No JW for Iowa, no LW for ISU... probably about an even trade. Wish they could both play!
No JW for Iowa, no LW for ISU... probably about an even trade. Wish they could both play!
Have they had a good enough Non-con though?
They won their games, good for them, but every loss Oregon, PITT and UCONN has taken since makes it look less impressive. It is very possible that ISU is their only chance of a W from a Tourney team in the Non-con.
Fran shouldn't risk playing Joe W in any circumstances if he can make his ankle worse. They need him for the rest of the year. The importance of the game for the Hawks shouldn't be understated.
I have not seen anything from Oregon that would make me think they would finish top 3, let alone win their conference.Bold to think that Oregon won't be a tourney team. Couple injured pieces coming back for conference play. Plus they will most likely win their conference giving them an auto bid.
Oregon has dug themselves a huge hole especially if the Iowa game falls into the "bad loss" category. They can be 2 or 3 games over .500 in the Pac 12 and still be on the outside looking in.Only 1 team from the PAC 12 has to make it. It’s happened before. Right now, Oregon doesn’t at all look like a tourney team.
Oregon has dug themselves a huge hole especially if the Iowa game falls into the "bad loss" category. They can be 2 or 3 games over .500 in the Pac 12 and still be on the outside looking in.
Bold to think that Oregon won't be a tourney team. Couple injured pieces coming back for conference play. Plus they will most likely win their conference giving them an auto bid.
This site has them going 18-13 with a 19% chance to make the tournament...
https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/
They have ISU going 22-9 with a 75% chance.
We have done more against better teams, and Iowa's wins look less impressive every week. We have a very strong home court for the Big 12 slate.
Hate to say it, but looking at March, Iowa needs this game more than us. We have a game or two to give; they are going to quickly be in a tight spot.
Yeah, PAC12 has been sending 3-4 teams or so? Can't remember, but it's been remarkably shallow for a power league.
They sent 3 last year (Arizona, Arizona State & UCLA) and 4 the year before (Arizona, Oregon, UCLA & USC).
It's the bestThe bench reaction is so great
In the last 10 tournaments they've sent 4 or fewer teams 6 times, twice sending only 2 (2010,2012)Yeah, PAC12 has been sending 3-4 teams or so? Can't remember, but it's been remarkably shallow for a power league.
Context. We did all that with 4 freshman, two transfers and a PG who have never played ball together.maybe, but ISU's non-conf looks kinda lackluster so far.
Mizzou is 5-3 with wins over UCF and Oregon St. Lost to Temple.
Lost to Arizona. Won @ UCONN but is still a little bit of a mystery as to how good they are.
Illinois is 2-7 who has lost to every decent team they've played against. No good wins.
San Diego St. is 5-3 with a win over Xavier in Maui. Just lost to San Diego
People will use the injury card. Illinois is looking like a quad 3 win. SD St. and Mizzou maybe quad 2.
Is that better than Iowa's? Maybe. Some people need to pump the breaks on how good our non-conf schedule was.
I don't really disagree with that. Wigginton is the better player, sure, but Iowa State has had weeks to gel without him. Could see where being down Wieskamp would be more detrimental for this game in particular.
While there is an adjustment to losing any starter the next game and it impacts the roseter it shouldn't be THE excuse for the Hawks losing at home. Fran will be inserting a older player that has started before in Joe place. Baer, Dailey or Moss all have played/started major minutes in CHA against other P6 programs including prior CYHAWK game.
Losing Wigginton for instance and starting a true freshman is a lot more impactful and difficult implementation in my opinion. Prohm didn't complain, rather asked Tyrese, Lewis and Zion to step up.
Even in this series, ISU lost Dejean-Jones due to suspension a day before the game resulted in CFH starting Nader who stared and won the game. Really that was AN coming out party as a Cyclone.
Context. We did all that with 4 freshman, two transfers and a PG who have never played ball together.
maybe, but ISU's non-conf looks kinda lackluster so far.
Mizzou is 5-3 with wins over UCF and Oregon St. Lost to Temple.
Lost to Arizona. Won @ UCONN but is still a little bit of a mystery as to how good they are.
Illinois is 2-7 who has lost to every decent team they've played against. No good wins.
San Diego St. is 5-3 with a win over Xavier in Maui. Just lost to San Diego
People will use the injury card. Illinois is looking like a quad 3 win. SD St. and Mizzou maybe quad 2.
Is that better than Iowa's? Maybe. Some people need to pump the breaks on how good our non-conf schedule was.
I wanted to dig in a little bit about both Iowa and ISU non-con schedules using NET rankings since that is what the committee will use as a main resource (rankings as of now):
Iowa:
56) (Neutral) UCONN (W by 18)
58) (Neutral) Oregon (W by 8)
92) Pittsburgh (W by 1)
114) Green Bay (W by 11)
242) UMKC (W by 14)
336) Alabama St. (W by 27)
still to play
19) Iowa St.
227) (Neutral) UNI
294) Western Carolina
309) Bryant
324) Savannah St.
Iowa St.:
18) (Neutral) Arizona (L by 5)
78) (Neutral) San Diego St. (W by 30)
101) Missouri (W by 17)
125) (Neutral) Illinois (W by 16)
164) Texas Southern (W by 12)
196) Omaha (W by 17)
206) North Dakota St. (W by 22)
336) Alabama St. (W by 26)
still to play
48) @ Iowa
60) @ Ole Miss
121) (Neutral) Drake
311) Eastern Illinois
341) Southern