Bracketbuster

[shocks02]

What day do they announce the matchups?

Monday

[shocks02]

After this game it'll be interesting to see who the Shox play. I bet our RPI will be right around 160 and we can probably expect to play Loyola or Iona. Ohio (Jim Schaus) or Akron would be nice though. Hopefully the BB committee realizes WSU is good at home and sends us a tough team.

HOME TEAM
21 Siena
34 Davidson
49 St Mary's
72 Evansville
75 Creighton
82 Niagara
90 Fairfield
95 Nevada
101 Wright St
105 Drexel
110 UW Milwaukee
114 Drake
124 Portland St
126 Vermont
136 Rider
143 San Diego
150 UT-Martin
151 James Madison
152 UIC
153 Loyola
165 Long Beach St
167 Wichita St
170 E Kentucky
171 Idaho
173 New Mexico St
177 Boston
181 Murray St
184 Georgia So
188 Bowling Green
198 San Jose St
199 ODU
207 Kent
215 Ball St
220 Towson
223 UC-Santa Barbara
228 Valpo
229 Hawaii
237 Winthrop
241 W Michigan
243 Indiana St
255 Marist
261 William & Mary
264 UC-Davis
268 Cal Poly
270 UNC-Wilmington
272 Bucknell
276 Youngstown St
286 Central Michigan
297 Tennessee St
329 SEMO
337 E Michigan


ROAD TEAM
8 Butler
41 Utah St
48 Miami (Oh)
52 Northeastern
53 George Mason
62 Illinois St
65 VCU
66 Buffalo
68 Northern Iowa
79 UW Green Bay
81 Boise St
86 Bradley
92 Hofstra
103 North Dakota St
106 Cleveland St
108 Austin Peay
121 SIU
125 Akron
129 Ohio
135 Iona
149 Missouri St
160 Loyola (Md)
163 Morehead St
164 Gardner-Webb
174 Liberty
176 CS Fullerton
178 Pacific
179 Montana St
183 CS Northridge
186 Morgan St
196 Manhattan
202 Canisius
205 Louisiana Tech
213 UMBC
218 Jacksonville St
235 Deleware
242 UC-Riverside
250 UC-Irvine
251 Fresno St
253 Hartford
259 Tenn Tech
262 Appalachian St
265 S Dakota St
271 Detroit
281 E Illinois
283 Georgia St
295 Elon
309 Toledo
310 St Peter's
314 Fairleigh Dickinson
330 Northern Illinois

[shocks02]

If you we're unaware the matchups will be chosen and announced tomorrow. Here are the closest teams to WSU (162 and 139) in RPI and Power ratings.

(RPI)

Morgan State - 178
Iona - 175
Pacific - 162
Morehead State - 153
Ohio - 138
Loyola MD - 137
Akron - 125

(Power Ratings)

Morehead State - 173
Iona - 160
Liberty - 158
Ohio - 154
Pacific - 138
Hofstra - 131
Akron - 111

[C0|dB|00ded]

Somebody wake me up when this mid-major cattle drive is over...


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[small tyme baller]

I would like to see cleveland st or boise st.... don't know if either are realistic though

[rrshock]

I'd guess Pacific. They're the closest in numbers on both. But I don't care either. This is something that should probably go away.

[Aargh]

If you we're unaware the matchups will be chosen and announced tomorrow. Here are the closest teams to WSU (162 and 139) in RPI and Power ratings.

(RPI)

Morgan State - 178
Iona - 175
Pacific - 162
Morehead State - 153
Ohio - 138
Loyola MD - 137
Akron - 125

(Power Ratings)

Morehead State - 173
Iona - 160
Liberty - 158
Ohio - 154
Pacific - 138
Hofstra - 131
Akron - 111

I think (at least I hope) you can cross Gardner-Webb and Misery State off the list. Dang! We've got a possibility of getting a BracketBuster opponent that we paid to come here as a guarantee game. That's suckage.

Morehead State is probably the best, considering we have a return game next year. The list of possible opponents looks like a list of potential buy games for next year's schedule. BracketBusters gives us the opportunity to go play a free game on their court.

I'm with ShockerFever:

Unless you're in the top 2 of the Valley, you're not ever gonna get excited for this game.

I think it has run its course. Time to flush.

If you're top 2 (maybe 3 ), you get a decent home-and-away setup. Of course, it's an elimination game for the NCAA's 2 years in a row. It does solve some scheduling problems.

In WSU's situation, it adds a home-and away against teams that we could pay to come play here on a one-time basis. For an improving team that's usually an RPI killer in the return game.

[shocks02]

I know I'm in the minority but I like the Bracketbuster. We get into conference play and you see the same teams over and over, its nice to get a little change of pace late in the season.

[DUShock]

Has anyone ever thought that this season our beloved Shocks could be the "buster" rather than the "bustee". I sincerely hope this is the case. Think of it as another situation to show off "The Roundhouse", sneak a quality win, and possibly do so on national tele! :good:

Go Shocks!!!!

[vancedave56]

The bracket buster is still something we should be able to get "up" for. It is a non-conference opponent - likely a team of comparable ability. We aren't the best right now, so we will not be playing the best. We should not be getting so smug to think we are better than this game.

It is still Shocker basketball, and it should still sell out. We still need a WIN no matter the opponent. :wsu_posters:

[Snapshot9]

I could see us getting Iona or Pacific. Doubt that we will get someone rated that much higher than us.

Iona lost to Siena, 68 to 69 on 1/26/09.

[Ixiah]

When they do the pairing for this thing are they just looking at RPI?

For example Illinois St. is listed higher then Northern Iowa but

1. Northern Iowa won the matchup between the two
2. Northern Iowa leads Illinois state by three games in the MVC.

[Rosewood]

they also look at how teams are doing right now. I remember a few years ago a valley team thinking they got snubbed by facing a team with what looked like a bad record/ bad rpi but that team was doing great in conference and it made for a good matchup.

But really, who knows.

[shocks02]

they also look at how teams are doing right now. I remember a few years ago a valley team thinking they got snubbed by facing a team with what looked like a bad record/ bad rpi but that team was doing great in conference and it made for a good matchup.

But really, who knows.

That is actually good for WSU since we have won 4 straight home games and 4 of our last 5. Maybe we could make a case for the U.

[ShockerFever]

That is actually good for WSU since we have won 4 straight home games and 4 of our last 5. Maybe we could make a case for the U.

I like the optimism but that's not gonna happen.