*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

[FallOf81]

So this is the break through year, right?

Assuming Lipsey healthy

 

[Kinch]

SEC almost got 12 teams in?

Yep.

 

[CYedUp]

This Cyclone team is ready. Just need to play to our abilities.

 

[NYCYFan]

Yep, as a fan I really gotta focus and not overlook them so we don’t get upset.

Exactly, Hampton should be fresh in all our minds. Nothing is guaranteed in this tournament, even 1 seeds aren't entirely safe anymore.

 

[helechopper]

Virginia could be tricky in the Sweet 16. Their defensive efficiency is good and lead the nation in blocks/game. However, their guards are a little turnover prone.

Turn over the guards, run the break and score with their shot blocker sucking for oxygen 30’ behind the play.

 

[cyclonestunners]

huh?

Force 14 tos per game

 

[kentkel]

So committee chair said Arizona winning and Mich losing flipped them.

Also, Purdue moved from 11 to 8 from winning the tourny

My question would be, why in the h### did we not get a 1 seed two years ago after DESTROYING Houston in the Conference Tourney and beating them 2 out of 3 times during the season?!

 

[CycloneJoe6]

Anyone know who usually breaks the game times first?

 

[CySmurf]

Biggest downside is with Kentucky in st louis, any big “home court” is gone

I think we'll have home court crowd over Santa Clara though. ;-)

 

[Die4Cy]

Iowa's opponent Clemson is a comp to TJ's first team. Poor offense, above average defense. Iowa goes as Stirz goes, so I don't really know how I'd pick that one.

 

[cyclonestunners]

Did they say it's the school's first tourney in a long time? I kinda hate that as a thing.

ISU's patience will be crucial like normal.

Whose tips should we frost?

 

[Cyched]

Please take the Iowa simping to the Hok thread.

Once they weren't announced in our region or grouping, I just laughed that they were going to be grouped with Florida or Houston.

This hand-wringing over whether they'll win or not when they're in a different region is strange.

 

[bos]

Exactly, Hampton should be fresh in all our minds. Nothing is guaranteed in this tournament, even 1 seeds aren't entirely safe anymore.

Fresh? No. Whole different program and era

 

[Die4Cy]

UCLA gets love to the Elite Eight every year and never does. SMH.

 

[OrangeCarrot]

Whose tips should we frost?

Heise

 

[cycloneworld]

Sec had 10 but they had the majority of bubble and low seeds.

Yep. Big 12 had a 1, two 2s, a 4, 5, and 6. A ton of respect for the Big 12.

 

[bos]

Iowa's opponent Clemson is a comp to TJ's first team. Poor offense, above average defense. Iowa goes as Stirz goes, so I don't really know how I'd pick that one.

I may pick Iowa due to their pesky play

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Incredible draw for ISU, elite 8 is gonna be a cakewalk

 

[cstrunk]

Houston dangerous in that 2 hole.

 

[CentexCyclone]

Turn over the guards, run the break and score with their shot blocker sucking for oxygen 30’ behind the play.