I've seen a couple of the "experts" today say the team they wouldn't want to get matched up with is New Mexico St.
Do they still have that gigantic Polynesian guy on their team or did he graduate? He was like 7’5” 350 pounds.
I've seen a couple of the "experts" today say the team they wouldn't want to get matched up with is New Mexico St.
They have us as a number 4 in Hartford. Playing #13 Northeastern and likely playing # 5 Villanova in the second game. Which would basically be a home game for both of them
Sounds about right...
I've seen a couple of the "experts" today say the team they wouldn't want to get matched up with is New Mexico St.
Yeah that would be awful.Katz has us paired up against Oregon after their win last night. No thank you. They are the one PAC12 team really playing well right now.
https://bracketville.wordpress.com/bracketology/
One of the historically best predictors has us #6 in Tulsa!
While I don't think it is likely, a 4 seed should be also under consideration.
NBCSports just posted their latest bracket and Has Iowa State as 4. My guess ISU ends up as a 5 tonight but I do think the national media has a lot of respect for ISU and their potential. Possible the committee will see it the same way.
Very interested to see how the NET results factor in. ISU currently #21, KU is #20 for instance. ISU has beaten them twice obviously. Does the head to head move ISU above KU on the seeds?
https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2019/03/17/bracketology-duke-grabs-no-1-overall-seed/
Hartford
5) VILLANOVA
12) LIBERTY
4) IOWA STATE
13) NORTHEASTERN
This seems like the best option. Tulsa would have a lot of ISU fans and it avoids the 1 seeds
The Big 12 is fairly unusual in that there really wasn’t a dominant team. I’m wondering if giving ISU, KU, KSU and TT all 4 seeds wouldn’t make some sense given the overall quality of the league.
I think most agree that we now hover over a 5/6 seed line. Now, what opponent? A Murray State draw would be an appealing story line. What do ya think?
I don't think Houston in the second round is a very good match up. Without the late second shot by Michigan last year, they could've been a final four team and they are better this year. 2 big guys on the interior scare me.
my girlfriend just informed me she has never filled out a bracket before. In fact, she had no idea the tournament even existed. How do you go 23 years without ever hearing about this??
She will probably win our bracket pool
Sure, but aren't we worried about multiple bigs on the floor at one time? They have two kids they play at the post. Would be advantage for them against MJ. Not saying they wouldn't/couldn't beat Houston, just commenting on the bracket that had ISU playing them in the second round.There are no good 2nd round matchups. Everybody is ******* good by that point.
Two very winnable games.That has now been updated to a 4 seed in Hartford against Northeastern with Villanova as the 3.
Pretty sure he has graduated. Guess they do play like 13 or 14 guys though.Do they still have that gigantic Polynesian guy on their team or did he graduate? He was like 7’5” 350 pounds.
Back in my college days the rock chalk parody chant I wanted to get going was “Go home Jayhawks, **** you.”Goddamnit. Why didn't someone think of this when it could be used by the crowd at the end of a game against them?
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I'm guessing most people would be upset with this.
Some things I noticed.
There's a slight chance Iowa St. gets the Kansas City path. I have ISU and Kansas St. as 5 seeds with Kansas St. getting the KC path but Iowa St. could get that draw.
Kansas will likely be one of the better 4 seeds. This increases the chances Iowa St. gets put in Duke's or Virginia's bracket due to the committee trying to balance the top 16 teams. This also decreases Iowa St. chances at Kansas City.
Most likely cities: San Jose, Salt Lake City, and Hartford if ISU gets a 5.
Jacksonville or Tulsa if ISU gets a 6.
Des Moines could happen but will need to drop to a 6 seed. It's more likely they get the Kansas City Sweet 16 path than 1st-2nd rounds in Des Moines.
I had ISU as the last 5 seed.
Iowa:
I have Iowa slipping farther to a 10 seed. The main reason was their non-con schedule is almost in the 300's. I have a feeling the committee will punish teams that scheduled weak in the non-conference more than people think. Iowa had 1 Q1 game (H vs. Iowa St.) and 2 Q2 games (N. vs UCONN and N. vs Oregon). Iowa St. was pretty similar with 3 games against Q1 and Q2 teams. The big difference is Iowa filled the rest of their non-con with teams in the 220-330 range.
Iowa St. had Missouri, San Diego St., Illinois, and Drake help boost theirs. ISU's non-con SOS isn't great as it's in the low 100's. If ISU gets a 6 instead of a 5, I think this would be the biggest reason as the other 3 of Auburn, Marquette, and Villanova had non-con SOS way higher. ISU SOS is ~20 so the Big 12 helped a bunch.
I have Houston ahead of Michigan though I don't think the committee goes this way. I posted an image of the teams up for debate for 5 seeds. 4 of them will get them, the other 2 won't. (Auburn has 24 wins instead of 23)