2011 Bracket Buster

[TravelingPanther]

#1, this event is really starting to suck. I was curious who the good away opponents were, and found out there was none. The best we can hope for is for one of the CAA, Big Sky, or WAC teams to go on a run.

#2, the # of teams from this event that gets a bid goes down every year. Is that because teams are dropping from the event, losing bids during the event, or a coincidence?

2006: 19 berths
2007: 17 berths
2008: 15 berths
2009: 12 berths
2010: 11 berths

Curious how many are autos.

(2010 NCAA Tournament: 11 berths - Morgan State, Murray State, New Mexico State, Northern Iowa, Ohio, Old Dominion, Siena, Utah State, UC-Santa Barbara, Vermont, Winthrop. Five wins overall: Murray State defeated Vanderbilt; Northern Iowa defeated UNLV and Kansas; Ohio defeated Georgetown; and Old Dominion defeated Notre Dame.

2009 NCAA Tournament: 12 berths - Akron, Butler, Cal State Northridge, Cleveland State, Morehead State, Morgan State, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, Portland State, Siena, Utah State, and Virginia Commonwealth. Three wins overall: Cleveland State defeated Wake Forest; Morehead State defeated Alabama State and Siena beat Ohio State.

2008 NCAA Tournament: 15 Berths - Austin Peay, Boise State, Butler, Cal State-Fullerton, Davidson, Drake, George Mason, Kent State, Oral Roberts, Portland State, Saint Mary's, San Diego, Siena, UMBC and Winthrop. Six wins overall: Davidson defeated Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin to reach the Elite Eight; Butler defeated South Alabama; Siena defeated Vanderbilt; and San Diego defeated Connecticut.

2007 NCAA Tournament: 17 Berths - Albany, Butler, Creighton, Davidson, Eastern Kentucky, Holy Cross, Long Beach State, Miami (Ohio), Nevada, New Mexico State, Niagara, Old Dominion, Oral Roberts, Southern Illinois, Virginia Commonwealth, Winthrop and Wright State. Seven wins overall: Butler defeated Old Dominion and Maryland to reach the Sweet Sixteen; Southern Illinois defeated Holy Cross and Virginia Tech to reach the Sweet Sixteen; Nevada defeated Creighton; Virginia Commonwealth defeated Duke; and Winthrop defeated Notre Dame.

2006 NCAA Tournament: 19 Berths - Albany, Bradley, Bucknell, George Mason, Iona, Kent State, Montana, Murray State, Nevada, UNC-Wilmington, Northern Iowa, Northwestern State, Pacific, Oral Roberts, Utah State, Southern Illinois, UW-Milwaukee, Winthrop and Wichita State. Twelve wins overall: Bradley defeated Kansas and Pittsburgh to reach the Sweet Sixteen; Bucknell defeated Arkansas; George Mason defeated Michigan State, North Carolina, Wichita State and Connecticut to reach the Final Four; Montana defeated Nevada; Northwestern State defeated Iowa; UW-Milwaukee defeated Oklahoma; and Wichita State defeated Seton Hall and Tennessee to reach the Sweet Sixteen.)

[ubuntuCAT]

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I don't understand the hate for the bracket busters. 2 games potentially against quality competion we don't have to worry about scheduling. Plus uni has had at least 4 games on espn because of this.

Why is butler out for a year and then joining again?

[run&blade]

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If it gets you on ESPN or ESPN2 even once every few years it is worth it.

[Marc Wigim]

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Agreed. Last year's Old Dominion game was WELL worth it! That was one of the best games all season.

[jnutt]

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some feel its just a way to get two small conference bubble teams to play and eliminate one so a bigger conference bubble team can get in. I can see both sides of the argument

[Panthers to the Bone]

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At BF, they broke down the home/road teams in the BB event by RPI. Good info.

