I would add Jackson to that contingent list of Burton and Young emerging, in order for me to be optimistic. Even more than Weiler-Babb, I think we need someone coming off the bench during tight games who provides an offensive spark, when Naz and Thomas are struggling, and even in spite of other weaknesses, such a spark would give us a chance (Tyus McGree, anyone?)
Will we make the ncaa tournament (PIG doesn't count)
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I would add Jackson to that contingent list of Burton and Young emerging, in order for me to be optimistic. Even more than Weiler-Babb, I think we need someone coming off the bench during tight games who provides an offensive spark, when Naz and Thomas are struggling, and even in spite of other weaknesses, such a spark would give us a chance (Tyus McGree, anyone?)
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Our resume is dog **** right now. Winning at home vs BU and WVU won't be enough.
Love the assumptions in this thread about winning at Vanderbilt. That was the second most predictable loss of the season besides the Squawk game.
Our resume is dog **** right now. Winning at home vs BU and WVU won't be enough.
Love the assumptions in this thread about winning at Vanderbilt. That was the second most predictable loss of the season besides the Squawk game.
Where did he say that? Because his bracketology page has us as an 8 seed and that was before we lost to Vanderbilt.
It's not as horrific as you're making it out to be. We have 2 top 50 wins right now and are in the top 50 ourselves. As long as we don't pick up any bad losses we'll probably need 3 more top 50 wins to get in. Our seed probably won't be where we want it but when you don't do anything in the non conference that'll happen.
fwiw, the bracket matrix brackets that have been released today average out to between a 9 and 10 seed. One of them has us missing the tournament, so the exact average kind of depends on how you count that.
I disagree. It's less-than-stellar, of course.
Syracuse has much closer to a dog-**** resume, and SU actually is beginning to creep back into the fringe-bubble group.
ISU does need to get more top-50 wins, for starters.
It's optimistic to think we beat both WVU and Baylor at home, but if we win all of our remaining home games I think we sneak in.
The entire season's been predictable imo. If you knew back in 2013 that we'd add only Burton would you be high on 2016-17 turning out well? We don't have enough difference makers and/or too many holes to win enough close games. If we make the tournament Prohm will have done a hell of a job.
Honestly surprises me a little, since he had ISU 8 seed on 26th ... but several teams in that general area lost since then, too.
We're gonna be very bubbly. I predict us as a 10 right now if we beat WVU and Baylor at home. I don't think that will happen though so I have to go with NIT.
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Back to back losses to WVU and KU will put us on the outside looking in, and I wouldn't be remotely surprised to see us go down to UT and lose. I'd put my bet on not getting in to the tournament.
I must have missed where everyone was predicting a loss to dirt and urine. That one still has me more devastated of all our losses.
I think some of you need to check out the resumes of bubble teams right now. The field is not that strong this year. ISU's RPI will rise as conference play continues and as more come in, as they should. A loss Tuesday night will have me a tad concerned, though.
Lol why don't people any to accept we're not on the bubble right now and we're in perfectly fine shape to make the tournament? Don't you want ISU to do well? Or do you just like ISU on your terms and when those terms aren't met you come on CF and try to convince everyone we're horrible?
That's rhetorical for the few whiny little ******* to respond to.
That's rhetorical for the few whiny little ******* to respond to.
I think we get a couple more conference wins than that but pretty much agree. Kinda sad
