*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

[Dgilbertson]

I wasn't aware Hawkeyes knew what class is

 

[HoopsTournament]

Death. Taxes. Iowa state in the number 1 overall region

Overall #1 seeds started in 2004. Iowa State has been to the tournament 12 times since then. This is the 3rd time being in the same region.

2005 - #1 Illinois (Midwest) - Iowa State #9 in East
2012 - #1 Kentucky (South) - Iowa State #8 in South
2013 - #1 Louisville (Midwest) - Iowa State #10 in West
2014 - #1 Florida (South) - Iowa State #3 in East
2015 - #1 Kentucky (Midwest)- Iowa State #3 in South
2016 - #1 Kansas (South) - Iowa State #4 in Midwest
2017 - #1 Villanova (East) - Iowa State #5 in Midwest
2019 - #1 Duke (East) - Iowa State #6 in Midwest
2022 - #1 Gonzaga (West) - Iowa State #11 in Midwest
2023 - #1 Alabama (South) - Iowa State #6 in Midwest
2024 - #1 UConn (East) - Iowa State #2 in East
2025 - #1 Auburn (South) - Iowa State #3 in South

 

[Cyched]

Watching the end of the ESPN Final 4 picks waiting for the women's selection.

Do these guys ever pick anyone below a 1 or 2 seed?

 

[jdoggivjc]

Imagine that - ESPN picking practically all the #1s to play in the Final Four, and mostly 1s and 2s in the Elite 8. Which is why I never take ESPN analysis seriously when making my brackets.

 

[exCYtable]

All Chalk from this worthless ESPN crew.

 

[Dale]

KenPom lines for some potential future games:

Lipscomb	-12
Ole Miss	-3.5
UNC	-5
SDSU	-7
Michigan State	+0.5
Auburn	+5.5

 

[AlaCyclone]

All Chalk from this worthless ESPN crew.

The CBSSN analysis is so much better.

 

[qwerty]

...so you're saying UNC will get their 2nd and 3rd Q1 wins of the year?

Playing San Diego St (#52) at Neutral is only a Q2 game . . . . Q1 is 1-50

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Overall #1 seeds started in 2004. Iowa State has been to the tournament 12 times since then. This is the 3rd time being in the same region.

2005 - #1 Illinois (Midwest) - Iowa State #9 in East
2012 - #1 Kentucky (South) - Iowa State #8 in South
2013 - #1 Louisville (Midwest) - Iowa State #10 in West
2014 - #1 Florida (South) - Iowa State #3 in East
2015 - #1 Kentucky (Midwest)- Iowa State #3 in South
2016 - #1 Kansas (South) - Iowa State #4 in Midwest
2017 - #1 Villanova (East) - Iowa State #5 in Midwest
2019 - #1 Duke (East) - Iowa State #6 in Midwest
2022 - #1 Gonzaga (West) - Iowa State #11 in Midwest
2023 - #1 Alabama (South) - Iowa State #6 in Midwest
2024 - #1 UConn (East) - Iowa State #2 in East
2025 - #1 Auburn (South) - Iowa State #3 in South

First of many factoids from our resident tourney expert. Love what you bring to cf this time of year.

 

[jdoggivjc]

KenPom lines for some potential future games:

Lipscomb	-12
Ole Miss	-3.5
UNC	-5
SDSU	-7
Michigan State	+0.5
Auburn	+5.5

Literally said in the expectations thread that I think ISU can get past this MSU team. The fact that KenPom practically has it as a "pick 'em" confirms my reasoning.

 

[NoCreativity]

The 6 teams they played include #1 seed Auburn, #1 seed Florida, #2 seed Alabama and #2 seed Michigan State. They could have scheduled and played four lesser teams that were still in the Tournament and had a much better overall record and a solid record vs. Tournament teams. I think they simply were given the benefit of the doubt of being for playing 4 Major Teams that are all National Title contenders + @ Kansas and UCLA.

FWIW, ISU went 1-2 vs. this group of six Power OOC games they played. Not a UNC fan, but I think it is good they are in the Tournament. With all of the micro talk about Q1 and Q2 games with schools like Penn State, K-State and Okla. State (I think UNC would have beaten all 3), they are being recognized for the four bad ass teams they played OOC.

I will not be shocked if they beat San Diego State and Ole Miss and meet up with ISU @ Milwaukee. That would be a tough, tough game for Iowa State IMO.

Nah, they shouldn't have been in. 2 of those games you mentioned were in Maui so they didn't really ",schedule" them, it's just the way the bracket broke. Florida wasn't supposed to be this good either so there's no way they knew they were playing a 1 seed when the game was made.

 

[Acylum]

 

[HoopsTournament]

Here is my first blog of the tournament:

Selection Sunday Tidbits

New Teams Every Tournament in history has had at least one new tournament team. This year's new tournament teams are High Point, Omaha, SIU...

hoopstournament.blogspot.com

Some tidbits in there:
- Kansas snaps a streak of 23 straight tournaments with a Top 4 seed.
- Purdue has the longest current streak of Top 4 seeds with 8.
- Houston is a #1 seed for the 3rd consecutive year.
- Out of teams with their tournament streak snapped, Colgate had the longest at 5 years.

 

[AlaCyclone]

Here is my first blog of the tournament:

Selection Sunday Tidbits

New Teams Every Tournament in history has had at least one new tournament team. This year's new tournament teams are High Point, Omaha, SIU...

hoopstournament.blogspot.com

Some tidbits in there:
- Kansas snaps a streak of 23 straight tournaments with a Top 4 seed.
- Purdue has the longest current streak of Top 4 seeds with 8.
- Houston is a #1 seed for the 3rd consecutive year.
- Out of teams with their tournament streak snapped, Colgate had the longest at 5 years.

Hate to hear it!

 

[t-noah]

Interesting. I should have known that you would have a link to something like this.

As you might expect, these videos raise a few questions. For instance, what criteria is to be used for picking the top 8 (or top 4 teams) or scrubbing one team down a notch? The video refers only to "best" and "better" teams. Is it left to the committee members to determine their own criteria? Is it "best" at the moment? Or "best" for the season? Do they consider injuries, both early in the season and currently?

For instance, it still baffles my mind that a committee member could think that our non-conference schedule last year was more determinative of our quality as a team than our performance in the Big 12 tournament. The non-conference schedule is nearly irrelevant. You could have the worst non-conference schedule and lose every game, but then win every game in your conference and conference tournament by 40 points. Do you dock the team because it lost bad non-conference games in November? Or honor the team because it had great wins in January/February/March? I know what Vegas would say. But based on the logic explained last year, the committee might treat the bad non-conference losses as meaningful.

Your relevancy for meaningfulness and accuracy is noted.

And here we are in the present and now. I cannot wait. I don't think the results will be too bad.

 

[Rogue52]

Reading Twitter, I didn’t know Iowa fans were such West Virginia fans.

 

[Goclones1727]

12:30 CDT on Friday!

 

[Cy4Lifer]

Liscomb is my hometown! Not next to Gilman but they are both in Marshall County. I told my fam they better be ready for the dad jokes!

Right in the middle of BCLUW Comets, right?

 

[stormchaser2014]

Watching the end of the ESPN Final 4 picks waiting for the women's selection.

Do these guys ever pick anyone below a 1 or 2 seed?

No, I said the same thing to my sister. They're chalk artists.

 

[bsaltyman]

12:30 CDT on Friday!

So we are Session 1?? Is that right?