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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 20, 2011 16:22:19 GMT -6
"Everyone should keep in mind that George Mason really only made the 2006 Tournament because of their Bracketbuster win."
And that their athletics director had considerable pull with that year's selection committee.
Thank heavens!
(By the way, there's no way this event will ever push 10 mid-majors into a field of 68.)
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Rawls
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Everyone's Entitled To My Opinion
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Post by Rawls on Feb 20, 2011 16:24:43 GMT -6
THEY WON! The argument always held against mid-majors is that they have very few 'quality' wins. This matches up the best mid-majors up so that the best get one more. If you win, it's another feather in your cap. If you lose, you've got plenty other chances to prove your worthiness. CSU lost to WVU, lost twice to Butler, and one of two games against Valpo. They needed another game to prove to the committee that they should be in. They got one. They lost. The BBs didn't eliminate CSU. CSU eliminated CSU.
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Post by Super King on Feb 20, 2011 16:28:20 GMT -6
(By the way, there's no way this event will ever push 10 mid-majors into a field of 68.) No, but it could certainly improve the tournament cases of those 10 teams. Which is the point. The Bracketbusters aren't a tournament play-in, they're a tournament audition. Also, ODU had only registered 2 RPI top 50 wins all season. The fact that they notched a third will probably be pretty big for them. They were not, in fact, a lock. The very fact that they're a mid-major teams means they're never a lock. Don't think this win isn't huge for them. |
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Post by buppie05 on Feb 20, 2011 16:38:36 GMT -6
And next year, that number could be ten. Also, everyone should keep in mind that George Mason really only made the 2006 Tournament because of their Bracketbuster win. +1 And who did the bracketbuster hurt? I keep hearing from people that it killed the valley. Is Northern Iowa complaining that the BB killed their at large chances because it brought them an RPI top 25 to their home court? By that line of thinking scheduling a home and home with a quality mid major (Milwaukee) was a huge mistake for them as well. Should Wichita be mad, or should they have won the home game against VCU. Does Missouri st. have someone to blame for getting housed by Valpo? It sounds like some of you believe mid majors should just schedule scrubs in the non-conference like a lot major conference teams do, but we can't afford to do that. Here is an article on the aforementioned GMU patriots. espn.go.com/blog/CollegeBasketballNation/post/_/id/23382/oneil-give-the-little-guys-a-chance |
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 20, 2011 16:42:12 GMT -6
"They were not, in fact, a lock."
Really? With wins over No. 20 George Mason, No. 23 Xavier, No. 55 Dayton, No. 58 VCU, No. 67 Richmond, No. 73 Clemson, No. 75 James Madison and No. 88 Hofstra, they weren't a lock?
That's a pretty tough case to make.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 20, 2011 16:44:29 GMT -6
"Should Wichita (State) be mad, or should they have won the home game against VCU."
Did you see the end of the VCU-Wichita State game? The Colonial officials struck again.
Yet another recurring problem with the BracketBuster. Can we at least get neutral officials?
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Rawls
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Everyone's Entitled To My Opinion
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Post by Rawls on Feb 20, 2011 16:47:36 GMT -6
"Should Wichita (State) be mad, or should they have won the home game against VCU." Did you see the end of the VCU-Wichita State game? The Colonial officials struck again. Yet another recurring problem with the BracketBuster. Can we at least get neutral officials? Heyyy, another thing we can pin on the BracketBusters. Bad officiating! What about all the terrible officiating I've seen within the HL? Is that BracketBusters' fault too? |
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Post by buppie05 on Feb 20, 2011 16:50:27 GMT -6
I can agree neutral officials would be nice, other than that I don't see much wrong with the BB.
And yes, ODU most certainly was/is a lock for the NCAA tournament. I won't argue the BB got ODU in, but it can't hurt their seeding, and fellow conference member VCU went from not being into the discussion to being squarely on the bubble.
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Post by GoPanthers33 on Feb 20, 2011 16:58:58 GMT -6
Utah st would be out of at-large consideration had they not beat St. Mary's. They were the biggest winners of the BB this weekend.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 20, 2011 18:07:22 GMT -6
"Utah State would be out of at-large consideration had they not beat St. Mary's. They were the biggest winners of the BB this weekend."
So, the Aggies are now 1-2 against the RPI top 100 with a win over the No. 46 Gaels. Are they absolutely, positively in the tournament field?
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Post by Super King on Feb 20, 2011 18:09:53 GMT -6
"Utah State would be out of at-large consideration had they not beat St. Mary's. They were the biggest winners of the BB this weekend." So, the Aggies are now 1-2 against the RPI top 100 with a win over the No. 46 Gaels. Are they absolutely, positively in the tournament field? No, but it helped their case, which, again, is the whole point of the Bracketbusters event. |
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Feb 20, 2011 18:10:40 GMT -6
The VCU-WSU was a good game. That foul at the end was a bad call.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Feb 20, 2011 18:12:00 GMT -6
I hope Utah State wins the league so there is no talk about Utah State getting an at-large bid.
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Post by JG Panthers on Feb 20, 2011 18:43:17 GMT -6
"Utah State would be out of at-large consideration had they not beat St. Mary's. They were the biggest winners of the BB this weekend." So, the Aggies are now 1-2 against the RPI top 100 with a win over the No. 46 Gaels. Are they absolutely, positively in the tournament field? No, but it helped their case, which, again, is the whole point of the Bracketbusters event. Bracket Buster games are fun for those teams who are truly trying to differentiate themselves and help them get into the tournament. But the fact that there's 114 teams in the event is downright stupid. Why not pick teams who are in the top 100 in RPI come late January, because then the name "Bracket Buster" would actually be accurate? You'd have roughly 24 teams with all of them being on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU. |
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 20, 2011 19:18:32 GMT -6
"No, but it helped their case, which, again, is the whole point of the Bracketbusters event."
This just isn't true, SK.
The BracketBuster from its inception was designed to:
1, Provide a showcase for quality "mid-majors," which obviously usually toil out of the spotlight
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2, To help mid-majors with the chronic scheduling issues by which they're annually plagued.
We could debate the merits of the first point until the cows come home, but there's absolutely no debating that this event has done little to enhance our home schedule since 2006, when we played Missouri State.
Since then, we've drawn BracketBuster dates (and return games) against Drake, Bradley, North Dakota State, Niagara and now Buffalo. Oooh, sign me up!
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