2010 Bracketology

[ZachTheZip]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketologyAnd the projected MAC champ next year is... Buffalo?!? As a 14 seed?!You've got to be freaking kidding me. You're telling me that we're worse than Buffalo next year, and by proxy worse than a 14 seed? Are you insane, Lunardi?

[WinZip]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketologyAnd the projected MAC champ next year is... Buffalo?!? As a 14 seed?!You've got to be freaking kidding me. You're telling me that we're worse than Buffalo next year, and by proxy worse than a 14 seed? Are you insane, Lunardi?

Shows how little they look into the MAC...Shows how blown away they'll belets go zips

[skip-zip]

I wouldn't read too far into the idea of who they think is going to win the conference. We all know that doesn't mean much, especially this early. I'm always surprised if, as a non-major conference, that they look much further beyond the record, and who they are losing to graduation, and make a guess. But, what should concern us all much more is that the conference is not going to be highly regarded anytime soon. Hence, the #14 seed. Unless someone can rattle off close to 16 conference wins, it probably won't be much better than that.

[Zips fan]

I think that the MAC will secure a 12 seed or better next year. We were as low as we could get this year. Our conference, specifically the West, did not win enough out of conference. I think the MAC does return alot of players and should move back to our more normal rankings of being a 10-12 ranked conference.

[bigzipguy]

Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!! How many gin and tonics or rum and cokes or beers or whatever he drinks did he pound down before making this projection??????

[Quickzips]

I wouldn't read too far into the idea of who they think is going to win the conference. We all know that doesn't mean much, especially this early. I'm always surprised if, as a non-major conference, that they look much further beyond the record, and who they are losing to graduation, and make a guess. But, what should concern us all much more is that the conference is not going to be highly regarded anytime soon. Hence, the #14 seed. Unless someone can rattle off close to 16 conference wins, it probably won't be much better than that.

The wierd thing is, if they were just looking at record and graduation rates we should win the MAC pretty easy next year. We had the best record overall (if you wanna look at just MAC record BG should be the rep.). We won the tournament to get the auto-bid, and we only lose one player to graduation.

[WinZip]

Another thing that I took from this was how important it is for us to win the MAC. I don't think the conference will be as bad as last year, but does anyone really think it won't hold us back? We would have to somehow position ourselves into around the top 42 teams to get an at-large bid. Personally, I don't see us getting the respect we deserve to do that. It's tough to crack the top 42 when we can't play a schedule that will get us on national TV. All the "big boys" play each other repeatedly in conference. Even if we pick up 25 wins, but proceed to turn around and lose in a MAC tournament upset, I could see the season ending in a bitter way.It's good to be

[skip-zip]

I wouldn't read too far into the idea of who they think is going to win the conference. We all know that doesn't mean much, especially this early. I'm always surprised if, as a non-major conference, that they look much further beyond the record, and who they are losing to graduation, and make a guess. But, what should concern us all much more is that the conference is not going to be highly regarded anytime soon. Hence, the #14 seed. Unless someone can rattle off close to 16 conference wins, it probably won't be much better than that.

The wierd thing is, if they were just looking at record and graduation rates we should win the MAC pretty easy next year. We had the best record overall (if you wanna look at just MAC record BG should be the rep.). We won the tournament to get the auto-bid, and we only lose one player to graduation.

Yep...who knows? I knew Buffalo was going to be in pretty good shape next year, but I took a quick glance to see.Of their top guys statistically, they'll lose Gamble and Andy Robinson, who combined for about 15 ppg. Seems hard to believe that the loss of Linhart could equal those two guys collectively. But, they will have 3 good seniors in their starting lineup next year. Maybe they're counting on that to keep them in that first place slot.

[Zips fan]

Another thing that I took from this was how important it is for us to win the MAC. I don't think the conference will be as bad as last year, but does anyone really think it won't hold us back? We would have to somehow position ourselves into around the top 42 teams to get an at-large bid. Personally, I don't see us getting the respect we deserve to do that. It's tough to crack the top 42 when we can't play a schedule that will get us on national TV. All the "big boys" play each other repeatedly in conference. Even if we pick up 25 wins, but proceed to turn around and lose in a MAC tournament upset, I could see the season ending in a bitter way.It's good to be

I believe the deck is more stacked than top 42 for non-BCS schools. I am pretty sure Miami and Buffalo both recently got snubbed with RPI's in the low 30's. I think the Zips have only one real shot at getting to the tournament next year and that is winning the MAC tournament, again. The regular season guarantees the NIT, MAC tournament gets the NCAA tournament and 20 wins gets you into one of those tournament that no one follows except the schools that are in them.

[WinZip]

exactly my point. Who knows though if we get another big recruit to shake things up

[skip-zip]

Another thing that I took from this was how important it is for us to win the MAC. I don't think the conference will be as bad as last year, but does anyone really think it won't hold us back? We would have to somehow position ourselves into around the top 42 teams to get an at-large bid. Personally, I don't see us getting the respect we deserve to do that. It's tough to crack the top 42 when we can't play a schedule that will get us on national TV. All the "big boys" play each other repeatedly in conference. Even if we pick up 25 wins, but proceed to turn around and lose in a MAC tournament upset, I could see the season ending in a bitter way.It's good to be

I believe the deck is more stacked than top 42 for non-BCS schools. I am pretty sure Miami and Buffalo both recently got snubbed with RPI's in the low 30's. I think the Zips have only one real shot at getting to the tournament next year and that is winning the MAC tournament, again. The regular season guarantees the NIT, MAC tournament gets the NCAA tournament and 20 wins gets you into one of those tournament that no one follows except the schools that are in them.

Good observations. I think Can't State got their RPI into the 20s in 2008. I think that would have gotten them an at-large if they had not won the tournament. But, that's the only team in recent memory that I really thought had a legitimate chance. I want to see us take steps to improve the situation. And the only place where we can do that is in our OOC scheduling. But unfortunately, I'm not seeing much of a chance right now that anyone can survive the damage that the conference schedule will do to your RPI. The teams in our league have to get better.

[bigsix0]

Buffalo finished the year with an RPI of 30 in 2004-05, but was hardly snubbed. Their record was 22-9 prior to Selection Sunday, and their biggest OOC win was at home vs. Niagara(RPI - 62). They finished the MAC regular season at 11-7. Hell, they entered the MAC tournament with 19 wins, which often won't get a BCS school in the dance. The MAC was much stronger as a group than it has been in a while, but that Buffalo team wasn't close to deserving an at-large bid.

[Blue & Gold]

I'm hoping we get into a nice preseason tourney and then, once there, we've got to make some noise. Maybe even win the whole thing. If we could make some preseason noise it may make us at least a blip on the national radar for the rest of the season. But it's tough being a mid-major. You've got to be darn near perfect because the powers-that-be are continually looking to jump on any and every given opportunity to discredit you. The BCS -even in basketball- is a weighted racket.

[skip-zip]

Buffalo finished the year with an RPI of 30 in 2004-05, but was hardly snubbed. Their record was 22-9 prior to Selection Sunday, and their biggest OOC win was at home vs. Niagara(RPI - 62). They finished the MAC regular season at 11-7. Hell, they entered the MAC tournament with 19 wins, which often won't get a BCS school in the dance. The MAC was much stronger as a group than it has been in a while, but that Buffalo team wasn't close to deserving an at-large bid.

I don't remember this in good detail, so thanks for sharing this.Is anyone else surprised that a resume like this got them to the #30 RPI spot?