*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

[Marcelason78]

…randomly reviewing Katz roundup, only a few minutes into it, generally he's level-headed with such things.

I stopped watching when he took Ole Miss in the second round.

 

[cyclones500]

I stopped watching when he took Ole Miss in the second round.

Yeah, I got a bit bored with it overall, I probably wouldn't choose to post the link, in retrospect, until I viewed it.

 

[HoopsTournament]

So that puts us in the same region as the overall #1 25% of the time, which is spot on.

Npw I've always felt like we have ended up in the same region as the eventual champion more than random chance would predict. Is that north of 25%?

Out of 23 tournaments before this year, we were in the same region as the champion 11 times (48%) and lost to the eventual champ 5 times (22%).

Year	ISU Region	Champ	Champ Region	Same Region	Lost to Champ
1944​	West	Utah	West	Yes	Yes
1985​	Midwest	Villanova	Southeast	No	No
1986​	Midwest	Louisville	West	No	No
1988​	East	Kansas	Midwest	No	No
1989​	Southeast	Michigan	Southeast	Yes	No
1992​	East	Duke	East	Yes	No
1993​	West	North Carolina	East	No	No
1995​	Southeast	UCLA	West	No	No
1996​	Midwest	Kentucky	Midwest	Yes	No
1997​	Midwest	Arizona	Southeast	No	No
2000​	Midwest	Michigan State	Midwest	Yes	Yes
2001​	West	Duke	East	No	No
2005​	East	North Carolina	East	Yes	Yes
2012​	South	Kentucky	South	Yes	Yes
2013​	West	Louisville	Midwest	No	No
2014​	East	Connecticut	East	Yes	Yes
2015​	South	Duke	South	Yes	No
2016​	Midwest	Villanova	South	No	No
2017​	Midwest	North Carolina	South	No	No
2019​	Midwest	Virginia	South	No	No
2022​	Midwest	Kansas	Midwest	Yes	No
2023​	Midwest	Connecticut	West	No	No
2024​	East	Connecticut	East	Yes	No

 

[HoopsTournament]

Here's an idea about how to put more significance into the conference tournaments: Give #1 and #2 seeds only to conferenceT tournament winners.

That is a brilliant idea.

Sincerely,
College Football Playoff

 

[NWICY]

I don't think VCU, Colorado State and Drake as two seeds would fly very well...

Meh, whoever got matched up with them probably wouldn't complain.

 

[aeroclone]

Out of 23 tournaments before this year, we were in the same region as the champion 11 times (48%) and lost to the eventual champ 5 times (22%).

Year	ISU Region	Champ	Champ Region	Same Region	Lost to Champ
1944​	West	Utah	West	Yes	Yes
1985​	Midwest	Villanova	Southeast	No	No
1986​	Midwest	Louisville	West	No	No
1988​	East	Kansas	Midwest	No	No
1989​	Southeast	Michigan	Southeast	Yes	No
1992​	East	Duke	East	Yes	No
1993​	West	North Carolina	East	No	No
1995​	Southeast	UCLA	West	No	No
1996​	Midwest	Kentucky	Midwest	Yes	No
1997​	Midwest	Arizona	Southeast	No	No
2000​	Midwest	Michigan State	Midwest	Yes	Yes
2001​	West	Duke	East	No	No
2005​	East	North Carolina	East	Yes	Yes
2012​	South	Kentucky	South	Yes	Yes
2013​	West	Louisville	Midwest	No	No
2014​	East	Connecticut	East	Yes	Yes
2015​	South	Duke	South	Yes	No
2016​	Midwest	Villanova	South	No	No
2017​	Midwest	North Carolina	South	No	No
2019​	Midwest	Virginia	South	No	No
2022​	Midwest	Kansas	Midwest	Yes	No
2023​	Midwest	Connecticut	West	No	No
2024​	East	Connecticut	East	Yes	No

Thank you! Now finding ourselves in the same bracket as the eventually champion 48% of the time seems like extraordinary bad luck.

 

[AlaCyclone]

Thank you! Now finding ourselves in the same bracket as the eventually champion 48% of the time seems like extraordinary bad luck.

Stuff happens. Ask Dale Brown @ LSU from 1979-87.

1979: LSU made it to the Sweet 16 and were knoced out by eventual Champion Michgian Sttae.

1980: LSU made it to the Elite 8 and were knocked out by eventual Champion Louisville.

1981: LSU made it to the Final Four and were knocked out by eventual Champion Indiana.

1986: LSU made it to the Final Four and were knocked out by eventual Champion Louisviile.

1987: LSU made it to the Elite 8 and were knocked out by eventual Champion Indiana.

That's 5 times in 9 years in the Sweet 16 or higher!

 

[t-noah]

My focus is now on the Lipscomb Bisons. First strike against them: they don’t know the word “Bison” is already plural. Morons.

This will be their downfall. It could have been avoided.

 

[HoopsTournament]

NCAA Tournament Fun Fact:

T.J. Otzelberger, Fred Hoiberg and Tim Floyd are tied with the most tournament wins for Iowa State. Each has won 4 tournament games. Iowa State has won 23.

If you take the Number of Wins by the winningest coach divided by total tournament wins (4/23), it is 17%.

That is the lowest ratio of any team in the history of the tournament.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Iowa State has 6 different coaches with at least 3 tournament wins. Only UCLA (9), Kansas State (7) and Ohio State (7) have more.

We have 6 coaches that have won exactly 3 or 4 tournament games, which is the most all-time.

 

[Spanky]

NCAA Tournament Fun Fact:

T.J. Otzelberger, Fred Hoiberg and Tim Floyd are tied with the most tournament wins for Iowa State. Each has won 4 tournament games. Iowa State has won 23.

If you take the Number of Wins by the winningest coach divided by total tournament wins (4/23), it is 17%.

That is the lowest ratio of any team in the history of the tournament.

 

[danvillecyclone]

Thank you! Now finding ourselves in the same bracket as the eventually champion 48% of the time seems like extraordinary bad luck.

We have a chance to raise our percentage if we win a National Championship.

That would be good luck!

 

[t-noah]

NCAA Tournament Fun Fact:

T.J. Otzelberger, Fred Hoiberg and Tim Floyd are tied with the most tournament wins for Iowa State. Each has won 4 tournament games. Iowa State has won 23.

If you take the Number of Wins by the winningest coach divided by total tournament wins (4/23), it is 17%.

That is the lowest ratio of any team in the history of the tournament.

Interesting factoid. Deep math!

 

[HoopsTournament]

Interesting factoid. Deep math!

I like weird facts. This is one of the weirdest.

 

[t-noah]

I like weird facts. This is one of the weirdest.

Our CF life is not complete w/o you.