Illinois-Iowa

[CyFan61]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but Iowa finished up with the exact same regular season record as last year.
20-11 (9-9) But, DEPTH!!!

Didn't realize that. If they drop their first game next week they are wading into 11/12 seed territory.

 

[CyArob]

Stop cherry-picking numbers.

Fine. 5-9 against top 50 rpi teams. Iowa is still better than all 9 of those teams.

 

[bigdaddykane]

how good will lowa be next year

 

[MLawrence]

I, for one, am sick and tired of seeing Iowa lose to teams they're better than.

At least there's one team in the Big Ten helping out the RPI.

 

[Bret44]

Fine. 5-9 against top 50 rpi teams. Iowa is still better than all 9 of those teams.

0-1 against Iowa State.... Which is obviously a poorer team.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

Same record as last year. And last year's Hawk team deserved an invite more than this group. Last year if I am not mistaken, they won 4 of their last 5. This group doesn't deserve a bid unless they can win two........TWO in the conference tourney. West Virginia is a better candidate. They just beat KU, beat us, beat OU and have the same conference record as Iowa in a tougher conference. All the pre-season love should not be the reason a team gets a bid. Somewhere along the line they have to earn it. And this Hawkeye team has not.

 

[GMackey32]

how good will lowa be next year

Still not good enough to make the (real) tourney.

 

[The_Architect]

how good will lowa be next year

NIT ceiling

 

[Cyclonepride]

I firmly believe that they are in (maybe barely if they lose in the tournament), but there will definitely be some fans sweating it on selection Sunday.

 

[CycloneErik]

how good will lowa be next year

They'll still be funny, but not as overrated.

 

[F5cy]

Only Oklahoma taking care of business against tcu bucked the trend of a good basketball day. Add Roy getting smoked in dukieville to the list of positives.

 

[Cy$]

just looked and Iowa's RPI is at 47. If they lose to Purdue, they might not make it. RPI in the 50's at least if they lose that game, their RPI will be around 55. They'll be sweating it out during selection sunday if they lose that first game.

 

[RayShimley]

So who does Iowa get in the first round of the B1G?

 

[MeanDean]

So looking over their season....
The win against Michigan stands out as impressive.
Their second best win appears to be against Nebraska.
Yeah, they beat Ohio State when they were ranked 3, but Nebbie finishes ahead of OSU in the B1G standings so considered a better win? Maybe not, OSU was away.
But still, considering their hype, hard to think of a Nebraska win as one of their high points.

 

[HFCS]

Iowa is 1-4 since Fran shut down twitter.

Fran may be a bad season or two away from needing a LinkedIn account.

 

[ajk4st8]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but Iowa finished up with the exact same regular season record as last year.
20-11 (9-9) But, DEPTH!!!

Wow. That is unreal. Just shows you how amazing the BIg 10 is this year. wow. Worlds most bestest awesomest conference ever.

 

[HFCS]

So looking over their season....
The win against Michigan stands out as impressive.
Their second best win appears to be against Nebraska.
Yeah, they beat Ohio State when they were ranked, but Nebbie finishes ahead of OSU in the B1G standings so considered a better win? Maybe not, OSU was away.
But still, considering their hype, hard to think of a Nebraska win as one of their high points.

Yeah, I forgot that Michigan blowout win. They have two impressive wins. @OSU is solid. Neb at home wouldn't even register as one of our better Ws.

 

[ajk4st8]

So who does Iowa get in the first round of the B1G?

Looking like Purdue, then Nebraska.

Talk about a rough tournament.

 

[HFCS]

Wow. That is unreal. Just shows you how amazing the BIg 10 is this year. wow. Worlds most bestest awesomest conference ever.

If Iowa's 6th or 7th place, how will they fit them all in the Final Four?

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

The big 10 is so overrated. Besides Michigan, what team scares anyone?