A small chance. Basically two spots open for:
Syracuse
Rhode Island
Illinois State
Kansas State
Iowa
Georgia
Cal
Houston
Indiana
Seemingly never ending Iowa MBB thread (still going.....)
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A small chance. Basically two spots open for:
Syracuse
Rhode Island
Illinois State
Kansas State
Iowa
Georgia
Cal
Houston
Indiana
Is there anything more predictable than Iowa losing first game in the Big 10 tourney? Oh well, they can be well rested for another historic NIT run. Another NIT banner will proudly be hanging in Carver.
I just don't see how they don't take Illinois State at this point. Everyone else has had their chances this year.
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Yeah, Lick is the best thing that ever happened to Fran. Lick's shadow has given him years and years of shade from the spotlight.
Fran's basically been treading water for the last few years, but next to the drowned man he looks like Michael Phelps
How 'bout that huge crowd at the Rutgers Northwestern game? You'll have that when you play in DC with a team from Chicago and another one that's hot garbage from NJ.
This is prime time B1G MBB, LOL
This is prime time B1G MBB, LOL
Wait for bid stealers. Still plenty of time. Could be Indiana pulls it together, Houston wins the AAC, who knows. Illinois State has to hope everyone else on that list loses. Georgia and Cal still have big opportunities for wins.
But guys, remember how bad Licklitter was a decade ago?! I'll take Fran and his not getting to the tourney or winning Big Ten tourney games any day over Lick not getting to the tourney or winning Big Ten tourney games!
It springboarded Iowa into the play in game the next year, meanwhile teams that were in the NIT with them like Baylor and Virginia were gettting #1 seeds and making Elite 8's the following years.
...you're a writer for the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
2013 Top Sports stories: Iowa's run to the NIT Final trumps ISU getting to the 2nd round of the NCAA tourney.
Because everyone knows that winning games in the tournament that you're in because you aren't good enough for the NCAA tournament, is a bigger deal than having success in the actual NCAA tourney.
I wouldn't be shocked if Iowa's win over ISU that season was on the list as well.
They'll spin something a year later to Fran about Iowa being too tired and worn down from their previous game as their excuse.
And how many national titles? Unless you win that who the hell cares? How far you actually get past the first round is a crap shoot anyway. How far could ISU have gotten with Kane and Ejim if they didn't have to play the national champion in the Sweet 16? Same with Iowa last year. Arguing conference dominance in the NCAA tourney is silly.
A decent portion of their fanbase thought they were playing for a national championship or the runner up. There were Iowa fans who were insulted when people said they're playing for #50-69th place that year.
No, they would never throw a decent senior player of theirs under the bus...*cough, Roy Devyn Marble cough*
I remember FB and such blowing up from old high school/college friends and you would have thought anybody else cared about it.
I wouldn't call it riding the coat tails in football for ISU. It's just been harsh reality. Hope
Yeah. Pretty much.
At least Iowa State was in the hunt though. I don't know what the heck Iowa is doing in this turd conference of theirs.
You'd think they'd learn from the last time they wanted the NIT for experience for their young team to go a long way in the NCAA tourney the following years.
ISU was in the 'hunt' like Elmer Fudd hunts. They were marginal but still found a way to be in contention and then pulled off major choke jobs even by ISU football standards.
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