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=205519&postcount=7

[Cannic88]

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At BF, they broke down the home/road teams in the BB event by RPI. Good info.
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.p...19&postcount=7

I would love to play Utah State

[Kyle]

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There are really no good road teams this year in BB.

Right now I'd have to go for Cleavland State just for the RPI boost.

[Spathicle]

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Why aren't we playing ODU this year? I thought the Bb home team always went on the road the following fall?

[CyCarp]

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Why aren't we playing ODU this year? I thought the Bb home team always went on the road the following fall?

Trying to even out the BB schedules, we play them next year.

[CyCarp]

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#1, this event is really starting to suck. I was curious who the good away opponents were, and found out there was none. The best we can hope for is for one of the CAA, Big Sky, or WAC teams to go on a run.

#2, the # of teams from this event that gets a bid goes down every year. Is that because teams are dropping from the event, losing bids during the event, or a coincidence?

2006: 19 berths
2007: 17 berths
2008: 15 berths
2009: 12 berths
2010: 11 berths

Curious how many are autos.

(2010 NCAA Tournament: 11 berths - Morgan State, Murray State, New Mexico State, Northern Iowa, Ohio, Old Dominion, Siena, Utah State, UC-Santa Barbara, Vermont, Winthrop. Five wins overall: Murray State defeated Vanderbilt; Northern Iowa defeated UNLV and Kansas; Ohio defeated Georgetown; and Old Dominion defeated Notre Dame.

2009 NCAA Tournament: 12 berths - Akron, Butler, Cal State Northridge, Cleveland State, Morehead State, Morgan State, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, Portland State, Siena, Utah State, and Virginia Commonwealth. Three wins overall: Cleveland State defeated Wake Forest; Morehead State defeated Alabama State and Siena beat Ohio State.

2008 NCAA Tournament: 15 Berths - Austin Peay, Boise State, Butler, Cal State-Fullerton, Davidson, Drake, George Mason, Kent State, Oral Roberts, Portland State, Saint Mary's, San Diego, Siena, UMBC and Winthrop. Six wins overall: Davidson defeated Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin to reach the Elite Eight; Butler defeated South Alabama; Siena defeated Vanderbilt; and San Diego defeated Connecticut.

2007 NCAA Tournament: 17 Berths - Albany, Butler, Creighton, Davidson, Eastern Kentucky, Holy Cross, Long Beach State, Miami (Ohio), Nevada, New Mexico State, Niagara, Old Dominion, Oral Roberts, Southern Illinois, Virginia Commonwealth, Winthrop and Wright State. Seven wins overall: Butler defeated Old Dominion and Maryland to reach the Sweet Sixteen; Southern Illinois defeated Holy Cross and Virginia Tech to reach the Sweet Sixteen; Nevada defeated Creighton; Virginia Commonwealth defeated Duke; and Winthrop defeated Notre Dame.

2006 NCAA Tournament: 19 Berths - Albany, Bradley, Bucknell, George Mason, Iona, Kent State, Montana, Murray State, Nevada, UNC-Wilmington, Northern Iowa, Northwestern State, Pacific, Oral Roberts, Utah State, Southern Illinois, UW-Milwaukee, Winthrop and Wichita State. Twelve wins overall: Bradley defeated Kansas and Pittsburgh to reach the Sweet Sixteen; Bucknell defeated Arkansas; George Mason defeated Michigan State, North Carolina, Wichita State and Connecticut to reach the Final Four; Montana defeated Nevada; Northwestern State defeated Iowa; UW-Milwaukee defeated Oklahoma; and Wichita State defeated Seton Hall and Tennessee to reach the Sweet Sixteen.)

The worst part is, how many of these last year were at large bids? I don't know if any of them were? But at the same time, teams like St. Marys and Butler weren't in BB last year, but have been in the past.

[UNIpanther99]

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We are already going to have to make the return trip to ODU next year, lets hope it's a school reasonably close to us this year so we don't have two long road trips next year (unless it's close to ODU and we are lucky enough to be able to schedule them as part of one trip).