conference Standings.

The intent of the BracketBusters event is to showcase some teams likely to make it into the NCAA field and then potentially Bust the Bracket of 65.

The lower RPI teams not leading (or near the top of) their conferences will be matched up more on a regional basis - though not always.

NOTE (mainly for Squirrel): Teams can not play another team from their same conference. Teams can not replay an earlier season matchup.
 
Here's some projected match-ups (just for fun).

UNI vs ODU
Butler vs Siena
Kent vs Wm & Mary
Utah St vs Wichita St
VCU vs Buffalo
NE'rn vs La Tech
Murray St vs W Carolina
Iona vs College of Charleston
Missouri St vs Nevada
Pacific vs ORU
E Ky vs W Michigan
Ohio vs Indiana St
Radford vs Morgan St
ISU vs Long Beach St
Vermont vs S Carolina St

We fall into a game against maybe Fairfield, NM St (Bobby Parker could give the team a tour of the town ;)), Wright St, Morehead St, Drexel, UCSB, or Akron... unless we want Valpo, SEMO, UIC or SIUe.
 
UPDATE

After MVC's Weekend Games (color coded with Bradley and potential opponents)

HOME
15 Northern Iowa
23 Butler
46 VCU
71 Northeastern
72 Missouri St
78 Murray St
84 Iona
85 Utah St
86 Bradley
92 Kent
100 UW-GB
107 Pacific
110 Radford
111 George Mason
116 Illinois St
118 E Kentucky
124 Creighton
133 Bowling Green
136 Vermont
138 Austin Peay
144 Detroit
146 S Illinois
147 Miami-Oh
150 UW-Milwaukee
156 Hofstra
159 Ohio
165 Appalachian St
166 Fresno St
172 Montana State
174 Canisius
178 Idaho
183 St Peter's
184 Cleveland St
198 Loyola-Md
203 E Illinois
207 Deleware
208 CS-Northridge
220 C Michigan
222 Boise St
224 UC-Irvine
236 Manhattan
240 Hawaii
244 CS-Fullerton
256 Georgia St
265 Gardner Webb
266 Ball St
267 Evansville
269 UC-Riverside
286 Jacksonville St

ROAD
30 William and Mary
32 Siena
40 Old Dominion
53 Louisiana Tech
61 Wichita St
64 Western Carolina
69 Nevada
75 Buffalo
83 Indiana St
88 W Michigan
95 College of Charleston
105 Long Beach St
108 Loyola
117 Drexel
121 New Mexico St
123 Fairfield
128 Morgan St
131 Akron
132 Niagara
142 Morehead St
143 Wright St
145 Oral Roberts
158 Boston
160 UNC Wilmington
163 San Jose St
169 UC Santa Barbara
171 Rider
194 Youngstown St
197 South Carolina St
209 Drake
210 N Illinois
212 Tennessee Tech
226 Valparaiso
227 E Michigan
230 Winthrop
249 Cal Poly
251 James Madison
263 Southeast Missouri
274 Illinois-Chicago
277 Elon
280 Tennessee St
293 New Hampshire
294 Presbyterian
298 UC Davis
305 Towson
320 Toledo
321 SIU-Edwardsville
330 Tennessee-Martin
339 Marist
 
Updated after MVC Games thru 1//20.

HOME
19 Northern Iowa
24 Butler
41 VCU
63 Missouri St
68 Northeastern
72 Bradley
76 Iona
77 Murray St
78 Utah St
80 Kent
100 UW-GB
103 George Mason
104 Pacific
112 Illinois St
117 Radford
128 Bowling Green
131 E Kentucky
132 Creighton
133 Austin Peay
140 Vermont
146 Detroit
156 UW-Milwaukee
159 Miami-Oh
163 Fresno St
165 Ohio
168 S Illinois
170 Hofstra
172 Cleveland St
173 Idaho
175 St Peter's
177 Canisius
187 Loyola-Md
188 Appalachian St
200 Montana State
202 E Illinois
207 Deleware
208 C Michigan
219 CS-Northridge
223 UC-Irvine
224 Hawaii
226 Manhattan
234 Boise St
237 CS-Fullerton
245 Ball St
254 Georgia St
266 UC-Riverside
270 Gardner Webb
279 Evansville
282 Jacksonville St

ROAD
31 William and Mary
37 Siena
45 Old Dominion
48 Wichita St
55 Louisiana Tech
62 Nevada
65 Western Carolina
73 Buffalo
90 Indiana St
91 College of Charleston
97 W Michigan
107 Long Beach St
109 Loyola
113 Drexel
114 New Mexico St
115 Fairfield
125 Akron
130 Niagara
135 Morgan St
143 Wright St
152 Morehead St
153 Oral Roberts
155 Boston
160 Rider
167 UC Santa Barbara
169 San Jose St
174 UNC Wilmington
191 Youngstown St
198 Drake
205 Tennessee Tech
209 South Carolina St
214 N Illinois
220 Valparaiso
229 Winthrop
238 E Michigan
253 Cal Poly
260 James Madison
263 Southeast Missouri
268 Illinois-Chicago
278 Tennessee St
280 Elon
292 New Hampshire
297 Presbyterian
301 UC Davis
307 Towson
322 SIU-Edwardsville
323 Toledo
330 Tennessee-Martin
339 Marist
 
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