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Is ISU a Cinderella?

Is ISU a "Cinderella"?

  • Yes

    Votes: 159 56.8%

  • No

    Votes: 121 43.2%
  • Total voters
    280
NorthCyd

NorthCyd

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Thought this seemed like a fun and dumb debate topic. Dan Patrick mentioned ISU in his opening monologue today and called ISU a "Cinderella" along with St. Peters. Clearly St. Peters qualifies, but does ISU? I get that double digit seeds in the sweet 16 are generally considered "Cinderellas", but ISU had been ranked in the top 10, has an elite top 10 defense, and up near the top in quad 1 wins. So what do you think? I'm not upset if people refer to ISU as a "Cinderella", just not sure it qualifies IMO.
 
With all the negative hype on the team toward the end of the season- yes.
The Cyclones are rolling to the Elite 8, which nobody expected.
 
I think Cinderella is often attached to a mid-major team. But I think it applies to anyone below a 8 or 9 seed, too. I agree with above post also that it applies here due to the fact we finished 7th in the conference and quite honestly aren't aesthetically pleasing offensively to the typical basketball fan. But winning is winning. 'Ugly, but effective' is what I often say.
 
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If it weren't for St Peter's, we would be cast in the role. I feel like there is only room for one Cinderella in the narrative. If they lose and we win, then we get "elevated"
 
I could see us being considered a Cinderella because we went from 2 wins last year to the Sweet 16. But I agree with the previous post that we were ranked in the top 10 at one time and beat a lot of quad 1 teams this year and play in a power 5 conference so I personally don't see us as a Cinderella.
 
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I voted 'no'. The seeding was probably fair for how the season finished and ISU let a few games get away from them but not enough people took the time to notice that ISU played this way in how they beat or even dismantled non-conference opponents.

I had someone tell me how great the ISU/Iowa game was because of how rivalries bring out the scrambling for loose balls, defending, etc. and I had to explain that they just play like that.
 
allfourcy said:
I think Cinderella is often attached to a mid-major team. But I think it applies to anyone below a 8 or 9 seed, too. I agree with above post also that it applies here due to the fact we finished 7th in the conference and quite honestly aren't aesthetically pleasing offensively to the typical basketball fan. But winning is winning. 'Ugly, but effective' is what I often say.
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I would agree with certain exceptions. A school like Michigan with nearly unlimited resources is not a Cinderella.
 
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By the way, and maybe its already been discussed, but as torturing as the Okie State and big12 matchup w/Tech were, is anyone else thinking it might have been the best thing that happened to this team as far as NCAA seeding goes? If we had been the 8/9, a second round game vs. a No.1 is a much tougher path (as in TCU). Was so pulling for TCU last night, what an effort by them.
 
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I voted yes, but it's a close call on this one the more you think about it. The Big 12 was by far the best conference, and we were under-seeded because they didn't give enough value to our horrendously tough schedule due to that. Probably should have been a 6 or 7 (Big 10 inflated their perceived value playing each other, and the crappy teams at their bottom). We didn't have that luxury.
 
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