They should be announced tomorrow. The MAC should be in line for three or four TV games.

This is the conference's last chance to move up in the RPI relative to other conferences.

Hopefully TV games for at least Akron, Ohio and Buffalo...

Three or four TV games would be great! Where are Akron's and UB's games, home or away? We're home.

Check this chart. It's updated every day with the home and away teams listed by RPI.

http://www.vcuramnation.com/forums/viewt...f=3&t=7889

TV games do not take geography into account as heavily as the non-televised games.

Akron should be a lock for a marquee game. OU and Buffalo should get in, but it might depend on if the match-up is attractive enough. Kent is on the TV bubble but might have enough of a "name" draw that they get one.

I love the bracketbusters because it gives the fans a break from the conference grind and a chance to root for everyone in the MAC again.

Possible leak names the MAC TV games as:

Akron @ Iona Friday 7PM Feb 17th ESPN2
Buffalo @ Davidson Saturday 1PM ESPNU
Drake @ Ohio Saturday 7PM ESPNU

(01-30-2012 08:36 AM)uakronkid Wrote:  Possible leak names the MAC TV games as:

Akron @ Iona Friday 7PM Feb 17th ESPN2
Buffalo @ Davidson Saturday 1PM ESPNU
Drake @ Ohio Saturday 7PM ESPNU

How confident are you in that source?

(01-30-2012 10:26 AM)BullBoy Wrote:  

(01-30-2012 08:36 AM)uakronkid Wrote:  Possible leak names the MAC TV games as:

Akron @ Iona Friday 7PM Feb 17th ESPN2
Buffalo @ Davidson Saturday 1PM ESPNU
Drake @ Ohio Saturday 7PM ESPNU

How confident are you in that source?

Not very.

Thanks.. Still good to see that the top three teams in the league hopefully getting TV games.

(01-30-2012 10:33 AM)uakronkid Wrote:  Akron @ Iona Friday 7PM Feb 17th ESPN2
Buffalo @ Davidson Saturday 1PM ESPNU
Drake @ Ohio Saturday 7PM ESPNU

Not a leak, just a VCU fan's admitted guess posted on their board.

From Andy Katz:

The BracketBusters pairings will be unveiled at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU Monday night. I have no idea what they will be but I’m on the show to discuss the Feb. 17-19 event. I’ve bounced around plenty of pairings and here are my top four: Saint Mary's at Creighton; Long Beach State at Murray State; Wichita State at George Mason; Drexel at Iona; Akron at Loyola (Md.); Nevada at Oral Roberts; Valparaiso at VCU.

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketbal...rs-tonight

Wouldn't be surprised if OU ended up hosting Drexel. Still think Long Beach State will end up at Iona, with Wichita State playing at Murray State. But I can see the logic in Katz's predictions for those four teams.

Jeremy Guy tweeted that he was at the bracketbuster meetings earlier today and that the conference would be well represented.

Weak stuff: Akron at Oral Roberts
Buffalo at S. Dakota St on the U.
UNC-Asheville @ Ohio on ESPN3.

Akron's is good. That's about all you can say.

Jeremy Guy is an idiot. Only having 2 televised games is NOT something to be pleased about. ESPN3 is NOT television.

It's a shame that the second best team (conference record) doesn't get televised. Talk about getting the shaft.

Buffalo benefited from a wealth of good home teams and a drop-off in RPI for the away teams.

SDSU is a good team. Glad UB got a TV game.

This was a year when the better teams were home teams. Ohio was not in a good position.

As for ESPN3 not being TV--a couple of cables and connectors and my laptop is hooked up to the home theater. It's great. I'll be watching KSU@CMU tomorrow night that way.

3 TV games. 3 wins.

Take Oral Roberts lightly at your peril. They have won 13 in a row. They beat Xavier by 22 @ Xavier, and lost a tough game at Gonzaga. Thye beat S.Dak St by 20, too. They have a better resume than Akron and are undefeated at home. They will clearly be favored. Akron has not looked great on the road.

Saturday, Febraruy 18th
*Buffalo at South Dakota State (ESPNU, 1 p.m.)
*Akron at Oral Roberts (ESPN/ESPN2, 2 p.m.)
*UNC-Asheville at Ohio (ESPN3, 7 p.m.)
College of Charleston at Kent State
Western Michigan at North Dakota State
Eastern Michigan at Green Bay
Southern Illinois at Ball State
Morehead State at Bowling Green
Toledo at Sam Houston State
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Central Michigan
Northern Illinois at SIU Edwardsville

Sunday, February 19th
Tennessee State at Miami

Further insult--they put the Ohio game opposite the St. Mary's-Murray St marquee matchup.