Bracketbuster Saturday

[Eric]

It's here! Always fun to see the best of the mid-majors in action.

Here's who I've got today:

Appalachian State @ Wichita State
Holy Cross @ Hofstra
Southern Illinois @ Butler
Kent State @ George Mason
Austin Peay @ Akron
Northern Iowa @ Nevada
Old Dominion @ Toledo
Utah State @ Oral Roberts
Cal State Fullerton @ Wright state
Bradley @ Virginia Commonwealth
Drexel @ Creighton
Ohio @ New Mexico State

[mountainman]

The Southern Illinois and Butler game ought to be a good one.

[Eric]

I think the 2 most interesting games are Holy Cross @ Hofstra and Utah State @ Oral Roberts.

I've been buying into Holy Cross for the last 2 seasons because I have thought that they were tournament ready but Bucknell was always in their way. However, I think Hofstra kind of got shafted. They needed a marquee road win and they ended up getting Holy Cross (who is very disrespected) at home. So, the Pride have nothing to gain from this game. If they lose, they might not get an at-large bid if they don't win the CAA.

Then I don't think that Utah State or Oral Roberts will get at-large bids if they don't win the WAC or the Mid-Con, but it should be a good game fought by traditional Mid-Major powers.