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How does the first 2 rounds in Des Moines sound?

Well, as of this morning, March 11, NINE B1G Teams are projected by ESPN to make the Big Dance.

Iowa is projected as a #8 seed in the Midwest Region (Kansas City) and would face #9 seed Auburn with the winner facing #1 Kansas/#16 Grambling State in Des Moines.

Wisconsin is the 5th team OUT. Michigan is the 8th team OUT.


The 9 B1G Teams:

1 Purdue
4 Indiana
7 Northwestern
7 Michigan State
8 Maryland
8 IOWA
9 Illinois
10 Penn State (LAST 4 byes)
11 Rutgers (LAST 4 byes) @MrsScrew




Link to full bracket:

www.espn.com

Men's Bracketology: How the Fighting Illini pulled off a surprise reboot

No one expected much from Illinois this year. But the Illini could have a shot at a No. 1 seed.
www.espn.com



112 brackets in Bracket Matrix currently have Iowa as the lowest 8 seed.

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For anyone that still doubts as to whether or not Iowa can end up in Des Moines, watch this video that the NCAA put together. Starting around the 16 minute mark, the begin to place the 5 seeds and down. You can see that the software just sort of does all of the work for the committee and it just puts teams to the closest placement. In the example--Utah State ends up as an 8 seed in Salt Lake City. Iowa was a 10 seed and the only reason they didn't end up in Des Moines is due to Michigan and MSU being the 2 seeds in Des Moines which prevents them (they say nothing regarding that Iowa is too close to DSM to be placed there--only referencing conference bracketing principles.)
 
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Franisdaman said:
How does the first 2 rounds in Des Moines sound?

Well, as of this morning, March 11, NINE B1G Teams are projected by ESPN to make the Big Dance.

Iowa is projected as a #8 seed in the Midwest Region (Kansas City) and would face #9 seed Auburn with the winner facing #1 Kansas/#16 Grambling State in Des Moines.

Wisconsin is the 5th team OUT. Michigan is the 8th team OUT.


The 9 B1G Teams:

1 Purdue
4 Indiana
7 Northwestern
7 Michigan State
8 Maryland
8 IOWA
9 Illinois
10 Penn State (LAST 4 byes)
11 Rutgers (LAST 4 byes) @MrsScrew




Link to full bracket:

www.espn.com

Men's Bracketology: How the Fighting Illini pulled off a surprise reboot

No one expected much from Illinois this year. But the Illini could have a shot at a No. 1 seed.
www.espn.com



112 brackets in Bracket Matrix currently have Iowa as the lowest 8 seed.

Link:

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IA in Des Moines would be so sweet. Almost as sweet as both WI and MI left out of the Big Dance...
 
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For anyone that still doubts as to whether or not Iowa can end up in Des Moines, watch this video that the NCAA put together. Starting around the 16 minute mark, the begin to place the 5 seeds and down. You can see that the software just sort of does all of the work for the committee and it just puts teams to the closest placement. In the example--Utah State ends up as an 8 seed in Salt Lake City. Iowa was a 10 seed and the only reason they didn't end up in Des Moines is due to Michigan and MSU being the 2 seeds in Des Moines which prevents them (they say nothing regarding that Iowa is too close to DSM to be placed there--only referencing conference bracketing principles.)
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Thanks, really helps clarify the seeding process...
 
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Franisdaman said:
North Carolina being left out will be sweet, too.

did I hear correctly that the Well is already sold out?

EDIT: they set aside tickets for the schools that get sent there, correct?
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Yeah Wells Fargo is sold out for GA. The university will have some tickets for a student section and for season ticket holders. I'm not sure how many each university gets allotted with.

If Iowa ends up in DSM, the tickets to the first round games are going to be outrageous. The chance to go a little cheaper would be in the second round games and buying them once the losing team fans starts to sell back their tickets. That's true at most sites is the second round tickets are much cheaper than the first round due to half of the fans wanting to sell their tickets.
 
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For anyone that still doubts as to whether or not Iowa can end up in Des Moines, watch this video that the NCAA put together. Starting around the 16 minute mark, the begin to place the 5 seeds and down. You can see that the software just sort of does all of the work for the committee and it just puts teams to the closest placement. In the example--Utah State ends up as an 8 seed in Salt Lake City. Iowa was a 10 seed and the only reason they didn't end up in Des Moines is due to Michigan and MSU being the 2 seeds in Des Moines which prevents them (they say nothing regarding that Iowa is too close to DSM to be placed there--only referencing conference bracketing principles.)
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Not going to happen. They’ll just move iowa to another 8 or 9 region so Kansas isn’t at a disadvantage. It’s not that hard. They aren’t going to make the number one overall seed possibly play an away game in the round of 32.
 
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Not to sound like a broken record, but how's playing the opening two rounds in Des Moines sound?

