skip-zip Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I took a peak at Bracketology this afternoon. It was cool to see that our name appears on there (yes...it's a guess...but it was cool to see). What is a little bit upsetting was that I got another reminder of how much the MAC has slipped. We share a projected #14 seed with the winner of the Southland, Sun Belt, and Big Sky conferences. I know...what should I have expected? But it still stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wow, and last year the MAC had a 9 seed. These things are cyclical and as others have pointed out in other posts the MAC is fairly young this year, but I'd take a 14 seed if we can just get into the tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wow, and last year the MAC had an 8 seed. These things are cyclical and as others have pointed out in other posts the MAC is fairly young this year, but I'd take a 14 seed if we can just get into the tournament.Blog space sin: You didn't post a link.Last week the projected winner of the MAC (UB) was setup with Florida State. I think that would be a great match up for us. Anyone else have a desired matchup for the NCAA Tourney provided we get there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wow, and last year the MAC had an 8 seed. These things are cyclical and as others have pointed out in other posts the MAC is fairly young this year, but I'd take a 14 seed if we can just get into the tournament.Blog space sin: You didn't post a link.Last week the projected winner of the MAC (UB) was setup with Florida State. I think that would be a great match up for us. Anyone else have a desired matchup for the NCAA Tourney provided we get there?Florida State would be great for rematch, and I'm sure they haven't forgotten about us. If we're going to be somewhere around a 14 seed, we'll end up playing one of the top 15 teams in the country, which means that Brett McKnight will turn into LeBron James again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleacher Bum Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology#14 going against #3 Villanova, Eek. Good news is it's projected to be in Philadelphia. Road Trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plowerman78 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 yeah that would be great, i would be in for a road trip out to philly, but hey lets get it done first lol...plus we wont embarrass the MAC by scoring only 10 in the first half ha ha....bleacher bum you have a good time yesterday up in Buffalooo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyforPresident Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wow, and last year the MAC had an 8 seed. These things are cyclical and as others have pointed out in other posts the MAC is fairly young this year, but I'd take a 14 seed if we can just get into the tournament.Blog space sin: You didn't post a link.Last week the projected winner of the MAC (UB) was setup with Florida State. I think that would be a great match up for us. Anyone else have a desired matchup for the NCAA Tourney provided we get there?Florida State would be great for rematch, and I'm sure they haven't forgotten about us. If we're going to be somewhere around a 14 seed, we'll end up playing one of the top 15 teams in the country, which means that Brett McKnight will turn into LeBron James again.Brett having jersey number 23 a coincidence? I think not.. Anyway, a rematch against Florida State, but this time in the NCAAs would be absolutely awesome. Here's to not looking past BG though Get it done in the MAC and then hopefully we can make some noise in the post season! Final Four here we come.. :blink: LETS GO ZIPS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 On the subject of NCAA projections, for basketball fans who don't regularly read the football forum, I posted the following in a football/basketball thread entitled: The MAC Stinks, What Can Be Done About It?-------------------------------------------------------------------------An interesting data point to consider can be found in the current CBS Sports projecting the field for the NCAA men's basketball tournament (link below). At the end of the article they give a detailed breakdown of each conference whose champion earns a bid, including projected champion, at-large and on the fence entries.As expected, the MAC has "none" next to both at-large and on the fence.But here's the kicker: Of the 31 conferences listed, 20 are just like the MAC -- no at-large and no on the fence entries. So 21 of the 31 conferences can effectively be considered 1-bid conferences. This includes some conferences considered stronger than the MAC -- Missouri Valley, Horizon, etc. The much stronger Conference USA has none at-large and only one on the fence.Considering all of this, the challenge to raise the MAC to more than a 1-bid conference in basketball is huge. MAC football is much better off with multiple bowl teams every year already in place.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/11233762 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleacher Bum Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 yeah that would be great, i would be in for a road trip out to philly, but hey lets get it done first lol...plus we wont embarrass the MAC by scoring only 10 in the first half ha ha....bleacher bum you have a good time yesterday up in Buffalooo?Sure did. Man, I miss all those bus trips. I realized I'm becoming an old man though as I was sitting in the front of the bus holding a conversation with the driver rather than slamming beers in the back. It was great, though, to learn all the new cheers the Rowdies come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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