Way Too Early Top 25 roundup: Cyclones a consensus top 5 pick

[Connor_Ferguson]

What are the national outlets projecting expecting out of Iowa State next season?

Six of them have the Cyclones in the top 5 of their Way Too Early Top 25's.

Where does Iowa State MBB stack up in the Way Too Early Top 25's

Mar 28, 2024; Boston, MA, USA; Iowa State Cyclones guard Curtis Jones (5) and guard Keshon Gilbert (10) talk to the referee against the Illinois Fighting Illini in the semifinals of the East Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports With

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[CY9008]

another cool compilation of rankings here visually

 

[Jer]

another cool compilation of rankings here visually

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I think we've always said that Sports Illustrated is one of the most beloved, honest, and historic publications in history.

 

[DurangoCy]

So a 3 seed?

 

[8bitnes]

another cool compilation of rankings here visually

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Where are K-state and Iowa? They must be conspiring to hurt our SOS

 

[CycloneErik]

I think we've always said that Sports Illustrated is one of the most beloved, honest, and historic publications in history.

And 247 Sports are clearly not even at the level of rank amateurs.

 

[cymac2408]

So a 3 seed?

Do I give you a winner or funny emoji? I’m so conflicted.

 

[Cyclones125]

I said preseason last year and as it currently looks right now Kansas's roster has huge holes and are way overrated in the preseason polls. Going into last season they really had no proven scorers until Hunter Dickinson transferred late. Dajuan Harris is strictly a defensive player. McCullar being the B12 leading scorer came out of nowhere, that kept them relevant til he got hurt. Jonny Furphy was a nice surprise. KJ Adams doesn't have much of an offensive game, but will get 12 ppg just by being more athletic than his defender.

With McCullar and Furphy likely gone, maybe even Dickinson, and no big time additions I see KU's roster as a fringe top 25 team as it currently stands.

 

[LLCoolCY]

So a 3 seed?

Final 2 seed, playing the overall 1's region.

 

[quasistellar]

another cool compilation of rankings here visually

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Who did Texas buy to get this much love?

 

[ClonerJams]

An off-season of improvement with Tamin, Keshon, Curtis, and Milan?

 

[sj4]

If you look at both and combine the Men's and the Women's way too early rankings it doesn't take much to notice that Iowa State men's and women's combined average ranking is second in the nation only to Uconn's two teams. Even a math graduate from the school out east could figure it out. The ISU women's team is ranked 10th in a couple and the men's are top 5 in several.

 

[1100011CS]

Meanwhile, Lunardi doing Lunardi things:


EDIT: This may or may not be a real Lunardi bracket.

 

[Stumbles]

Meanwhile, Lunardi doing Lunardi things: View attachment 127623

Christ on a cracker. What an idiot.

 

[MJ271]

Meanwhile, Lunardi doing Lunardi things: View attachment 127623


EDIT: This may or may not be a real Lunardi bracket.

Assuming this came from the reddit post I think it did, the seeds are Lunardi's but the actual picks are just from a model that will spit out a new, semi-random bracket based on probabilities every time it's run (e.g. if the poster ran the model 100 times, Iowa State would probably beat Quinnipiac 90+ of them, it just so happened that this was one of the 10).

 

[WhatchaGonnaDo]

Meanwhile, Lunardi doing Lunardi things: View attachment 127623


EDIT: This may or may not be a real Lunardi bracket.

This is just some random Reddit user who takes Lunardi's bracket and runs some simulation. They're always wacky...nothing but good fodder for the junkies/sickos.

 

[Brookcyde]

Final 2 seed, playing the overall 1's region.

On the home court of a 3 seed in the Elite Eight....

 

[ClubCy]

On the home court of a 3 seed in the Elite Eight....

Huh

 

[Cyforce]

Quinnipiac ******* losing to Quinnipiac.
What a *******.

 

[clonedude]

Where Iowa at? Oh that's right... they are a women's basketball school now. Oh wait... they're gonna suck again too now. At least Iowa fans have the Indiana Fever they can root for!