*****Selection Sunday Mens thread*****
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Think we are baked into the 5 but let's beat Purdue and see what happens!
I'm curious about the talk regarding 4 seed, and if the committee would have a version waiting for the results to seed us the high if winning today. But expecting a 5 or 6, and an "unfairly" tough first game either way. Hoping that the younger committee members who are supposedly using predictive metrics more and more have already slotted Iowa higher than what we anticipate. Because in a way, those predictive metrics were confirmed so far this week.
About where I'm at. A win last Sunday at Illinois definitely would have opened the door to the 4. Still think an outside shot at it with an impressive won today. And yes 12 seed like a South Dakota St would be very scary.
Hopefully the hawks can squeak into the tourney...
South Dakota State followed by UCLA would be a shit draw. I like Katz’s last bracket much better.
If Iowa doesn’t play them I bet they win their first game.
Trendy alright but a couple things. Name one position they’re better than Iowa at and then the summit league was down pretty bad this year. They can score it but this isn’t an SDSU of 3-5 years ago.
South Dakota St isn't that good, they have average talent. I'd be happy with that matchup.
Some truth to your comments, but they’re also disciplined and know how to win. That’s extremely valuable come March.
Thought the below article was interesting. Outlines a team's NCAA tourney success based on how successful they are in their conference tournaments.
From past history, a team making at least the semis is a good sign to make it to 2nd weekend (and beyond). Sometimes a winner means an early exit. Of course nothing is a given with March Madness
ftw.usatoday.com
From past history, a team making at least the semis is a good sign to make it to 2nd weekend (and beyond). Sometimes a winner means an early exit. Of course nothing is a given with March Madness
How much does conference tournament success matter in the NCAA Tournament?
Does winning a conference tournament title mean NCAA Tournament run is coming? Not as much as it used to.
ftw.usatoday.com
I know it won't happen, but I will pee my pants in excited happiness if that win over Purdue puts Iowa at a 3 seed.
Any history on where Big Ten tournament champions have landed? Wonder how much impact playing one of the last games before the brackets get announced has.
If not a 3 -seed, I'd take the 4 seed in the Midwest Region as the next best thing.
I just have a sinking feeling the committee is going to royally screw us. We avoided Gonzaga, so that's good.
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