Two bids this year?

Columbus Falcon · Post by **Columbus Falcon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:04 pm

Kent St-Akron?

Or is it going to be whoever wins the tourney? I wonder if Christenson from Kent State is starting to get considerations to a bigger time job (assuming his team gets shutout of the tourney)? He has done a pretty good job there.

I know this is old hat but what does the MAC need to do to get anything close to the MVC in terms of getting multiple bids on a consistent basis?

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:08 pm

1-bid league.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:08 pm

My guess is, the only way the MAC would get two bids is if someone beat say Kent State in the finals in the MAC Tournament, and that there aren't many upsets in other conference tournaments. But as we have come to find out, getting two bids is a very big struggle. Otherwise, we're likely looking at our automatic bid and a handful of teams in the NIT.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:56 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote:1-bid league.

Yep. There have been many other years where where the league was more deserving of two and got nothing.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:40 pm

I bid. As always. WIn in Cleveland, or go to the NIT.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:44 pm

orangeandbrown wrote:I bid. As always. WIn in Cleveland, or go to the NIT.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:50 pm

NIT is controlled by NCAA... and will invite whoever they see fit... losing record doesn't matter... so say good bye to lots of Mid Majors... say hello to lots of overrated BCS schools.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:28 pm

Quite honestly nobody in the MAC deserves a bid outside of the conference champion. There have been screwjobs in the past, but this year no team is worthy w/o the automatic bid.

Columbus Falcon · Post by **Columbus Falcon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:33 pm

1996-1997
1999-2000
2001-2002

These were the most frustrating. In the 2000 season there were some upsets in other conference tourneys that kept BG out.

BleedOrange · Post by **BleedOrange** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:42 pm

There is NO team in the MAC that's even close to being on the bubble. CBusFalcon, you're just tantelizing yourself. Give yourself a break and keep your expectations loooowwwww.

Concerning the NIT...
Quite honestly, I don't give a rip about the NIT. It means nothing, and, is a waste of time. If that tournament folded, I wouldn't even notice. I have never cared about that tournament and whether BG or the MAC has gotten bids to it. Personally, I could do without the distraction on SportsCenter.

Columbus Falcon · Post by **Columbus Falcon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:48 pm

MAC schools are similar size as MVC schools. Most MVC schools are 1-AA or don't even play football.

Maybe the MVC commits more of its resources to its basketball programs compared to MAC schools?

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:50 pm

Columbus Falcon wrote:MAC schools are similar size as MVC schools. Most MVC schools are 1-AA or don't even play football.

Maybe the MVC commits more of its resources to its basketball programs compared to MAC schools?

You answered your own question. They don't have football to suck the athletic budget.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:58 pm

Columbus Falcon wrote:MAC schools are similar size as MVC schools. Most MVC schools are 1-AA or don't even play football.

Maybe the MVC commits more of its resources to its basketball programs compared to MAC schools?

That's right. Hoops is the premier sport in the MVC.

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:57 am

1996-1997
1999-2000
2001-2002

These were the most frustrating. In the 2000 season there were some upsets in other conference tourneys that kept BG out.

2002 was the one that really pissed me off. Joe Lunardi of espn.com thought we were the last team left out that year.

24-8 record (before the NIT) with 3 of those coming to an eventual Elite-8 team.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:03 am

San Diego Falcon wrote:2002 was the one that really pissed me off. Joe Lunardi of espn.com thought we were the last team left out that year.

24-8 record (before the NIT) with 3 of those coming to an eventual Elite-8 team.

And in 2002, aside from three of those losses coming to Kent State (including one in the MAC Finals), another loss was a road game against Ball State, a team that beat UCLA and Kansas that year and also had a good season. What's more, Mississippi also got into the NCAA that year, a team we beat head-to-head, after they had an okay season and got bounced from the SEC quarterfinals. But yeah, you could certainly make a case for BG in any of those three years (1997, 2000 and 2002).