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I guess I just think the landscape is different now. Nobody is hanging on to players. The blue bloods lose their best players to the NBA and the middle tier like ISU and Iowa lose their players to blue bloods. It just is what it is.

Maybe, but Lute coached in a time when the tourney format was different. First round games are not comparable to first round games now. For example, he lost the "First round" in '79, but he was a 4 seed vs. a 5 seed and both teams had a bye before that. In '81 he lost a "First round" game where...

Just my opinion but this is a net zero proposition, because Iowa is also playing against teams going through the same thing. For example, Iowa swept Minnesota who is pretty bad this year. However, it would have been a lot tougher and Iowa might have lost one if Carr was still on the team, who...

Why would they? Ricky Rubio, a guy who is a career 11 PPG scorer makes 18 million a year. There are 479 active NBA contracts - 124 of them are guys making more than 10 million dollars a year. 207 are more than 5 million a year. You compare that to sports like the NFL, where the players on...

The NBA is nothing like the NFL money wise, but it's a LOT better than the NFL money wise for the players. These guys are making absurd amounts of money. Guys you've barely heard of make 10 million a year. They don't strike a balance because they don't need to.

The eligible date for the draft is set by collective bargaining with the NBA and the players association.

Iowa will destroy Nebraska, I'm just assuming that happens.

Virginia is right on the edge of that top 75 rating, which would give Iowa another Q1 win. Michigan and Michigan state at 33 and 35 respectively are close too. I think Iowa ends up with another Q1 win by the end of the season from a team they've already beaten. Regardless I think Iowa is...

I mean this with all due respect to everybody, but Fran is the consummate high floor, lower ceiling than some fans want kind of guy. And it is year 13, so the only thing I can think of is that people are just tired of it. There is a reason why Jimmy Johnson said nobody should coach in one place...

If you want to look up the "other reasons" why he was let go from ISU you can, but I don't think Iowa is missing anything by not getting him to be honest.

Houston doesn't have one currently either and probably won't get one, and they are a lock. Va Tech doesn't and their NET is #36 so they'd be pushing it. Bracket Matrix has Iowa as an 8 seed and ISU as a 9. http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

Agreed, but IMO the NET ranking is an opinion, just another one. For example, we know NET values offensive and defensive efficiency more than winning, if you look at various other metrics. KenPom and other efficiency metrics more closely align with NET than results based metrics like KPI and...

They've sustained it for almost an entire season at this point.

Of course. The point is I trust a plurality of opinions much more than one opinion. That's why you have things like selection committees, to get some level on consensus among people and organizations that have disparate priorities.

Which is why you have the committee.

I disagree - I think just seeing everybody based on NET would be absurd due to the outliers. Biggest example to me has and remains Wisconsin - #22 in NET, but tied for the most Q1 wins in the country and has a 9-3 record against Q1 teams. IMO that is a great resume but for some reason the...

Everything I'm going to say here is not meant with any disrespect but there is a lot of thinking in this post that doesn't line up with how the committee thinks. 1. Conference standings don't matter. It's not in the criteria. ISU is dead last in the Big 12 right now and is still in most...

That's literally every fanbase like it or not. I think it's extremely foolish for any parent to be on it. Just my opinion though.

Honestly the Big 12 might be the best it’s ever been. Lowest ranked team is KSU at 63. Almost every game is a Q1 game. Clones still ranked 36 in the NET and have a 5-7 record against Q1 teams. Just gotta go 4-4 to end the season at 20 wins and I think they are in which would be miraculous...

The general sentiment in this thread is that the Big 12 is dumb for just taking the top two teams in the league. Since they've done that, the CCG's have been very competitive. The Baylor/OSU game last year was one of the best games of the season and was decided by about 1 inch on the final...