Iowa without it’s coach on the sideline may help mitigate the Rutgers bad loss, in the context of the selection committee evaluation. Same as if a major player had been out.
So during the last stretch. Iowa has 1 bad loss, and lost in the road to a q1 team.
If Iowa beats Nebraska, and does well on the B1G tourney (wins a couple), then Iowa will still be around 6-7 seed range. The net Is just one in evaluation object that the committee uses. The only difference is that this year the net is used as the RPI was.
When looking at teams below the 7 range there really is a gigantic chasm followed by steaming piles of shit.
Iowa has been nowhere near that range up until the recent skid. And if the skid ends at Nebraska, it’s not bad enough to slide them in that group.
All these people shouting 9 seed and play-in game, need to look at the top 10 bracket matrix guys latest seeds lists, and chill the f out.