Baylor and Oklahoma State vs Iowa's resume

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TheIowaHawkGuy

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How is Baylor "on the bubble" and Iowa is a "lock" for the tourney when both share near identical records and resumes? I love that Iowa is considered a "lock" but taking off the black and yellow shades and putting down the Kool-Aid I don't see why the disparity is so large between the two. Could also throw Oklahoma State in there as well.
 
TheIowaHawkGuy said:
How is Baylor "on the bubble" and Iowa is a "lock" for the tourney when both share near identical records and resumes? I love that Iowa is considered a "lock" but taking off the black and yellow shades and putting down the Kool-Aid I don't see why the disparity is so large between the two. Could also throw Oklahoma State in there as well.
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What are the resumes for each.
 
Well for starters Iowa holds an advantage over both of those teams in about every single category included in a tourney resume… Also, Ok St. lost 6 games in a row and Baylor started 2-8 in conf play.
 
Looked up Baylor, most likely its because they fell apart during conference play. Started 2-8, losing four in a row at one point. Only two wins against the top half of the Big12 (ISU, KSU) with a couple a quality wins against OSU.

If they finish with a win against KSU, that will leave them at .500 in conference with 6-7 quality wins all year, that alone will get them in the tourney, anything in the conference tourney is gravy.
 
TheIowaHawkGuy said:
How is Baylor "on the bubble" and Iowa is a "lock" for the tourney when both share near identical records and resumes? I love that Iowa is considered a "lock" but taking off the black and yellow shades and putting down the Kool-Aid I don't see why the disparity is so large between the two. Could also throw Oklahoma State in there as well.
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Look it up. Its not the Kool-Aid, numbers speak for themselves.
 
Iowa has the better resume. Baylor and Oklahoma State are probably doing enough at the end of the season to make it.
 
rschneider said:
Looked up Baylor, most likely its because they fell apart during conference play. Started 2-8, losing four in a row at one point. Only two wins against the top half of the Big12 (ISU, KSU) with a couple a quality wins against OSU.

If they finish with a win against KSU, that will leave them at .500 in conference with 6-7 quality wins all year, that alone will get them in the tourney, anything in the conference tourney is gravy.
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Here's how they compare:

Baylor
Overall record: 18-10 (have 2 wins vs. non Division 1 teams
2-8 vs. Top 25 RPI
8-9 vs. RPI Top 100
Worst loss: Texas Tech - RPI 118
Road/neutral site record: 4-5

Iowa
Overall record: 19-9) 1 win vs. non Division I team
1-6 vs. RPI Top 25
7-9 vs. Top 100
Worst loss: @ Indiana - RPI 78
Road/neutral site record - 7-6
Note: Iowa also has 5 wins against teams between 100 and 120 in RPI (Notre Dame, Northwestern twice, Penn State, Purdue). Notre Dame losing its best play after Iowa played them hurt, and ND would most certainly have stayed in the Top 100 RPI.

Okie State
Overall: 20-10
2-5 vs. Top 25 RPI
8-9 vs. Top 100
Worst Loss: Texas Tech - 118
Road/neutral record: 5-7

Overall, similar resumes. Points in Iowa's favor:

Okie State's best road win was at WVU (87 in RPI). Iowa has road wins over OSU (26) and Illinois (71). Man, a win over Iowa State on the road would look good here. Baylor's best road win is over Okie State (39 in RPI).
Iowa's worst loss (@Indiana) is much "better" than the losses to Texas Tech that Okie State and Baylor have. Iowa's road/neutral record is also much better.
The other computer rankings also like Iowa more than the other two. Iowa is between 12 and 14 in Sagarin, Pomeroy and ESPN BPI. Computers also like Okie State in the 20-25 range, with Baylor in the 36-45 range.

I would not want a first-round match with Baylor (like a 7-10 game). Important for Iowa to win at least 1 this week and make a bit of noise in the BTT to keep things at a 6 seed or better.
 
It's called being tied for 7th in your conference standings. And when you are in the Big 12 that means you only have a better recoard than 2 teams one of which has yet to win a conference game (TCU) and the other both Baylor and Okie St split with head to head (Texas Tech).
 
Hopefully you guys understand the only thing TheIowaHawkGuy is doing is trolling. Look at his posting history. He's a Cyclone fan. You're feeding him by responding to his garbage.
 
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