*** Official Selection Sunday Thread 2023 ***

[cmjh10]

Did anyone else catch Gumble struggling to speak? It was tough to get through.

 

[Pope]

Iowa with their back against the wall will come out and put out a good game.

Like they did against Richmond last year?

 

[awd4cy]

I love the round robin but no one seems to respect how tough it is, big 12 got shafted for beating each other up.

I thought it was pretty fair tbh. Not sure who got shafted. Seeding for each Big 12 team seemed fair too.

 

[jsb]

On a positive note, the two wins against Baylor probably saved us from an 8 or a 9 seed.

 

[alarson]

Going to need to know the brand of basketball used. Wilson = loss for Iowa

Pretty sure the tournament uses Wilson for all games

 

[SEIOWA CLONE]

Been saying it on here for a couple of weeks, how in the heck does the #1 ranked conference by every metric get fewer teams in than the SEC and the B10? I thought the rankings matter, if that is what the numbers say, then Ok. State and even TT belonged in before some of the lower ranked NET teams from the B10 and SEC.

 

[Rogue52]

Look at Iowa’s roster of guards and check back with me.

 

[AlaCyclone]

Oh no Kentucky will buy up a lot of tickets in Greensboro.

They are in the K-State pod, so not an issue for ISU.

 

[WastedTalent]

Like they did against Richmond last year?

Completely opposite trends going into the tournament for Iowa the last two years.

 

[jsb]

I think the committee ended up putting a bigger emphasis on losses. We had a ton of great wins. But also several not great losses.

They can talk all they want about only looking at metrics, but in the end they look at how the teams actually perform.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Been saying it on here for a couple of weeks, how in the heck does the #1 ranked conference by every metric get fewer teams in than the SEC and the B10? I thought the rankings matter, if that is what the numbers say, then Ok. State and even TT belonged in before some of the lower ranked NET teams from the B10 and SEC.

Because you only have 10 teams?

Btw while I agree the Big12 is the best conference by far in cbb you all sound like SEC football schools who claim that because the conference is so good everyone of there losses is a good loss and thus just about every team should be ranked.

 

[CYDJ]

Do we know what session we are yet?

 

[CyNews]

So basically using November and December to punish someone?

Maybe they should have taken then a closer look at a certain team that lost to Eastern Illinois......and got swept by both Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Bruce Pearl and Iowa deserve each other.

 

[Dopey]

Because you only have 10 teams?

Btw while I agree the Big12 is the best conference by far in cbb you all sound like SEC football schools who claim that because the conference is so good everyone of there losses is a good loss and thus just about every team should be ranked.

And then they underwhelm in Bowl Season.

Like I'm predicting Big 12 will this March...

 

[2speedy1]

Been saying it on here for a couple of weeks, how in the heck does the #1 ranked conference by every metric get fewer teams in than the SEC and the B10? I thought the rankings matter, if that is what the numbers say, then Ok. State and even TT belonged in before some of the lower ranked NET teams from the B10 and SEC.

You have a point, but they also have several more teams. You have to go by percentage of conference for these things, usually.

But I would say our bottom teams are as good or better then the middle of many of the other conferences.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Do we know what session we are yet?

It'll be a couple hours yet.

 

[CyNews]

Check out Chris Jans’ history at Bowling Green.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Conference of champions hasn't won since 1997.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

Bruce Pearl and Iowa deserve each other.

I would give good money to see Franiac walk past half court like he did against Indiana and start jawing with Pearl.

 

[Big_Sill]

I just think we've had a lot of naïve folks around here lately. End of the day, the committee members are humans using judgement to figure this all out. Doesn't matter what's on the "team sheet' or not, or what the stated metrics and criteria are.

They didn't like the big 12 as much as the metrics did. I tired to suggest the big 12 is "overrated", while still being the best conference and people told me I was a moron.

Anyway, seed doesn't matter, you have to play great teams regardless.

Go cyclones