Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think anyone here thinks the CBI is a major tournament or is in the least bit prestigious. There's only one tournament going on right now that anyone is really excited about and it sure isn't this one.
That being said, I think most of the positive posters are merely saying this is a good experience for the team and it's a couple more home games, that's all. I don't understand all the nay-saying about this tournament; we know its minor at best and that's OK. This young team still needs game experience together and this is a nice way of providing it, that's all. Nothing more nor nothing less.
Amen.
And the win over Albany is probably our best win of the year, ranking wise. Glad we got to play it.
At the risk of starting a rumble if the New Yorkers are still lurking:
The Buffalo win scores better in most rankings but only barely. Some rankings do have Ohio as a top 100 basketball team. You're hard pressed to find any that have either Buffalo or Albany in there. They exist but they are outlier rankings. Albany was a clear #2 in their league but it is one of the weakest D1 leagues. The MAC was pretty decent but a muddled mess as it so often is these days. Not many of the top MAC teams got into the top 100 because of parity. In many cases only Akron did.
So basically considering what is left Ohio isn't getting a top 100 win this year. I'd bet that is unusual. Particularly in a year where we had a pretty good record. We didn't take many losses to bad teams either.
I'd look for the MAC to have three or four teams in the top 100 next year. I'll be disappointed if Ohio is not at least that good.