No, but I hope it hurts Michigan.
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The final prediction on bracket matrix has us as the first 10 seed
Are we sure we are in? Everyone on Twitter is making it seem like we are on the line of being out of the tournament.
If you look at the season as a whole (as they're supposed to do), we are in. The committee valued Q1 wins in the initial release, so to leave us out would be quite the pivot from that criteria.
I'm of the mindset that the play-in games are just that, 8 teams playing to get into the real tournament. And to consider the other 60 teams as having "byes" is dumb.
Especially when you look at the bracket and all the games on Thursday/Friday are considered "First Round" games. If you're playing in the First Round of something you're not getting a bye.
Who is 'everyone' and do they have Hok tattoos on their belly?
Yes. Twitter is the cess pool of the internet and doesn't know ****
There are currently 100 brackets up on Bracket Matrix. All 100 have ISU in the field.
I’m going to venture to guess, if we get in it’ll be one of those play-in games. Indiana being a potential opponent. Richmond stole a bid. Not good for our cause.
Everyone is vehemently opposed to the notion, but I wouldn’t be stunned whatsoever if we were on the outside looking in. What about a Iowa State vs. Drake matchup in the 1st round of the NIT at Hilton. They like to pit teams within region during the 1st round.
I hear ya, but I think that ship has passed- much different team than in Dec. Not a hawk apologist by any means, but other than a few mismatch lateral cover weaknesses, their length, press and other quick guards are starting to defend. Plus they can risk fouling cuz they can play 11 guys. Ever notice how Keegan Murray NEVER gets in foul trouble? Somehow they are able to keep him out of covering multiple good players.
Meanwhile, back to the original topic, I would prefer to play a team that has as much trouble scoring as us. Will there be any of those in the tournament?
Nope. Not confused at all. First Round starts Thursday/Friday. Play in games to get into the First Round on Tuesday/Wednesday. Really no such thing as a bye in this tournament so I'm all good.
The problem is if we are left out, their entire NET system putting a premium on beating good teams (Q1 and Q2) they created to replace a bad RPI system, just gets nuked and nobody will trust it. It's not that we have a few Q1 wins. We have 9 with ZERO bad losses (Q3 and Q4 teams. Maybe KSU went to a Q3 at home?).
Anyone who thinks we're out is dumb
