When IOWA was 16-5, 72% Predicted 5-5 OR WORSE Reg Season Finish
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Here is my first post on this. May they continue to win!I chose 20-11 and I hope they exceed the 20!
NW, Indy, Maryland, and Rutgers. Honestly didn't count on a W against Michigan.You bastard!
Which are your 4 wins?
i had them going 7-3; 1 down, 6 to go!I hope they continue to shatter my prediction.
I hope IU winning at MSU opened up my...I mean, the players eyes.
When IU hits from 3, look out. When IU plays at home, look out.
IU will be hangry (hungry & angry) on Thur when then the Hawks arrive. Hopefully the ceiling does not fall in on the Hawks this time! Literally!
I had voted 21-10, 10-10 in the B1G. One of my predictions was 11-9 in the B1G but I had noted somehow I think we go 10-10. Can this team exceed this? Yes, but if there’s anything I know about our program is it’s consistently inconsistent. Good win streaks, bad losing streaks, great games and absolute dumpster fires. We see it all.
This is a good year going, with a chance to do much better than what I think. If the kids want to make a run though, good seeding makes a world of difference. End up in the 8-9 seed and you are facing Duke in North Carolina round 2 type of deal. Thanks for playing and we have some wonderful parting gifts.
Going into this current 4 game stretch I was thinking 1-3 or 0-4 .... with the lone win possibly being Michigan. We seem to play them well most years and I think it’s because they are not a physical, hack/grab team. We are a finesse team so their style matches up well for us. We are 1-2 now in this stretch so a road win at Indiana would be big to get to 2-2, 1 game better than I thought.
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i predicted 12-8.
10-10 would be good too, imo, considering we were 4-14 last year!
IU suddenly looks dangerous again! dang it! and rutgers on the road is suddenly not a gimme.
this is a veteran Iowa team; hopefully they start using their maturity & experience & start winning some of these tough games on the road. No more Mackey Arena, Breslin Center & Williams Arena type games, please!
i predicted 12-8.
10-10 would be good too, imo, considering we were 4-14 last year!
IU suddenly looks dangerous again! dang it! and rutgers on the road is suddenly not a gimme.
this is a veteran Iowa team; hopefully they start using their maturity & experience & start winning some of these tough games on the road. No more Mackey Arena, Breslin Center & Williams Arena type games, please!
I think 12-8 is possible but we are going to have to win some of these road games, especially the 50-50’s. Rutgers has played pretty well at home this year and has 4 league wins. Yes 4. They are not the dumpster fire they have been before. Winnable game for sure, but we are not an overwhelming favorite.
As fans we tend to say ‘this game is winnable’ but we never look at it from the other side where they are also saying ‘the Iowa game is winnable’. We have earned a reputation of being soft on the road so I think this plays into other teams lighting us up at their place. They come in knowing they are going to get wide open 3s and layups/dunks at will.
Minny let one get away today at Purdue.
Purdue is in a 1st place tie with Michigan & Michigan State.
Expect the unexpected in the B1G this year.
Well, we got your yuuuggee win vs Michigan
Winning at IU is gonna be hard. Especially if they play like they did in East Lansing Saturday.
Why can't Iowa play like that in East Lansing?
This might be trite or cliche to say in a B10 game sans home against Rutgers or PSU, but Thur night is arguably one of the harder matchups in the conference to “predict” that I can recall as both teams are coming off huge wins. Iowa is very likely better but it’s on the road. I’m not much of a gambler but I wouldn’t bet on either team being favored by more than 1-2.Well, we got your yuuuggee win vs Michigan
Winning at IU is gonna be hard. Especially if they play like they did in East Lansing Saturday.
Why can't Iowa play like that in East Lansing?
yeah, if IU is hitting from 3 and their crowd gets into it, ughhhh...
nevertheless, the board will go nuts if Iowa loses & will want Fran fired !
@Hawkeye_311 you said that a 5 seed could get Iowa to Des Moines for the 1st 2 rounds.
Then I saw Lunardi having Iowa as a 6 seed playing in Des Moines.
I (and others on this board) thought Iowa or ISU would have to be at least a 4 seed to be considered for Des Moines.
Do you have a link to where some news outlet officially reported the minimum seed Iowa or ISU has to be to be considered for Des Moines?
Thanks.
Then I saw Lunardi having Iowa as a 6 seed playing in Des Moines.
I (and others on this board) thought Iowa or ISU would have to be at least a 4 seed to be considered for Des Moines.
Do you have a link to where some news outlet officially reported the minimum seed Iowa or ISU has to be to be considered for Des Moines?
