sportstalent
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a 6 seed, oh how the expectations have changed.
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wundergrape
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6th seed? A hedged bet if ever I've seen one. All this tells me is that people don't know what to make of us.
sportstalent
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ISU as a 12 in a last four in game against Illinois.
STILLBUSTER
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Actually, it confirms expectations - that Iowa is considered a top 20 - 30 team. He started them at a 7 (= 25th-28th) and has moved them up to a 6 (= 21st-24th).
No hedged bet for me as I wouldn't take them any higher than a 5 seed, which, to me equates to their ceiling of being ranked right around 20th. Given their s.o.s., that's a pretty big step forward.
No hedged bet for me as I wouldn't take them any higher than a 5 seed, which, to me equates to their ceiling of being ranked right around 20th. Given their s.o.s., that's a pretty big step forward.
HawkeyeShane
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What the F??? How long was I asleep? Did we beat Kansas in the Atlantis thingy? How did we do in conference??? Did the Gophers figure out that they didn't hire "Rick" Pitino?
sportstalent
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Yes Rip you did, it is now 2014 and we are looking forward to next season and seeing how Peter Jok becomes a 1st team all BT player after being named Freshman of the Year this past season.
You have some catching up to do. I can't believe Joe has us a 6 after finishing 3rd in the BT this past season and Mike Gesell was name 2nd team All BT.
JonDMiller
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All this tells me is Joe's bosses told him to make a new one of these after Kansas got the Wiggins commit...and it's as worthless as it is in December...BUT....I still love looking at it
HawkeyeShane
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AWESOME! I'm going to run over to the Football Board to see how we're doing!
Edit: Looks like my prediction of a bounce back weren't as accurate as I had hoped...
1977Hawkeye
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This seems like a reasonable prediction to me based on what preseason expectations will be. There are no guarantees obviously, but I still feel that Iowa could potentially do even better than a 6 seed if things break the right way. I personally felt previously that this team could be potential 4/5 seed material, but who knows?
At any rate, I sure enjoy this much better than being picked to finish 11th in the conference like we were most years from 2008-2011 or so.
At any rate, I sure enjoy this much better than being picked to finish 11th in the conference like we were most years from 2008-2011 or so.
1977Hawkeye
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Gotta disagree. If Oglesby makes his 3's, Iowa wins a few extra games and gets into the NCAA Tournament, but not as a 4 seed (because of the non-con SOS). Did you see what happened to Oregon? Finished 2nd in the Pac 12, won 28 games overall, and were handed a 12 seed. Maybe Iowa does a little better than that due to the Big Ten being such a good conference last year, but I doubt very much higher.
sportstalent
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Of course, 8th guy in the rotation makes that much of a difference...if my aunt had nuts she'd be my uncle.
And she probably would shoot it better than JO.
sportstalent
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Iowa's 3-pt% was ranked in the 300's...it wasn't just JO like some want to believe...that is the point.
