*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

[cyclo120]

Big Ten bias is obvious

Which is crazy because the last couple weeks made it very clear the conference was very overrated

 

[dahliaclone]

Honestly Iowa can make the final four with their bracket. Providence is the only team with a defense that would trip them up.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Realistically the BIG should have had 7 teams not 9

I think SMU and Dayton deserved it over Michigan. But **** em, we're in and that's all i care about, lol

 

[jctisu]

Committee clearly not valuing Quad 1 wins as everyone was certain they would. Also seems to be en emphasis on conference ranking which everyone said they didn’t do. UNC an 8, Miami a 9, Creighton a 9, Marquette a 9. St. Mary’s a 5, Colorado State a 6. San Francisco 10. Unreal.

Eh having two 1 seeds and having TCU ahead of us (which is fine and have no argument there) basically made it so the 8/9 was off the table due to bracketing rules.

People tend to forget how much tinkering needs to be done to maneuver teams around to avoid conference and rematches in the first two rounds. We were easy to drop from the 8/9 line and then I would have to look closer at the 10 seeds to see if any got a boost due to bracketing rules.

Point is if we didn’t have those Q1 wins we are the field so yes they do matter.

 

[ISUTex]

I am. See my previous post. Making a factual statement is not complaining.

They showed the last four in. ISU wasn't one of them.

 

[drmwevr08]

Looks like that 11 seed is looking pretty good. We could win both games if we play our game.

What does that even look like?

 

[ISpyCy]

Realistically the BIG should have had 7 teams not 9

Filling out an effective bracket:

Step 1. Analyze the number of B1G teams.
Step 2: Eliminate all but one of them before the Sweet 16
Step 3: Immediately eliminate the other one in the next round.

 

[Darius Bieber]

I thought after last year’s Big 10 flop in the tournament, the committee would have learned their lesson. Guess not.

 

[Cyclones1969]

@Shawker how did the big 10 in do last year’s tournament? How did they do out of conference this year?

 

[ISUTex]

OU is a stand by lol

**** OU.

 

[Cyclonepride]

IS the committee loaded with Big 10 homers or what?

Yeah, apparently having total garbage at the bottom of your league is great for seeding? Everyone that isn't a dumpster fire goes?

 

[NoCreativity]

Michigan being in is a total joke, it just shows losses don't even matter anymore.

 

[Cyforce]

I remember when Michigan went into the NCAA tournament without a head coach.

I remember Michigan allegedly played in the championship game yet there is no record of it.

 

[CyCloned]

And 9 Big Ten teams in the field…yawn.

Well they will mostly be out after the second round.

 

[MisterO]

What does that even look like?

We can beat LSU and Wisky…we’re in a much better position than we were at a 8/9.

…and did I already mention: Let’s go Spiders!

 

[jsb]

They showed the last four in. ISU wasn't one of them.

Yeah, I meant the last four byes. And who knows we might not have been. Like I’ve been saying we could have gotten bumped from a 10 to an 11.

 

[Marcelason78]

I think aTm should have got in.

Certainly over Michigan.

 

[twincyties]

LSU and Wisconsin both really interesting match ups. Both have some good wins. Wisconsin in particular a couple bad losses and some really close calls against average teams.

 

[jdoggivjc]

The fact that Iowa won the Big 10 tournament tells you all you need to know about the conference as a whole.

 

[huntt26]

Honestly Iowa can make the final four with their bracket. Providence is the only team with a defense that would trip them up.

Iowa +1000 on FanDuel to make Final Four prior to the bracket coming out. +750 now