Lunardi and Palm now project Iowa State as a 4-seed as Selection Sunday nears

[The Rob Gray]

Lunardi and Palm now project Iowa State as a 4-seed as Selection Sunday nears

Mar 13, 2025; Kansas City, MO, USA; Iowa State Cyclones coach TJ Otzelberger watches game play against the Brigham Young Cougars during the first half at T-Mobile Center. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images AMES — Fortunes rise and fall. Forecasts vary as upsets emerge and buzzer-beat

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[Final42b]

Incredibly disappointing considering where were once at

 

[ClonesFTW]

Wisconsin on a roll didn’t help, need Maryland to lose today

 

[AgronAlum]

Still a 3 on http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

 

[Cyclone06]

Duh. You think isu or big 12 is going to get committee benefit of doubt?

 

[dahliaclone]

Still a 3 on http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

those aren't updated up to the minute

 

[isu81]

Still a 3 on http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

Problem with that as we get closer is that the underlying brackets aren’t all updated as currently as others. Need Maryland and Arizona to lose.

 

[NATEizKING]

those aren't updated up to the minute

67 updated, 19 4 seeds, 48 3 seeds. Palm and Lunardi suck.

 

[dahliaclone]

67 updated, 19 4 seeds, 48 3 seeds. Palm and Lunardi suck.

updated since the Wisconsin win? Highly doubt that. but yes they suck

 

[ClonerJams]

Only have ourselves to blame losing to KSU and OSU

 

[aeroclone]

I honestly think a 4 makes sense. We are 1 game over .500 over the last 2 months. We aren't healthy. We had some bad losses in that stretch with KSU and OSU. We have given the committee plenty of reason to move us down, they don't need a B12 bias to do it.

 

[JP4CY]

Yeah Sconnie is gonna bump us.

 

[dahliaclone]

Yeah Sconnie is gonna bump us.

100%

 

[dahliaclone]

And no offense to the OP but for God's sake I have no clue why anyone is using Lunardi and Palm to be the bellwethers. It's not hard to use Bracket Matrix to find who is truly good at this stuff.

 

[cyatheart]

It's just way too easy to send Wisconsin to Milwaukee. Especially with everyone hurt and not playing well for the last month.

 

[bpmdu]

Based on how they’ve played, they earned a four seed. No one should be surprised by this…

 

[clone52]

Committee guy in CBS said they are using performance based metrics more to see who gets into the tournament and productive metrics more for seeding. That bodes well for Iowa State.

 

[Clonefan32]

Hard to argue with. At the end of the day you hope for good matchups and health and see what happens

 

[NoCreativity]

Based on how they’ve played, they earned a four seed. No one should be surprised by this…

We've been playing really well the last 2 weeks so I'm not sure about this comment. We just destoryed Arizona and only lost by 4 to BYU playing a walk-on.

We have the overall resume of a 3 and it will be a travesty if we get bumped.

 

[dahliaclone]

I posted this elsewhere, but basically the teams vying for a the last 2 seed and the 3 seeds are:

• Iowa State
• A&M
• Kentucky
• Wisconsin
• Maryland
• Texas Tech
• St. John's

St. John's will take the last two.

Texas Tech will be top 3 seed
Wisconsin will be a 3 seed after today

That leaves ISU/Maryland/Kentucky/A&M. Four teams for two 3 seeds.

REALLY need Michigan to win this game over Maryland or I think they're a 3 for sure. Maryland loses and they're a 4 I think.

So it comes down to if the committee puts two SEC teams that lost early in their tourney and have kinda stumbled in recent weeks with no injuries over ISU who sat players in their tourney and have been battling injuries for a couple months.

I still don't trust the committee but we'll see. But Maryland and Arizona losing would be huge.