Friday, February 20, 2009

Travis Mason-Bushman on the remaining WAC games

Travis Mason-Bushman analyzes the remaining games in the WAC schedule and the upper tier teams jockeying for position in the upcoming tourney.

Vandal Nation
The Argonaut’s Idaho Vandals blog
Travis Mason-Bushman
February 19, 2009


The Vandals’ huge home-floor upset of the Boise State Broncos has reset the outlook for the rest of Idaho’s season, and raises the serious potential of a top seed in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. With four games left, it’s possible… but not without help.

Utah State has already clinched at least a share of the regular-season title, and is all but a lock to take the #1 seed. Four more teams, including the Vandals, are locked in a bitter struggle to be crowned Best of the Rest.

The real trick is getting a #2 or #3 seed. The way the brackets are paired — (1/8, 4/5), (2/7, 3/6) means that, in all likelihood, whoever gets the #4/5 set will meet Utah State in the semifinals… and could see their run end there. Whoever wants to get to meet USU in the finals, will have to come out of the 2/7, 3/6 bracket. The fight for second and third, then, becomes crucial...

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