The espn bracket now shows us with a sweet 16 matchup against Auburn. Sweet 16 is looking like TJs legacy.
Lunardi and Palm now project Iowa State as a 4-seed as Selection Sunday nears
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Wait, I thought the committee gave no weight to the conference tournament last year? Are they looking at conference tournaments this year now?
Still betting on a 3 if the committee has any consistency whatsoever. We're clearly better than the other options when you take into account the key missed starts throughout the last month.
I don’t get Kentucky as a 3. They’re so mid
It’s a bit ironic that winning the Big 12 tourney last year didn’t help us at all but whatever…
Kentucky is the one that would anger me. The rest it’s pretty close. But I don’t get the Kentucky love
I despise the Luardi pimping by ESPN during Dec/Jan. So don't pay any attention and mute TV when he's on. Why some fans get so focused on seeding, amazes me.
Putting ISU at a 4 seed is probably right. And it wouldn't have been surprised by a 5 seed depending how the committee seeded Clemson & Memphis.
The Clones finished 5th in the Big12 regular season. And we lost twice in the season to the Big12 4th place team BYU. So we should be 5th in the Big12 pecking order.
I would expect these schools to be seeded higher than ISU:
Putting ISU at a 4 seed is probably right. And it wouldn't have been surprised by a 5 seed depending how the committee seeded Clemson & Memphis.
The Clones finished 5th in the Big12 regular season. And we lost twice in the season to the Big12 4th place team BYU. So we should be 5th in the Big12 pecking order.
I would expect these schools to be seeded higher than ISU:
- Big 12 (4): Houston, TT, Arizona, BYU
- SEC (4): Auburn, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama
- Big 10 (4): MSU, Michigan, Maryland & Wisconsin (good Tournament)
- ACC (2): Duke & Louisville
- Big East (1): St Johns
If you assume we won't have Momcilovic and won't have Gilbert.
That's not really how it works.
But I think we are talking two different filters by the Selection Committee. Last year the complaint was we didn't get a 1 seed. But it was pretty clear the Committee's pecking order was:
- Power 6 - Regular & Conference Tournament Champ
- Power 6 - Regular Season Champ
- Power 6 - Conference Tournament Champ (ISU)
How do you know. The selection committee does emphasize the Conference season. Just look at what happened last year in the committee prioritizing the top seeds.
Sure they will. In fact, they will give Iowa State's committee consideration to UNC so the Tar Holes can get into the tournament.
Yes, conference season matters but we also have unbalanced schedules now. We should be ahead of BYU and Arizona both based on overall body of work and taking injuries into account.
While the committee will move with the wind, there is no such thing as a conference game to the committee.
If this is actually what you expect then you are in for a surprise tomorrow.
I still believe most seeding is done by Friday or Saturday morning.
After reading this, it seems to be a lengthy process. And also kind of gives an insight why tournaments don't have to much weight. Once you get the framework set up it's pretty hard to plug things in as ripple effect would be pretty big. They have to build the brackets after creating a seed list.
How the field of 68 DI men’s teams is picked for March Madness
The NCAA’s guide to how the 68 teams are chosen, seeded and bracketed for the Division I men's basketball tournament every season.
