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ESPN Bracketbuster 2013

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#1 ·
Thought we could update this throughout the season since we usually talk a great deal about the matchups and TV games.

Saw on ESPN this morning that ALbany is getting some attention after the Washington win on the road and if they continue to play solid they could grab a game on ESPN.

"The other two teams to keep an eye on over the next two months to see if they are worthy of a high-profile game are road teams Albany (won at Washington) and UC Irvine (lost in overtime at UCLA). http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...67149/3-point-shot-scoping-out-bracketbusters

ALbany and Vermont are the only two teams picked to rep the AEast!

The event will feature 13 nationally televised games across ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 and includes teams from 15 different conferences.

The 122-team field will feature teams from 13 conferences: 12 each from Big South, Mid-American Conference and Ohio Valley Conference; 11 from the Big Sky; 10 each from Big West, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Missouri Valley and Southland Conference; nine each from Horizon and Summit Leagues; six from the Western Athletic Association; four from the Southern Conference; three from the MEAC; and two each from the America East and West Coast Conferences.

As part of the agreement, all 13 of the BracketBusters home teams in televised games, as well as the remaining 58 home squads, will play a return game at the home facility of their opponent in November or December of the 2013-14 season.

http://www.americaeast.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205727388&DB_OEM_ID=14000
 
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#2 ·
Wow, this event has gone downhill in a hurry. Without CAA/NEC looks like only other northeast conference is the MAAC. Benefit of that is maybe we can get an interesting opponent from a different conference we don't usually see.


That said, I'm down to play anybody anytime anywhere and maybe get on TV.
 
#11 ·
It looks good if you get the home game. It's a total waste if you get sent on the road to school more then 500 miles away right at the end of your conference season. Bonus points if you have to re-arrange your conf schedule because of it, like FDU had to do the last time the NEC team was part of it.
 
#12 ·
I agree with this, it's great if you have a good rpi and end up playing an opponent you normaly wouldn't get the chance to play. However, a couple years ago when we went to South Carolina to play a very good Charleston team we got worked. The Cats just weren't the same team after that game.
 
#7 ·
Guy did you not read what I wrote? The AE has never been in the PIG until 2011-12.

Hey- if the NCAA is going to make us play it and we win, we're claiming it. The check cashes and the money is green. The rest of the conference is welcome.
 
#17 ·
Northeastern will also be very good this year, but ya CofC was picked 2nd in the SoCon this year so they'll be tough.

And Nostra I'd rather make some cash by beating Lamar in the PIG then losing to UNC on primetime.
 
#23 ·
Trivia:

Which D1 program has never played in the NCAA or NIT tourney, or has never even won a conf title?

Actually there are 2 teams that hold that distinction,(both from America Least, shocker I know) but 1 of them was established 23 yrs earlier, so they have the longest streak of futility in D1 hoops history, having started their basketball program more than a century ago.
 
#24 ·
Trivia:

Which D1 program has never played in the NCAA or NIT tourney, or has never won a conf title?

Actually there are 2 teams that hold that distinction,(both from America Least, shocker I know) but 1 of them was established 23 yrs earlier, so they have the longest streak of futility in D1 hoops history, having started their basketball program more than a century ago.
Maine and UNH
 
#29 ·
It's a PIG win in the NCAA Tournament.

I think anyone that knows anything about anything knows a PIG win is much different significance than a #13 seed over a #4 seed, obviously.
 
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