ISR March to Madness thread

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And Iowa got 2 Q1 wins by Indiana winning and Utah State winning.

Iowa being ahead of Iowa State is ridiculous but there’s nothing anyone can do about the formula and how it values teams.
Yes, 2-5 looks a heck of a lot better for Iowa than 0-5 vs. Quad 1. I don't think they are going to get too many with the rest of the schedule - MSU at home, @ Michigan and @ Illinois seem like some opportunities for them. If Iowa gets one of those and Indiana and USU can hang in quad 1 Iowa will be in good shape. Drop all three, and it could get dicey, as Indiana and USU are barely hanging on as Quad 1 wins for them.

Indiana is a strange team this year. For the most part really good at home and crap on the road.
 
I think that's accurate.

Not really any "bad" loss possibilities left on the schedule...

Only thing that could throw a wrench in that scenario is if they start getting those 10+ pt losses....apparently take a bigger NET hit for those.
Yeah barring getting smoked by some of these teams, Iowa state only needs to win 4 games to be a lock for the Dance.

Iowa has to take care of business against the bad teams, fight like hell to pickup another Q1 win because the Indiana and Utah State ones are likely to fluctuate.
 
Mizzou was the dumbest team I've seen in a long, long time. If their contested shots didn't fall in the first half, and if ISU didn't take their foot off the throats with like 4:30 left, they would have lost by 30+. I can not see how that coach will be there next year.
He always gets talent but never puts it together. Think Turgeon would be a candidate? Devries?
 
I feel like for ISU, 7-11 plus a win in KC and they're in.

I would say this is almost a certainty. The positive for ISU is that there will be no bad losses on the resume. None. That's huge. The downside is that after the TCU game it's clear that there are no easy wins for this team. It would also be nice if Creighton can hang on in Q1.

No matter what happens the rest of the way, ISU is going to have no bad losses and will have a good number of Q1 wins.
 
Yeah barring getting smoked by some of these teams, Iowa state only needs to win 4 games to be a lock for the Dance.

Iowa has to take care of business against the bad teams, fight like hell to pickup another Q1 win because the Indiana and Utah State ones are likely to fluctuate.
After KU, which I think is a coin flip, ISU should win their other 4 homes games. Should.
 
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And Iowa got 2 Q1 wins by Indiana winning and Utah State winning.
Yep, both of those teams are one slot into Q1. Utah St has 3 Q1 games left but all on the road so likely they may drop back into a Q2 for Iowa if they lose all three of those. Indiana is pretty precarious as they have Ohio St, Purdue, & Mich St on the road and Illinois and Wiscy at home.
 
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Yep, both of those teams are one slot into Q1. Utah St has 3 Q1 games left but all on the road so likely they may drop back into a Q2 for Iowa if they lose all three of those. Indiana is pretty precarious as they have Ohio St, Purdue, & Mich St on the road and Illinois and Wiscy at home.
I think it's unlikely especially Indiana remaining a quad 1 win. Home vs. Michigan and Michigan State are the biggest games remainning
 
I have Chris Mack going to Kansas State but you could interchange them
I think about the carousel a lot.
I've penciled in Larranaga retiring at Miami, Anthony Grant replacing him, and Mack replacing Grant at Dayton.
 
Yeah barring getting smoked by some of these teams, Iowa state only needs to win 4 games to be a lock for the Dance.

Iowa has to take care of business against the bad teams, fight like hell to pickup another Q1 win because the Indiana and Utah State ones are likely to fluctuate.
Looking at the schedule I think the Hawks need 6 more wins.....maybe 1 in the BTT to be safe...

Taking care of business tonight would be a nice start.
 
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Looking at the schedule I think the Hawks need 6 more wins.....maybe 1 in the BTT to be safe...

Taking care of business tonight would be a nice start.
4 what I think should be damn near 100% wins: sweep Hoiball, Minny and NW at home. Just got to get a couple more.
ACC is terrible this year, so should be available spots.
 

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