I hear he's been kicked out of his share of JH gyms. So charisma may be a stretch.
AP moved us up #4
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The NCAA selection committee forcing Iowa State to play an elite eight game against #1 UConn in Boston sure brings back memories of the NCAA selection committee forcing Iowa State to play an elite eight game against #1 Michigan State in Auburn Hills.
Welcome to Iowa State's world.
Welcome to Iowa State's world.
If it goes the same I'll be glad I wasn't there this time around.
Honestly I think UH coach Sampson said it best, Iowa State is a really good team who can make a run to the final 4, and may win it all. so we need to go out and play our A game, each and every game. we should be able to play anywhere, anytime, against fan bases and refs to win it all. IMO there are two 1 seeds in the East, we would eventually play UConn to win it all. Lets go Iowa State !
There’s a huge difference between playing UConn in the final four and playing UConn in the elite eight in their backyard.
The leave rhe room thing is a constant, notice there's not more than 1 representative per conference
Posted this in another thread but it belongs here. If chalk wins out, UCONN would have to beat the #41 KenPom (FAU) who made the final four last year, #4 (Auburn), #5 (ISU), #6 (Arizona) or #9 (UNC), and #2 (Houston).
They might have to beat 2 Top 5 teams to get to the Final Four!
An absolute screw up by the committee for the #1 overall seed.
Committee should be replaced by Chat GPT.
Fully confident ISU will be locked stocked with 2 smoking barrels when this tournament starts. It just feels different this time.
There is an energy around this team right now and you can feel they’re on a mission… they’re going to be ready. The focus is second nature to them now because of what T.J. has instilled in them since summer.
All this unnecessary worry by local media and fans is just old trauma. This team has given us every reason to believe in them, so do it.
We will see how it goes but with how they’re looking, they give me moving through the bracket winning by double digit vibes. I don’t think there’s going to be a post conference championship hangover it’s go time.
There is an energy around this team right now and you can feel they’re on a mission… they’re going to be ready. The focus is second nature to them now because of what T.J. has instilled in them since summer.
All this unnecessary worry by local media and fans is just old trauma. This team has given us every reason to believe in them, so do it.
We will see how it goes but with how they’re looking, they give me moving through the bracket winning by double digit vibes. I don’t think there’s going to be a post conference championship hangover it’s go time.
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Yeah, the win over them in Boston will be even more impressive.
I picked ISU to win it all for what it's worth. UConn is the one team I'm not confident against but I want to believe.
There is nothing in the selection process that factors in team's distance to a neutral site game. If the committee did that (I can't imagine they would) there would be hell to pay.
So we have good to great fan support at a tournament neutral site in a neighboring state and should be punished?
Meanwhile, UNC played their tournament in their own state? And lost. Maybe they should have been penalized for losing a home game to a ****** team like NCState. Is it our fault they can't bother to support their teams like ISU does.
Edit: ACC Tournament was in Washington DC this year. About the same driving distance from Chapel Hill as from Ames to KC. 40 miles further.
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I truly think shockingly UConn is going to get upset by Auburn breaking 99.999% of brackets.
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ISU is definitely a hot hand pick. We performed better than any other team in conference tournaments in the hardest conference and it wasn't an easy path. It is incredibly impressive and much more emulates conditions in the NCAA tournament more than regular season games. It could be an anomaly, but there is a decent chance we are a team that's very ready to succeed in the NCAA tournament.
Baylor ranked ahead of the Cyclones? That's certainly a steaming hot take.Nick Alvarez at College Poll Tracker
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Dude has had terrible ballots all year
That's just straight up being a douche. ISU was already ahead of Baylor before last week and then absolutely butt trounced (with consent, obviously) Baylor on Friday. Ranking Baylor ahead is just being a douche at this point.
Seeing the bracket initially made me angry and it seemed like ISU felt completely disrespected. While ISU got shafted, I'm over it now and can't wait to see what happens. The selection committee doesn't like us for some stupid reason and doesn't want us to come out of the east. Hopefully this team can play with a chip on their shoulders. UConn fans, on their message boards, are just as angry as us. They feel like they got hosed because ISU is borderline 1 seed. It's good that their fans know we're good and they're nervous. Let's f*** these f***ers up.
