Will Iowa State Make NCAA Tourney?
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This. We only have 3 people who played in the NCAA tourney game last year, those 3 combined to go 2-7 for 4pts. Solo helps a little but if you count him, we essentially have 3/4 returning guys who play the same position and are limited offensively. Throw in a developmental recruiting class and you're going to struggle.
If you can’t shoot, you need to be able to get offensive rebounds to get second chances. Unfortunately we suck at shooting and rebounding. Hard no to making the tourney.
Not a chance, 4 wins max in the Big 12! Hate it for TH! He be gone next season and don't blame him a bit!
They have the talent to be a Top 30 squad so I voted Yes.
Our offense is sufficiently effective and efficient, despite our poor 3P shooting and too high 3PA rate. If we can get FTs and transition buckets, our offense can be good enough.
It’s our non-steal/block defense and DReb%.If you can’t defend and defensive rebound, your offense has to be elite.
We’ve got glaring holes, but we have some building blocks. The staff will need to do a good job with exploiting what we can do and dictating matchups.
The bold might be a problem.
Seton hall, whom we beat with one of their better players more or less missing the entire game, just beat #7 Maryland, without the same player that got hurt vs us, and their best overall player Myles Powell.
Point being, yes, I think we can make the tournament. College basketball is always a fickle beast, but this year it seems even more volatile than ever... we'll know for sure 6 games into the conference season
Point being, yes, I think we can make the tournament. College basketball is always a fickle beast, but this year it seems even more volatile than ever... we'll know for sure 6 games into the conference season
This is exactly why we are in deep doo doo. Lots of teams this year seem to be having off nights and getting beat. Which is ok, it happens. What’s important is to have consistency over the long haul to get you where you want to go. That c word is key and something I haven’t seen from this team at all. Could it show up? Maybe? But until it does it’s NIT
I think at this point, with what we have done in the non con, we have to get at least 9 wins in conference play, and will have to at least have a win against Baylor or Kansas. We certainly can do that, but from the "what have you done for me lately" perspective, I dont see it.
Nope, with 5 non-conference losses you have to go 9-9 at the absolute minimum in the Big 12 just to get on the bubble. I'm still predicting 7-11 with a ceiling of 8-10 if things start to click.
The only way we're making the NCAA Tournament is if we win the Big 12 Tournament.
