ESPN Bracketology, Updated MARCH 13. IOWA is a 5 Seed in CHICAGO Regional. Bracket Matrix on MARCH 13 has IOWA a 5 Seed. #14 NET Ranking on March 13
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Based on where Iowa is at right now I'd be pissed if they wound up being a 9 seed.
Northwestern would be a Quad 3 win.
But we have a couple Quad 1 opportunities coming up.
IOWA (#19 NET Ranking on Feb 26)
1-5: Quad 1
6-3: Quad 2
5-0: Quad 3
8-0: Quad 4
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20-8 Overall Record
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The remaining road games:
March 3 at Michigan (Quad 1: Away vs 1-75)
March 6 at Illinois (Quad 1: Away vs 1-75)
The remaining home game:
Feb 28 Northwestern (Quad 3: Home vs 76-160)
Here are the Current NET Rankings, Through Feb 25, 2022 Games:
Rank..Previous..Record...Road..Neutral..Home..Quad1...Quad 2...Quad 3...Quad 4
But we have a couple Quad 1 opportunities coming up.
IOWA (#19 NET Ranking on Feb 26)
1-5: Quad 1
6-3: Quad 2
5-0: Quad 3
8-0: Quad 4
............................................
20-8 Overall Record
====================
The remaining road games:
March 3 at Michigan (Quad 1: Away vs 1-75)
March 6 at Illinois (Quad 1: Away vs 1-75)
The remaining home game:
Feb 28 Northwestern (Quad 3: Home vs 76-160)
Here are the Current NET Rankings, Through Feb 25, 2022 Games:
Rank..Previous..Record...Road..Neutral..Home..Quad1...Quad 2...Quad 3...Quad 4
| 11 | 11 | Purdue | Big Ten | 24-4 | 5-3 | 4-0 | 15-1 | 7-3 | 4-1 | 6-0 | 7-0 |
| 14 | 14 | Illinois | Big Ten | 19-8 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 11-3 | 4-5 | 6-3 | 5-0 | 4-0 |
| 17 | 17 | Ohio St. | Big Ten | 18-7 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 12-1 | 5-5 | 4-2 | 6-0 | 3-0 |
| 19 | 19 | Iowa | Big Ten | 20-8 | 5-5 | 1-0 | 14-3 | 1-5 | 6-3 | 5-0 | 8-0 |
| 21 | 21 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 22-5 | 8-2 | 3-0 | 11-3 | 7-3 | 7-1 | 4-1 | 4-0 |
| 32 | 33 | Michigan | Big Ten | 15-11 | 4-7 | 2-1 | 9-3 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 5-1 | 4-0 |
| 36 | 36 | Michigan St. | Big Ten | 18-9 | 5-4 | 3-2 | 10-3 | 3-6 | 6-2 | 5-1 | 4-0 |
| 42 | 42 | Indiana | Big Ten | 17-10 | 2-7 | 1-0 | 14-3 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 4-0 | 8-0 |
| 81 | 77 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 12-14 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 8-6 | 1-9 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 7-0 |
| 83 | 83 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 16-11 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 13-2 | 5-4 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 6-1 |
| 84 | 84 | Penn St. | Big Ten | 12-13 | 1-8 | 1-1 | 10-4 | 1-8 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 4-0 |
| 95 | 95 | Maryland | Big Ten | 13-15 | 3-6 | 2-1 | 8-8 | 1-8 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 4-0 |
| 97 | 98 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 13-13 | 3-7 | 2-0 | 8-6 | 2-10 | 0-2 | 6-1 | 5-0 |
| 187 | 187 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 7-21 | 0-8 | 0-1 | 7-12 | 0-10 | 0-7 | 1-3 | 6-1 |
Me too.
i just think our #328 nonconference schedule & having just one Quad 1 win is holding us back
Bracket Matrix, which currently combines the results of 126 brackets, has IOWA as a 7 Seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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Link: http://www.bracketmatrix.com/
Gotta combine Quad 1 and Quad 2, resume looks a lot better.
the great thing this season is we haven't had a bad loss
Your point is valid, but in some ways it does work that way. You can’t just look at Quad 1 in a vacuum. The strong Quad 2 results are a positive that can counteract the Quad 1 results (certainly not as much as the Quad 1 issues, but still). Plus the Quad cutoffs are so arbitrary, I think that’s why the Committee likes looking at opponents NET so much as well.
Would love to grab one of those. Our non-con was weak, but we are strong!
Michigan State beating Purdue probably gives Iowa another Q1 win but now MSU is tied with Iowa in the Big Ten standings.
Correction, tied with Iowa in the standings. Iowa still has the tie breaker with the H2H.
A month ago was hoping the Hawks would just find a way in...I am now hopeful that they can be under the 7 seed line.
I think Iowa has a fighting chance to get through the first weekend as a 6 seed.
Right now we are squarely off the bubble, but if we were one of the last teams being considered, i do think our nonconference schedule would have been an issue to Committee members
Maybe you can act like you're Iowa's AD and Fran. Who would you have had Iowa play in the non-conference that would help Iowa at the end of the season? Iowa St is a given and Iowa doesn't pick who they play in the Gavitt games or the ACC/BT challenge. That leaves you 7 games against teams that are wiling to come to Carver and a neutral site game. I stand by and wait to read your responds.
It’s too bad we couldn’t have played in a holiday tournament this year and gotten a couple of wins over decent teams.
We have 8 Quad 4 wins. I would try to schedule teams that end up being at least Quad 3 (Home Game vs opponent with a NET ranking between 76 and 160).
But, I think you could get some buy games with Quad 2 opponents, too.
So, what teams would fit the bill?
Here are 20 teams, for starters, that could replace a Quad 4 opponent.
