PR Tipoff matchups announced tomorrow?

[im4wsu]

Colorado lost a bunch of scoring, but their big man returns after missing the entire season last year. They have recruited three good ones, but catching them early in the season after losing Burks and Higgins will help.

[Aargh]

There are some great story lines for WSU in this tournament. Announcers won't be hurting for material if there are slower stretches in the game, or if the games get lopsided.

Win the first two, which I think is doable, and then WSU has a 7-game winning streak, which would likely be the second-longest in the nation.

There are lots of reasons to hear WSU mentioned a lot during the entire tournament.

I bet Turgeon hates this bracket. He's guaranteed to have to play either his former assistant and good friend or his former school. Beating a Turgeon-coached Maryland team would be sweet.

[AG1219]

Beating a Turgeon-coached Maryland team would be sweet.

It would be cool to play Turg, but that most likely means we lost our first game. Maryland is going to be down this year.

[GoShockers89]

This is pretty much a dream draw for WSU.

[ShockerEngr]

I'll chalk this up to at least one concrete scheduling payoff to winning the NIT

[ABC]

We have the prime time game, but not the prime time channel.

[Zardoz]

I picked up ESPNU when it first became available on Cox as there were some Shocker games on it. It looks like the game will be high def which is a plus.

[SpanglerFan316]

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/33553/bracket-reveal-puerto-rico-tip-off

Predicted winner: Alabama. The Crimson Tide barely missed the NCAA tournament this past spring and then had to swallow the lousy pill of a loss in the NIT title game. So there’s plenty to fuel the Tide’s fire and plenty of fuel in the form of Green and Mitchell. In a field with plenty of talent, there is none to rival what Anthony Grant has at his disposal. Expect the Tide to prove the expectations are warranted by winning a title here.

I'd like to see this pinned to the Shocker lockers in PR. :D



PS To be completely honest ...

Eamonn Brennan: Wichita State
Andy Katz: Alabama
Diamond Leung: Temple

[RoyalShock]

Purdue and Western Michigan get an extra game, hosted at Purdue, as part of this event.

http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/093011aaa.html

How nice for Purdue (and WMich). The way the tournament bracket is setup, they could play each other again in the 2nd game, should WMich upset Temple or Iona upset Purdue.

[AG1219]

Purdue and Western Michigan get an extra game, hosted at Purdue, as part of this event.

http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/093011aaa.html

How nice for Purdue (and WMich). The way the tournament bracket is setup, they could play each other again in the 2nd game, should WMich upset Temple or Iona upset Purdue.

Wow, thats crazy. And I don't think Iona beating Purdue would be an upset. Iona has a good team. Good chance of them playing twice in 6 days.

[1972Shocker]

I noticed this game is not part of Purdue's season ticket package. Not sure if that is part of the requirements to be able to schedule this game or not.