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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jan 30, 2012 18:48:27 GMT -6
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Post by GoPanthers33 on Jan 30, 2012 20:22:15 GMT -6
A couple weeks ago I was looking forward to a possible TV game but we screwed that up big time...
Just focus on the remaining HL games and use this game as practice, possible rest as per usual.
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Post by loveyouso on Jan 30, 2012 20:39:14 GMT -6
Saw Fairfield play " back in the day". That was so long ago Georgetown had an all white team. The Georgetown Student Body called them "Fairy- Field". Someone stopped that in a hurry.
At a recent (2/3 years ago) Bracket buster game we played at home with a lot of snow on the ground, and UWGB played at Long Beach State. Of course, I have no idea what the weather will be like this year, but UWGB gets to go and play at Loyola-Marymount. which is just off one of the Highways not far from the ocean (PCH?). As Janis said ,"It ain't right".
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Post by uwmfansince1997 on Jan 31, 2012 9:44:52 GMT -6
i wonder if we woud've took Valpo's place if we beat them last Sat.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Jan 31, 2012 10:28:35 GMT -6
i wonder if we woud've took Valpo's place if we beat them last Sat. Don't think so. Because home and road teams are predetermined, sometimes there's an imbalance in the credentials of teams selected for televised games. This year, the teams on the home side of the field were much better qualified than those on the road side. As a result, teams like Old Dominion and Texas-Arlington received televised games despite having a poorer RPI than Milwaukee. Valpo is a road team; Milwaukee is an away team. That was too much to overcome despite Saturday's result. By the way, how many of the games from this event will decide an NCAA tournament at-large berth? I've got one or perhaps two out of 71: Murray State at St. Mary's (both are already likely in) and Long Beach State at Creighton (the 49ers have much more at stake than the Bluejays, and still may not make it with a win). |
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Post by freewind on Jan 31, 2012 10:45:30 GMT -6
Horizon League has fallen to 15th in conference RPI, we need some wins as a conference to bolster this position.
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Post by loveyouso on Jan 31, 2012 12:48:35 GMT -6
Dylan: That is a problem with the Bracket Busters games. I cannot give you a specific example , BUT Bubble team have had good Bracket B.. wins and didn't get an Dance Invite.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Jan 31, 2012 16:26:18 GMT -6
Excerpted from USA Today ...
But does the BracketBuster concept have meaning in terms of selection for the Dance?
Jerry Palm, owner and operator of CollegeRPI.com, doesn't necessarily think so.
"What do the games mean? More than anything, face time on TV," Palm said in an email to USA TODAY. "Rarely has it meant anything in terms of selections."
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jan 31, 2012 17:33:30 GMT -6
I'm sure it helped VCU last season.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 1, 2012 17:47:31 GMT -6
This could very well be the final Milwaukee appearance of Kaylon Williams, Ryan Allen and Tony Meier.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Feb 1, 2012 20:10:31 GMT -6
I would hope they can get a home game in the HL 1st round.
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Post by gman2 on Feb 12, 2012 16:59:50 GMT -6
I can't use my Bracket Buster tickets. If anyone is interested send me a message. Section 206, Row 1, Seats 9 and 10.
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Post by motowntitan on Feb 12, 2012 18:55:52 GMT -6
Excerpted from USA Today ... But does the BracketBuster concept have meaning in terms of selection for the Dance? Jerry Palm, owner and operator of CollegeRPI.com, doesn't necessarily think so. "What do the games mean? More than anything, face time on TV," Palm said in an email to USA TODAY. "Rarely has it meant anything in terms of selections." Ironically, the same thing could be said for the RPI (minus the TV time). You want a bracket buster- make the BC$ teams play at the Murray States, St Marys, etc. |
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Post by ghostofdylan on Feb 13, 2012 19:20:21 GMT -6
Learned tonight: After two more years, the Horizon League is pulling out of this event.
Once the MEAC and SWAC got involved, you knew that BracketBusters was terribly bloated.
We're reportedly looking to do a challenge series instead, sometime early in the season.
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Post by uwm97 on Feb 13, 2012 20:49:40 GMT -6
Good. A long time coming.
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