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Maybe but unranked Syracuse just beat that Duke of which you speak . . . @ Cameron Indoor Stadium, no less. So there's that.
March 17 ESPN Bracketology: #10 IOWA Beats #2 Tennessee to Advance to Sweet 16
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Maybe but unranked Syracuse just beat that Duke of which you speak . . . @ Cameron Indoor Stadium, no less. So there's that.
i am hoping we can get to a 7 (top 28 in NET) or a 6 (top 24 in NET); i like our chances of making the Sweet 16 better
we are LONG over due for a Sweet 16 appearance!
Yes!!!! Duke is back in our bracket, @Hawksfor3 !!!
JAN 18 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now a 7 seed in the West (Salt Lake City), will beat #10 Washington in the 1st round and then beat #2 Gonzaga in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #3 Kentucky and #1 seed Duke to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 18 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now a 7 seed in the West (Salt Lake City), will beat #10 Washington in the 1st round and then beat #2 Gonzaga in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #3 Kentucky and #1 seed Duke to advance to the Final 4!!!
What's the old saying? "Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it".The next bracketology should be in a day or 2.
I still want Duke!
Hoooooze with me?
Seriously though, if we can continually improve, especially defensively, I'll allow you to pay my way for the Duke game.
Can't beat that deal, eh?
I will put you at the end of the bench!What's the old saying? "Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it".
Seriously though, if we can continually improve, especially defensively, I'll allow you to pay my way for the Duke game.
I figured if Barta gave you a big bonus, you could at least float some tix to the good folks here at the HR board.
Howie is out so I took the call. The banker has a new offer of a 2 mil buyout right now. My question to you coach is "Deal or No Deal?"
"That's "a team I wouldn't want to play in the postseason because of their inside-out mentality and their ability to score in transition," Illinois coach Brad Underwood said.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401082348
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401082348
Did you see the post game wrap on BTN? Underwood said something about a 4 hour delay and not getting in the gym, and said all he was able to do was have a "walk through"? What a sour puss.
I would play Iowa very similarly to the Illinois game plan. Ratchet up the pressure on the guards, play really physical, double Garza in the post, and hope they aren’t hot from 3. It didn’t work for Illinois for obvious reasons but it’s the blueprint to beat this team.
JAN 21 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now a 6 seed in the South (San Jose), will beat #11 Arizona in the 1st round and then beat #3 Nevada in the 2nd round to advance to the Sweet 16. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Kansas and #1 seed Virginia to advance to the Final 4!!!
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now a 6 seed in the South (San Jose), will beat #11 Arizona in the 1st round and then beat #3 Nevada in the 2nd round to advance to the Sweet 16. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Kansas and #1 seed Virginia to advance to the Final 4!!!
Auburn as a 5 seed and Iowa as a 6 seed.. Go put those resumes side by side and tell me how good Joe is at this.. There’s a reason he’s ranked towards the middle of the matrix
Here’s where I think many people on the matrix are missing it and the number one bracketologist out there is nailing it (Iowa as a 4 seed). Iowa’s SOS is tripping people up mostly due to a bad NCONSOS. The committee however will look at that and say yeah that’s bad however they won every single game and most by a convincing amount. I don’t think the actual non con rank there will hurt us the way it is now for people who have Iowa as a 6,7,8. ZERO quad 2,3,4 losses, average NET loss under 15, and 8 quad 1 and 2 wins.. Our company for those three factors? Virginia and Michigan State
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I have Iowa as a 4 and Auburn as a 7 (game played through 01/20). How can anyone have Auburn so high when they haven’t won a single Quad 1 game? It’s mind boggling.
Seems an odd thing to say as they will not be in the postseason.
I guess my question is, will the Committee say that SEVEN Quadrant 4 games were too many? And if so, will that affect Iowa's seeding?
Does it matter? You have us playing Duke in FF. Remember?
US Bank stadium will be half full with IOWA FANS!!!Does it matter? You have us playing Duke in FF. Remember?
Maybe. But it should be applied across the board and not just pick and choose certain teams. Virginia has 7, Gonzaga 10, Michigan 7, Houston 7, Virginia Tech 7, Texas Tech 8 etc.
i really like the NET rankings and the sorting of results by quads
so far, at least.
i really like the NET rankings and the sorting of results by quads
so far, at least.
I do too but the committee is still going to use the “eye test” aka favoring blue bloods whenever possible. Wish I had a way of measuring that metric.
