BracketBusters Updates Thread/TV Sched

[jman2004]

They won't go on the bubble because they're the second best MVC team. The Valley may have underperformed in BracketBusters, but lets not go as far as saying they will only get one tourney bid.

They'll still get at least two. I'm thinking three. MSU's win over Wisconsin will still serve to be big.

[jman2004]

So the Valley goes 5-5. It wasn't the turnout we all wanted, but let's look at it this way, 3 of those five losses were to pretty darn good basketball teams. Drexel (20-7) didn't look too shabby. Winthrop (23-4) could very darn well be a Cinderella team come March. And Nevada, well, I think I realized that Nevada is definately for real. Their lineup is pretty good top to bottom.

SIU (one of the Valley's wins) should find themselves at least ranked 12th in the nation (and UNI is one of their five losses). 3 of the Valley's wins were Drake, Illinois St., and Evansville. Could those three victories actually help our conference RPI, even after a 5-5 showing?

I'm bummed about the Panthers, but I'm still pretty hopeful that the Valley could get three teams (MSU or Bradley or of course, us after we win the Valley tourney)!

[UNIAlum95]

But is 3 bids acceptable? Can the Valley's 4/5 teams play with the 6/7 of the "power" conferences. Of course they can. I'm not sure a 3 bid season isn't a HUGE disappointment for the Valley...

[ceaser150]

Anyone know what the records were of the various conferences in the Bracketbuster? I would like to know which conferences came out looking good since everyone is ripping the Valley for a supposed poor showing.

[DancerHall Cat]

Anyone know what the records were of the various conferences in the Bracketbuster? I would like to know which conferences came out looking good since everyone is ripping the Valley for a supposed poor showing.

Thats the whole point. Going into this years Bracketbuster the MVC had the most wins (I would guess we still do). If you want to compare yourself to other mid-majors we will hold up fine. However, if the MVC thinks it is in the same class as the BCS schools we needed to do a little better than 5-5.

[jman2004]

The other thing to think about is that these other "BCS" conferences don't have to play these teams in BracketBusters. We've all seen Cinderellas beat up on BCS conference teams in the tournament before.

The whole argument is a little unfair because who's to say that Winthrop, Nevada, and Drexel wouldn't have beaten any of the top Big East or Big Ten schools, given the same circumstances?

[DWadle1983]

It was a poor showing by the MVC when three of the top six teams in the MVC lose at home, and in two cases to teams with lower RPI's.