Yeah, I agree. Often there is not even going to be much of a difference between the 3 seed and an 11 seed in a bracket. Maybe just 2-3 points. And it seems like most years there is a 11 seed that is actually favored to beat a 6.
BRACKETS: ISU mostly on the 6-line heading into tournament week
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Yeah, I agree. Often there is not even going to be much of a difference between the 3 seed and an 11 seed in a bracket. Maybe just 2-3 points. And it seems like most years there is a 11 seed that is actually favored to beat a 6.
Yikes! UCLA might be our easiest matchup of those 3, they cant defend. I wouldnt want anything to do with Florida States length, although their lack of tournament success could be in our advantage in that one.
Arizona, just no!
DSM to SLC isn't much further than Tucson to SLC. Maybe like an hour longer flight.
The best bracket of the past week was NBC's, which was similar to Lunardi's for the first weekend but better for the rest.
It also had #6 Iowa State in Milwaukee matching up with #3 Butler in the round of 32. But it had Iowa State in the Midwest region, meaning the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 would be in Kansas City.
And the 2 seed, who ISU would likely meet if it advanced to the S16, was Arizona. Considering Iowa State vs. Arizona in Kansas City would be a Cyclone-heavy crowd, if it were called a semi-home game for ISU, the Cyclones would actually be favorites in that game according to KenPom.
And then of course the 1 seed in the region was Kansas. If all went well... Iowa State vs. Kansas in the Sprint Center in the Elite 8.
It also had #6 Iowa State in Milwaukee matching up with #3 Butler in the round of 32. But it had Iowa State in the Midwest region, meaning the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 would be in Kansas City.
And the 2 seed, who ISU would likely meet if it advanced to the S16, was Arizona. Considering Iowa State vs. Arizona in Kansas City would be a Cyclone-heavy crowd, if it were called a semi-home game for ISU, the Cyclones would actually be favorites in that game according to KenPom.
And then of course the 1 seed in the region was Kansas. If all went well... Iowa State vs. Kansas in the Sprint Center in the Elite 8.
Obviously, we'd be underdogs in against both FSU and UA, but I wouldn't be particularly scared to face either of them. They're tall, athletic, and talented, but also very young. We can beat them by making less mistakes than they do and being hard to guard on the perimeter.
I would pay big $ for this to happen.
Kansas vs ISU at the Sprint Center for a trip to the Final Four. KC would love this too.
So we're playing the Thursday/Saturday games and will be playing on Saturday. I can live with that.
No one is a nightmare for us. We beat KU on the road.
Or this week is the conference tournament and the championship game is on Saturday so there is no game on Sunday this week...
Does Chicago come to mind...? We all know how that home court advantage didn't matter last year. That was 80%+ ISU fans.
They need to win to solidify their spot> don't give the committee a reason to move you down a line.
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I'm a pessimist myself. We've never gotten past Saturday in the Big 12 Tournament and we never will.
The Fizer/Tinsley team won the championship on a Sunday.
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