Especially since Power 6 teams for the most part(hate to say it but this includes Iowa State) refuse to play teams like Drake .
Bracketology 2024
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Yeah, an "advantageous 3" in the midwest would be better than a "low 2" out in the East playing UNC/Duke/UConn in their backyards...
Isn't Kolek still out tonight? I wouldn't be too concerned with Marquette beating Uconn without him.
Agree.
There's a good bit of separation between the last 3 and the 4's (Alabama, Illinois, San Diego St, Auburn).
Marquette, ISU, Baylor, KU, Duke, Creighton all in competition for those final 2 seeds. It would be tough to see any falling to the 4 line though at this point.
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Yeah, he is out. It is going to be a blowout.
It’s like they gamed the system with losses instead of wins. I’d rather game the system with wins backed up by metrics, but what do I know.
Happy for you. It's a silly way of looking at things, but congrats on the great season!
Absolutely, I don't care if it's against the anointed one. We are in a much better spot now than we have been in a very long time having a balanced team with a huge chance for a run. I don't see any teams posing that much of an issue to ISU in that bracket versus a Creighton in MW/East scenario. Bama is a fraud. I think we'd easily be the best team in that region. I think it would actually be a cool storyline where TJ beats one of his mentors and I would like Arizona as the 1 seed over any of the others.
Avoiding UCONN/Houston/Creighton until the ship. That would also be a dream scenario and I would actually like seeing ISU play Purdue again to steal back that W Deonte's year should have had in 17.'
I think we're in really good shape for Omaha.
- I believe we're ahead of Kansas on the S-Curve for sure. And possibly still ahead of Baylor. If we win tonight I'll feel better about being ahead of Baylor
- Baylor is definitely ahead of Alabama now though. Their closest locale is Memphis, which will have Houston and either Baylor/Alabama (or Auburn, but I don't think they're a threat to pass Baylor at this point). Given Bama's blowout loss at Florida yesterday, I think Baylor is in really good shape to secure Memphis which takes them out of the running for Omaha
For that to happen, I think we'd need to lose 2 of our next 3 (or all 3) with one being in the B12 tourney, Kansas beats Houston, and Creighton win the Big East tourney. That's unlikely to happen, but you never know...
I should also add, I think right now ISU fans' top priority from a seeding perspective is to stay out of the East region. Which is not as likely as snagging Omaha
I could end be very wrong but I think people are underestimating Purdue this year.
It seems we are essentially battling KU and Baylor for Omaha. 2 of 3 will get to Omaha. If we win tonight and KU loses at Houston this weekend, Omaha should be ours.
That's a dumb way of looking at my opinion, particularly since you didn't seem to understand it.
It’s almost like teams can be different from year to year! Does that mean we score 30 points again in the first round this year!?!
Marquette is without one of their best players, they may get killed tonight and lose this weekend too.
