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(06-22-2023 03:26 PM)cleveland Wrote:  

(06-22-2023 01:47 PM)AlphaFlash Wrote:  

(06-22-2023 10:53 AM)bopol Wrote:  The BracketBusters were fun because it was a day of great basketball on ESPN when the only way I could see college basketball was ESPN, but I don't think it ever helped anyone actually get into the Tournament.

I just appreciated that it gave us a game to retool things in the middle of the conference play. We took a break from buzzing the Turnpike and got some playing time outside of the usual. My beef with frontloading the non-conference schedule is the teams aren't really into their routines and are still trying to figure out how to work together. If this team played Houston in January we would have a better shot, in my opinion.
Also how can you forget that Saint Mary's game?

Ditto ... or the Creighton game. Or the Butler game. BracketBuster was very good to Kent State, overall. ...

My ??? is does the in-season game replace a MAC game, and therefore count in the MAC standings? Or, is the MAC now down to a 17-game season???

I know no more than you do, Cleveland, but I think it's safe to say that the games WON'T count in the MAC standings. I also doubt the MAC season will be shortened, but we'll have to see about that. Even other than the bracketbuster games, it has not been unheard of for a MAC team to play a non-MAC game during the MAC seasons. The coaches always hated that when it happens and try to avoid it.