Wisconsin's NET took a pretty big hit over the last two weeks. The lead is wider than you realize. As it sits right now Wisconsin is closer to a 5 than they are a 3.
Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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Wisconsin's NET took a pretty big hit over the last two weeks. The lead is wider than you realize. As it sits right now Wisconsin is closer to a 5 than they are a 3.
It's more likely than not we lose 3 more games including the Big 12 tournament.
It's pretty possible we could lose 3 more in the regular season too. 3 road games left - 1 against Houston. 2 home games left against Top 25 opponents.
I agree we are in a very good spot right now but I'd still prefer Wisconsin take a bad loss to Iowa Saturday.
Bracket matrix has 106 bracket projections on it.
6 of them have Wisky 1 seed better than ISU.
15 are same.
58 have ISU a seed better.
20 have ISU 2 seeds better.
Overall average ISU 2.93, Wisc 4.0
Garza and the Murrays covered up some pretty glaring issues, and now that the shine of a decent run with them has worn off you realize you wasted 2 generational talents with a horrible supporting cast.
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Yea but they can't help themselves. Going into their game against ISU they were drooling over the possibilities of the season and how they had a lot of talent just waiting to emerge.
I think that is the stunning issue with the group they have now. Other than Freeman ( and I question if he has the mental toughness) they have nothing to develop. Perkins might have the skills somewhere but has really been disappointing. Are you banking your hope on Sandfort, Harding and Dix taking a big step forward?
If you are counting the big XII tournament we would need to lose 4 to drop behind wisconsin. It would be in the horribly wrong territory no matter how you slice it.
Yep, the Iowa media was fawning over the potential of this team when the season started. They were all expecting Payton Sandfort to have this huge growth trajectory but it's pretty clear that his ceiling should have been a solid player in the Valley. Perkins will be out the door, who do they bring back next year that can even put the ball on the deck and create a shot? Next year will be the end of the Fran era because I don't see them being any better.
Disagree. Things feel really good right now but losing 3 more regular season games and not winning the Big 12 tournament is a strong possibility.
KenPom has ISU finishing at 12.64 regular season wins. So more likely to finish 13-5 but 12-6 is almost just as possible. 12-6 and not winning the Big 12 tourney wouldn't be a "horrible collapse" and would probably still get you a 3 seed in the NCAA tournament.
I don't like getting the cart before the horse. Last year we went 2-5 in the last 7 games. The focus should be on going 1-0 for each of the next 7 games. Things will take care of themselves after that.
And wisconsin probably needs to win out besides the purdue game to get a 3 seed. Almost everything would have to go wrong for us to drop below wisconsin and Illinois. One of them has to lose their head to head and both are likely losing to purdue.
All their other games hurt their metrics just for playing. They might drop in some of the metrics for the other 4 even if they win.
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I'm not sure the exact time frame, but Texas did put up 46 in a half on us last week.
The hell we do. There is not a single scenario in the entire universe where I would want Iowa to win. None. Notta. Period.
Even with Kansas there would be a couple scenarios where we'd want them to win
to help us by giving a team a loss. That's never the case with Iowa. Nobody should ever want anything good for Iowa, ever.Hell, I'd even vote for Russia or China over Iowa in the Olympics.
They will find a way to win that one. Wisconsin is not that good and this is basically Iowa’s Super Bowl at this point.
They'll get their dead cat bounce win this weekend on their way to losing more games they shouldn't the rest of the way out.
Iowa is a bad team in a bad conference. Hoping that Fran moves on after this year.
I always prepare myself for the worst possible outcome. Part of being an ISU fan
Perkins Drew a foul, was supposed to go to the line but said something to a spectator and received a technical, that foul ended up being his 5th, so he fouled out. After Maryland shot the technical free throws, another player had to shoot for Perkins bc he had fouled out.
