Bracketology 2024

[Pragmatic_Clone]

Its driven me crazy for the past 2 weeks seeing Kansas ahead of us on the 2 line. Everyone seems pretty keen to find teams to jump us, I've seen Kansas (again) just because they beat k State at home, Baylor, and now Duke if we lose tonight. I'm done worrying about it, as long as we get Omaha I'm good.

What bothers me the most is all these a$$hats seem to want literally anyone to jump in front of us...every damn season!

 

[Cyforce]

What bothers me the most is all these a$$hats seem to want literally anyone to jump in front of us...every damn season!

It's because they're afraid of us.

 

[Pragmatic_Clone]

It's because they're afraid of us.

That's actually an interesting take. It seems like that in Football and Basketball.

 

[isuclone89]

It's because they're afraid of us.

We aren't a Blueblood in anything except wrestling. So keeping ISU down is a priority.

 

[Freebird]

“Iowa States win over BYU tonight should solidify Kansas as the 2 seed in Omaha” -Joe Lunardi…. Probably

 

[jdoggivjc]

“Iowa States win over BYU tonight should solidify Kansas as the 2 seed in Omaha” -Joe Lunardi…. Probably

I'm usually all about the Lunardi hate... but he currently has us as the 2 seed in Omaha.

 

[swclone11]

I'm usually all about the Lunardi hate... but he currently has us as the 2 seed in Omaha.

Agree. Feel like he's usually inaccurate, but he was one of the first oddly to get on the ISU 2 seed train.

 

[Cyburbbalz]

Just bought tickets to 1st session in omaha. Hoping that's when clones play, if not I'll buy 2nd session too.

 

[CySmurf]

They only hate ISU because they love to read our meltdowns on Cyclone Fanatic. It's their go to message board!

 

[VeloClone]

Do you have a specific example where they weigh the non con differently? They say they don't and I could see it being used to differentiate between 2 otherwise similar teams, but it'd take some effort to find something egregious that showed they do that.

Isn't it enough that the Nitty Gritty sheets the Committee uses has both non-con NET and RPI SOS and then the overall NET and RPI? The non-con is baked into both the non-con numbers and the overall numbers while the conference is only in the overall. So the non-con result is given twice as much weight.

 

[VeloClone]

It's not necessarily that they don't deserve to be in, it's just that making the tournament as a bubble team is not all that high of a bar for power conference teams. It's practically the same as becoming bowl eligible.

Bring back the field of 64!!!

 

[VeloClone]

Especially since Power 6 teams for the most part(hate to say it but this includes Iowa State) refuse to play teams like Drake .

I'm pretty sure that there has been an open invitation for Drake to come to Hilton, but they won't do it unless it is a home/home situation. Same for UNI...

 

[Cyowa 14]

“Iowa States win over BYU tonight should solidify Kansas as the 2 seed in Omaha” -Joe Lunardi…. Probably

No it's more like "ISUs win over BYU was at home so it's not that impressive" then ISU fans say "You do realize Kansas lost at home to BYU" then the bracketologists say "Ya but BYU is top 10 in the NET so it's a good loss, we should keep them on the 2 line"

 

[VeloClone]

That's a dumb way of looking at my opinion, particularly since you didn't seem to understand it.

Dude, when you post your opinion and someone disagrees with it, it simply means that they don't share your opinion. It shouldn't be that hard to understand and it certainly isn't something to get all worked up about.

 

[VeloClone]

We all know this is 100% going to come down to the B12 tournament and whether we beat Baylor, correct?

Looking forward to the opportunity. They are the only team ISU hasn't beaten in conference - mainly because we didn't get the return game in Hilton. I guess Hilton South will have to do...

 

[jcf817]

Dude, when you post your opinion and someone disagrees with it, it simply means that they don't share your opinion. It shouldn't be that hard to understand and it certainly isn't something to get all worked up about.

When they address my opinion instead of their straw man, sure, I agree.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Isn't it enough that the Nitty Gritty sheets the Committee uses has both non-con NET and RPI SOS and then the overall NET and RPI? The non-con is baked into both the non-con numbers and the overall numbers while the conference is only in the overall. So the non-con result is given twice as much weight.

I've been beating this drum for years.

 

[VeloClone]

Thanks, it was helpful but I am probably gonna be in for a long long day.

Just make sure you are alternating water between drinks on the plane and don't forget your noise cancelling headphones.

 

[VeloClone]

I've been beating this drum for years.

Yeah, and I have made this same post in about a half dozen threads this year. It must not be forgotten.

The better metric to look at is SOR. ISU sits at 5.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

The NCAA needs to look at Auburn and Bama and figure out why the NET formula is reacting to their resume in such a favorable way. At some point those Q1 results have to matter. The difference between a Q1 win and Q2 win is pretty significant but these two teams seem to be getting rewarded significantly for a bunch of soft Q2 wins. If this is the primary tool the NCAA is going to use they HAVE to fix it.