You and nobody else across the country.Iowa is not a Team I'd like to face. I see IA advancing further that ISU.
Iowa is not a Team I'd like to face. I see IA advancing further that ISU.
ISU has a better resume at this point and should be picked to advance further, but its not impossible to build some kind of case for Iowa going further:I would love to hear your reasoning. Honestly, no sarcasm. Because if you look at their resume, they are a paper tiger. So, please elaborate. Thanks!
If Iowa can ever get a win against a team who is a legitimate current top 25 one that is not their Super Bowl, then maybe I could understand picking them to go further.ISU has a better resume at this point and should be picked to advance further, but its not impossible to build some kind of case for Iowa going further:
Head to head Iowa cruised to a fairly comfortable victory over ISU. It was at Carver, but Carver's not worth a 14 point advantage.
You guys have worse losses. I'll use KenPom rankings because its the easiest. Iowa's worst loss is to #11 Wisconsin. ISU has lost to #42 KSU, #45 Baylor, and #68 Arizona. In a tourney setting with upset minded mid majors everywhere, its hard to advance if you can't put away teams you're better than.
Iowa already won a tournament this year, ISU hasn't. And yeah, before you say - the tournament was full of nobodies - yes, I know. Iowa beat #54 Oregon and #76 UConn, nothing to brag about honestly. But again - your neutral site tourney loss was against #68 Arizona and you couldn't put them away.
Again, ISU has the better resume, ranking, KenPom rating and should be picked to go further. But Iowa's done some good things this year too. Just need a signature win or 2 to really have a nice looking resume.
ISU has a better resume at this point and should be picked to advance further, but its not impossible to build some kind of case for Iowa going further:
Head to head Iowa cruised to a fairly comfortable victory over ISU. It was at Carver, but Carver's not worth a 14 point advantage.
You guys have worse losses. I'll use KenPom rankings because its the easiest. Iowa's worst loss is to #11 Wisconsin. ISU has lost to #42 KSU, #45 Baylor, and #68 Arizona. In a tourney setting with upset minded mid majors everywhere, its hard to advance if you can't put away teams you're better than.
Iowa already won a tournament this year, ISU hasn't. And yeah, before you say - the tournament was full of nobodies - yes, I know. Iowa beat #54 Oregon and #76 UConn, nothing to brag about honestly. But again - your neutral site tourney loss was against #68 Arizona and you couldn't put them away.
Again, ISU has the better resume, ranking, KenPom rating and should be picked to go further. But Iowa's done some good things this year too. Just need a signature win or 2 to really have a nice looking resume.
Probably not. Iowa's about the same and ISU has improved it seems. If they played again today, maybe it would be a different outcome. Edit: But ISU's bad luck scheduling is not Iowa's problem. Whether they play early or late, the results count all the same.That’s great but Iowa State is a TOTALLY different team now compared to the team that lost to Iowa and Arizona early in the season. Wigs and Lard are back now giving us essentially 7 starters. Is Iowa that much different than the team we played? (Honest Question)
I can't sugarcoat it - Iowa has been getting stomped by the top tier B10 teams and they desperately need a high quality win. They've avoided bad losses, but that only gets you so far.If Iowa can ever get a win against a team who is a legitimate current top 25 one that is not their Super Bowl, then maybe I could understand picking them to go further.
ISU has a better resume at this point and should be picked to advance further, but its not impossible to build some kind of case for Iowa going further:
Head to head Iowa cruised to a fairly comfortable victory over ISU. It was at Carver, but Carver's not worth a 14 point advantage.
You guys have worse losses. I'll use KenPom rankings because its the easiest. Iowa's worst loss is to #11 Wisconsin. ISU has lost to #42 KSU, #45 Baylor, and #68 Arizona. In a tourney setting with upset minded mid majors everywhere, its hard to advance if you can't put away teams you're better than.
Iowa already won a tournament this year, ISU hasn't. And yeah, before you say - the tournament was full of nobodies - yes, I know. Iowa beat #54 Oregon and #76 UConn, nothing to brag about honestly. But again - your neutral site tourney loss was against #68 Arizona and you couldn't put them away.
Again, ISU has the better resume, ranking, KenPom rating and should be picked to go further. But Iowa's done some good things this year too. Just need a signature win or 2 to really have a nice looking resume.
ISU has a better resume at this point and should be picked to advance further, but its not impossible to build some kind of case for Iowa going further:
Head to head Iowa cruised to a fairly comfortable victory over ISU. It was at Carver, but Carver's not worth a 14 point advantage.
You guys have worse losses. I'll use KenPom rankings because its the easiest. Iowa's worst loss is to #11 Wisconsin. ISU has lost to #42 KSU, #45 Baylor, and #68 Arizona. In a tourney setting with upset minded mid majors everywhere, its hard to advance if you can't put away teams you're better than.
Iowa already won a tournament this year, ISU hasn't. And yeah, before you say - the tournament was full of nobodies - yes, I know. Iowa beat #54 Oregon and #76 UConn, nothing to brag about honestly. But again - your neutral site tourney loss was against #68 Arizona and you couldn't put them away.
Again, ISU has the better resume, ranking, KenPom rating and should be picked to go further. But Iowa's done some good things this year too. Just need a signature win or 2 to really have a nice looking resume.