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  1. NiceMarmot

    Latest Bracketology

    Just finished my final Selection Sunday bracketology projection. I have ISU as a 9 playing North Carolina in Gonzaga's pod in Portland. Went back and forth on Rutgers vs. Oklahoma as my final team in for a good half hour. No idea how the committee will or can decide between those two and...
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    Otzelberger comes to defense of players after blowout Big 12 Tournament loss to Texas Tech

    Literally took me two seconds to google "TJ Otzelberger Tristan Enaruna" and this is the first link result. Someone in the media asked him a month ago, he gave an answer (defense, rim protection, rebounding, energy), and yet people still continue to act as if it's this grand mystery. Same with...
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    Otzelberger comes to defense of players after blowout Big 12 Tournament loss to Texas Tech

    Reading through this thread and the Tech gameday thread, if anyone is seriously giving TJ a negative evaluation right now, 32 games into his coaching tenure, you can 100% ignore their opinion in any way, shape, or form. They are clueless. Hate to simplify things that much, but that's the...
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    ***Official 2022 Transfer Thread***

    What's the Tom Hardy line from Inception? "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling." Not to insult these smaller conference players, but I think TJ and staff will be going big-game hunting this offseason to try to find some big time scorers and a more versatile 5-man.
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    Higgins calls Big 12 most difficult league in the country to officiate

    This. No one commands the court better without taking over the game. Unlike Sirmons. Screw that guy.
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    Latest Bracketology

    That is possible, but it is an absolute last resort if there are no other alternatives. An example, maybe a week or so ago, my 10-seeds were Miami, North Carolina, Wake Forest, and Notre Dame, and I had Duke as a 2-seed. In that scenario, one of those teams would be dropped to an 11 and an 11...
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    Latest Bracketology

    My bracket for today after this weekend's games. If Iowa State loses to Texas Tech and stays in that 8/9 range, our first round opponent will likely be one of the following teams. North Carolina San Diego State Michigan State Marquette Miami Murray State Boise State Notre Dame/Wake Forest if...
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    NET Rankings are Flawed

    I wouldn't worry too much about that site's bracket. Their resume comparison tool is useful, but with that bracket, they're not trying to predict what the committee will do; they're showing what the bracket would look like if it was based entirely on NET.
  9. NiceMarmot

    Latest Bracketology

    Updated my bracket today. See here for bracket, Resumes comparison tool, and some team tiers. I've got ISU as the last 7-seed. The Colorado St to TCU group in the seed list is our main competition at this point I'd say. Root against these teams to guarantee that 7-seed.
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    Latest Bracketology

    Updated my bracket today which I originally posted here. I've got Iowa State as the first 7-seed right now, with LSU and St. Mary's directly in front of them and Iowa, Marquette, and Michigan State as the other 7-seeds. If you use the table in the Resumes tab of the Google sheet, ISU's Q1...
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    WCC Tourney Bracket…I’ve never seen this

    Ehhh, I don't think it's too big of an issue, and I think it makes sense as a way to reward regular season success. This is especially true in years where your 1 or 2 seed are "on the bubble" and you don't want a bid thief. The OVC does something similar. If/when South Dakota State loses in the...
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    Bracketology Guide / Resume Comparison Data

    With so many games last night and also having some time today, I was able to update my bracket today. Here's today version. Looks like Warriner at Making the Madness also updated today, and he too has ISU as a 7 (and also in Kentucky's pod in Indy). I also used the Resumes tab in the linked...
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    Bracketology Guide / Resume Comparison Data

    Wednesday's game against West Virginia might be the most "important" (depending on how you want to define importance, @ Baylor definitely provides most opportunity) left on the schedule just from a standpoint of avoiding a potential "bad loss". West Virginia is currently 75 in the NET; there's...
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    Bracketology Guide / Resume Comparison Data

    The 3 teams toughest to seed right now are Houston, Iowa, and North Carolina. Good performance metrics (BPI, Kenpom, Sagarin) compared to lesser resume metrics (KPI and SOR). And all 3 have 0 or 1 Q1 wins as of right now (of the three, Iowa is in the best shape as far as opportunities for future...
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    Bracketology Guide / Resume Comparison Data

    So there have been a handful of bracket/resume/NET related threads, but I haven't seen one that really summarizes or guides people on which brackets to look at, who's best, or where to compare resumes. Hoping this thread can help. Background, I've been doing bracketology off and on since 2014...
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    Latest Bracketology

    Using Torvik's tool called Teamcast, you can change games to wins/losses and see how it affects Tournament seeding/chances. For this scenario, I gave ISU a win in every home game the rest of the way and a loss in every road game. Win one in KC vs. OU before losing to Kansas. This scenario would...
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    Iowa State vs Texass (longhorn network)

    This thread making it clear that people still don't understand the difference between the ESPN app, paying for ESPN+, and ESPN3. The fact that the two Iowa State/Texas images say "ESPN3" and "Longhorn Network" below them while the OSU/Iowa State women's game says "ESPN+" and the fourth image...
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    *** Official #23 IOWA STATE vs Oklahoma State Game(Day) Thread ***

    Thinking about the game today and this may be a weird thought, but by far my favorite moment of the game was Hunter dogging Anderson (I believe?) as he brought the ball up the court. Tapped it away 2 or 3 times before diving on the floor trying to get the steal. A lot of people would look at the...
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    *** Official Iowa vs #17 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

    If you're still looking for Kenpom-like analytical data without any data from the previous season factored in, on Bart Torvik, change the date on the main page to "20211102" instead of "20211101". That focuses the data strictly on this season alone. Bart Torvik Rankings with Last Season's Data...
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    Robert Jones commits to ISU

    There's 13 scholarship players. About 8 to 9 will contribute in games, possibly even just 7 once you get into meat of conference schedule. It's likely he won't be a game-changer on the court (most players aren't!), but that's not always needed or even preferred. Anyone who's looking for a bunch...
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