Can't have it both ways

[MisterLucky]

I keep hearing the pundits saying the Indiana still deserves to be a one seed because they won the regular season of the best basketball conference in the country. But then on the other hand I hear that Iowa's sixth place finish in the same conference (finishing above both Minnesota and Illinois) should not be taken into consideration because it's not relevant. Seems contradictory to me.

 

[HawksMN]

The heads can spin things anyway they want. Just the way it goes.

And it bears repeating, Minney is NOT a tourney team. I will refuse to recognize them. I will just give their first round foe a bye into the next round. Trash team.

 

[SpecialKHawk]

The heads can spin things anyway they want. Just the way it goes.

And it bears repeating, Minney is NOT a tourney team. I will refuse to recognize them. I will just give their first round foe a bye into the next round. Trash team.

Could not agree more.. Minnesota is a garbage team. I can handle not getting in but to think of Minnesota is a 'lock' is laughable considering how pathetic they were in most of their remaining 15 games.

I wish the NCAA would just schedule 4 tough games for every power conference team to start the year and if you win one or two these games your school can take the rest of the year off until the tourney. Then take the remaining schools who did not win and have them play the rest of the 28 game season for the remaining 10 spots.

 

[Klondike53226]

I keep hearing the pundits saying the Indiana still deserves to be a one seed because they won the regular season of the best basketball conference in the country. But then on the other hand I hear that Iowa's sixth place finish in the same conference (finishing above both Minnesota and Illinois) should not be taken into consideration because it's not relevant. Seems contradictory to me.

As all Big 10 tables are not of equivalent difficulty, this statement is not contradictory at all. Even a cursory glance at Iowa's schedule reveals that it was of minimal difficulty juxtaposed to other Big 10 teams. 66% of Iowa's wins in conference came against teams who completed the season with losing records, and Indiana played Ohio State, Michigan State, and Ohio State twice, while Iowa only played each team once.