How the basketball schedule stacks up...

If ISU needs to lose for Kansas to be dethroned, who do you root for?


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madguy30

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ISU is the only team to have completed a series with two conference opponents. The only other teams that are done with a series are the two that ISU is done with (KU and OSU). Really a strange schedule for ISU this year.

Hopefully favorable in the end.

We'll see.
 

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I opened this thread hoping for some in depth talk about remaining schedules for both Iowa State and the other contenders. I feel like I got duped.
Well instead of complaining about it, how about you steer the conversation in that direction? Posters have already started putting in some of that information.
 

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It's pretty early to rely on the schedule, but Ku has ISU out of the way and K-State gets Cy in MHK. I don't believe TxT is a challenger after watching them in the gym last night. Don't see them anyway sweeping Ku. Could very well be another kiss your sister, shared title year.
 

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@surly

You disagreed with my post. Who has played a harder schedule to date? KSU hasn't played at Tech, at KU or home to KU yet. Tech and KU still have to play each other twice.

ISU has already gone to Baylor, KU, and Tech and already played Tech at home. Their hardest remaining game is at KSU then home to Tech. @ KSU will be tough, but they've proven they can win tough road games.
 

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It's pretty early to rely on the schedule, but Ku has ISU out of the way and K-State gets Cy in MHK. I don't believe TxT is a challenger after watching them in the gym last night. Don't see them anyway sweeping Ku. Could very well be another kiss your sister, shared title year.


In which Kansas will go on and on about a title streak. A couple of the years they've lost the head to head with who they tied to (before the double round robin started) yet still brag about the streak.
 

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It's pretty early to rely on the schedule, but Ku has ISU out of the way and K-State gets Cy in MHK. I don't believe TxT is a challenger after watching them in the gym last night. Don't see them anyway sweeping Ku. Could very well be another kiss your sister, shared title year.
KSU still has to play KU twice and go to Waco, Austin and Fort Worth. I would say very early to be talking about sharing a title with Kansas.
 

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Weber see's Bill Self and immediately ***** his dockers. K-State is 2-13 against Kansas under Weber so please forgive me for not buying the Wildcats winning the conference....
 

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What is MHK? I'm guessing the "Octagon of Doom" or whatever it's called. I've been there twice and still don't know and guess I care so little I won't google but instead post a reply in this thread... haha, I'm a moron.
 

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What is MHK? I'm guessing the "Octagon of Doom" or whatever it's called. I've been there twice and still don't know and guess I care so little I won't google but instead post a reply in this thread... haha, I'm a moron.
Correction: Polygon of Mild Discomfort


Actually MHK is call letters for Manhattan Regional Airport.
 
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I think ISU's path is to honestly beat Tech, win at KSU then Hope KU/Tech and KU/KSU split. That's two more losses for KU, 2 more for KSU and 2 more for Tech.

If KU lost to WV, they are likely to drop one or two others on the road (argument could be the same for ISU or KSU as well).
 

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@surly

You disagreed with my post. Who has played a harder schedule to date? KSU hasn't played at Tech, at KU or home to KU yet. Tech and KU still have to play each other twice.

ISU has already gone to Baylor, KU, and Tech and already played Tech at home. Their hardest remaining game is at KSU then home to Tech. @ KSU will be tough, but they've proven they can win tough road games.
As I stated, it's pretty early to rely on schedules to project champions. However, I believe the champion will come from our two schools and Ku. Because Ku has ISU out of the way and K-State plays ISU once more and that's in MHK, in a three-way race, ISU is in the least favorable place presently trailing both by a game. Yes, we shouldn't discount the rest of the league games. I get that. But just from a fan perspective, K-State is looking at those three games deciding the championship, Ku twice and Cy's visit.
 
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