Meh...if we are a top 5 team we shouldn't be sweating until the Sweet 16.
Jamie Pollard had us as the last 2 seed in his submission
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If we don't make it that far its likely because we stunk the joint up. I am the first to admit everything is always a little harder for ISU. We never get the benefit of the doubt. We never get breaks in the way other programs do. My wife couldn't believe how irate I was after seeing the draw (it's garbage we all know that).
That being said, we can't have a victim mentality either. We just need to go get it and take what's ours.
I hate that my mind goes there, but this plays into sports betting too. A 15 over a 2 can a sexy pick. A 15 might lose this year. A few may not cover.
Fwiw, Marquette will be the 2 to lose this year. Especially with their leading scorer out
And yet I have a strong feeling their fans will still be in the minority in attendance. So I don’t see the issue with placing those teams close to home.
The NCAA is basically saying “if you play early in the day, we’ll get you home in time for dinner. If you play in the early evening, we’ll get you home in time for bed”
Milwaukee as a 5 and 11. Not terribly close to Ames but an easy drive.
Granted the 11 year was vs. UW so it was basically a home game for them.
Pollard protecting the system, like he does on most things. His biggest negative.
It is aspirational only, obviously, given the committee's performance. Nothing done about the seeding of North Carolina, for example, was impartial.
Jamie should stick to fundraising, hiring coaches, and making sure that Big 12 remains a power conference.
Pollard is great at the dollars and cents part of ISU athletics…. but he’s an idiot about knowing what teams are better than others, etc.
Pretty much almost everyone on this board knows more about that kind of stuff honestly. We watch it. We know the names of tons of college players and how good they are, etc. JP doesn’t have the time to watch all that.
Pretty much almost everyone on this board knows more about that kind of stuff honestly. We watch it. We know the names of tons of college players and how good they are, etc. JP doesn’t have the time to watch all that.
I don't care at this point.
If we make it to Boston and lose to Uconn because of a blarge I'll be upset, but the brackets are set, no use whining about it nowm..
If we make it to Boston and lose to Uconn because of a blarge I'll be upset, but the brackets are set, no use whining about it nowm..
Well, I guess there’s someone to blame if we lose to freaking drake. Whenever they lose, it’s not the teams fault, it’s pollards.
Exactly. Quit your f’ing complaining. Bracket is set. Win games or lose and go home.
No he didn’t. He could have shut his mouth and not done the interview which would have been better. Sometimes it’s better to just be quiet than to go out and tell everyone how smart you are and how dumb everyone else is.
I don’t think I’ve seen an AD actively say his team is seeded correctly when literally every other metric, poll, and basketball expert had them many positions higher.
Exactly. He don't know the eye test. We rolled the big 12 tournament. I don't remember a team destroying the best conference in the country like we just did. What was the overall strength of schedule? That is what really matters. So not only do we get screwed. You screwed Auburn, Uconn, Illinois and everyone else in our bracket. Making us all play a way harder bracket than we should have.
