kkrazie
Freshman
if i really looked this good, id be rich like wally
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Post by kkrazie on Jan 17, 2004 19:33:59 GMT -6
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Post by uwmfootball on Jan 18, 2004 12:28:58 GMT -6
We can't get gonzaga. They have an agreement with Tulsa to play already. The way the selections work is that espn and rpi polls are put together to make 2 lists: the ope away teams and then the top home teams. Then they start pairing them off (with the exception of Gonzaga and Tulsa). I think that the top five in each list are
AWAY 1. Creighton 2. Western Michigan 3. Manhattan 4. College of Charleston 5. Witchita State
HOME 1. Rice 2. Southern Illinois 3. UWM 4. Kent State 5.Bradley
We have a chance to move up on this list. The selection for the games will be on Feb 1.
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Post by uwfenske aka hardhat on Jan 18, 2004 19:41:31 GMT -6
I don't know if ESPN looks at this at all, or if it matters. We have played Western Michigan and Northern Iowa in the past 5 years. I would like to see a team that we haven't seen before. I want one of the teams that has been up on the Mid Major Top 10 list all season. Manhattan or CofC. I don't think UWM has been getting respect in the pickings. The Panthers better be up there after beating we laid down on the Phuknix. Weather kept me at home, but the fine folks at Fox Sports let me see one of the tightest games UWM has played.
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Post by admin on Jan 18, 2004 21:51:09 GMT -6
I'll take any of the top 3 away teams...of course Ideally Creighton would be the best to come here because of their top 25 status. Southern Illinois cannot play them because of their conference status...so now we just need Rice to take a sharp downfall! ;D
If we keep going solid in the HL and win bracket busters we still will be easily in the hunt for an automatic bid.
Later, UWMfreak
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Post by pnthr97 on Jan 19, 2004 9:03:43 GMT -6
Hate to say it, but I completely disagree with Fenske's claim that we have been getting screwed in the polls. Let's be honest, until conference season, who did we beat? Nobody. Now, if we would've beat So Ill, Santa Clara and Air Force, I would agree. Right now, if I looked hard, I could probably find 8-9 teams slated to host a bracket buster game that deserve to play one of the top 5 road teams more than us. That could change if we continue our run, but at this point, I'm not convinced we deserve a top 5.
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