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Thursday night, the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee revealed its updated Top 16 teams if the NCAA Tournament were selected today (but not including today’s results). The first reveal occurred on February 10 and saw Iowa land as a 2 seed and #7 overall.
Since that release Iowa has lost at #2 Indiana (Iowa actually lost before the reveal, but the Committee didn’t have it factored in), demolished Rutgers and Wisconsin at home, won by 20 at Nebraska, and lost by 28 at #7 Maryland.
When you look at those results without further context, it really doesn’t look like Iowa did much to improve its resume. Nebraska is a bubble NCAA Tournament team and that is clearly Iowa’s best win in the last two weeks. The loss at Indiana probably didn’t hurt much. A loss at Maryland really shouldn’t have either, but the margin might’ve raised some eyebrows.
Before the big Maryland loss, ESPN had Iowa at 5th overall in its Bracketology, just ahead of LSU, Maryland, and Utah. Due to losses from LSU and Utah before the Maryland game, ESPN at least thought Iowa had gained ground on the field even without another notable win. Was ESPN right about that and how much would the Maryland loss hurt Iowa?
1—South Carolina—SEC—no change
2—Indiana—Big Ten—no change
3—Stanford—PAC 12—no change
4—Utah—PAC 12—up 2
2 Seeds
5—LSU—SEC—no change
6—Maryland—Big Ten—up 3
7—UConn—Big Ten—down 3
8—Virginia Tech—ACC—up 5
3 Seeds
9—Iowa—Big Ten—down 2
10—Notre Dame—ACC—no change
11—Duke—ACC—down 3
12—Ohio State—Big Ten—up 4
4 Seeds
13—Texas—Big 12—down 1
14—Villanova—Big East—up 1
15—Arizona—Pac 12—previously unranked
16—Michigan—Big Ten—down 5
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/wbb-selection-committee-second-top-16-reveal
Thursday night, the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee revealed its updated Top 16 teams if the NCAA Tournament were selected today (but not including today’s results). The first reveal occurred on February 10 and saw Iowa land as a 2 seed and #7 overall.
Since that release Iowa has lost at #2 Indiana (Iowa actually lost before the reveal, but the Committee didn’t have it factored in), demolished Rutgers and Wisconsin at home, won by 20 at Nebraska, and lost by 28 at #7 Maryland.
When you look at those results without further context, it really doesn’t look like Iowa did much to improve its resume. Nebraska is a bubble NCAA Tournament team and that is clearly Iowa’s best win in the last two weeks. The loss at Indiana probably didn’t hurt much. A loss at Maryland really shouldn’t have either, but the margin might’ve raised some eyebrows.
Before the big Maryland loss, ESPN had Iowa at 5th overall in its Bracketology, just ahead of LSU, Maryland, and Utah. Due to losses from LSU and Utah before the Maryland game, ESPN at least thought Iowa had gained ground on the field even without another notable win. Was ESPN right about that and how much would the Maryland loss hurt Iowa?
Selection Committee’s Top 16
1 Seeds1—South Carolina—SEC—no change
2—Indiana—Big Ten—no change
3—Stanford—PAC 12—no change
4—Utah—PAC 12—up 2
2 Seeds
5—LSU—SEC—no change
6—Maryland—Big Ten—up 3
7—UConn—Big Ten—down 3
8—Virginia Tech—ACC—up 5
3 Seeds
9—Iowa—Big Ten—down 2
10—Notre Dame—ACC—no change
11—Duke—ACC—down 3
12—Ohio State—Big Ten—up 4
4 Seeds
13—Texas—Big 12—down 1
14—Villanova—Big East—up 1
15—Arizona—Pac 12—previously unranked
16—Michigan—Big Ten—down 5
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/wbb-selection-committee-second-top-16-reveal