JAN 25 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed in the West (Jacksonville), will beat #11 Wofford in the 1st round and then beat #3 North Carolina in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Gonzaga and #1 seed Tennessee to advance to the Final 4!!!
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed in the West (Jacksonville), will beat #11 Wofford in the 1st round and then beat #3 North Carolina in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Gonzaga and #1 seed Tennessee to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 29 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed in the West (Salt Lake City), will beat #11 Wofford in the 1st round and then beat #3 Houston in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Gonzaga and #1 seed Michigan State to advance to the Final 4!!!
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed in the West (Salt Lake City), will beat #11 Wofford in the 1st round and then beat #3 Houston in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Gonzaga and #1 seed Michigan State to advance to the Final 4!!!
Feb 1 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed but NOW in the Midwest (Des Moines!!!), will beat #11 St Johns in the 1st round and then beat #3 Kansas in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 North Carolina and #1 seed Tennessee to advance to the Final 4 in Minneapolis!!!
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed but NOW in the Midwest (Des Moines!!!), will beat #11 St Johns in the 1st round and then beat #3 Kansas in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 North Carolina and #1 seed Tennessee to advance to the Final 4 in Minneapolis!!!
I do not believe that the Big10 will get 10 teams in , just as I do not believe the Big 12 will get 8 teams in . Those are numbers that would be records probably for both conferences. Heck, 8 of 10 from the Big 12 is 80% and I really doubt that ANY league has had that high a percent get in. I am thinking the Big 10 will be somewhere are around 7-8 and the Big 12 will be 6-7.Feb 1 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed but NOW in the Midwest (Des Moines), will beat #11 St Johns in the 1st round and then beat #3 Kansas in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 North Carolina and #1 seed Tennessee to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 29 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed in the West (Salt Lake City), will beat #11 Wofford in the 1st round and then beat #3 Houston in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Gonzaga and #1 seed Michigan State to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 25 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is STILL a 6 seed in the West (Jacksonville), will beat #11 Wofford in the 1st round and then beat #3 North Carolina in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Gonzaga and #1 seed Tennessee to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 21 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now a 6 seed in the South (San Jose), will beat #11 Arizona in the 1st round and then beat #3 Nevada in the 2nd round to advance to the Sweet 16. Iowa then will face/beat #2 Kansas and #1 seed Virginia to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 18 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now a 7 seed in the West (Salt Lake City), will beat #10 Washington in the 1st round and then beat #2 Gonzaga in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #3 Kentucky and #1 seed Duke to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 15 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now an 8 seed in the Midwest (Columbus, NOT Des Moines), will beat Cincinnati in the 1st round and then beat #1 Tennessee in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #4 Buffalo and #2 seed Michigan State to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 11 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now an 8 seed in the South, will beat LSU in the 1st round and then beat #1 Virginia in the 2nd round. Iowa then will face/beat #4 Houston and #2 seed Tennessee to advance to the Final 4!!!
JAN 4 BRACKETOLOGY
Lunardi is still projecting 10 B1G teams
Iowa is now a 9 seed, will beat Seton Hall in the 1st round and WILL STILL play #1 Duke in the 2nd round. After beating Duke, Iowa then will face/beat #4 Ohio State and #2 seed Tennessee to advance to the Final 4!!!
The latest (Jan 4) ESPN Bracketology: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
ORIGINAL POST, DEC 12
My team...I mean, 8 Seed Iowa will win their first round game and then beat 1 seed Duke in the East Regional to advance to the Sweet 16. Iowa will then beat Villanova and Michigan State to advance to the Final 4!!!
I always had a fondness for Columbia, SC (first 2 rounds) and Washington D.C (East regional semifinal & final). You heard it from da man first.
Iowa would then likely face Michigan at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in the National Semifinals!!!
Thoughts?
P.S. Will that(!!!) get me...I mean, will that get Fran his extension and $20M buyout???
Note that 10 B1G teams are projected to make the Big Dance in the latest ESPN Bracketology.
The 10 teams:
Midwest
5 Nebraska
6 Purdue
West
3 Wisconsin
4 Ohio St
8 Maryland
East
2 Michigan State
5 Indiana
8 Iowa
South
1 Michigan
11 Minnesota (Last 4 in)
The Dec 11 ESPN Bracketology: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
BIG will get 8-9, no way on 7 barring a complete collapse by an Iowa or team that is firmly entrenched now.
They wouldn’t. Lunardi just ranks teams on the S Curve without paying attention to variables like that until right before the final selection.
