It seems the site has had a misprint or maybe they changed the date, but I guess we're going to have to wait another week to find out. Two more wins for Ohio certainly would give it a prime game.

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%)

My memory of previous selections is that the (selection show or first annoucement) would announce the TV games only, and then the rest of the games and times were announced later that night or the next day. My memory could be failing me though.

Better keep winning to sustain that RPI.

Here is the RPI for 2-1-13 from rpiforecast.com.

Things have gotten a bit crazy....

Home Teams                                 Road Teams

Belmont - 16                                 Creighton - 31
Wichita State- 24                          North Dakota St - 62
Indiana St - 39                               South Dakota St - 65
St Mary's - 57                                 Stephen F Austin - 73
Akron - 67                                       Detroit - 74
Western Michigan - 85                Eastern Kentucky - 93
Valparasio - 92                             Iona - 97
Murray St - 99                               OHIO - 98
Tennessee St - 101                    Evansville - 108
Oral Roberts - 102                      Denver - 112
Northern Iowa - 110                    Loyola MD - 121
Utah St - 127                                Weber St - 136


I know very little about the RPI.  I would imagine that beating Akron would give us a nice jump, but probably not enough to catch the group ahead of us from 62-74.  

That said, I think its possible that coming off the Sweet 16 if we are ballpark of those schools in the RPI ESPN might favor us over them.  Mostly everyone is playing tomorrow, including Wichita State @ Northern Iowa....  How those games go will shake up these rankings quite a bit.  If we lose to Akron, I have no clue who we would play.

I could see us playing anyone from Wichita State down through Utah State.  Creighton @ Belmont is the only lock in my mind.

Here's the top teams according to ESPN's RPI and BPI:

HOME
Belmont-22/41
Wichita State-28/24
Akron-53/42
Indiana State-54/66
St. Mary's-62/44
Northern Iowa-93/65
Western Michigan-96/126
Valparaiso-97/86

AWAY
Creighton-33/11
South Dakota State-70/115
North Dakota State-72/61
Eastern Kentucky-82/124
Stephen F. Austin-89/77
Ohio-91/80
Iona-99/100

Creighton-Belmont seems almost automatic since Creighton can't play Wichita State. So who does that leave for Wichita State? Could be almost any of the other teams. Ohio probably has the top name appeal and a ranking barely behind the others so I wouldn't rule it out. Otherwise Indiana State and Valpo seem like the best possibilities, especially Indiana State.

[QUOTE=UpSan Bobcat] I would be happy if we played either of the MVC teams, and OK if we played Valpo.  .  I saw Andy Katz posted again he thinks it will be Creighton at St. Mary's, but I dont know why.  If that happens, who plays @ Belmont?  I think the best matchups  would be:

Creighton @ Belmont
South Dakota St. @ Wichita State
Eastern Kentucky @ Akron
Ohio @ Indiana State
Stephen F Austin @ St. Mary's
North Dakota St. @ Northern Iowa
Iona @ Western Michigan