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Conference record is overblown, but so is the RPI. It is important, but not nearly as important as people fear. Everyone in the room has there own breakdown and opinion of teams. None of the members is simply going to break down his opinion on the RPI. This has been stated by nearly every member...

Doesn't Purdue get the 7 seed under your predictions at 8-10 ? They win the head to head tiebreaker over ILL and MINN.

If WIS wins out, we would need Indiana to beat MICH. If they don't and it is a tie for the title, WIS would be the #1 seed in the BTT, not #2.

Didn't like the upset tonight(and it hurt our RPI), but now a 4 way tie is real possible for the BTT. If Michigan wins at home against IU, we likely will have a 4 way tie (unless ILL upsets @OSU) If MSU beats WIS at home, then the seeds look like this : 1. Indiana 2. OSU 3. Mich 4. MSU 5. WIS...

I agree, I think we match up much better aganist MSU.

Exactly, and this is why the RPI is so flawed. It is more about who you scheduled then how you played. If Iowa would have lost by 50 points last night, we would have moved up the same. Does anybody think a model is good if you can improve by losing by 50 ? Does anybody think when if a team...

Need 4 more wins I think either way. We win the next 3 by some miracle, then lose 1st round game of BTT against a bad team, probably out.

If those 5 teams that average about #325 in the RPI were 5 teams that average #225 (average 100 points better), we would be about 20 spots ahead of where we are now. Another problem with this season is some of the teams that we played early in the season were playing much better then. The...

This is the problem with the RPI. Iowa is getting killed in the RPI because 5 of the teams they played have an RPI of 310+. If they would have played teams slightly better (150-250) we would be significantly better in the RPI. In the RPI, playing ranked teams #180, #181 and #182 is considered...

About 15-18 spots I would guess. RPI forecast has are final RPI at 64 if win win 3 in a row. That can change of course up or down even if win win all 3 based on our past opponents performance. Side note : I really hope Fran learns how to manipulate the RPI next year, because it can be done. He...

One factor used by the selection comittee is vs RPI top 100. Northwestern is close, just outside of the top 100. A win might move them up, making Iowa's top 100 RPI look much better. As far as the actual RPI, The Wis/NU game is a wash, MINN helps more than OSU as we played them twice.

Iowa went from 77 to 80 when the Northwestern-ILL game was entered. Shows a couple things : 1. It would have really helped if NU could have one at home for our RPI. We would have moved to the 74-75 range likely. I thought they would put in a better effort. 2. You can still move up and down...

Any Iowa fan should feel the same way. I am way more worried about @NEB than MINN at home.

Yes, they will, which shows a flaw in the RPI system. Instead of Iowa playing a pair of the 300+ SOS teams in the early part of the season (which I think was good for the team), if Iowa would played @ Duke and lost by 50, and played @ another top 10 team and lost by 50, they would be 20-25...

Adam is playing at such a low Big Ten level, that at this point I am starting to question Fran. I understand he is the future, but he have much better players on the bench at the present.

agree 100% The crowd today was not bad, but given the performance I just expected a little more. Also, I have seen it in Carver for 20 years, but it still depressing how many fans leave early. I understand some people have to, but the swarms of fans leaving with 1-4 minutes left during a great...

I have noticed the difference with Fran's assistants lately also. Very vocal and emotional during the game, especially Francis with Basabe.

The box score does not do him justice. Matt played one of the better games I have seen a Hawkeye play the last 5 years. Clutch shots, under control, hustle plays and leadership.

I agree, open the doors. Everyone in my row was sweating.

Honestly, you need to watch the game. I agree with you 99% of the time. These refs had an agenda, and Iowa isn't near good enough to win 5 vs 8.