Archeobracketology

[UNIPNTHR]

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why do that when i can just walk right next door and tell him to his face?

You got me. High five.

[unigriff]

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You got me. High five.

Very nice... Here's your sign!

[joecooll6]

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bump... I dont want to go searching for this thread come time to update it.

[GonzoCat]

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If we win tomorrow night and then against Evansville we will at least tie Indiana St for 6th right?. I assume someone has worked out they have the tiebreaker. So then we just need Mo State to beat InSU in the final game. Not too farfetched considering they won big in Springfield.

I'm still hoping to avoid Thursday.

[UnderParPanther]

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MSU has really struggled away from home, and ISU plays great at home. I think we're destined for the 7 seed...or 8 seed if we lose tomorrow. Thats going to be tough winning a tiebreaker w/ MSU since they just beat Drake

[Waverly_Panther]

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Tomorrow night's game just got even bigger. Need to avoid the tie with MSU or we drop to 8 and have to play WSU on Thursday.

[PantherFan]

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UNI could end up tied with Indiana State and either Creighton or Bradley for fifth (but not both). However, the only scenario that allows UNI to finish higher than the 7th seed is for UNI to beat ISU and Evansville and ISU to lose at home to MSU.

Creighton wins any tiebreaker over UNI by virtue of beating them twice.

UNI loses the tiebreaker with ISU because ISU has wins over the second, third and fourth place teams (Illinois State, Southern Illinois and, presumably Creighton) while UNI has only wins against Illinois State and Southern Illinois.

UNI loses the tiebreaker with Bradley because Bradley has beaten Drake, Illinois State and Creighton.

If UNI drops to 7th with MSU, looks to me like MSU gets the tiebreaker because they have six wins against teams ahead of them in the standings (Drake, Bradley, WSU, SIU and Indiana State twice) while UNI only has has three (Bradley, SIU and Illinois State). That means UNI is the 8th seed.

Somebody correct me if I screwed it up. I know you will.

[Khan4Cats]

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No, I think you covered it pretty well.

Short version:

As long as UNI wins its last two games we will be the 6 seed or the 7 seed. Either way, we would avoid Drake and probably Creighton (as the 4 or 5) until the championship game.

I know that's wishful thinking (getting to the championship game), but I think we match up pretty well with everyone else. I really just want to see the Cats win these last two to get some momentum built up heading to St. Louis and then see what they can do there. Three straight there or four straight there, either way will be a fun run.

[joecooll6]

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Thursday March 6, 2008
6:05 PM- #8 Missouri State (7-10) vs: #9 Wichita tate (4-13)
8:35 PM- #7 Northern Iowa (8-9) vs: #10 Evansville (3-14)

Friday March 7, 2008
12:05 PM- #1 Drake (14-3) vs: Game 1 Winner
2:35 PM- #4 Bradley (9-8) vs: #5 Creighton (9-8)
6:05 PM- #2 Illinois State (11-5) vs: Game 2 Winner
8:35 PM- #3 Southern Illinois (11-6) vs: #6 Indiana State (8-9)

Saturday March 8, 2007
1:35 PM- Game 3 Winner vs: Game 4 Winner
4:05 PM- Game 5 Winner vs: Game 6 Winner

Sunday March 9, 2007
1:05 PM- Championship Game

[unigriff]

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6 seed here we come!....for the only time in my life...GO BEARS!!!!

[joecooll6]

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What we know.

Drake will be #1
Southern Illinois or Illinois State will be #2
Southern Illinois or Illinois State will be #3
Creighton or Bradley will be #4
Creighton, Bradley or Indiana State will be #5
Creighton, Bradley, Indiana State, Northern Iowa or Missouri State will be #6
Northern Iowa or Missouri State will be #7
Indiana State or Missouri State will be #8
Wichita State or Evansville will be #9
Wichita State or Evansville will be #10

Thats based off my calculations are is not official.

[JCPanthers]

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What we know.

Drake will be #1
Southern Illinois or Illinois State will be #2
Southern Illinois or Illinois State will be #3
Creighton or Bradley will be #4
Creighton, Bradley or Indiana State will be #5
Creighton, Bradley, Indiana State, Northern Iowa or Missouri State will be #6
Northern Iowa or Missouri State will be #7
Indiana State or Missouri State will be #8
Wichita State or Evansville will be #9
Wichita State or Evansville will be #10

Thats based off my calculations are is not official.

Not to be a pessimist...but couldn't we still mathematically be the #8 seed?

[unigriff]

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sure can friend

[joecooll6]

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Why we will be 6th or 7th (not 8th), by my calculations

We will be 6th if,we win and Indiana State loses
We will be 7th if we win and Indiana State wins, or if we lose

If we win obviously Missouri State cant catch us because we are a game ahead of them already. If we lose, and Indiana State beats MSU then again we beat MSU because we would straight up have a better record. If we lose and Missouri State wins over Indiana State that would put us, MSU and ISU in a three way tie. I believe that tiebreaker would give MSU #6, us #7 and ISU #8 because the first tiebreaker is head to head. MSU wouldve swept ISU, and split with us, and we split with ISU making the standings.
MSU 3-1
UNI 2-2
ISU 1-3

Someone check me, am I right?

[unigriff]

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If we lose, and MSU wins...we would be the 8. ISU (b) has the tie breaker over us..(so automatically 7th at least...and MSU and us..i think they have us from what ESPN was saying