MrPhillie
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03-10-17 07:37 PM - Post#226161
In response to MrPhillie
Love to see Mason win their tourney and win the first round, Bucknell win their first round and meet in the second round. So what is the possibility of Bucknell and Mason scheduling a ref season game in the future?
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BUFan
PhD Student
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03-10-17 08:36 PM - Post#226164
In response to MrPhillie
Couldn't SMU move up to the 4 line if they win their tourney...
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Bison89
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03-10-17 08:45 PM - Post#226168
In response to MrPhillie
Love to see Mason win their tourney and win the first round, Bucknell win their first round and meet in the second round. So what is the possibility of Bucknell and Mason scheduling a ref season game in the future?
MrPhillie, I love the idea of a GMU vs. Bucknell showdown in the Dance, but don't bet on it happening. Aa for a regular season game, there is nothing for Coach Paulsen to gain. So, I doubt it will happen.
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atlantabison
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03-11-17 11:27 AM - Post#226206
In response to MrPhillie
Rooting Guide to a great day for the Bison Today
11:00 am Albany over Vermont
12:30 pm Texas State over UTArlington
1:00 pm. Davidson over Rhode Island
1:30 pm Penn over Princeton
Go outside and get some fresh air
6:00 pm Colorado State over Nevada
7:30 pm Kent State over Akro
8:30 pm Marshall over Mid Tenn St
Wake up Sunday looking at a 12 seed.
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Bison89
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03-11-17 11:30 AM - Post#226208
In response to atlantabison
ab, thanks for the info. So, while my wife thinks that I am organizing the garage, I can actually watch hoops all day. What a great Saturday!
New season, new team, new dream . . . |
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BisonRoadWarrior
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03-11-17 11:36 AM - Post#226209
In response to Bison89
Oddly, both CBS and ESPN dropped Bucknell down from yesterday's bracket to today.
ESPN: 14 seed (from 13) playing Louisville in Indianapolis
CBS: 14 seed (the bottom one) playing Louisville.
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Bison89
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03-11-17 11:37 AM - Post#226210
In response to Bison89
Lunardi has Bucknell 14 vs. Louisville 3 in Indianapolis. I don't know why, but he has a downward arrow on Bucknell.
Personally, I would not want to face Louisville. They are probably urinated off for losing to Duke, but then again, who wanted to play Kansas in 2005?
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Bison137
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03-11-17 11:57 AM - Post#226214
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
Oddly, both CBS and ESPN dropped Bucknell down from yesterday's bracket to today.
ESPN: 14 seed (from 13) playing Louisville in Indianapolis
CBS: 14 seed (the bottom one) playing Louisville.
Lunardi's (ESPN) dropped them one spot, from the worst 13 to the highest 14 due to Akron's win in the MAC semis. The two teams simply switched spots. If Akron wins their final today, they will presumably stay in the same spot.
Need to root for Kent State to beat Akron today (or for Princeton, Vermont, or possibly a couple of others to lose).
Btw, I am not sure what CBS is doing. There is no possible rationale for the Bison being the last 14. It appears that Gerry Palm is mailing it in when it comes to slotting the lower seeds.
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Shot Clock
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Selection Sunday 03-11-17 12:00 PM - Post#226216
In response to Bison137
Not sure either why they could drop. Would not expect RPIs to move much at this point. Jerry Palm is pretty awful as bracketologist historically. I don't put much stock in him.
Anybody here planning on attending? I probably won't. I did Dallas in '06 (that was damn expensive) and locally here in DC in '11.
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Edited by Shot Clock on 03-11-17 12:08 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Bison137
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03-11-17 12:12 PM - Post#226218
In response to Shot Clock
Vermont vs Albany just tipped. I don't have much hope for an upset here, but you never know.
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Bison137
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03-11-17 12:26 PM - Post#226222
In response to atlantabison
Rooting Guide to a great day for the Bison Today
11:00 am Albany over Vermont
12:30 pm Texas State over UTArlington
1:00 pm Davidson over Rhode Island
1:30 pm Penn over Princeton
Go outside and get some fresh air
6:00 pm Colorado State over Nevada
7:30 pm Kent State over Akro
8:30 pm Marshall over Mid Tenn St
Wake up Sunday looking at a 12 seed.
Great list. All are results worth rooting for. Two might not matter, however. If Colorado State wins, they probably slot in ahead of the Bison. Better RPI, better Pomeroy, etc. And if Davidson wins, they might also jump them. They would still have a worse RPI (high 70's), but they would be A10 champs with consecutive wins over Dayton and URI.
One other note is that UT Arlington is in the SB semis today, so if they win, they will have another shot to lose tomorrow.
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BisonFan4
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03-11-17 12:40 PM - Post#226227
In response to Bison137
Here's a Bucknell fan/family member of a player trying to get to the tourney game. I believe it's a relative of Nate Sestina's, with an interesting lil back story. Check it out...
https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww....
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raymondbucknell
Junior
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03-11-17 12:54 PM - Post#226230
In response to BisonFan4
Depending on where and when, I may try to get to the first round. Go Bison!
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Bison137
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03-11-17 12:58 PM - Post#226231
In response to Bison137
Rooting Guide to a great day for the Bison Today
11:00 am Albany over Vermont
12:30 pm Texas State over UTArlington
1:00 pm Davidson over Rhode Island
1:30 pm Penn over Princeton
Go outside and get some fresh air
6:00 pm Colorado State over Nevada
7:30 pm Kent State over Akro
8:30 pm Marshall over Mid Tenn St
Wake up Sunday looking at a 12 seed.
Great list. All are results worth rooting for. Two might not matter, however. If Colorado State wins, they probably slot in ahead of the Bison. Better RPI, better Pomeroy, etc. And if Davidson wins, they might also jump them. They would still have a worse RPI (high 70's), but they would be A10 champs with consecutive wins over Dayton and URI.
One other note is that UT Arlington is in the SB semis today, so if they win, they will have another shot to lose tomorrow.
Was ahead of myself in the above. If Davidson beats URI, that only gets them to the championship game. Were they also to win that, I am sure they would end up ahead of the Bison in the seeding.
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raymondbucknell
Junior
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03-11-17 12:59 PM - Post#226232
In response to MrPhillie
Albany and Vermont tied at halftime.
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Bucknellbisonfan21
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03-11-17 12:59 PM - Post#226233
In response to raymondbucknell
There's a huge snowstorm coming Tuesday that could definitely affect the travel plans of anyone planning on going to the game and will probably influence when the team leaves as well.
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BisonRoadWarrior
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03-11-17 01:13 PM - Post#226238
In response to BisonFan4
How dicey is this from an NCAA compliance point of view? (The notion of boosters giving financial benefit to a player's relative.)
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MrPhillie
Postdoc
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Loc: NE PA
Reg: 07-14-08
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03-11-17 01:30 PM - Post#226243
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
Albany up by 6 with under 10:00 to play....so far so good.
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BisonFan4
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Selection Sunday 03-11-17 01:38 PM - Post#226245
In response to MrPhillie
Well if I was a booster I'd imagine I would be smart enough to not even think about donating anything for something like that.
Also I was sharing this more for the interesting story within it.
Edited by BisonFan4 on 03-11-17 01:42 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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BisonRoadWarrior
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03-11-17 01:44 PM - Post#226249
In response to BisonFan4
A higher seed is generally good, but ultimately success will depend more on how we match up against a given team, less on their seed number.
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