ISR March to Madness thread
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Probably 7 would be my guess, but that is all it is. Bigger question is did Purdue go from being on the wrong side of the bubble to being in the tournament after last night. That was a huge swing.
Problem with UNI is that one bad loss and their NET is gonna take a significant dip. They have almost no wiggle room as far as an at-large bid goes.
IMO, there is very little chance left for ISU to climb high enough on the w side to make it into the tourney via the regular season. At this point, pretty much their only route left is through Kansas City. That's Kansas City MO, not Kansas City KS. 
Stranger things have happened and we tend to do well in KC. However, if by some twist of luck we make it into the tournament, I don't see us making it out of the first weekend.
UNI looks pretty good right now. Drake, like us, needs to win the conference tournament to get a bid.
Iowa is...Iowa. They have done far better than many of us expected this year, but have lost in strange places as well. Pretty sure they'll make it into the NCAA...how could they not, if they maintain their ranked status? What they do once there is beyond my powers of prognostication. All I know is, I won't be watching them play. They could be down by 40 pts, I'll be channel-hopping and pause on it for less than a minute, and they will stage a massive comeback and squeak out a win. Football, basketball...all the same. For the sake of my Cyclone sanity, I refuse to give them even that meager assist.
Stranger things have happened and we tend to do well in KC. However, if by some twist of luck we make it into the tournament, I don't see us making it out of the first weekend.
UNI looks pretty good right now. Drake, like us, needs to win the conference tournament to get a bid.
Iowa is...Iowa. They have done far better than many of us expected this year, but have lost in strange places as well. Pretty sure they'll make it into the NCAA...how could they not, if they maintain their ranked status? What they do once there is beyond my powers of prognostication. All I know is, I won't be watching them play. They could be down by 40 pts, I'll be channel-hopping and pause on it for less than a minute, and they will stage a massive comeback and squeak out a win. Football, basketball...all the same. For the sake of my Cyclone sanity, I refuse to give them even that meager assist.
IMO, there is very little chance left for ISU to climb high enough on the w side to make it into the tourney via the regular season. At this point, pretty much their only route left is through Kansas City. That's Kansas City MO, not Kansas City KS.
Stranger things have happened and we tend to do well in KC. However, if by some twist of luck we make it into the tournament, I don't see us making it out of the first weekend.
UNI looks pretty good right now. Drake, like us, needs to win the conference tournament to get a bid.
Iowa is...Iowa. They have done far better than many of us expected this year, but have lost in strange places as well. Pretty sure they'll make it into the NCAA...how could they not, if they maintain their ranked status? What they do once there is beyond my powers of prognostication. All I know is, I won't be watching them play. They could be down by 40 pts, I'll be channel-hopping and pause on it for less than a minute, and they will stage a massive comeback and squeak out a win. Football, basketball...all the same. For the sake of my Cyclone sanity, I refuse to give them even that meager assist.
Wish you would have watched last night, we needed your help.
It was the first game I've missed in quite a while so I 'm pretty much the reason they lostI All I know is, I won't be watching them play. They could be down by 40 pts, I'll be channel-hopping and pause on it for less than a minute, and they will stage a massive comeback and squeak out a win. Football, basketball...all the same. For the sake of my Cyclone sanity, I refuse to give them even that meager assist.
We took the vixen's dad to dinner last night for his birthday. Then we went over to their house for cake and ice cream. I turned on the TV to find ISU (predictably) floundering.... and then discovered the Hawks were getting flayed alive by Purdue.
I honestly didn't see that happening - I figured a road win would be tough, but not impossible - and had to look at the stats today to dissect it. From what I heard, Garza scored the first two points of the game, and then the Boilermakers went on a 17-0 run (!!!!!!!)
I honestly didn't see that happening - I figured a road win would be tough, but not impossible - and had to look at the stats today to dissect it. From what I heard, Garza scored the first two points of the game, and then the Boilermakers went on a 17-0 run (!!!!!!!)
Iowa's 113th in defense and it's only Feb 6th. Cmon you can't pretend you're not concerned
Can't speak for him for him but I'm not "concerned"......I'd be concerned if my team was 9-13.....16-7? Not so much, especially during a season when my expectations weren't very high.
Matters how? I think Iowa would beat UNI in a best of 7 series if that's what you're implying
So little talk about ISU Cyclones today, didn't they play yesterday? I mean the only talk I hear is about is how well the Purdue Cyclones played yesterday.
