*** Official SELECTION SUNDAY Thread ***

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5 Indiana teams in the Midwest bracket (10 Purdue, 13 Valparaiso, 6 Butler, 3 Notre Dame, 10 Indiana). 0 Indiana teams in the other brackets.
 
That's a tough draw for Iowa imo.
Not really. Iowa is going to murder them. Davidson resume is pretty suspect imo and nowhere near a 10 seed. They have two notable wins on the year (Dayton and VCU). Iowa got incredibly lucky to play an over-seeded mid-major when they should have been in an 8/9 match-up.

They manipulated the computers beautifully. Play very good non-conference teams (and lose), don't lose to the many average and weak teams in your conference and get 1 or 2 good wins. How the hell are they a 10-seed like we were in 2012-13?

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[TD]Nov 22[/TD]
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[TD]Nov 26[/TD]
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[TD]Nov 29[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 3[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 6[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 10[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 13[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 20[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 30[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 3[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 7[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 10[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 31[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 4[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 7[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 11[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 14[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 18[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 21[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 25[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 28[/TD]
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Not really. Iowa is going to murder them. Davidson resume is pretty suspect imo and nowhere near a 10 seed. They have two notable wins on the year (Dayton and VCU). Iowa got incredibly lucky to play an over-seeded mid-major when they should have been in an 8/9 match-up.

They manipulated the computers beautifully. Play very good non-conference teams (and lose), don't lose to the many average and weak teams in your conference and get 1 or 2 good wins. How the hell are they a 10-seed like we were in 2012-13?

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[TD]Nov 15[/TD]
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  • vs
  • CATH
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[TR="class: evenrow team-41-2097"]
[TD]Nov 18[/TD]
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[TR="class: oddrow team-41-153"]
[TD]Nov 22[/TD]
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[TD]Nov 26[/TD]
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[TD]Nov 29[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 3[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 6[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 10[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 13[/TD]
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[TR="class: evenrow team-41-232"]
[TD]Dec 20[/TD]
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[TD]Dec 30[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 3[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 7[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 10[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 14[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 20[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 24[/TD]
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[TD]Jan 31[/TD]
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[TR="class: evenrow team-41-179"]
[TD]Feb 4[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 7[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 11[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 14[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 18[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 21[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 25[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 28[/TD]
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[TD]Mar 5[/TD]
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[TD]Mar 13[/TD]
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[TD]Mar 14[/TD]
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[TD]Mar 20[/TD]
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[TD]7:20 PM ET[/TD]
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That Montana game would have been a fun one.
 
The last time Iowa played a team as good as Davidson was Feb 8th. They have losses to Minnesota, Northwestern, and Penn St since then.
 
The last time Iowa played a team as good as Davidson was Feb 8th. They have losses to Minnesota, Northwestern, and Penn St since then.

I was going to come in here to defend Iowa, but man - the only good(ish) team they've beaten since then is Indiana, and those are some bad losses. (And I do have Davidson beating Iowa)