This team is still alive for the Dance
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But hey at least they'll get to lose in the NCAA Tournament!!!
That's what it's all about.But hey at least they'll get to lose in the NCAA Tournament!!!
Every team but one always does. Each & every year...But hey at least they'll get to lose in the NCAA Tournament!!!
It only matters in the fact if they were wins they'd be in today, IMO
True, but who would have thought Mich St would shoot 10% for layups.
Using Bart Torvik's efficency metrics we are ranked #51 for the full season and #45 for the last 30 days specifically, so a slight improvement recently.
Yeah well it f***ing shouldn't be.
It should be about Iowa winning the national championship.
This year is the type of team you could be happy just getting in as a bubble team.
Last three years should have definitely produced more than 1 win against something called a grand canyon.
These are tournament games right here, just not in a single elimination format yet.
Buckle up and enjoy. Go Hawks!
Buckle up and enjoy. Go Hawks!
They’re still alive for the big dance, technically, but I think we all know the end of this story. I wanna have more optimism, but I’m just looking at the numbers and the math just isn’t going to add up for us. Sitting at #62 in NET right now - only moving up five spots after the MSU win - and only having 2 quad 1 wins (I think) just ain’t gonna get it done. Even with a sweep of the next four games - which might technically get us to 5 quad 1 wins, I don’t think we’d make it. The BIG isn’t strong enough this year imo.
Sure hope I’m wrong. Perk deserves it!!
Sure hope I’m wrong. Perk deserves it!!
Why do you think the BTT is worthless? It allows a team that's on the bubble or off the bubble get in the tournament.
It’s probably going to take beating Illinois.
As bad as big ten seems there is a lot of parity between teams outside of top 10 this year. Big ten is still second overall in NET ranking. Probably do to how bad some other conferences worst teams are.
Really could use those home games against Michigan and Maryland now. Damn shame as those were very manageable.
Minnesota on the road is on the edge of becoming a tier 1. If Iowa could get 1 against Illinois and Northwestern that would push them to 4/5 tier one. If you look at teams on the bubble their resume would be very similar to those teams.
If they win out the regular season... I think they are an NCAA lock, regardless of the BTT. They'd be on a 6 game win streak to close the regular season. What 5 or 6 quad1 wins. No quad 4 losses. 20 wins. Upper half of the B1G, even when "weak", should be IN.
PROBABLY won't have to worry about this scenario, since beating Illinois TWICE is unlikely.
It would be nice to lose to the likes of Utah St and CSU, beat Fresno and SanJose st and be climbing in the seedings! Wtf?
Team Meetings only come up after a team wins to validate it. You never hear, we had a Team Meeting, then we got beat by 30.
I find this helpful. Takes a bit to load. At the bottom "defcon" area. These are the wins Iowa would want, all related to the NCAA tournament. Note - this does not regard B1G seeding preferences, only the NCAA tournament related data. It takes into account the teams we've played that could affect net, those on the bubble competing with Iowa (we want them to lose), etc. "Defcon 1" appears on our game day, and that is always Iowa ofc.
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Not trueTeam Meetings only come up after a team wins to validate it. You never hear, we had a Team Meeting, then we got beat by 30.