Shelby Mast is the Bracketologist for USA Today. His projections are based on how he thinks the committee will make their selections, not how he would want to make them, if the season ended TODAY.

On his website he brags that he is one of the most accurate Bracketologists with 15+ years experience and a 98% accuracy rate since 2005.

Today, March 11th, he has #9 seed Iowa in the Midwest (Kansas City) Region playing #8 FAU with the winner playing #1 Kansas/#16 Grambling State (in Des Moines).

Wisconsin is his 5th team OUT.


He has 9 B1G teams in as of this morning, March 11.

1 Purdue (#4 overall seed)
4 Indiana (#14 overall seed)
7 Northwestern (#26 overall seed)
7 Michigan State (#28 overall seed)
8 Maryland (#29 overall seed)
8 Illinois (#32 overall seed)
9 IOWA (#34 overall seed)
9 Penn State (#36 overall seed)
11 Rutgers (#45 overall seed) (LAST 4 IN) @MrsScrew


Link:

Shelby's Bracket WAG

www.bracketwag.com www.bracketwag.com
 
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Franisdaman said:
Not to sound like a broken record, but how's playing the opening two rounds in Des Moines sound?

Shelby Mast is the Bracketologist for USA Today. His projections are based on how he thinks the committee will make their selections, not how he would want to make them, if the season ended TODAY.

On his website he brags that he is one of the most accurate Bracketologists with 15+ years experience and a 98% accuracy rate since 2005.

Today, March 11th, he has #9 seed Iowa in the Midwest (Kansas City) Region playing #8 FAU with the winner playing #1 Kansas/#16 Grambling State (in Des Moines).

Wisconsin is his 5th team OUT.


He has 9 B1G teams in as of this morning, March 11.

1 Purdue (#4 overall seed)
4 Indiana (#14 overall seed)
7 Northwestern (#26 overall seed)
7 Michigan State (#28 overall seed)
8 Maryland (#29 overall seed)
8 Illinois (#32 overall seed)
9 IOWA (#34 overall seed)
9 Penn State (#36 overall seed)
11 Rutgers (#45 overall seed) (LAST 4 IN) @MrsScrew


Link:

Shelby's Bracket WAG

www.bracketwag.com www.bracketwag.com
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Go Grambling state!?
 
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ShonnDeereGreene said:
I’m right there with you. Unfortunately this team has “earned” the 8/9 line and doesn’t deserve to be gifted a 10 seed.

Cup half full…all this team needs to do is shoot 60% from 3s in back-to-back games to make the sweet 16! Possible but not at all probable. wish I was joking…

That said, stranger things have happened. Last year was a BIG tourney championship run and early exit in the ncaa. Maybe we’ll get treated to the opposite this year!
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Yeah, there are zero expectations for this team so what the Hell? If Kris and Rebraca can hold serve and we can squeeze some extra juice from Peyton and Saucy, you never know. I think we also will have to get to the line early and often to have a chance.
 
As much as just about any Hawk fan would love to see it happen, there is NO WAY Iowa is getting placed in either of the Des Moines pods, be it as an 8, a 9, a 10 or an 11 seed.

Not after the last two games.

And making the (very likely) #1 overall seed potentially play a 2nd round game vs a team playing in its own home state? No chance in hell of that happening.
 
Kenyon's all in for Des Moines.




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Yeah Wells Fargo is sold out for GA. The university will have some tickets for a student section and for season ticket holders. I'm not sure how many each university gets allotted with.

If Iowa ends up in DSM, the tickets to the first round games are going to be outrageous. The chance to go a little cheaper would be in the second round games and buying them once the losing team fans starts to sell back their tickets. That's true at most sites is the second round tickets are much cheaper than the first round due to half of the fans wanting to sell their tickets.
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sorry if this is a stupid question but are tickets still physical or are they all electronic now?

it used to be you could wait outside the arena and shout out "I need tickets" to the fans of losing teams as they were coming out of the arena. Sometimes they'd be so pissed off about losing that they would simply give the tickets to you for free.
 
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sorry if this is a stupid question but are tickets still physical or are they all electronic now?

it used to be you could wait outside the arena and shout out "I need tickets" to the fans of losing teams as they were coming out of the arena. Sometimes they'd be so pissed off about losing that they would simply give the tickets to you for free.
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I would assume most are digital, though I couldn't tell you if 100% are digital.
 
Franisdaman said:
How does the first 2 rounds in Des Moines sound?

Well, as of this morning, March 11, NINE B1G Teams are projected by ESPN to make the Big Dance.

Iowa is projected as a #8 seed in the Midwest Region (Kansas City) and would face #9 seed Auburn with the winner facing #1 Kansas/#16 Grambling State in Des Moines.

