I swear if we don’t beat the fighting Tom Izzo’s then I’m throwing shit at the wall.
IOWA a #2 Seed, Illinois & Michigan a 1 in Latest (March14) ESPN Bracketology. Jerry Palm: Iowa a 2. Mike DeCoursy: Iowa a 2. Bracket Matrix: Iowa a 2
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The B10 is just stacked with talent and great teams....a team could finish top 4 in this league (maybe lower) and still be a final 4 level team.
Wisconsin: everyone back from a team that tied for a team title.
Illinois: Loaded with athletic, talented, and experienced players.
MSU: Is MSU.
Who really wants to play Rutgers? Michigan? Indiana is no pushover, nor is Ohio State, etc etc...
PLEASE let there be a college basketball season!
Wisconsin: everyone back from a team that tied for a team title.
Illinois: Loaded with athletic, talented, and experienced players.
MSU: Is MSU.
Who really wants to play Rutgers? Michigan? Indiana is no pushover, nor is Ohio State, etc etc...
PLEASE let there be a college basketball season!
You may want to keep some Spic and Span handy. Izzo, as usual, is getting more than his fair share of recruits, getting a 5* and a 4* both this season and next, and are always tough in Breslin. Do we know if we play them home and away this season? Hell, do we know anything at this point?
its gonna be interesting to see what happens with the conference schedule; will we still play 20 games or will the virus dictate otherwise? will there be any nonconference games at all?
hell, i have been advocating for each of the 14 B1G football teams to create bubbles for 3 1/2 months in order to get their 10 games in. Player movement would be from home to facility and then back home, only. They eat and study at the facility or at home, only. Online classes, only. For 3 1/2 months.
I think it would work; it just takes sacrifice and discipline. For 3 1/2 months.
@MrsScrew , would these bubbles work???
The three service academies are basically bubbles. Players go from dorm to class to practice and back to dorm. None of the academy students live ‘off’ campus.
it would require a lot of discipline, as the Marlins & Cardinals have shown, you can't go to a casino or a bar and think there won't be consequences
August 10 Update:
9 total B1G teams are in:
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
02 IOWA
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Virginia is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
02 Wisconsin
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
04 Illinois
03 Michigan State
07 Indiana
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
04 Ohio State
06 Rutgers
07 Michigan
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OTHERS:
Virginia Tech (Cordell Pemsl)--First 4 OUT
Minnesota--Next 4 out.
LINK: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
9 total B1G teams are in:
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
02 IOWA
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Virginia is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
02 Wisconsin
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
04 Illinois
03 Michigan State
07 Indiana
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
04 Ohio State
06 Rutgers
07 Michigan
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OTHERS:
Virginia Tech (Cordell Pemsl)--First 4 OUT
Minnesota--Next 4 out.
LINK: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
Love that Iowa's projected opponent is Siena. That would be an interesting game.
It's countrified Iowa City on steroids, with way better food. It's a hell of a time.
Students are currently petitioning to have online classes on campus. If that happens, it would make it much easier to put students in a bubble. All players live on same floor of dorm, with food delivered for starters, and classes online. Yes, I know this would be hard.
According to Andy Katz,
9 total B1G teams are in:
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
05 Michigan
02 Wisconsin
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Illinois is #1 seed)
01 Illinois
10 Ohio State
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
05 Indiana
03 Michigan State
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
04 Rutgers (@MrsScrew )
02 IOWA
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LINK: https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...-ncaa-bracket-predicted-57-days-opening-night
9 total B1G teams are in:
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
05 Michigan
02 Wisconsin
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Illinois is #1 seed)
01 Illinois
10 Ohio State
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
05 Indiana
03 Michigan State
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
04 Rutgers (@MrsScrew )
02 IOWA
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LINK: https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...-ncaa-bracket-predicted-57-days-opening-night
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So Katz think Illinois is ahead of us? I guess we just have to prove him wrong!!!
There's your "Dream Matchup" again @Franisdaman 👀. Potential Duke vs Iowa!
Illinois is not gonna be a 1 seed this year, no matter how "weak" the field may turn out to be......
At least we'd be facing Duke in the Sweet 16 instead of the f***ing 2nd Rd......According to Andy Katz,
9 total B1G teams are in:
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
05 Michigan
02 Wisconsin
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Illinois is #1 seed)
01 Illinois
10 Ohio State
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
05 Indiana
03 Michigan State
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
04 Rutgers (@MrsScrew )
02 IOWA
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LINK: https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...-ncaa-bracket-predicted-57-days-opening-night
Neither will Iowa.
Not sure why you think Iowa is better than Illinois. Pretty evenly matched.
