*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

ISUTex

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So they beat 2 tournament teams all season? That's a classic NIT resume.

At least Indiana State won 8 more games and is rated higher now on Torvick. It's just the age old question of whether you prefer mid-major teams that won alot of games, or middling teams in Power conferences.

I don't care if Indiana State gets in or not. I just don't think they are more deserving than Oklahoma. Oklahoma would have over 30 wins with Indiana State's schedule. Indiana State would be Central Florida at best with a Big 12 schedule. Probably more like West Virginia or Okie State.
 
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aeroclone

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I can't believe how much interest there is on this board about Indiana State. Why the hell do people give a rip if they make it or not? Because they happen to play in a mid major conference that happens to be home to two Iowa teams that we no longer play and who we also don't care about?

My interest in the MVC is a quick "oh, neat" if Drake or UNI make the dance. Beyond that, who gives a damn? Yet I have been watching posters fret in thread after thead for a month about the fate of Indiana State. I don't get it.
 

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I can't believe how much interest there is on this board about Indiana State. Why the hell do people give a rip if they make it or not? Because they happen to play in a mid major conference that happens to be home to two Iowa teams that we no longer play and who we also don't care about?

My interest in the MVC is a quick "oh, neat" if Drake or UNI make the dance. Beyond that, who gives a damn? Yet I have been watching posters fret in thread after thead for a month about the fate of Indiana State. I don't get it.
They've been a bit of a media darling all year. I don't think anyone is going to be upset if they don't make it in. More along the lines of "shucks, I would've liked to have seen them in the tourney"
 

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Super excited for the selection show this year. Whoever ends up in our region is gonna be mad shooketh that they may face us.

Working from 5-1 is great because I’ll get done right as the games start on Thursday and Friday. The first four days of the tournament are the single best four days of the year.
 

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Jerry Palm has Iowa State as the 1 seed, however, has Nebraska as the 9 seed in Omaha. There is no way you can have a 9 seed playing a home game in Omaha?

Iowa State will be either a #1 or #2 in Omaha, so while it is theoretically possible for an #8/#9 seed to have *a* home game in Omaha it is impossible for such a seed to have *two* home games.
 

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National Championship seasons are rare, so why not hope for the most dazzling championship possible?

A #2 seed in the East facing UConn in Boston seems like the dream scenario.

It’d be the best win, it avenges 2014, and hopefully rinses away some of the lingering resentment about being ****** over in 2000.
 

12191987

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National Championship seasons are rare, so why not hope for the most dazzling championship possible?

A #2 seed in the East facing UConn in Boston seems like the dream scenario.

It’d be the best win, it avenges 2014, and hopefully rinses away some of the lingering resentment about being ****** over in 2000.
Also, it will make next year’s #1 seed seem more important.
 

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I can't believe how much interest there is on this board about Indiana State. Why the hell do people give a rip if they make it or not? Because they happen to play in a mid major conference that happens to be home to two Iowa teams that we no longer play and who we also don't care about?

My interest in the MVC is a quick "oh, neat" if Drake or UNI make the dance. Beyond that, who gives a damn? Yet I have been watching posters fret in thread after thead for a month about the fate of Indiana State. I don't get it.
It's a debate every year. Nobody here loves Indiana State but it's a legit topic this time over year. I'd you don't like bubble talk then just scroll along.
 

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I don't care if Indiana State gets in or not. I just don't think they are more deserving than Oklahoma. Oklahoma would have over 30 wins with Indiana State's schedule. Indiana State would be Central Florida at best with a Big 12 schedule. Probably more like West Virginia or Okie State.
A majority of power 6 conference teams except maybe DePaul and Louisville would win 30 games with the same schedule. It still doesn't mean they should be left out.
 

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It's a debate every year. Nobody here loves Indiana State but it's a legit topic this time over year. I'd you don't like bubble talk then just scroll along.

Theyre an interesting case because they're such an edge case.

Net 29 so they'd be the highest NET team left out ever I believe, but they also have almost no quality wins, with their best win being against a net 60 bradley team en route to a 1-4 quad 1 schedule. Meanwhile a 178 net loss to Illinois State that kind of cancels that out.

Its an interesting question for the committee. However with how many bid stealers there have been, i'm not sad if they're left out. They had plenty of achievable opportunities at more Q1 wins (sure, a bubble team shouldnt be expected to beat alabama, but drake and MSU were achievable)
 
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twincyties

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I predict the top 8 are as follows:

Uconn
Purdue
Houston
UNC
Tennessee
Marquette
Iowa St
Arizona

So the Regions will be this:

East - UConn and Arizona
Midwest - Purdue and ISU
South - Houston and Marquette
West - UNC and Tennessee
Respectfully disagree. If Marquette and Tennessee are ahead of us I don’t think we get Midwest.
 
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National Championship seasons are rare, so why not hope for the most dazzling championship possible?

A #2 seed in the East facing UConn in Boston seems like the dream scenario.

It’d be the best win, it avenges 2014, and hopefully rinses away some of the lingering resentment about being ****** over in 2000.

Or just beat Uconn later, like for the whole thing.
 
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