Wisconsin is the 5th team OUT. Michigan is the 8th team OUT.


The 9 B1G Teams:

1 Purdue
4 Indiana
7 Northwestern
7 Michigan State
8 Maryland
8 IOWA
9 Illinois
10 Penn State (LAST 4 byes)
11 Rutgers (LAST 4 byes) @MrsScrew




Link to full bracket:

www.espn.com

Men's Bracketology: How the Fighting Illini pulled off a surprise reboot

No one expected much from Illinois this year. But the Illini could have a shot at a No. 1 seed.
www.espn.com



112 brackets in Bracket Matrix currently have Iowa as the lowest 8 seed.

Link:

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I see Toledo about qualified for NCAA tournament for the first time since 1980. Iowa blew a double digit halftime lead against Toledo in 1979. Toledo's only NCAA winner ever.
Iowa also blew a double digit halftime lead in 1981 vs Wichita St for a sweet 16 berth.
 
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I see Toledo qualified for NCAA tournament for the first time since 1980. Iowa blew a double digit halftime lead against Toledo in 1979. Toledo's only NCAA winner ever.
Iowa also blew a double digit halftime lead in 1981 vs Wichita St for a sweet 16 berth.
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Too soon.
 
via @Adam Jacobi

WHEN: Sunday, March 12th at 5 PM CT
TV: CBS

It wasn't quite the finish to the regular season that the Hawkeyes or their fans wanted, but for the fifth-straight season, Iowa is projected to make the NCAA Tournament. Iowa, sitting at 19-13 (11-9) after its first-game exit from what has turned into a chaotic Big Ten Tournament, is widely regarded as a candidate for the 8/9 game in the first round.

RESUME​

Iowa's schedule can be broken neatly into two halves: 16 games against teams projected to make the NCAA tournament, 16 games against teams expected to miss it.

Improbably, Iowa has a better record in those 16 games against tourney foes — 10-6 — than against its also-rans, where the Hawkeyes finished just 9-7, anchored by the loss to Eastern Illinois (a game Iowa led 18-4!). The other six losses all came at the hands of Wisconsin, Ohio State and Nebraska: three of the four worst teams in the Big Ten.

Only one of those 16 games against tourney foes would be classified as a "cupcake"; Iowa easily dispatched Southeast Missouri State, 106-75, months before the Redhawks overcame a pedestrian 10-8 record in OVC play to run the table in the conference tourney and earn an automatic bid.

This dichotomy poses a special challenge to the NCAA committee, who must balance resume assets like sweeping Rutgers, drubbing Iowa State, and the shocking blowout win at Indiana against the pattern of playing down to the rest of the Big Ten's level of competition.

Ultimately, that inconsistency looks like a ticket to the middle of the tourney bracket — a place with a life expectancy of 0-48 hours.

CONSENSUS​

Across the spectrum of reputed bracketologists — and ill-reputed bracketeers — Iowa is a near-universal candidate for the 8/9 game.

Bracket Matrix Composite (Mar. 11): 8-seed, avg. seed of 8.58
Lunardi (ESPN) (Mar. 11): 8-seed vs. Auburn (Des Moines, opposite Kansas-Grambling St.)
DeCourcy (TSN/FOX/BTN) (Mar. 11): 8-seed vs. Florida Atlantic (no site projected, opposite UCLA-Texas A&M-CC)
Stevens (Washington Post) (Mar. 11): 9-seed vs. Memphis (Birmingham, opposite Alabama-SEMO/TAMU-CC)
Dobbertean (SBN) (Mar. 11): 8-seed vs. Arkansas (Birmingham, opposite Houston-Grambling St.)
Palm (CBS) (Mar. 11): 8-seed vs. Auburn (Birmingham, opposite Houston-Northern Kentucky)
Bennett (Athletic) (Mar. 11): 9-seed vs. Arkansas (Birmingham, opposite Houston-TAMU-CC)

MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/iowa-mbb-preview-selection-sunday
 
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As of this morning, March 12, with 5 conference championship games remaining, NINE B1G Teams are projected by ESPN to make the Big Dance.

Iowa is projected as a #8 seed in the West Region (Las Vegas) and would face #9 USC with the winner facing #1 Houston/#16 TAMU-CC in Birmingham.

Wisconsin is the 5th team OUT. Michigan is the 8th team OUT.


The 9 B1G Teams:

1 Purdue
5 Indiana
7 Northwestern
7 Michigan State
8 IOWA
9 Maryland
9 Illinois
10 Penn State
11 Rutgers (LAST 4 byes) @MrsScrew




Link to full bracket:

www.espn.com

Men's Bracketology: How the Fighting Illini pulled off a surprise reboot

No one expected much from Illinois this year. But the Illini could have a shot at a No. 1 seed.
www.espn.com



105 brackets in Bracket Matrix currently have Iowa as a 9 seed.

