Which would be nice considering last year we had a much worse matchup than we should have received.

I agree.  This is where the hype around returning from a Sweet 16 helps us out.

My completely scientific, data-driven, wild ass guess is that if the Oklahoma and UMass games had been in Athens we would have won.  The matchups at Memphis seemed not good for us; and RMU has our number for some unknown reason.  It's kind of like Ohio-Toledo in football.  I think the last time the Bobcats won I was a student!

I believe we're up to #4 in the ESPN BPI rankings as far as the road teams go...and I feel like this is the best indicator as far as who they think are going to grab the best ratings. 

I wonder how the return game would work if we ended up playing at Northern Iowa? I believe they already owe us a return game from the road game we played at their place last year. 

Tonight's win over Kent should pretty much assure us a TV matchup.

According to ESPN's Daily RPI, which should not change much before tomorrow's announcements here are the Top 100 RPI teams for BBuster:

Home Teams:                                Road Teams
Wichita State (16)                          Creighton (31)
Belmont (20)                                  North Dakota State (64)
Indiana State (55 - tie)                  South Dakota State (65)
St. Mary's (59)                                Eastern Kentucky (76)
Akron (72)                                       Stephen F. Austin (81)
Valparaiso (89 - tie)                      Detroit (89 - tie)
Murray State (93)                           Ohio (98)
UIC (99)                                           Evansville (100)

Other Home Teams Of Note:
Long Beach State (110)
Davidson (124)
Western Illinois (138)
Wright State (144)
Loyola Ill (165)
Youngstown State (174 - tie)

Some thoughts in guessing the opponent:
-I think the only thing we are guaranteed here is Creighton @ Belmont as the primo game.
-This year's field is overloaded with home teams. Wichita State and St. Mary's should be double digit favorites over whoever they play.
-I lean toward S Dakota St @ Wichita St as the next game. SDSt beat NDSt last night.
-Speaking of which, shame on the MAC for its scheduling this year. Scheduling is usually of no significance other than it is cool to play your rivals down the stretch. This year the MAC intertwined the first set of division games with the set from the opposite division. In the preseason, the MAC favorites were clearly Ohio and Akron, followed by Kent State. They should have made sure to have these teams play each other once before BBuster announcements. A pre-BBuster announcement Ohio-Akron matchup could have helped both teams. Again, I reference the NDSt@SDSt game last night. Kudos, Summit League.
-I think any Top 100 team is a win for Ohio, with the exception of UIC. Let's hope this does not come down to a regional flavored-game with OU@Wright State.
-Is Wichita State out of the picture? I don't think so. ESPN should want the best storylines featured in TV games. Show me a more marketable road team besides Creighton. Sweet 16 team with everyone back. DJ Cooper moving up NCAA career lists. Top assist team in the nation. Can't you just see the ESPN Full Screens now?
-OK, Wichita State is probably too bold. But what about bumping up Ohio to go play @St Mary's. It doesn't make sense regionally, but then again, who makes sense to send to St Mary's? Best regional matchup for St Mary's is Montana (RPI #121 and undefeated in conference play).
-One other storyline that could make sense: Ohio@UIC... DJ Cooper returns to Chicago. This is a worst case scenario, IMO. Here is a 4-4 Horizon team with losses at Miami and at Toledo.

That said, here are my most likely BBuster matchups:
S Dakota St @ Wichita St
Creighton @ Belmont
N Dakota St @ St Mary's
Ohio @ Indiana St
Detroit @ Murray St
Eastern Kentucky @ Akron
Evansville @ Valparaiso
Stephen F. Austin @ UIC

And % chances of Ohio opponent:
Indiana St (25%)
Murray St (20%)
Valparaiso (15%)
UIC (10%)
Wichita St (6%)
St Mary's (5%)
Wright St (5%)
Davidson (4%)
Western Illinois (2%)
Loyola Ill (2%)
Belmont (1%)
Someone Else (5%)

We have a lot going for us.....

When you look at the bracketbuster press releases so far, all say "this years field includes Ohio University, who made the Sweet Sixteen last year.". That bodes very well for us getting a TV game.  As has been mentioned, this team is very marketable.

Perhaps, but I don't see them moving us up too high in the pecking order. There's other teams that have proven themselves better on the court - thus far - this year.

I would love if we played Belmont. They are currentlly 17-4 and having two losses against Kansas and VCU and UCF and North Eastern all played away from home. I would make a trip Nashville to see this marquee match-up that would be destined for ESPN coverage. 

Here's the teams ranked in the top 150 of ESPN's BPI. ESPN picks the TV matchups, while a board of conference commissioners pick the non-TV matchups. It seems safe Ohio would be featured in the nine games on one of the ESPN TV networks and it would seem there's a good chance to get one of the ESPN or ESPN2 games (there are five of those and four on ESPNU).

HOME
Wichita State-13 (19-2)
Belmont-41 (17-4)
St. Mary's-43 (17-4)
Akron-47 (15-4)
Northern Iowa-68 (11-10)
Indiana State-70 (13-7)
Valparaiso-73 (16-5)
Murray State-103 (15-5)
Davidson-106 (13-7)
Oral Roberts-115 (12-8)
Utah State-123 (14-5)
Western Michigan-131 (12-7)
Western Illinois-132 (16-5)
Drake-136 (9-10)
Charleston-138 (14-7)
UIC-141 (13-8)
Wright State-143 (14-7)
Vermont-150 (13-7)

AWAY
Creighton-11 (17-3)
Illinois State-67 (12-9)
North Dakota State-69 (16-5)
Ohio-77 (15-5)
Stephen F. Austin-82 (16-2)
Denver-84 (11-8)
Detroit-91 (13-8)
Iona-102 (13-7)
Weber State-105 (13-5)
Evansville-109 (12-9)
Canisius-114 (13-7)
Pacific-117 (12-8)
Eastern Kentucky-118 (16-5)
Loyold (Md.)-119 (15-6)
south Dakota State-124 (16-6)
Northwestern State-128 (12-6)
Charleston Southern-129 (12-6)
Bradley-130 (12-9)
Green Bay-139 (11-10)
Montana-142 (14-4)

Some of these vary quite a bit from the RPI. Obviously, Ohio ranks higher in ESPN's BPI than in the RPI.

Wichita State clearly is the No. 1 home team and can't play either of the top two away teams because of being in the same conference. Because of that, I wouldn't count out Ohio getting that game. North Dakota State is a possibility for the Shockers, but they easily could be in third place in their conference by the time this game comes around. Stephen F. Austin comes from a pretty lowly regarded conference, but SFA did win at Oklahoma. Yesterday's loss to Northwestern State hurt them.

I'd bet Creighton gets matched up with St. Mary's. Could be Belmont or Akron, I suppose, but the name recognition probably makes Creighton-St. Mary's more likely, in my opinion. I think Northern Iowa's sub-.500 conference record drops them.