Bracket Busters Predictions

Alright everypony its that time of the year again MID-MAJOR ROMP FEST or watever they wanna call it...

Northern Iowa @ Virginia Commonwealth

• VCU had won 11 straight until their recent 2 point loss at George Mason
• Northern Iowa has pulled off wins over @Iowa State and vs Creighton
• VCU has much more riding on this game as they still have a shot at an at large bid and after their loss to George Mason fall one game back in the conference to both George Mason and Drexel.
• VCU gets the win at home

Valparaiso @ Loyola Marymount

• Valpo is on top of the Horizon League right now, having won 9 of their last 11 games
• LMU is sitting in 4th in the West Coast behind Saint Marys, Gonzaga, and BYU...but are coming off of a 15 point victory @St. Marys and have shown they can win by winning @BYU and against SLU
• Ryan Broekhoff for Valpo is going to decide this game...he likes to shoot the three and will make it if he has a good game I could see Valpo pulling off the upset here.
• Valpo upsets Loyola Marymount at home strengthening the resume for a team that could be replacing Bulter as the Horizon league representative in the tourny this year

Drexel @ Cleveland State

• Drexel hasn't lost since January 2nd, winning 14 games in a row
• Cleveland State was sitting at top of the Horizon until their recent 3 game losing streak.  
• Cleveland State really needs this game to turn things around in the Horizon before the conference tournament, but hosting the red-hot dragons could end up being a much more difficult task than they were hoping for
• Drexel continues their hot streak and wins

Nevada @ Iona

• Nevada is top in the WAC and should end up winning that conference tournament unless New Mexico State decides to get in their way.  Have won 19 of their past 20 games.
• Iona leads the nation in assists per game, is 2nd in points per game, and 6th in field goal percentage...so basically they have an efficient offense.
•  Nevada should not be overlooked as you have to be at least decent to win 19 of 20 games.
• Iona though should be able to win this one and show off how they could be dangerous in the tournament come March.

I will add on the other games later (Old Dominion @ Missouri State, Saint Marys @ Murray State, UT-Arlington @ Weber State, Long Beach State @ Creighton)