Just for fun...

**kg-cyclone** · 08-20-2008, 02:32 PM

I was reading this thread on Hawk website:
Scout.com: Over/Under 15 wins this season

Just got me thinking, so I thought, I would give everybody over here a laugh of my own.

NC Games In Ames:

Drake (Expect a win at home, but could be considered a toss up)
Loyola Marymount (Win)
Oregon State (Win)
UC Davis (Win)
UW-Milwaukee (Win)
Mercer (Win)

Should be 6-0
5 more games to be added to list...All of them are winnable.

11-0

NC Games On Road:
Hawaii (On the road, toss up)
Houston (On the road, toss up)
Iowa (On the road, toss up)
UNI (On the road, toss up)

Play the odds...

2-2

Big 12 Conference Schedule

Sat., Jan 10 — at Texas (Loss, but we match up well with them)
Wed., Jan. 14 — Nebraska (Win)
Sat., Jan. 17 — at Missouri (Loss, but if we make it our game, we have a chance)
Sat., Jan. 24 — Kansas (Probable Loss, but very inexperienced Kansas team coming to Hilton)
Tues., Jan. 27 — at Colorado (Should win, but funny crap happens at Colorado)
Sat., Jan. 31 — Oklahoma (Loss)
Tues., Feb. 3 — at Kansas State (Very Winnable)
Sat., Feb. 7 — Missouri (Win, again whose game does it turn into)
Wed., Feb. 11 — Colorado (Win)
Sat., Feb. 14 — at Oklahoma State (Loss, new coach, but return a lot of experience)
Wed., Feb. 18 — at Kansas (Loss)
Sat., Feb. 21 — Kansas State (Win)
Tues., Feb. 24 — Baylor (Loss, but we match up well with them)
Sat., Feb. 28 — at Texas A&M (Loss, depends on which A&M Team shows up)
Wed., March 4 — at Nebraska (Win)
Sat., March 7 — Texas Tech (Win)

Going to have a chance in a lot of games.

8-8

Total: 21-10 with a lot of games that could go either way. Win first round game and lose second round game in Tournament. Which would put us in the NIT at 22-11. If the ball bounces our way (which it seems to never bounce our way)...NCAA.

**mfelske** · 08-20-2008, 02:40 PM

I hope you're right.

**clonedboy** · 08-20-2008, 02:45 PM

i see 31-0

**kg-cyclone** · 08-20-2008, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by mfelske

I hope you're right.

Am I ever wrong? jk

But seriously, from the first game through first game of the Big 12 tourney...I consider 18-14 a worst case finish.

**cstrunk** · 08-20-2008, 02:48 PM

Me too.

21-10 regular season would be a great accomplishment.

**Cardinal2001** · 08-20-2008, 02:51 PM

Pretty optimistic, but good qualifier on not having the ball bounce our way. That certainly does seem to hit a rock every year, doesn't it?

I think 20 wins is an outside goal, but one that could be reached with a little luck. You are certainly more of an expert than I, though, that's for sure. Mac has done a lot with the cards he was dealt the past 2 years. I've got my tickets bought for this year. I'm just gonna be happy with a winning record, and the rest is gravy.

**CYdTracked** · 08-20-2008, 02:51 PM

Considering how excited some of us were with predictions the last 2 years and how that turned out, you have to consider we are young and inexpirienced too. Realistically I see us flirting with a .500 season probably.

**BigDISU1** · 08-20-2008, 02:56 PM

I enjoy your optimism, and I hope you are right.

last year we only won 14 games.

This year we have already lost Wes Johnson.

Obviously you have more info about the team than I do, so what things make you think we will win 7 more games this year? What will change from last year to this year to get us to +20 wins?

**kg-cyclone** · 08-20-2008, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by BigDISU1

I enjoy your optimism, and I hope you are right.

last year we only won 14 games.

This year we have already lost Wes Johnson.

Obviously you have more info about the team than I do, so what things make you think we will win 7 more games this year? What will change from last year to this year to get us to +20 wins?

I can do it in one word: Chemistry

**snowcraig2.0** · 08-20-2008, 02:59 PM

I like you, you're crazy, but I like you man...

**Cardinal2001** · 08-20-2008, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by kg-cyclone

I can do it in one word: Chemistry

You'll make a believer out of me. If these guys are playing together that much better, then I think Mac's offensive sets will work a whole lot better than they had been. His UNI teams did that, played well as a team.

If we can do something like that, we'll have a lot of success. 20 wins might just be doable!

**cloneu** · 08-20-2008, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by clonedboy

i see 31-0

I would say 30-1, I think we will struggle at Nebraska.

**Cydkar** · 08-20-2008, 03:10 PM

I consider 18-14 a worst case finish.

How long have you been a Cyclone fan?

**cycloneryan** · 08-20-2008, 03:10 PM

With as strong as the big 12 will be, I think .500 in league play gets us in.

**ahaselhu** · 08-20-2008, 03:14 PM

Speaking of the thread on the hawkeye website, they're saying around 20 wins for Iowa. I was of the impression that with Freeman and Johnson leaving they didn't have much coming back this year. Anyone know why the optimism?