***Official 2013 Bracketology Thread***

[DistrictCyclone]

CyCash introduced me to this site, which looks pretty good:

Iowa St. Cyclones: Results, Picks, Power Rankings, Odds & Stats on TeamRankings.com

[Gunnerclone]

CyCash introduced me to this site, which looks pretty good:

Iowa St. Cyclones: Results, Picks, Power Rankings, Odds & Stats on TeamRankings.com

Our chance of winning it all just went up by .1% after the win last night

[CYUL8R]

ESPN uses it for bracketology. Good site. Comforting to see the Suckeyes at 5%. Of course they are locks though.

I find it funny that they are actually expecting to go 7-2 in their remaining games and end up 10-8 in conf...if you want to head to the dark side and read the drivel, well, you know what board to check out

Guess that superbowl took all the fight out of their team...wish they'd win a bit more to keep that as an RPI top 100 loss...they long ago dropped from the top 50.

[DistrictCyclone]

I find it funny that they are actually expecting to go 7-2 in their remaining games and end up 10-8 in conf...if you want to head to the dark side and read the drivel, well, you know what board to check out

Guess that superbowl took all the fight out of their team...wish they'd win a bit more to keep that as an RPI top 100 win...they long ago dropped from the top 50.

It's not just on HN...we've got guys on this board saying the same thing.

I think the odds of Iowa going 7-2 are pretty darned slim.

[cyclonepower]

anyone has our resume handy from the end of the season last year?

[CYUL8R]

It's not just on HN...we've got guys on this board saying the same thing.

I think the odds of Iowa going 7-2 are pretty darned slim.

DC, you talking about guys thinking IOWA goes 7-2 or that ISU goes 7-2 ? I guess every fanbase has some of those....

[DistrictCyclone]

DC, you talking about guys thinking IOWA goes 7-2 or that ISU goes 7-2 ? I guess every fanbase has some of those....

Iowa.

[synapticwave]

Our chance of winning it all just went up by .1% after the win last night

[cyclones500]

It's not just on HN...we've got guys on this board saying the same thing.

I think the odds of Iowa going 7-2 are pretty darned slim.

I could actually see it happening.

at Wisconsin L
Northwestern W
at Penn State W
Minnesota L
at Nebraska W
Purdue W
at Indiana L
Illinois W
Nebraska W

Even so, 7-2 might not be enough to get Iowa into the tournament, unless it involves wins at Wisconsin/vs. Minnesota, and at Indiana.

[IHavNoCyCash]

I could actually see it happening.

at Wisconsin L
Northwestern W
at Penn State W
Minnesota L
at Nebraska W
Purdue W
at Indiana L
Illinois W
Nebraska W

Even so, 7-2 might not be enough to get Iowa into the tournament, unless it involves wins at Wisconsin/vs. Minnesota, and at Indiana.

that's only good enough if they get 2 of the 3: @ wisconsin, vs Minnesota, @ Indiana. They will beat Minnesota and lose to Indiana. Lose @ Wisconsin and bubble is popped.

[DistrictCyclone]

I could actually see it happening.

at Wisconsin L
Northwestern W
at Penn State W
Minnesota L
at Nebraska W
Purdue W
at Indiana L
Illinois W
Nebraska W

Even so, 7-2 might not be enough to get Iowa into the tournament, unless it involves wins at Wisconsin/vs. Minnesota, and at Indiana.

Your scenario is 6-3. But...it could happen, but I don't think it's very likely at all. I think the chances that they drop at least one of those games they "should win" are pretty good.

You have to be a pretty damned good team to go on a 7-2 run in conference play, especially in what everyone considers the best conference in basketball. Looking around at the teams who have gone 7-2 or better in conference play so far, those are some very good teams. I don't think Iowa is one of them.

[cyguytillidie]

Probably going to need a 4, 5, or 6 seed for KC.

[IHavNoCyCash]

Your scenario is 6-3. But...it could happen, but I don't think it's very likely at all. I think the chances that they drop at least one of those games they "should win" are pretty good.

You have to be a pretty damned good team to go on a 7-2 run in conference play, especially in what everyone considers the best conference in basketball. Looking around at the teams who have gone 7-2 or better in conference play so far, those are some very good teams. I don't think Iowa is one of them.

ISU could easily go 7-2 with that slate. Minnesota is not that good. Lose @ Wisconsin and @Indiana would be it.

[Clones21]

I could actually see it happening.

at Wisconsin L
Northwestern W
at Penn State W
Minnesota L
at Nebraska W
Purdue W
at Indiana L
Illinois W
Nebraska W

Even so, 7-2 might not be enough to get Iowa into the tournament, unless it involves wins at Wisconsin/vs. Minnesota, and at Indiana.

Iowa is going to have to go 7-2 and one of those 7 wins are going to have to be over Minny or IU to get in. They still don't have a win over a Top 25 team. Their resume sucks right now.

[IHavNoCyCash]

I see you have Iowa State playing UNLV (rematch) in the first round and then Kansas in the next round. Can you explain how this can happen? I thought you couldn't see conference rivals til the sweet 16.

sent this to Lunardi. Still don't understand his logic to it. No more rematches please.