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*****NCAA SELECTION SHOW THREAD*****

Grand Canyon has a front court that can give Garza trouble. They are one of the few mid-major teams that you can say that about.
Right, but they also lost to Seattle(not the Mariners) and California Baptist this year.

I like our chances.
 
You think Alabama and Houston were ranked above Iowa? I'm guessing Iowa would have been in the Illini or Michigan bracket if not for the unofficial rule that 1 and 2 seeds aren't from the same conference. So Ohio States win against Michigan pushed OSU past Iowa. Seems pretty simple.
there are 4 1 seeds, 4 2 seeds, etc. You meant 8th out of the first 8.
 
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We will see what happens. Iowa can play with anyone...but reality is we have exactly one elite win all season. We struggled mightily in 3 out of 4 games against mediocre Wisky and Penn State, and lost 3 out of 4 to bad Minny and IU teams. Reality...our resume is not that spectacular. We have proven we could lose to just about anyone. But it definitely will be nice to finally play some teams that don't have years of scouting knowledge on us (one of the few disadvantages of having so many upperclassmen).
 
The good news is that Iowa is a #2 seed! Great job Hawks!

The bad news is that we're in Gonzaga's bracket, and I wonder if we might have been the lowest ranked #2 seed if the Zags were the top ranked #1 seed.

On the positive side, hopefully the Hawks will stay alive in the bracket for a good run, and who knows--maybe knock off the invincible!!!
 
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Yeah the Pac 12 just isn't very good. Plus if I remember right when we had White and Marble Oregon knocked us out of the NIT at their place. Revenge

I was at that game. Marble went nuts in 1st half and Iowa had solid lead and then folded in 2nd half. Iowa did beat
Oregon last time we played in non-conference tournament. If Iowa can't beat Oregon, they are not a great team.
 
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The good news is that Iowa is a #2 seed. The bad news is that we're in Gonzaga's bracket, and I wonder if we might have been the lowest ranked #2 seed.

On the positive side, hopefully they'll stay alive in the bracket for a good run, and who knows--maybe knock off the invincible.
Iowa lost road/neutral games to 3 of the 4 1-seeds.
 
The good news is that Iowa is a #2 seed. The bad news is that we're in Gonzaga's bracket, and I wonder if we might have been the lowest ranked #2 seed.

On the positive side, hopefully the Hawks will stay alive in the bracket for a good run, and who knows--maybe knock off the invincible!!!
If we get far enough to play Gonzaga, then the tournament will have been a success as far as I’m concerned. Gonzaga also has a history of getting upset right around the time they’d be playing Iowa 😉
 
Thanks Selection Committee. For changing Iowa and OSU's S-curve spots so I got screwed on the dates my team plays on.

F you very much.
 
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