Link:

 
If anyone thinks the committee is going to setup #8/9 seed Iowa to potentially have a home game against #1 seed Kansas in Des Moines I have some ocean-front property in Ankeny for sale.
 
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via @Adam Jacobi

WHEN: Sunday, March 12th at 5 PM CT
TV: CBS

It wasn't quite the finish to the regular season that the Hawkeyes or their fans wanted, but for the fifth-straight season, Iowa is projected to make the NCAA Tournament. Iowa, sitting at 19-13 (11-9) after its first-game exit from what has turned into a chaotic Big Ten Tournament, is widely regarded as a candidate for the 8/9 game in the first round.

RESUME​

Iowa's schedule can be broken neatly into two halves: 16 games against teams projected to make the NCAA tournament, 16 games against teams expected to miss it.

Improbably, Iowa has a better record in those 16 games against tourney foes — 10-6 — than against its also-rans, where the Hawkeyes finished just 9-7, anchored by the loss to Eastern Illinois (a game Iowa led 18-4!). The other six losses all came at the hands of Wisconsin, Ohio State and Nebraska: three of the four worst teams in the Big Ten.

Only one of those 16 games against tourney foes would be classified as a "cupcake"; Iowa easily dispatched Southeast Missouri State, 106-75, months before the Redhawks overcame a pedestrian 10-8 record in OVC play to run the table in the conference tourney and earn an automatic bid.

This dichotomy poses a special challenge to the NCAA committee, who must balance resume assets like sweeping Rutgers, drubbing Iowa State, and the shocking blowout win at Indiana against the pattern of playing down to the rest of the Big Ten's level of competition.

Ultimately, that inconsistency looks like a ticket to the middle of the tourney bracket — a place with a life expectancy of 0-48 hours.

CONSENSUS​

Across the spectrum of reputed bracketologists — and ill-reputed bracketeers — Iowa is a near-universal candidate for the 8/9 game.

Bracket Matrix Composite (Mar. 11): 8-seed, avg. seed of 8.58
Lunardi (ESPN) (Mar. 11): 8-seed vs. Auburn (Des Moines, opposite Kansas-Grambling St.)
DeCourcy (TSN/FOX/BTN) (Mar. 11): 8-seed vs. Florida Atlantic (no site projected, opposite UCLA-Texas A&M-CC)
Stevens (Washington Post) (Mar. 11): 9-seed vs. Memphis (Birmingham, opposite Alabama-SEMO/TAMU-CC)
Dobbertean (SBN) (Mar. 11): 8-seed vs. Arkansas (Birmingham, opposite Houston-Grambling St.)
Palm (CBS) (Mar. 11): 8-seed vs. Auburn (Birmingham, opposite Houston-Northern Kentucky)
Bennett (Athletic) (Mar. 11): 9-seed vs. Arkansas (Birmingham, opposite Houston-TAMU-CC)

MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/iowa-mbb-preview-selection-sunday
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Nice write up.

Looks like we are stuck on the 8/9.
 
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Kansas & maybe Bama are the only two Iowa could sneak up on I think.
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I definitely think we have a shot vs Kansas.

I was thinking Bama might go in a tail spin when one of their players was charged with 1st degree murder and it was later discovered that their leading scorer, Brandon Miller, was the one who delivered the gun to the murder scene.
 
Shelby Mast is the Bracketologist for USA Today. His projections are based on how he thinks the committee will make their selections, not how he would want to make them, if the season ended TODAY.

On his website he brags that he is one of the most accurate Bracketologists with 15+ years experience and a 98% accuracy rate since 2005.

This morning, March 12th, with 5 conference championships to go, he has #9 seed Iowa in the East Region (New York) playing #8 Arkansas with the winner playing #1 Purdue/#16 FDU/Texas Southern (in Columbus).


He has 9 B1G teams in as of this morning, March 12.

1 Purdue (#4 overall seed)
4 Indiana (#14 overall seed)
7 Northwestern (#26 overall seed)
7 Michigan State (#28 overall seed)
8 Maryland (#29 overall seed)
9 Penn State (#33 overall seed)
9 Illinois (#34 overall seed)
9 IOWA (#35 overall seed)
11 Rutgers (Last 4 in) (#45 overall seed) @MrsScrew



Link:

Shelby's Bracket WAG

www.bracketwag.com www.bracketwag.com
 
"Iowa is projected as a #8 seed in the West Region (Las Vegas) and would face #9 USC"

Exactly as I predicted......Hawks vs. a West Coast team, probably in a late game. Screwing us over.
 
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Maybe the extra rest will help these guys?
Seemed last year the run in the B1G tourney just seemed to take the air out of the NCAA's
I dunno. Hard to get a read on this team from game to game.
 
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