I would presume everyone that reads an ISU sports board and opens a thread in the mens basketball forum titled espn bracketology but I guess not in your case.
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I would presume everyone that reads an ISU sports board and opens a thread in the mens basketball forum titled espn bracketology but I guess not in your case.
Wow. You truly are an idiot.
Selecting the “projections” just sorts by projected win/loss record, not projected BPI ranking. I guarantee ISU will not drop 32 spots in the BPI for losing 3 more games.
The only things I don't like about that position are Virginia as our #1, and Marquette as the #3... perhaps Sparty because Izzo is usually an NCAA Tourney genius.
Hofstra is 9th on there, and I really don't think they're going to be the top 3 seed. Haven't starting bracketology yet this year but I feel like that's a safe bet
I got a really dumb question, I thought places like Tulsa and Des Moines had predetermined seeds that would play there
But when I looked at ESPN vs CBS Sports, ESPN has KU playing as 3 in Des Moines and a 2 MSU playing in Des Moines and Palm has 2- 2 seeds in Des Moines, Marquette and Kentucky
Clearly I missed the rules behind this one it
But when I looked at ESPN vs CBS Sports, ESPN has KU playing as 3 in Des Moines and a 2 MSU playing in Des Moines and Palm has 2- 2 seeds in Des Moines, Marquette and Kentucky
Clearly I missed the rules behind this one it
It changed about 15-20 years ago. They can get any seed from any region. Obviously the potential second round matchups have to stay together (i.e. 2/15 and 7/10), but other than that the committee can send anyone to Des Moines.
There are no predetermined seeds, basically the distance from campus to the arena and seed determines where you play. Its a first come first serve, so right now with uva and duke both being 1 seeds they will both play in Columbia, South Carolina. What is hurting Iowa State's chances right now is most of the good teams are in the Midwest and South eating up the good locations and pushing teams further out.
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We don't want to talk too badly about Marquette. There might be somebody looking to transfer.
Can you imagine the outrage if Iowa was a lower seed than Iowa State, yet got to play in Des Moines while we were shipped out to Salt Lake City? I have a hard time believing the committee would do something like that. I have to think/hope Pollard sacrificing ISU's chance to play in Des Moines a few years ago (since we were the host school) carries some benefit to us this time around.
Also, completely nervous we get placed as a 4 seed and Iowa as a 5 in Des Moines and forced to play each other second round. That's my fear with the committee, that they would salivate over it. I'd puke.
Also, completely nervous we get placed as a 4 seed and Iowa as a 5 in Des Moines and forced to play each other second round. That's my fear with the committee, that they would salivate over it. I'd puke.
There is zero chancea 4 seed isu team gets DSM. A 3 seed ISU tean is a 50 50 chance to get DSM.
Exactly gotta figure in home court advantage through the whole tournament.
Then why do all these supposed bracketology "experts" have teams like Iowa, seeded as low as 6, in Des Moines?
Been a minute since I've done this, but here's some personal bracketology I tossed together this morning. The R and L represent which way the S curve is going, so Duke is the top one, Michigan State the top 2, KU the top 3, and so on
