Jerry Palm moves ISU into the 2-seed line
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i can't help thinking that snagging the last 2-seed makes it more likely that we end up in UK's bracket. that being said, i think they'll be most vulnerable in the Elite 8, so why not?
I don't think we are a 2 seed, but on that note, we have to beat them some time, right? Better to see them as less of a threat. Might as well try sooner than later.
Let me get this straight, tell me if I am wrong.
If Iowa State gets a 2, we get Omaha pod in the Midwest Region with Kentucky at the 1 seed, but if we get a 3 seed, ISU gets ship to either Louisville or Columbus as likely destinations and stay away from Kentucky's regional, right?
If Iowa State gets a 2, we get Omaha pod in the Midwest Region with Kentucky at the 1 seed, but if we get a 3 seed, ISU gets ship to either Louisville or Columbus as likely destinations and stay away from Kentucky's regional, right?
Let's do what UConn did last year then, beat the best team in the tourney early and win it all!
I don't mind saying it, but I'd take that #2 seeding over Omaha anyday!
Say we get the #3 seed in Omaha... We win 2 games make the sweet 16. (that's all) ...be playing the #1 quick
We get a #2 seed and we blitz every team until the elite-8! (and hopefully we get in a bracket that KU isn't)
Say we get the #3 seed in Omaha... We win 2 games make the sweet 16. (that's all) ...be playing the #1 quick
We get a #2 seed and we blitz every team until the elite-8! (and hopefully we get in a bracket that KU isn't)
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This makes no sense...we would play the 1 seed in the same round either way, and be playing the overall number 1 seed, UK a round early if we're 2 in Omaha....
If we are a 2 seed, we are in UK's bracket.....book that...give me a 3 in Zaga's, Virginia's, or Zona's over that....
Kansas is 9-5 vs. 1-25 competition (to our 7-5) and they don't have the horrendous TTech loss on their resume (though the Temple blowout doesn't look good). I don't see any scenario in which we take a 2 seed from the teams above us.
With that said I hope that we played our way up the 3 seed latter to the point to where we avoid the midwest bracket. Lunardi's latest has us in the south with Duke (who shouldn't be a 1 over Virginia or Wisconsin IMO); this is my dream bracket. A bracket with Duke and Gonzaga is VERY winnable. The last one, in which he had us in a midwest bracket with Kentucky, Wisconsin, us, Carolina, West Virginia, etc. was EASILY the toughest bracket I've seen. I'd want no part of that.
It seems like ISU has a higher ceiling and a lower floor than KU. But both average about the same over the course of the season. Doesn't seem to matter much between the 2 and 3 seed.
Again , it does if one means you play UK in their backyard in Elite 8, and the other means you play another top seed in the south ( where our fans will travel as well if not better than their's)
