I'd have to check but I don't believe the term 'usually' fits this.
Can Iowa State get a 2 seed?
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I'd have to check but I don't believe the term 'usually' fits this.
I don’t know about usually but 6 of the 8 final four teams was a 4 seed or lower.
Marquette is still a solid win....they're at least a tournament team....Iowa falling off is not shocking and they always play us tough in IC....Dayton is probably the most disappointing noncon team we have a win over
Since 2010 only 1 time has the Final 4 been all been seeds 1-4. (2012)
Now 2007-2010 Was three years in a row of Seeds 3 or lower making the final 4 including the one time all 4 #1 seeds made it.
Seems like the conference tournaments don't really matter.
Seems like this is more from an administrative standpoint than anything. It's too hard to change top seeds late and make it all work.
Seems like this is more from an administrative standpoint than anything. It's too hard to change top seeds late and make it all work.
Oh are you talking overall seeds?
I'm thinking like 5 seed from West Region etc.
Although you're correct; looks like a lower seed gets in about every year.
I think Michigan St is locked as a 2. We are competing for the very last 2 spot imo. I'd be ok being the 3 against any of those other teams on your list though.
My point is the tournament is pretty random so getting worried about a 2 seed vs a 3 seed is silly... Just like it was last year of 1 vs 2 seed. Really weird things happen and at least one of the final 4 participants is a cinderella as defined by me as being a 5 seed or worse. Especially in the last few years, although it would be good to not face a #1 seed or the overall #1 as long as possible, sort of how we got put in UCONN region last year.Oh are you talking overall seeds?
I'm thinking like 5 seed from West Region etc.
Although you're correct; looks like a lower seed gets in about every year.
We might have actually, FWIW.
The problem is we all thought that it was going to take us from a 2 to a 1, and it took us from a 3 to a 2.
I agree. Win out and don't lose to a lower division team in the conference tournament, and I think our injury bugs will be taken into account and give us a 2.
Yeah agree with all of this. Give me a 3 if it's good matchups.
Heck ISU was an 11 three years ago and could haven't asked for better matchups for the first weekend: a clunky LSU team with weird coaching stuff going on and a soft WI team that really hadn't seen a good defense in over 2 months.
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Not convinced conf tournaments hold much weight. Outside of new matchups that habent
Already been played.
This season there looks to be a glut of teams around the 2/3 lines. It will be interesting how it all shakes out and the committee's en vogue metric this spring.
Gave this an Agree, along with agree w/ @dahliaclone post prior to that, a few teams vary on each list, combined those are the most-likely teams with which ISU is competing for 2.
Win over BYU secures double-bye, need to win at KSU then unless there's a 12/13 deep run to semifinal, no more chance at a non-helpful loss/win. If that happens, ISU is in strong shape to contend for 2, doesn't have to defeat Houston or beyond (although that wouldn't hurt seeding at all, of course)
Marquette and Iowa could do us a solid by each winning later this week, it would be like killing 4 birds with two stones?
Michigan just got run out of their own building by an Illinois team that just got absolutely smoked by Duke. They've been very overrated all year. A&M might be next and have dropped 4 in a row. Kentucky is 10th in their own league. Hard to expect them to be one of the top 8 overall. I think TT, MSU, St. Johns and Wisconsin will be the main competition for the last 2 and the rest of that group will be 3's.
Top 3 seed would be a lock for the Midwest bracket. IMO that would be significant.
If we finish strong and show the committee that we are back to full strength they will certainly take the injuries into account. The Okie St game is our only real blemish.
