Its time for some Busting, Some Bracket Busting!!

Its that time of the Year again for what I like to call the Mid-Major Extravaganza. Schedule for the television games which is below is highlighted by some incredible match-ups. There are a couple of very Intriguing match-ups I see in this years Bracket Buster, starting with on the first day Davidson vs. Winthrop. Davidson is a very dangerous team, winners of 11 straight games, this Davidson team is on a roll, playing one of the hardest non-conference schedules of all-times, they stuck close with UNC, Duke, UCLA, and North Carolina State. There opponents out of the Big South are the Winthrop Eagles who have a solid 14-8 record and have beaten the likings of Georgia Tech, and Miami(fla). This should be a very physical and close game throughout. Guards Michael Jenkins (Winthrop), and Stephen Curry(Davidson) should have a nice match-up.
Another Bracket Buster that looks very intriguing to me, is the match-up between Ohio University and George Mason. Both of these team are off to solid starts in their respective leagues, and each holds a solid RPI. This game means A LOT!!! The winner likely to go on and receive an Automatic Bid, and the loser will have to turn to their conference tourney for some help.
Off course the best match-up is the 10th/11th ranked Butler Bulldogs, against the 15th ranked Drake Bulldogs. The battle of the Bulldogs, This is not only the best Bracket Buster game, but it might be one of the best games all year. Drake winners of 19 straight games, which is also the second longest winning streak in the nation (Memphis owns the best), visits a Butler team who has won 11 out of their last 12 games. I am going to go out on Limb right now and predict a Drake victory. It will be a hard fought game, but in the end I see Drake coming out above.
Hope everyone enjoys these wonderful games, and becomes educated on these mid-majors who will definitely turn some heads in the NCAA Tourney

Friday, Feb. 22, 2008

Match-up	Time	Network
UCSB @ Utah State	TBA	TBA
Davidson @ Winthrop	TBA	TBA

Saturday, Feb. 23

Match-up	Time	Network
VCU @ Akron	TBA	TBA
Siena @ Boise State	TBA	TBA
UW-Milwaukee @ Bradley	TBA	TBA
Drake @ Butler	TBA	TBA
Rider @ Cal State Northridge	TBA	TBA
Marist @ Cleveland State	TBA	TBA
George Mason @ Ohio	TBA	TBA
Creighton @ Oral Roberts	TBA	TBA
Kent State @ Saint Mary's	TBA	TBA
Nevada @ Southern Illinois	TBA	TBA
Miami (OH) @ Valparaiso	TBA	TBA

Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008

Match-up	Time	Network
Wright State @ Illinois State	TBA	TBA