Thanks.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-10-19/how-field-68-teams-picked-march-madness
I found rules for disqualification (Section III) from a quote "Home" site in this link but never found a actual triggering mechanism for placement in a "Home" site. My guess is a 6 seed or higher would be needed.
No school is going to want to play Iowa in a building we have already played in this year full of a large section of the fans chanting Let's Go Hawks!
would they put both Iowa & ISU in Des Moines (in separate regions, of course)?
What sucks is right now ISU has a projected higher seed; but, we beat them head to head, so, hmmm....
In theory Iowa and ISU could both play in Des Moines. I believe the last time it was in Wells Fargo Iowa St was the host school which is a disqualifier. I assume Drake is the host school this time?
did you have us winning tomorrow?I chose 20-11 and I hope they exceed the 20!
check this out:
Andy Katz's NATIONAL team of the week is...
NCAA March Madness @marchmadness
Iowa's MASSIVE win over No. 5 Michigan means the Hawkeyes are @TheAndyKatz's Team of the Week!
NCAA March Madness @marchmadness
Iowa's MASSIVE win over No. 5 Michigan means the Hawkeyes are @TheAndyKatz's Team of the Week!
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I actually did. However, Indy is picking it up as of late. Still believe we can win there if we play great D and not let the fans get too raucous.
Is that the back of Baer's head?? lolAndy Katz's NATIONAL team of the week is...
NCAA March Madness @marchmadness
Iowa's MASSIVE win over No. 5 Michigan means the Hawkeyes are @TheAndyKatz's Team of the Week!
NM, I enlarged it and it's Ash.
I had us 1-3 or even 0-4 in this last stretch so there at least +1. Now it’s all about racking up as many wins as possible for seeding. Get to a 5 or better and you give yourself a sweet 16 shot.
who knows; they keep this up and a 4 seed is definitely possible
man, a Sweet 16 appearance would be, well, sweet!
8 games to go!
What will show how far this team has come is to take care of business at home vs Northwestern this weekend.
I had us finishing 7-3.
So far:
2-0 so far, to start
1-0 we BETTER beat Northwestern at HOME
4-3 minimum finish over the last 7 games
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7-3 over those last 10 games
How's your prediction going?
#RELB (raise, extension, larger buyout)
What will show how far this team has come is to take care of business at home vs Northwestern this weekend.
I had us finishing 7-3.
So far:
2-0 so far, to start
1-0 we BETTER beat Northwestern at HOME
4-3 minimum finish over the last 7 games
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7-3 over those last 10 games
How's your prediction going?
#RELB (raise, extension, larger buyout)
After they beat N'western at home this weekend, they only have to go 2-5 over the last 7!
I agree. But if we can beat IU at their place, I think we can overcome a Rutgers crowd
We started this final 10 game stretch 2-0. After Sunday, we should be 3-0. Sweep Rutgers, and that means at least that 5-5 finish and at least a 21-10 final reg season record.
i think this is why 72% predicted a 5-5 finish or worse.
But I am with you; i am expecting 5-3 over the last 8 but i also had us finishing 7-3 with 10 games to go.
Considering last night's outcome, do you think it's possible to win @Ohio State and @Nebby? That would really kick it up a notch.
I think IU is as tough as they come for road environments & Ohio State & Nebby are vulnerable this year so I think Iowa could go to both places & take home wins. Do that & we might be looking at an 8-2 finish over those final 10 games.
The 8 games left on the schedule:
Quadrant 1 (5 games): Home vs a 1-30 team, Neutral site vs 1-50, Away vs 1-75
#21 on Jan 17 Maryland (H)
#30 on Jan 17 Indiana (H)
#36 on Jan 17 Ohio State (A)
#22 on Jan 17 Wisconsin (A)
#11 on Jan 17 Nebraska (A)
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Quadrant 2 (1 game): Home vs a 31-75, Neutral site vs 51-100, Away vs 76-135.
#59 on Jan 17 Northwestern (H)
Quadrant 3 (2 games): Home vs a 76-160, Neutral site vs 101-200, Away vs 135-240.
#136 on Jan 17 Rutgers (A)
#136 on Jan 17 Rutgers (H)
Quadrant 4 (0 games): Home vs a 161-353, Neutral vs 201-353, Away vs 241-353
NONE LEFT ON THE SCHEDULE
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In case you missed it, here's how Iowa can earn its way to Des Moines:
https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...ournament-in-des-moines-heres-how/2807834002/
https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...ournament-in-des-moines-heres-how/2807834002/
Starting the final 10 game stretch at 2-0 is a great start.
And lets face it, around 7:30 pm Sunday, we should be 3-0 with 7 games to go.
