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Subject: Re: Bracket Buster

Author:
BreakinBison

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Date Posted: 12:08:02 09/16/05 Fri
In reply to: KenZ 's message, "Bracket Buster" on 09:09:55 09/16/05 Fri

Wow...some interesting potential matchups. Here's my take on a few:

Legacy Edition

Northern Iowa - Rick Harzell is their current AD (former BU AD)
Saint Mary's (CA) - Tim Landis (current BU football coach) used to coach at St. Mary's
Drexel - Flannery used to coach here and typically schedules an annual pre-season scrimmage w/ the Dragons.

Beauty Edition

Miami (OH) - very similar campus to Bucknell
Hawaii - for obvious reasons

Tourney Darling Edition

Nevada
Pacific
UW Milwaukee

Payback Edition (teams BU has played once and lost previously)

Evansville (1988)
College of Charleston (2003)
Montana (1992)
New Orleans (1992)
Wichita State (1995)
Old Dominion (1979)
Northeastern (I know they haven't played, but put 'em back on the schedule so Bettencourt can play in Beantown)
UC Irvine (1989)
Canisius (0 - 6 lifetime, we need to beat 'em once)
Ball State (1971, 1998)
Boise State (1994)
Murray State (1990)

There are others that could've made this list but they too are on the road.

The Who B-U? (nice to meet ya edition)

VCU
Montana State
Winthrop
UC Riverside
Cal State Fullerton
Cleveland State
Detroit
Loyola (Chicago)
Bowling Green
Central Michigan
Kent State
Ohio U.
W. Michigan
Valpo
Bradley
Creighton
Southern Illinois
Austin Peay
Eastern Ky
Jacksonville State
UL Lafayette
Western Ky
San Jose State

(Note, surprised to see how many MAC schools BU has never played considering their relative close proximity)

The U Again Edition (MAAC special)

Hofstra
Iona
Loyola (MD)
Manhattan
St. Peter's

On the whole, should be a good matchup whoever we play.

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[> [> Subject: Why no Holy Cross??

Author:
Pard4Life
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Date Posted: 00:11:28 09/21/05 Wed

How come the Crusaders are omitted from Bracket Buster Day? Half the teams invited to play are obscure, doormat basketball teams that rest in the RPI 200s. Morehead St.? Illinois St.? Montana St.? I'm glad to see an expanded Bracket Buster, but this is ridiculous. A majority of these teams won't even have .500 records nor make it to the NIT.

I'm surprised not to see the Crusaders playing (unless the school turned down an invitation but I'd be very surprised). At least invite American or Lehigh too if your going to throw in Morehead St.

It'd be nice to see some Ivies in there, but that conference has never done anything creative in terms of letting their teams play outside the league bubble.