Bracketology: Hawks 6 seed
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It’s really hard to take a bracket serious when they have ISU ahead of Iowa.
1) Head to head
2) net ranking 34 vs 42
3) quad 1/2 results 4/7 vs 2/6
1) Head to head
2) net ranking 34 vs 42
3) quad 1/2 results 4/7 vs 2/6
In today's update:
Iowa, Iowa State, Virginia Tech & Washington (in that order) are the last 4 teams in.
The winner of #11 Iowa/#11 Iowa State would play #6 Ole Miss. #3 Duke (the host) likely would be the opponent for a bid to the Sweet 16 in Spokane.
The Full Bracket:
Iowa, Iowa State, Virginia Tech & Washington (in that order) are the last 4 teams in.
The winner of #11 Iowa/#11 Iowa State would play #6 Ole Miss. #3 Duke (the host) likely would be the opponent for a bid to the Sweet 16 in Spokane.
The Full Bracket:
Women's Bracketology: Notre Dame didn't hold onto that 1-seed for long
The second top-16 reveal was irrelevant within hours of being announced: Notre Dame, Tennessee lost and dropped, benefitting South Carolina, Kentucky, respectively.
www.espn.com
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another interesting part of this bracket:
Last 4 byes includes Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota
Last 4 byes includes Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota
In today's update:
Iowa, Iowa State, Virginia Tech & Washington (in that order) are the last 4 teams in.
The winner of #11 Iowa/#11 Iowa State would play #6 Ole Miss. #3 Duke (the host) likely would be the opponent for a bid to the Sweet 16 in Spokane.
The Full Bracket:
Women's Bracketology: Notre Dame didn't hold onto that 1-seed for long
The second top-16 reveal was irrelevant within hours of being announced: Notre Dame, Tennessee lost and dropped, benefitting South Carolina, Kentucky, respectively.www.espn.com
That would actually be awesome and 3 teams we could beat. So we know it won’t go that Direction 😂
CBS sports has Iowa as an 8 seed.. way clear of the play in!
ESPN still has Iowa as 9 seed playing Louisville, Texas Rd 2. They do show them off the last 4 byes line.
It’s crazy. Right now they are an 11 seed in the Big 10 tourney and would play in the opening round.,
Today Iowa (18-7) is projected as the #9 seed in the Austin bracket.
In this projection, if they would beat #8 seed Florida State, they'd most likely play #1 seed Texas on their home court for the right to advance to the Sweet 16.
In this projection, if they would beat #8 seed Florida State, they'd most likely play #1 seed Texas on their home court for the right to advance to the Sweet 16.
Women's Bracketology: Notre Dame didn't hold onto that 1-seed for long
The second top-16 reveal was irrelevant within hours of being announced: Notre Dame, Tennessee lost and dropped, benefitting South Carolina, Kentucky, respectively.
www.espn.com
In today's update:
Iowa, Iowa State, Virginia Tech & Washington (in that order) are the last 4 teams in.
The winner of #11 Iowa/#11 Iowa State would play #6 Ole Miss. #3 Duke (the host) likely would be the opponent for a bid to the Sweet 16 in Spokane.
The Full Bracket:
Women's Bracketology: Notre Dame didn't hold onto that 1-seed for long
The second top-16 reveal was irrelevant within hours of being announced: Notre Dame, Tennessee lost and dropped, benefitting South Carolina, Kentucky, respectively.www.espn.com
This Ohio State loss didn't hurt.
Washington is back in the bracket, on the merit of losing to Oregon and USC last week, it seems.
I kid, it's likely because some other bubble teams did worse.
I kid, it's likely because some other bubble teams did worse.
I'd rather be a 12 seed. I feel there isn't as big a difference playing a 5 vs playing an 8 or 9. Then you play a 4 seed to make it to the sweet 16. Better than having to play a 1.
Oh, yeah. Lower seeds only seldom establish legendary status. And memories are short.
Better to have highest possible seed. Tourneys are funky...almost like early season games. Anything can happen.
True. But I just feel like the top 6-8 teams in WBB are so dominant. I think Iowa can handle just about any team out side the top 4 or 5 this year. Big difference between a 1-2 loss team vs a team that has lost 5-6 games. I am just talking about making it to the sweet 16 this year.
A trip to the sweet 16 would be a Damn Fine job, by Jan this season given everything the last year, their personel losses, and the new and improved conference adding two legit final four teams to conference play.....
I completely agree. This team is good enough to win round 1, but could they win round 2? I'd say yes if they're playing a 4 seed vs a 1 seed.
They have Iowa State #1 1 playing the six seed and then a #3 seed. Would rather be there or move up to a 6 by running 2 of the next 3
I don't know how the rules work these days with teams from the same conference. Can we be an 8/9 in a regional where USC or UCLA is the 1 (or a 7/10 where they are a 2)?
Does it make a difference if we play either a second time in the conference tournament?
Does it make a difference if we play either a second time in the conference tournament?
Iowa won't get to play Texas. They will play South Carolina or Connecticut.
Despite losing two in a row Hawks move up to a 7 seed today per ESPN.
This goes into some of the seed rules. Can't recall if addresses your specific question or not.
March Madness Selections 101 - NCAA.org
How Teams Earn a Spot in the Men's and Women's NCAA Tournament (linked some resources below from here)
March Madness Selections 101
March Madness Selections 101 How Teams Earn a Spot in the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Tournaments
www.ncaa.org
Also, it looks like this season has more computer model metric systems utilized in calculating seeds. Bart Torvik model is finally used in it along with others. I know they only have it listed for the men's section on the web page. However, it's been billed as the KenPom for women for a while.
NCAAW T-Rank - Customizable College Basketball Tempo Free Stats - T-Rank
T-Rank College Basketball Ratings and Rankings. And fun.
barttorvik.com
2024-25 D-I Women's Basketball NET Ranking thru games 02/24/2025
NCAA Statistics
Didn't see that much difference between the "computer models" used between men and women in these pdfs when more than the NET is used.
2025 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING THE BRACKET
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/basketball/d1/women/2024-25D1WBB_NETFAQ.pdf
2024-25 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING THE BRACKET
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win @ Mich would really help us avoid the 8/9
Agree, A quad 1 on the road this late in the year would be big.
Iowa is WAY better than its record. Two OT losses, a 1-point loss, and a controversial (to say the least) 2-pt. loss to the #3 team in the country. Iowa can beat anyone. In fact, in most of the losses Iowa has beaten itself more so than the other team has simply been better. So that's the very good news. The potentially bad news is that they'll keep playing on the edge like this instead of taking that tiny step forward that could make for memorable runs in both the BTT and the NCAA.
I like this team a lot, and if they can make a couple of those minor adjustments, it's gonna be fun in March.
I like this team a lot, and if they can make a couple of those minor adjustments, it's gonna be fun in March.
This was before Iowa won at Michigan. Is David, a beat writer for 24/7, right? We should get a 7 seed if we win our next 2 games (final reg season game + 1 BTT game)?
What if we win our next 3 (final reg season game + 2 BTT games)?
What if we win our next 3 (final reg season game + 2 BTT games)?
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