SWSiouxMN Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Since we are officially a week away from finding out who exactly we will be playing during Bracketbusters weekend, I thought this might be a good time to start thinking about who could be our potential opponent for this great event. http://espnbracketbusters.com/site/teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Since we are officially a week away from finding out who exactly we will be playing during Bracketbusters weekend, I thought this might be a good time to start thinking about who could be our potential opponent for this great event. http://espnbracketbusters.com/site/teams It would be nice to be matched up with a Horizon or Missouri Valley team but I'm guessing we will be matched up with a Summit team. My guess is UNO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bincitysioux Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Do they have parameters as far as how they match teams up? Do they do it regionally or based on RPI? If those are the guidlines, I'd think that Summit, MVC, Horizon, WAC, or MAC teams would all be candidates. Did we ever find out if we will get a return game from the opponent next season since this is apparently the last season of the Bracketbuster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'd say the most likely candidate is UNO. Other possibilities I could see would be Drake, Loyola, UIC and Northern Illinois. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NODAK13 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 What about South Dakota. That would be a nice close game compared to the others and probably a great matchup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 What about South Dakota. That would be a nice close game compared to the others and probably a great matchup. If you look at the link provided, they list this years road and home teams. USD is a road team this year as is UND meaning they won't be playing each other. I have not found anything as far as guidelines but just going by casual observation, they tend to keep it regional and I believe they try to keep the games a competitive matchup up. This is why I believe UNO is one of the more realistic choices for us to be matched up with. EDIT: These are the Summit League Teams that are listed as Home teams: IPFW IUPUI Nebraska Omaha Oakland Western Illinois University Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I found a website that has a "BracketBuster" predictor. Here is the link: http://www.rpiforecast.com/bb.html Based on teams in UND's RPI range and geography, here are the top candidates I could see UND playing: UND is a road team with an rpi of 285 Home teams are: Northern Illinois 290 Fort Wayne 298 Indianapolis 302 Omaha 309 My guess is still Omaha or one of the Indiana Schools I also saw where the home school is contracted to return the game in either 2014 or 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NODAK13 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Any word yet of who we play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Haven't seen anything yet, but looking at updated RPI looks like, with UND at 279, would likely be a Summit team (Omaha, Ft Wayne or IUPUI). Away teams at the bottom has a much higher RPI than home teams, so each of these teams is in the 300 - 310 range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bincitysioux Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 The announcement is at 5:30 tonight on ESPNU................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 A few games of interest that made the TV schedule Fri, Feb 22 7 p.m. North Dakota State at Akron ESPN2 / WatchESPN Sat, Feb 23 3 p.m. Montana at Davidson ESPNU / WatchESPN 8 p.m. South Dakota State at Murray State ESPN2 / WatchESPN Denver at Northern Iowa ESPN3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 The Montana/Davidson and SDSU/Murray State games already make me drool with excitement. Two great coaches and a great envrioment in Davidson, and two awesome guards in Wolters and Isaah Cannon in the SDSU/Murray State game. Creighton/St. Mary's will be awesome as well. I kinda wanted to see NDSU get UNI, but Akron will be a good challenge for them. Wonder if they would have Braun back for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 we get omaha haha what a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sioux2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 we get omaha haha what a joke Why is it a joke? Who did you think we were going to play. Nebraska Omaha is in 5th place in the summit and is 29th in the nation in FG%. Obviously they shoot the ball very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 we get omaha haha what a joke Would be nice if we can schedule the return game to coincide with a home hockey series against the Mavs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Big Sky Games Montana @ Davidson UND @ Omaha Weber @ Oral Roberts Sac State @ UC Santa Barbara NAU @ Hawaii UNC @ UC-Davis South Dakota @ MSU Idaho @ ISU Sam Houston State @ EWU UC Riverside @ PSU Cal State Northridge @ SUU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND92,96 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Not to complain too much about something we have no control over, but I find it a little ironic that our first, and only Bracket Buster game is against a transitional program with an RPI in the 300's. It sounds a lot like a Great West conference game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 we get omaha haha what a joke Who did you want to play? Do you feel we deserved a better or worse opponent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND92,96 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Who did you want to play? Do you feel we deserved a better or worse opponent? Personally, I would have just preferred to play a team that is actually eligible to play in their own conference tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I would have too but injuries and inconsistent play killed our first quarter of the season. The non televised games seem to be very regionalized so it did not surprise me. I guess I didn't feel it was a joke. I kind of expected it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Im sure if USD had a home game, and not a road one we would have gotten them instead. Oh well Not going to complain, lets just pound them into submission when we play them and move on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND92,96 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I would have too but injuries and inconsistent play killed our first quarter of the season. The non televised games seem to be very regionalized so it did not surprise me. I guess I didn't feel it was a joke. I kind of expected it. I guess my biggest problem with the whole thing is that I find it a bit ridiculous that a transitional program should even be in the Bracket Buster. It seems like it would have made more sense for only the eight tournament-eligible Summit teams to be in it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I guess my biggest problem with the whole thing is that I find it a bit ridiculous that a transitional program should even be in the Bracket Buster. It seems like it would have made more sense for only the eight tournament-eligible Summit teams to be in it. This I can agree with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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