Syracuse being out of their minds from deep is probably the only way they beat us. So of course...
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My biggest issue is with the windfall teams got for "qualifying" for the top 4 place games. If they had used the same criteria to set the 3rd games and then pay out let's say 500k extra for champ, 300k for 2nd, 200k for 3rd, 150k for 4th, 125k for 5th, 100k for 6th and so on so that it adds up to the additional 2 mil, I don't think they would have had as much hate. But when it's 1 million for the 3-0 first place team and 0 for a potentially 3-0 fifth place team, strength of opponent should matter. Seems like it would be pretty easy to incorporate Kenpom/Torvik type metrics into it, which would also allow lesser teams to win upsets and qualify for the place games.
I hate to keep harping on it, but the whole thing was a setup to get bluebloods playing in the "finals" for more eyeballs.
Yeah, let's put ISU up against the defending Big East Champs and a 2 seed last year, followed by Creighton who is a perennial NCAA team and then Kansas versus 2 teams that have been nowhere near the NCAA for 4 years now. And then to top it off, let's make score differential a determining factor.
Who the **** did they think would have a higher score differential considering the opponent quality?
Yeah, let's put ISU up against the defending Big East Champs and a 2 seed last year, followed by Creighton who is a perennial NCAA team and then Kansas versus 2 teams that have been nowhere near the NCAA for 4 years now. And then to top it off, let's make score differential a determining factor.
Who the **** did they think would have a higher score differential considering the opponent quality?
Yeah man, the whole tournament is a conspiracy against ISU! The entire thing was built around hurting ISU to prop up Kansas. All to keep ISU out of a meaningless 3rd place game.
Get a grip dude.
Iowa St knew the rules. Iowa St knew two teams had already maxed out point differential. Iowa St chose to hold the ball for the last six seconds instead of chasing one point that would virtually guarantee a spot in the top five with a lead in the next tie-breaker category but yeah go on.
If any other team did that we’d be ridiculing them. And rightly so.
I never said it was a conspiracy against Iowa St. Im saying it was setup to get Kansas into the "finals" by giving them a joke of a bracket the first 2 games.
When the matchups were announced Notre Dame and Syracuse would have been 2 of the weaker teams in the whole thing. Neither one are projected or have even been to the tournament in years.
It's not meaningless!
You guys that think that arent looking at the big pictute. Not only did we miss out on NIL money, but we also missed out on a potential signature win against a Q1-A opponent instead of Syracuse.
Had Iowa State drawn lesser opponents, you'd have complained about 'setting up matchups to hurt Iowa State's resume'.
Regardless of format, this weekend has been nothing but a success.
As opposed to Kansas' path of 2 low Q2 wins (at best) and likely getting stomped by Tennessee.
Do I wish Iowa State was playing the Volunteers today? Yes.
Has Iowa State already gotten resume-wise what they need from this MTE? Yes
As mentioned by Blum, just making the fourth place spot in the tournament was worth as much to NIL as all the Ames Lager consumed since it rolled out two and a half years ago. It's ok to admit ISU messed up. I still remember when MacCarney took the ball first in overtime the first time that rule was in place and lost.
This tourney played out perfect for ISU. We couldn’t have asked for a better week. Time to put aside the inferiority complex, quit whining about our matchups and enjoy a wildly successful trip to Vegas.
Of note on the Player's Era NIL thing:
On W&B this morning, B said that the way Iowa State does these things, the NIL gained from this tournament was already paid out in advance to this year's Iowa State MBB players (or something similar). Any additional unplanned income there would be banked and go towards next year's budget. So it's not like this year's team is missing out on money here.
On W&B this morning, B said that the way Iowa State does these things, the NIL gained from this tournament was already paid out in advance to this year's Iowa State MBB players (or something similar). Any additional unplanned income there would be banked and go towards next year's budget. So it's not like this year's team is missing out on money here.
Getting your panties in a bunch over $200 K in NIL money and complaining endlessly about the matchups Kansas drew is not “looking at the big picture.” It’s whiny, insufferable negativity.
I don't think getting more money as a group pulls a team apart though. But I can't argue with today's results.
Feel bad for Syracuse. Playing 2 top big 12 teams and Kansas in a 3 day stretch. I wouldn't wish that on my worse enemy. But I would wish it on Iowa.
Glad we're blowing them out. Show the idiots at players era how dumb their format really is.
sorry syracuse
sorry syracuse
We will play more Q1 games than 98% of the country.
