Hell yes. Providence #49 in KenPom, Richmond #83.
Flipping fantastic draw
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Compare to what Illinois got as a #4 seed -- a tougher first round matchup in Chattanooga and a likely round of 32 matchup in Houston, who is #4 in KenPom.
I'll take it. What's the word on Providence?
Saw Richmond play before Iowa today
Saw Richmond play before Iowa today
Hell Kansas is very beatable. It’s like the bracket gods gift-wrapped Iowa the perfect bracket.
We seriously could not have asked for a better draw. Admittedly, I haven’t seen a Richmond game, but we should absolutely beat Providence, and Kansas is pretty much the ideal 1 seed matchup too
Yah. Fantastic.
Iowa just won 4 games in 4 days and beat the #9 team in the nation to win the Big Ten Tournament. Their reward?
Play on Thursday. Halfway across the country in Buffalo, NY.
Meanwhile, #11 seed Iowa State plays in Milwaukee.
Iowa has a good case for a #3 seed, and an excellent case for a #4. So, of course, they get a #5.
Matchups may not be bad, but the seed, location, and travel are typical NCAA bullshit. IMHO.
BTW: While I'm at it, having Greene AND Boroski ref the championship game today just shows what a crock the BIG is. Two of the worst refs in basketball, and the two most anti-Iowa refs in the country. So, naturally, they work the title game. And they did their best to give it to Purdue, but this Iowa team is just too damn good and too damn tough. Screw the BIG. Yes, I'm celebrating by being ticked off. Deal with it.
Iowa just won 4 games in 4 days and beat the #9 team in the nation to win the Big Ten Tournament. Their reward?
Play on Thursday. Halfway across the country in Buffalo, NY.
Meanwhile, #11 seed Iowa State plays in Milwaukee.
Iowa has a good case for a #3 seed, and an excellent case for a #4. So, of course, they get a #5.
Matchups may not be bad, but the seed, location, and travel are typical NCAA bullshit. IMHO.
BTW: While I'm at it, having Greene AND Boroski ref the championship game today just shows what a crock the BIG is. Two of the worst refs in basketball, and the two most anti-Iowa refs in the country. So, naturally, they work the title game. And they did their best to give it to Purdue, but this Iowa team is just too damn good and too damn tough. Screw the BIG. Yes, I'm celebrating by being ticked off. Deal with it.
Even the bottom of the bracket is kinda sketchy. Auburn isn’t a good team away from home. Iowa’s going to have the shortest trip to Chicago (except for Wisconsin)
This couldn’t be any better on paper. Now go win it Hawkeyes!!!!
You know what? Screw rest! This Iowa team is red-hot and they will be ready to go on Thursday!
PG is the all time NCAA steals leader. Their center acts like a point guard at times, but isn’t a shooter. He also didn’t strike me as super physical or fast in their game vs Davidson.
Top ten in offensive turnover percentage so they don’t turn it over. Not really a good shooting team. Super experienced. I think a lot of their guys are 5/6 year guys.
Better offensively than defensively.
Like this matchup a lot.
Keep their PG to 18 or less and we move on to play SDSU
Hawks with a lot of support in Buffalo with Eppy, Micah, and Ike. I’m sure they will be in full support for the boys.
Playing on Friday instead of Thurs after 4 in a row would be better, but I do like our path to the FF
Richmond is also 327th in off rebounding %. Not a team that’s going to hit the glass. 191st in pace. They’ll probably try to slow Iowa down because I don’t think they have the horses.
SDSU is a team who can hang around with 3s but I can't see how they stop this offense.
I went back through KenPom's data for previous seasons - Providence is the weakest 4 seed by KenPom rating since Vanderbilt in 2008.
Iowa finally has a team playing at a very high level headed into the Big Dance, got a great draw, playing in the NE but not in Providence's back yard, Providence has not played well the past few weeks, and they get a chance to play Regionals in Chicago, and if I had to make a list of 3 teams that I would want to beat in the Big Dance, Kansas would be on it.
I sure hope these guys can keep it rolling. We are SO LONG OVERDUE for a deep run.
I sure hope these guys can keep it rolling. We are SO LONG OVERDUE for a deep run.
I wonder if the Big 12 Tourney champ and Big Ten Tourney champ have ever been in the same half of the same bracket before...
Agreed - Prov (or whoever) should be VERY afraid that we are in their Pod!
I was hoping for a surprise and maybe a little better seed but I'll take the 5 and I think the draw is about as good as we could probably hope for in that tournament.
ISU and MSU I believel.
Never mind you said in the same half of the same bracket. MSU and ISU were seeded 1 and 2
I like our chances against teams that don’t play physical on defense.
Do we ever lose against Kansas. I think its witchcraft or something.
I think they stopped scheduling us lol.
Maybe so, BUT should they escape the first weekend they'll be in Chicago and that would be off the hook for all those Hawk fans roaring down I-80. Survive and advance boys. Time to dance!
why? It's fun and harmless to play the what-if game
One of the announcers on the selection show picked Providence to beat Iowa (if the matchup happens), so Providence must be pretty good.
They are good and senior laden, but their best player is that Ali Durham guy who used to be at Indiana… I never thought he was great. They also only run 8 deep and are undersized, which makes them a good matchup for the Murray Boys and Co
Found a ranking site this morning that is very similar to Kenpom, but allows you to pick date ranges.
T-Rank from 2/1 through EOD today.
Since 2/1, which is all games after the lineup change post PSU.
ETA: Was looking at the wrong tab when copying some rankings. Providence is higher than originally posted and SDSU lower.
ETA2: I did it twice...arggghh and was right the first time. Too much excitement the last couple of days!
T-Rank from 2/1 through EOD today.
Since 2/1, which is all games after the lineup change post PSU.
- Iowa is 12-2
- Ranked number #2 overall
- Offensive efficiency is #1
- Defensive efficiency is #51 (yeah #51)
- Richmond is #82
- Providence is #62
- SDSU is #65
ETA: Was looking at the wrong tab when copying some rankings. Providence is higher than originally posted and SDSU lower.
ETA2: I did it twice...arggghh and was right the first time. Too much excitement the last couple of days!
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Seth Davis, he was picking against almost every B10 team
