To be fair he has been consistent with that line of thought since TJ was hired. JP and TJ are really, really good friends and this line of thinking started after his buddy was hired. Remember him dry begging the ISU fans to have patience with TJ before his friend coached game one, basically saying the same thing? Did he do that with either newbie coach Fred after the GMAC disaster or Steve Prohm trying to replace a legend in the "mayor"? No, JP has wanted TJ in this position since GMAC departed. And now that he is here.......he is going to say/do anything to take the pressure off his friend. A final four game in March is no more important than Lindenwood in November. Now whether he believes it or not, or you think it's right or not doesn't matter. As long as he is AD and TJ is coach....that's the way it's going to be projected to ISU fans.
Jamie Pollard had us as the last 2 seed in his submission
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To be fair he has been consistent with that line of thought since TJ was hired. JP and TJ are really, really good friends and this line of thinking started after his buddy was hired. Remember him dry begging the ISU fans to have patience with TJ before his friend coached game one, basically saying the same thing? Did he do that with either newbie coach Fred after the GMAC disaster or Steve Prohm trying to replace a legend in the "mayor"? No, JP has wanted TJ in this position since GMAC departed. And now that he is here.......he is going to say/do anything to take the pressure off his friend. A final four game in March is no more important than Lindenwood in November. Now whether he believes it or not, or you think it's right or not doesn't matter. As long as he is AD and TJ is coach....that's the way it's going to be projected to ISU fans.
Clearly the logic is nonsense.
But even if Jamie believed that the logic was nonsense, he has to defend the committee's results. But he should've waited till after the first weekend to say anything.
I'm grateful that Jamie is our AD, but that is a terrible selection committee result.
I say we have the people from the women's selection committee become the mens selection committee next year, they did a superior job.
In the mean time, I hope the Clones prove Jamie wrong and go to the final four.
Best AD that ISU has ever had hands down. Is he perfect? Probably not but he knows the big picture and has kept ISU as a competitive member of one of the top 3 D1 conferences. Not easy to do with what finances given to him to work with compared to others at the top end of the conferences.
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I would appreciate it if someone in the media could ask Jamie Pollard what was it, in his opinion, that made North Carolina the last number one seed over Iowa State?
I don’t even really care about that. I’m more interested in what made us the worst 2 seed.
I understand brand and reach and how it’s a silent factor in any decision any for profit entity makes its decisions.
Random transitive property comparisons of teams instead of understanding the holistic metrics that exist exactly for the purpose of comparing teams' full season performances
Some variables make it difficult to determine for certain, but simplest would be swapping positions w/ Baylor -- so would have been in West lower with Arizona.
Next most realistic just switching seed line w/ Illinois.
Most other possibilities don't work because ISU coudn't be in Houston's region and Creighton can't be in UConn's.
All comes back to "just win what's in front of you."
It seems pretty obvious, the committee prioritizes regular season conference champs over a team that wins a 5 day Conference Tournament.
1 Seeds
UConn-Reg Season & Conf Tour
Houston- Reg Season
Purdue- Reg Season
UNC- Reg Season
2 Seeds
UA - Reg Season
Tenn - Reg Season
Marq - Neither
ISU - Conf Tourn
3 Seeds
Ill - Conf Tour
UK - Neither
Creighton - Neither
Baylor - Neither
So unless the committee wanted ISU opposite Houston, then as a non Regular Season Champ- the Clones were going to be an overall #8. Same logic with Marquette, committee wasn't going to put them opposite UConn.
Thanks...exactly...ultimately that's what it comes down too and we certainly had the tools to (see Houston getting thumped by us).
Just REALLY want to shake that final 4 drought (like our first round NFL drought we shook last year).
Cyclone athletics across the board are at an all time high and still on an upward trajectory; A-level coaches are leading most programs and show no inclination to depart; facilities are on par with peers; fan support has skyrocketed; athletic prestige is probably for first time ever equal with the TOE
...yet there's a vocal contingent of fans who've made it their mission in the past 12 months to paint Jamie Pollard as the villain of the whole operation
...yet there's a vocal contingent of fans who've made it their mission in the past 12 months to paint Jamie Pollard as the villain of the whole operation
