Steve Prohm isn’t in Ames anymore.
Games Cancelled
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Agree. If these were conference games with class in session they likely don't get cancelled. A 10 day break vs a 13 day break isn't going to be that much of a difference when Baylor comes to town.
Players want to get home--let's remember their safety as well
Agree he isn't, but TJ almost had his Steve Prohm moment a couple times last year. Granted, we probably would have given him some grace last year.
Disagree. A two week layoff when Baylor will be playing a couple of games to tune up will be significant.
The unfortunate truth is that it might.
Bracketologist have determined one of the main factors the committee looks at for teams on the bubble is the raw number of wins. Iowa State is not going to struggle with the other criteria -- e.g., the strength of schedule, Q1 wins, avoiding bad losses, etc. -- given the difficulty of its schedule. The schedule is so difficult that it might struggle on the win total criterium, though, which is why collecting all those free wins against cupcakes like UNO and splitting non-con games with peer P6 (win SJU, loss Iowa) squads is so important.
Look upon me and despair --
If Iowa State ends up with 17 wins and they're in the NIT or maybe Dayton, this will be why.
I'll disagree with this at least TJ's team was trying hard on defense last yrs team was was just offensively challenged many times last yr. Prohm's team in those games never played as a team at all and certainly didn't give sustained defensive effort. The only game I've been really disappointed in so far in TJ's tenure is this yrs Iowa game didn't think we would get rolled like that, but the women did the exact same thing still a little confused why both teams did so poorly in I.C. this yr. Wouldn't be afraid to play them again but disappointed in what went down.
Snow at 1 and wind 30 to 40 mph tomorrow in OmHaHa. I can see why it was cancelled
I meant from our perspective. Of course it will be an advantage for Baylor that they've played a game in the leadup to the conference opener.
Well ****. Hope we can schedule something else in between. The reps would be nice and having another blowout would help our net rankings
Certainly not saying you're wrong or this graphic is wrong but if the NCAA committee looks at our resume and goes "If only they had that Q4 win that got cancelled" then they're not doing their jobs. Regardless, I hope that it doesn't come to that.
Wind doesn’t pick up till 11pm in Omaha tomorrow. I understand now though that it’s to allow players to travel home today.
Team is going to leave tonight to get home and likely will return Monday. We'll want to give next Friday off so that means we'll have to find an open team between now and the 29th. Not impossible and I'm sure Jamie has made some calls.
Showing the probability of making the tournament based on win totals doesn't prove anything. Yes, win totals matter, but that's because they correlate with all of the other things that make up a good resume. You have to win basketball games to get good wins and you have to win basketball games to avoid bad losses. That doesn't mean the committee will look at ISUs resume come selection time and say, "Well, if they'd just had that 18th Quad 4 win against Omaha that got cancelled they'd be in, but as it stands now they are out. Got to have 18 wins."
You'd think coaches would know this and/or athletic directors.
Maybe we'll schedule a random non-conf game down the road but there aren't going to be too many opportunities to do that when you play Mon/Tues/Wed and then usually Saturdays.
Well JP always talks about doing what is best for the athletes, and in reality this is a good call, but I'll admit I'm bummed about missing 2 BB games.
Best case scenario is you get something scheduled for the 28th or 29th of December. That gives the team a couple of days to get their legs back from break and scout the next opponent while also giving them enough time between that game and the Baylor game.