Better turnout in Denver IMO due to easier tickets to procure + don't have to deal with the B1G stank. Much prefer ISU in B1G XII Territory than B1G Territory!
Lunardi and Palm now project Iowa State as a 4-seed as Selection Sunday nears
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A 6/11 is easier than a 5 too. I see a difference in quality between the 13 and 14 seeds this year too
3-seed is much preferred over a 4
Lots of easy flights to Denver. Allegheny might even add some. Then there is that 10 hour drive. A group could do it pretty easily!
With so many SEC teams in the top 12, and just working off of this morning's Bracket Matrix, you may be looking at:
Raleigh - 1 Duke, 1 Florida
Lexington - 1 Auburn, 2 Alabama
Cleveland - 2 Michigan State, 2 Tennessee
Milwaukee - [2 of ISU, WIS, UK]
Providence - 2 St. John's, 4 Maryland
Wichita - 1 Houston, 3 Texas Tech
Denver - [ISU/WIS/UK outlier], 4 A&M/Purdue
Seattle - 4 Arizona, 4 Pur/A&M
I still can't believe we allowed BYU to shoot 50% from 3 on 36 attempts. I know we were down our 2 best perimeter defenders, but if the drop off is that steep...we are going to need both guys for our Thursday/Friday game.
I wouldn't be surprised at Iowa State being a 4 and part of it has to do with the uncertainty surrounding Gilbert and Lipsey's status. They also have 2 bad losses to K-State and Oklahoma State and only one quality win in the last 2 months which was the win against Arizona at home. Not a lot of meat on the resume unfortunately with the added in question marks of the committee trying to figure out which Iowa State team we're going to see in the tournament with the injury concerns looming so I think a 4 seed is a strong possibility.
It's too bad because after that Kansas win on January 15th, the Cyclones were tracking to a 1 seed but the last 2 months have been a relative disaster tbh.
It's too bad because after that Kansas win on January 15th, the Cyclones were tracking to a 1 seed but the last 2 months have been a relative disaster tbh.
Luckily for us they will take the entire season into account, not just the last 2 months. We have 10 Q1 wins which is pretty elite and I think we also have something like 10 road/neutral wins which is elite also.
Also, BYU typically gets (deserves) a one line penalty for their no-play Sunday requirement.
Since 2000 BYU is 267 out of 269 teams relative to expectations.
Yes they do but how they've performed in the last 2 months is still a big part of the criteria, how a team is playing going into the tournament. We're talking about one high quality win since January 15th and an uncertainty about whether or not this is going to be a healthy team going into the tournament.
I'm not ruling out them getting a 3 but I don't think it's egregious if they get a 4. There's arguments both ways.
BYU beat us twice, won 9 of 10 to end season. We had several horrible losses.
Glad you aren’t on the committee! The heat you’d be getting for reasoning would be brutal.
Regarding the 1/2 seeds - I'd rather play Duke than any of the SEC teams, especially if Flagg is < 100%
Although I think we match up really well against the top Big Ten teams
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If a four seed, name a 1 seed that wants to see us in the S16? Four, three. Let’s just go.
Agreed. I just would rather be a 3 but if is a 4 so be it. Plus the way 8/9 seeds are gonna land im thinking a 1 seed may fall before sweet 16 anywa.
3pt defense % is largely random. BYU is a good shooting team - but it was just as much luck as defense that they went 18-36 against us and 6-28 against Houston. Hell, they scored as many points against us from 3-pt shots as they scored against Houston TOTAL.
The last 10 and head to head aren't really high on the list of criteria. Yes, we have 2 bad losses, BYU has 4 bad losses.
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