Blind Resume

HawkeyeRyno said:
Because Iowa has no respect. They've been missing from NCAA for nearly a decade. These other bubble teams have made multiple appearances since Iowa's last appearance. It's a disrespect factor in some effect. Iowa has to battle their poor image on top of winning games. Makes it more difficult for them.
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Non-factor.
 
HawkPrdatr40 said:
We wouldn't even be discussing things like this if Iowa played a better Non-Conference schedule.
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This isnt exactly true.

Say Iowa plays a slightly tougher non-con schedule and goes 9-4 or 8-5. The SOS and RPI would be better but we would also be talking about a team with an overall record of 17-13 or 16-14. I dont think that team would be considered in the tourney either.

Fran has said multiple times over the course of the year that he would not change a thing about their OOC schedule.. Thats good enough for me.

The Hawks missed some oppurtunities to win some B1G games. That is the problem right now, not the OOC schedule.
 
I agree with the assessment on Iowa, but none of this justfies a Baylor, UMass, AZ State, etc being a 'higher' bubble team than Iowa. Because, even by the data, they are not. Somebody mentioned a disrespect factor.....
 
Section136 said:
This isnt exactly true.

Say Iowa plays a slightly tougher non-con schedule and goes 9-4 or 8-5. The SOS and RPI would be better but we would also be talking about a team with an overall record of 17-13 or 16-14. I dont think that team would be considered in the tourney either.

Fran has said multiple times over the course of the year that he would not change a thing about their OOC schedule.. Thats good enough for me.

The Hawks missed some oppurtunities to win some B1G games. That is the problem right now, not the OOC schedule.
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Exactly and you nailed it..

Welcome back Section. :)
 
Another thing to note with these blind resumes. Iowa played 11 games against top 50 teams. No one else has played over 6. My guess (just a guess) is the wear and tear of 11 of these games rather than 4 or 6 would have all of these teams under .500 in games against the top 50...especially a team with 7 losses against 101+ teams.
 
HawksMN said:
I agree with the assessment on Iowa, but none of this justfies a Baylor, UMass, AZ State, etc being a 'higher' bubble team than Iowa. Because, even by the data, they are not. Somebody mentioned a disrespect factor.....
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Yeah I'm not getting this either. I look at ASU and their big non-conference wins are Arkansas (84) and Texas Tech (226). And they have non-con losses to Depaul (196) and Creighton (not bad loss). They just had a bad loss to USC and finish at Arizona before the Pac 12 tourney. Need to have Arizona take care of ASU in the season-ender. Their best win (according to RPI) is Colorado, twice, which is currently 24 in the RPI. Iowa has a win over 21 Minnesota. A single win (road win at Colorado) seems to be the only explanation for why ASU would be listed ahead of Iowa. But if the computers like Sagarin and Pomeroy matter at all, ASU shouldn't be in the discussion. They are 79 in Pomeroy, 96 in RPI, and 79 in Sagarin. Iowa is 31 in Pomeroy, 36 in Sagarin and 75 in RPI. It makes no sense to me.
 
Section136 said:
This isnt exactly true.

Say Iowa plays a slightly tougher non-con schedule and goes 9-4 or 8-5. The SOS and RPI would be better but we would also be talking about a team with an overall record of 17-13 or 16-14. I dont think that team would be considered in the tourney either.

Fran has said multiple times over the course of the year that he would not change a thing about their OOC schedule.. Thats good enough for me.

The Hawks missed some oppurtunities to win some B1G games. That is the problem right now, not the OOC schedule.
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Say they played North Carolina Central, Toledo, and Hampton instead of Coppin State, Northern Illinois, and SCSU. Iowa's opponents would have 31 more total wins on the season and Iowa would almost certainly have still gone 11-2 in the non-conference. The Hawks would be noticeably higher in the RPI. Iowa could have organized their non-conference schedule in such a way to still play teams they should easily beat without playing the cupcakes of cupcakes.
 
thejumper5 said:
Say they played North Carolina Central, Toledo, and Hampton instead of Coppin State, Northern Illinois, and SCSU. Iowa's opponents would have 31 more total wins on the season and Iowa would almost certainly have still gone 11-2 in the non-conference. The Hawks would be noticeably higher in the RPI. Iowa could have organized their non-conference schedule in such a way to still play teams they should easily beat without playing the cupcakes of cupcakes.
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We were down 20 to Gardner-Webb and struggled with Central Michigan and Western Kentucky. I'm not so sure they wouldn't have lost to a team ranked in the 200's early season if they played more of them.
 
thejumper5 said:
Say they played North Carolina Central, Toledo, and Hampton instead of Coppin State, Northern Illinois, and SCSU. Iowa's opponents would have 31 more total wins on the season and Iowa would almost certainly have still gone 11-2 in the non-conference. The Hawks would be noticeably higher in the RPI. Iowa could have organized their non-conference schedule in such a way to still play teams they should easily beat without playing the cupcakes of cupcakes.
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If you can tell which teams are going to be ranked in the 150-200 range in the RPI and which teams will be ranked +250 in the RPI months before the season starts, when the schedule is set up, then you have a gift.
 
Section136 said:
If you can tell which teams are going to be ranked in the 150-200 range in the RPI and which teams will be ranked +250 in the RPI months before the season starts, when the schedule is set up, then you have a gift.
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Thats a bit of a stretch. The program has a pretty good idea.
 
ILHawk's pretty much right here. Iowa knew they were scheduling ****** opponents (worst in the country ******). Fran pretty much admitted it. It may keep us out but then again, hold onto one or two of the blown losses and it would have meant nothing but keeping us from a higher seed.
 
WindsorHawk said:
Another thing to note with these blind resumes. Iowa played 11 games against top 50 teams. No one else has played over 6. My guess (just a guess) is the wear and tear of 11 of these games rather than 4 or 6 would have all of these teams under .500 in games against the top 50...especially a team with 7 losses against 101+ teams.
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This is a good point because if we had played 6 instead of 11 we might have 4-5 more wins.......
 
hawkinn3 said:
Perhaps Iowa should consider playing a tougher non-conference schedule. If we had played some better teams we would be in already.
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Not if we lost 4 more game because we played better competition.

This team needed time to grow. We barely beat Gardiner-Webb, remember?

I think Fran had the right strategy. The team just needed to win a few (or maybe even just 1) of their close games.
 
bcl20 said:
ILHawk's pretty much right here. Iowa knew they were scheduling ****** opponents (worst in the country ******). Fran pretty much admitted it. It may keep us out but then again, hold onto one or two of the blown losses and it would have meant nothing but keeping us from a higher seed.
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Exactly. If we go 6-6 in non-con rather than 10-2, would we even be talking NIT bubble?
 
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