RPI back to #10, showdown @#9 looming

[DiehardClone]

We could have been a 1 seed that year but chose the 2 seed so we could play in Minneapolis. Forget where I heard that but remember it being someone credible.

If it was on the Internets, it's good as gold.

 

[CyFan61]

I just hope the RPI buoys our seed into the 2-3 range when March comes along.

ISU will solidly join the 2 seed conversation with a win @ A&M Saturday.

 

[CyFan61]

We could have been a 1 seed that year but chose the 2 seed so we could play in Minneapolis. Forget where I heard that but remember it being someone credible.

99% sure this is not true.

 

[CycloneErik]

We could have been a 1 seed that year but chose the 2 seed so we could play in Minneapolis. Forget where I heard that but remember it being someone credible.

I would need a direct quote from the tournament committee that such a thing was ever done. That's just not a possibility at all.

 

[Cyballz]

We could have been a 1 seed that year but chose the 2 seed so we could play in Minneapolis. Forget where I heard that but remember it being someone credible.

Actually we chose to be the 1 seed in the south but the secretary that took the call at the NCAA was a Stanford grad and totally forgot to tell the committee chairman, so we lost out. Or maybe we chose Minneapolis because it was a shorter drive for Eustachy and his RV. Anyway after that year the NCAA stopped letting teams pick their seeds.

 

[cyclones500]

I would need a direct quote from the tournament committee that such a thing was ever done. That's just not a possibility at all.

Agree, I believe that "choosing a 2 for Mpls" is Snopes-worthy.

 

[atlantacyclone]

The amazing thing is that all four of our losses have been within a last second shot. I can't remember the last time that we have been in every game in a season...especially this late in the season and against an incredibly tough slate.

 

[TedKumsher]

99% sure this is not true.

How in the world do you have 1% uncertainty?

 

[F5cy]

Interestingly enough, the only top 5 team we don't have on our schedule (UNC) lost to two teams we also lost to.

 

[dahliaclone]

Actually that wanting a two seed to be closer for fans is 100% true. Gene Smith wanted it

 

[Cyclonepride]

Actually that wanting a two seed to be closer for fans is 100% true. Gene Smith wanted it

Wanting it may be true. But asking for it and getting it does not happen.

 

[jsb]

If UNC ain't sweating that loss, I ain't sweating that loss.

Yep.....we are the only team with three top 25 RPI wins. Even those losers with only 1 probably have a bad loss mixed in there.

 

[jsb]

I would need a direct quote from the tournament committee that such a thing was ever done. That's just not a possibility at all.

I think the committee thought they were rewarding us with the 2 and Minneapolis vs. the 1. At the time, the fans really weren't ****** about the 2. I know that I wasn't because I had bought first round tickets to Minneapolis in January and spent most of the season hoping that we'd earn a seed that would get us there.

 

[BoomerClone]

We could have been a 1 seed that year but chose the 2 seed so we could play in Minneapolis. Forget where I heard that but remember it being someone credible.

Yeah, and we also chose to be placed in MSU's bracket so we could play them in would was essentially a home game for them.

 

[DurangoCy]

Yep.....we are the only team with three top 25 RPI wins. Even those losers with only 1 probably have a bad loss mixed in there.

Top 10 not top 25.

 

[CyFan61]

How in the world do you have 1% uncertainty?

Could be aliens.

 

[CyFan61]

Only team with three Top 10 RPI wins... no one else has more than 1.

Only team with three Top 5 in AP Poll wins... no one else has more than 1.

 

[Gink]

I hate to mention it but I think UNI would have 2 wins against RPI top-10 teams.

Jeff BorzelloESPN Staff Writer

Iowa State now has three RPI top-10 wins (Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa). No one else has more than one.

 

[CyFan61]

I hate to mention it but I think UNI would have 2 wins against RPI top-10 teams.

Iowa State is not in the RPI top 10.

 

[ISUFan98]

We could have been a 1 seed that year but chose the 2 seed so we could play in Minneapolis. Forget where I heard that but remember it being someone credible.

This might be the dumbest thing ever posted here. Stop making up **** and saying someone else "credible" told you that. Teams don't choose their seeds in the NCAA Tournament. Not then. Not now. Not ever.