The Fran fade
- Thread starter CyTwins
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I think Maryland loses though. It's certainly been disappointing for the Big 10 but that's what happens in single elimination. I think no matter what the media tells us there's really never a time that 1 conference is that far superior than the rest. One can be the best but it's strength was at least exaggerated to some degree.
Live in Colorado so watch CU on occasion. I think the PAC 12 is better than advertised. Also that Jaquez from UCLA is a stud. I picked the Oregon State upset after seeing them in the PAC 12 tourney.
Not saying Iowa will lose but watched a couple of Grand Canyon games on YouTube and I don’t think they’re too bad. They have two tall players one of whom led the country in fg%. One can hope. Midgard transferred from some larger school (I’m too lazy to do research) and he looks solid.
Ah, I misunderstood you. I thought you meant that their bigs struggled to score. My mistake.
We aren't that lucky as ISU fans. But good God would it be possibly the greatest sports moment of the year aside from our football team winning the Big 12 next Fall. If those two things occur this year, I will be happy about sports for a VERY long time.
The top to bottom argument is hurt by three really bad teams in the Big 12. The B1G doesn't have a team outside the top 100 of KenPom. The Big 12 has a team at #137, #149 and #173.
Metrics are great but this year they mean so much less with how little conference interplay there was. Most team non-cons were a couple tomato cans to kick and then straight into conference play, making it hard to build an accurate weighting of team performance. There wasn't many checks against initial assumptions.
