*** Official Selection Sunday Thread 2023 ***

[WastedTalent]

TCUs play in opponent has to fly across the country and then come back and play them.

Yeah that 11 seed play in would have probably been better than Iowa St's. And Iowa St technically got the best 6 seed.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Watch out for those Texas Froghorns lmao

 

[stateofmind]

Mississippi State - Kenpom offense 146, Defense 6
Pitt - 24 offense, 142 defense

Not sure which we'd rather get

Go Pitt! We suck against Okie St and WVU. Awesome against BU and KU.

 

[Final42b]

I’d rather play a major conference bubble team than a hungry mid major with 30 wins

 

[exCYtable]

Texas Frog Horns LOL Clark Kellogg

 

[cyatheart]

I ******* love this mindset. Let's just forget that these two teams won't have time to prepare for us. Let's be upset about a reason to be glum about Iowa State. JFC

I love our draw, love it.

 

[Clonefan32]

I like our draw. Get a little chip on the shoulder with the 6 and I’d rather play either Pitt or MSU than VCU like St Mary’s got.

 

[exCYtable]

Mississippi State - Kenpom offense 146, Defense 6
Pitt - 24 offense, 142 defense

Not sure which we'd rather get

Pitt

 

[ZuriCyclone]

ISU is better served with a break, and they can look at film for both teams, the teams cannot look at ISU until after Tuesday.
ISU is a very unique team to play, if you don't have time to prepare you will turn the ball over a lot most likely

There is a whole season of Tape to Watch , teams know exactly what they are getting. ISU has been rocked by lower seeds multiple times. In this case they will be coming in with a recent live Ncaa game practice vs us playing the scout team.

 

[ISUChippewa]

Terrible draw for ISU, we will be coming from a long break to play a team that just played in a live game days before.

Good thing for you that you are not a fan anyway.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Why do teams from Rounds 1/2 go to different regions?

Is it necessary in order to follow all the bracketing rules?

It happened after Iowa State got shipped to Boise in the first round in 2001. They wanted top 4 seeds closer to home regardless of what regional they were in.

 

[trevn]

I could have named the people that hate our draw before they started announcing teams.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Indiana who got swept by iowa a 4 seed. What a joke.

 

[Clonefan32]

I ******* love this mindset. Let's just forget that these two teams won't have time to prepare for us. Let's be upset about a reason to be glum about Iowa State. JFC

Had this exact thought. People realize they also won’t have time to scout us, right? And will prioritize scouting their first opponent whereas we can look at both.

 

[jsb]

Mississippi State is coached by Chris Jans who is from Iowa. He’s a pretty slimy coach.

 

[Big_Sill]

I like our draw. Get a little chip on the shoulder with the 6 and I’d rather play either Pitt or MSU than VCU like St Mary’s got.

Just really hate playing a team who has already got one under the belt. Agree otherwise.

 

[Pope]

I'm more concerned with how we match up with Xavier. They will stand between us and the Sweet 16.

 

[DSM4Cy]

I think we have a relatively easy route to the second weekend, but a much less likely chance of advancing past that. Playing Texas in the S16 in KC…doesn’t sound like much fun.

 

[Statefan10]

It’s not a horrible draw at all. It’s also not a perfect draw. Last year we played two teams with completely different styles back to back. I’m not worried about playing either styles. If we play well we will win.

I’d also rather have gotten a play in game vs two P5 teams than Charleston in Greensboro, Drake or Oral Roberts.

All in all, decent draw!

 

[HoopsTournament]

There is a whole season of Tape to Watch , teams know exactly what they are getting. ISU has been rocked by lower seeds multiple times. In this case they will be coming in with a recent live Ncaa game practice vs us playing the scout team.

But they aren’t going to watch it until after Wednesday.