Illinois State found themselves on the wrong side of the bubble on Selection Sunday.
It wasn’t much of a surprise, to be honest. The Redbirds had won just a single game against top 80 competition, and that came against in-league rival Wichita State.
That was never going to be enough to get them a bid, not when Wichita State was a No. 10 seed.
So head coach Dan Muller took to twitter to try and find a non-conference game:
ACC BIG 10 BIG 12 SEC PAC 12 BIG EAST. It's me again. Looking 4 home & home next year. Pls call me 4 chance 4 QUALITY road win, top 33 RPI pic.twitter.com/zYAZpR3kJn
— Dan Muller (@DanMuller) March 13, 2017
And guess what ... it worked!
.Hey @DanMuller I'm here with Coach Kennedy & since he doesn't do Twitter, he said to give us a call. We'd love to match up. https://t.co/eLrdBp0UIn
— Ross Bjork (@RossBjorkAD) March 13, 2017
Would LOVE to. I will be having my people get in touch with your people TODAY. AKA, i am going to text AK in 10 minutes.
— Dan Muller (@DanMuller) March 13, 2017
.Our people (Twitterless AK) are ready @DanMuller
— Ross Bjork (@RossBjorkAD) March 13, 2017
Your bitmoji game is strong. Good luck in the NIT.
I don’t know why these mid-majors coaches complain about not being able to get games.
Just tweet out a bitmoji and you’re good to go.
Seems pretty simple to me.