Quad 2 Home Game Potential Opponents:
#51 UAB (Conference USA)
#62 Missouri State (MVC)
#63 Vermont (American East)
#65 St Louis (Atlantic 10)
#66 Fresno State (Mountain West)
#67 Belmont (OVC)
#68 South Dakota State (Summit League)
#69 Chattanooga (SoCon)
#70 Towson (CAA)
#72 Santa Clara (WCC)
#75 New Mexico State (WAC)
Quad 3 Home Game Potential Opponents:
#80 Toledo
#82 St Bonaventure (A 10)
#88 UCF (AAC)
#90 Furman (SoCon)
#92 Drake (MVC)
#96 Bradley (MVC)
#98 Grand Canyon (WAC)
#99 Tulane (AAC)
#100 UNI (MVC)
Last year’s schedule was more appropriate. 8 Q3/Q4 games last year vs 14 this year.
I wish we could get the HyVee Classic back.
A Quad 2 game is a Neutral Site Game (Wells Fargo Arena in DSM) vs an opponent with a NET Ranking of 51-100.
Well, on a Saturday of some weekend, why not play #92 Drake. The next day, play #100 UNI. Right there you get TWO Quad 2 games in.
cc: @hooper56 @Birky @IllQChawk
Just bring back the Carver Hawkeye Classic. Q3/4 first opponent, Q2 second opponent.
I’d take an annual game up in South Dakota too against a decent opponent.
I’d take an annual game up in South Dakota too against a decent opponent.
I just don't think it should be that hard to avoid Quad 4 opponents.
Schools outside the Power 6 Conferences are looking for cash; Iowa has plenty of it.
yeah, i don't understand why it's so hard to avoid Quad 4 home games
there are plenty of options out there
Rutgers is now one of the last 4 in. @MrsScrew, don't screw this up!
Lunardi continues to have 9 B1G teams in the NCAA Tournament.
Seed/Team:
2 Purdue
3 Wisconsin
4 Illinois
Ohio State
IOWA
Michigan State
Rutgers (1 of the LAST 4 IN; in a Play in Game)
Michigan (gets 1 of the LAST 4 BYES)
Indiana (1 of the LAST 4 IN; in a Play in Game)
Lunardi continues to have 9 B1G teams in the NCAA Tournament.
Seed/Team:
2 Purdue
3 Wisconsin
4 Illinois
Ohio State
IOWA
Michigan State
Rutgers (1 of the LAST 4 IN; in a Play in Game)
Michigan (gets 1 of the LAST 4 BYES)
Indiana (1 of the LAST 4 IN; in a Play in Game)
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Iowa remains #19 in the NET rankings.
Northwestern would be a Quad 3 win.
But we have a couple Quad 1 opportunities coming up.
IOWA (#19 NET Ranking on Feb 27)
1-5: Quad 1
6-3: Quad 2
5-0: Quad 3
8-0: Quad 4
............................................
20-8 Overall Record
====================
The remaining road games:
March 3 at #34 NET Michigan (Quad 1: Away vs 1-75)
March 6 at #14 NET Illinois (Quad 1: Away vs 1-75)
The remaining home game:
Feb 28, #80 NET Northwestern (Quad 3: Home vs 76-160)
Northwestern would be a Quad 3 win.
But we have a couple Quad 1 opportunities coming up.
IOWA (#19 NET Ranking on Feb 27)
1-5: Quad 1
6-3: Quad 2
5-0: Quad 3
8-0: Quad 4
............................................
20-8 Overall Record
====================
The remaining road games:
March 3 at #34 NET Michigan (Quad 1: Away vs 1-75)
March 6 at #14 NET Illinois (Quad 1: Away vs 1-75)
The remaining home game:
Feb 28, #80 NET Northwestern (Quad 3: Home vs 76-160)
I would LOVE for this to happen and I’d make it a tournament. But it won’t because you are losing 2 home games and all the revenue that comes with it. The athletic department makes more money when 8000 show up to watch Iowa play CreamPuff U than it does when 10,000 show up to play Iowa in Wells Fargo arena.
My guess is avoiding these Q4 opponents is easier said than done. You are looking at this after the regulag season is almost over while a AD has to build the schedule years before games are ever played and convince these teams to come to Carver when every decent projected Q3 team is probably in high demand and some are trying to win themselves.
But what are we paying these Quad 4 teams to come to Iowa City, where few tickets are sold? The net income for these Quad 4 home games can't be that much, right?
I stated this before, but I don't think it should be that hard to have better home nonconference opponents. Eight Quad 4 home opponents is way too many.
Here are 20 teams, for starters, that could replace a Quad 4 home opponent.
Quad 2 Home Game Potential Opponents:
#51 UAB (Conference USA)
#62 Missouri State (MVC)
#63 Vermont (American East)
#65 St Louis (Atlantic 10)
#66 Fresno State (Mountain West)
#67 Belmont (OVC)
#68 South Dakota State (Summit League)
#69 Chattanooga (SoCon)
#70 Towson (CAA)
#72 Santa Clara (WCC)
#75 New Mexico State (WAC)
Quad 3 Home Game Potential Opponents:
#80 Toledo
#82 St Bonaventure (A 10)
#88 UCF (AAC)
#90 Furman (SoCon)
#92 Drake (MVC)
#96 Bradley (MVC)
#98 Grand Canyon (WAC)
#99 Tulane (AAC)
#100 UNI (MVC)
I saw the post but this doesn’t change anything that I’ve said. This list doesn’t exist when they built the non conference schedule 2-3 years ago.
Again, Fran may have wanted a soft non conference schedule based on what he projected his team to look like and how tough the conference is.
The schedule is what it is, can’t change it no matter how much you complain about it.
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