According to Andy Katz,
9 total B1G teams are in:
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
05 Michigan
02 Wisconsin
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Illinois is #1 seed)
01 Illinois
10 Ohio State
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
05 Indiana
02 Michigan State
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
04 Rutgers (@MrsScrew )
02 IOWA
....................................................
LINK: https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...-ncaa-bracket-predicted-57-days-opening-night
In March, 2021....
34 years ago: 1987 was the last time Iowa was a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.
15 years ago: in 2006 Iowa was a 3 seed; Iowa has not had a seed that good ever since.
9 total B1G teams are in:
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
05 Michigan
02 Wisconsin
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Illinois is #1 seed)
01 Illinois
10 Ohio State
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
05 Indiana
02 Michigan State
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
04 Rutgers (@MrsScrew )
02 IOWA
....................................................
LINK: https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...-ncaa-bracket-predicted-57-days-opening-night
In March, 2021....
34 years ago: 1987 was the last time Iowa was a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.
15 years ago: in 2006 Iowa was a 3 seed; Iowa has not had a seed that good ever since.
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again, Brooklyn, ugh. it's more of a war zone now than it was pre-pandemic. At least 3 people that I know personally are moving out of there because it's awful.
We are slated to play Baylor on 12/2 in the Jimmy V classic which was supposed to be at MSG and is now in Florida. That would have been a nice semi-home court advantage for us. Comrade Deblasio screwed that one up for us
Iowa is a lot like Lake Woebegone -- all of our players are better than any players on any other team or at least above avereage. Why? Well....Because they're our players and we say so.
Anyone outside of iowa city who thinks any differently: 1) Doesn't know what they are talking about; and/or 2) are biased against Iowa (because everyone in the country thinks about Iowa all the time and has strong opinions about them one way or the other). In other words... it's pretty much like every college message board for every team.
That's why.
I don’t think so. Guess we will find out. It may be you that has to deal with it. Remember you looked up at Illinois in the standings last year. Illinois is a tough matchup for Iowa. A team that actually plays defense.
It’s just fun to talk some basketball. Illinois/Iowa is a rivalry game again. Good times.
you call it defense. we call it assault & battery!
If bumping, grabbing and holding are playing defense, then yeah, Illinois is very good at playing defense.
Good times, indeed.I don’t think so. (Well, you can think whatever you want....but I know.
Iowa > Illinois
Guess we will find out. (What's with all the thinking and guessing?.......Make up your mind, already.) It may be you that has to deal with it. (Nah, that's not part of the job description. Besides, Iowa > Illinois even if you were to win both games by 50 pts and Iowa goes 0-31. So again I say..............deal with it.) emember you looked up at Illinois in the standings last year. (Then lose more games next time.) Illinois is a tough matchup for Iowa. (You mean you get up for Iowa more so than other teams that you're trying to chase in-conference, is what you're saying....) A team that actually plays defense. (Oh?....It says here that you tied for 86th place with 8 other teams from smaller conferences in field goal % defense, and 64th nationally, and 7th in the Big Ten in scoring defense. But hey.....at least you were pretty awful in 3 pt field goal defense, finishing 187th in that category. Iowa, meanwhile, finished 117th. But yes....tell me about your vaunted defense compared to other teams Iowa should be worried about, rather than not having a better comeback than telling us, to the surprise of no one, that "oh yeah, well....Iowa's defense sucks!".......)
It’s just fun to talk some basketball. Illinois/Iowa is a rivalry game again. (It never wasn't. You guys just sucked for about 13 years and decided to cancel your fan trolling of other teams until you got good again.........) Good times.
Looking at those predictions there are 9 B1G teams in the Top 27.
October 7 Update:
9 total B1G teams are in:
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
02 IOWA
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Virginia is #1 seed)
04 Illinois
03 Michigan State
07 Indiana
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
02 Wisconsin
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
04 Ohio State
06 Rutgers @MrsScrew
07 Michigan
....................................................
OTHERS:
Virginia Tech (Cordell Pemsl)--First 4 OUT
Minnesota--First 4 OUT.
Maryland--Next 4 OUT.
LINK: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
9 total B1G teams are in:
West Region, Denver (Gonzaga is #1 seed)
02 IOWA
Midwest Region, Minneapolis (Virginia is #1 seed)
04 Illinois
03 Michigan State
07 Indiana
South Region, Memphis (Baylor is #1 seed)
08 Purdue
02 Wisconsin
East Region, Brooklyn (Villanova is #1 seed)
04 Ohio State
06 Rutgers @MrsScrew
07 Michigan
....................................................
OTHERS:
Virginia Tech (Cordell Pemsl)--First 4 OUT
Minnesota--First 4 OUT.
Maryland--Next 4 OUT.
LINK: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
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Do you think right now these kids are more worried about their college experience, or getting in this season, especially potential NBA players like Luka, and possibly Joe W???
