Iowa creeps onto NCAA tournament bubble

Hard to ignore a team that is tied for 6th in the conference. Iowa is starting to become the team experts like to bring up because they think everyone has forgotten about them. They are the "hey let's not forget about this team...." of college basketball.
 
Never have I seen fan atics so excited about finishing 6th. They have unfinished business to do. So far, the 6th team in the B1G whether it be IL, MN, or IA hasn't done a whole lot. Especially Iowa. Loved the rodent massacre, but that was a wounded team that scored what 8 points in 20 some minutes? Don't care how good the D is, scoring that many points isn't just about D.

I think I've only seen one team ever score that in a half and that was Iowa in a win against MSU. MSU had 6 if I remember right.

Play as poorly as IA did early on against much of the rest of the schedule and the outcome won't be so pretty. Woody's role needs to be changed.
 
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Good grief, man, yes we can be excited about finishing 6th..

ILHawk said:
Never have I seen fan atics so excited about finishing 6th. They have unfinished business to do. So far, the 6th team in the B1G whether it be IL, MN, or IA hasn't done a whole lot. Especially Iowa. Loved the rodent massacre, but that was a wounded team that scored what 8 points in 20 some minutes? Don't care how good the D is, scoring that many points isn't just about D.

I think I've only seen one team ever score that in a half and that was Iowa in a win against MSU. MSU had 6 if I remember right.

Play as poorly as IA did against much of the rest of the schedule and the outcome won't be so pretty. Woody's role needs to be changed.
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from where Iowa was as a program 3 years ago to having the chance to finish 6th in the best conference in the country this year is good. Of course Iowa has "unfinished business" in order to finish 6th. But Iowa's unfinished business is less than what either Illinois or Minnesota has to get to 6th.

By what measure did Iowa play poorly? If the game was 8 minutes long, then yes. But outscoring Minny by 37 the rest of the way is kicking butt and taking names. Gophers have been reeling but no one has taken them to the woodshed like that.

What, exactly, should be Woodbury's role? He played a whopping 9 minutes yesterday. His play in the first 4-5 minutes of the second half was a nice glimpse into the future. Gets fouled, misses both (FT shooting a struggle), then gets a great offensive rebound and putback and follows it up with a great read off a screen and finishes with a dunk. Of course he struggles to play consistently well and with fouls, most people predicted that this year.

May and McCabe are already getting more minutes, and the ones playing down the stretch in games.
 
ILHawk said:
Never have I seen fan atics so excited about finishing 6th. They have unfinished business to do. So far, the 6th team in the B1G whether it be IL, MN, or IA hasn't done a whole lot. Especially Iowa. Loved the rodent massacre, but that was a wounded team that scored what 8 points in 20 some minutes? Don't care how good the D is, scoring that many points isn't just about D.

I think I've only seen one team ever score that in a half and that was Iowa in a win against MSU. MSU had 6 if I remember right.

Play as poorly as IA did early on against much of the rest of the schedule and the outcome won't be so pretty. Woody's role needs to be changed.
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MInnesota is considerably better then 3 of the 5 games we have left. We played like that for the entire game AT Purdue and still was a huge favorite to win with a minute left. I'm not saying I want to play that bad I'm just saying we can still have a chance to win 3 of the games if we do. If we play like we did the last 33 minutes Indiana will be in trouble.
 
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If the Hawks are sitting at 8-8 going in it will be.

Right now the true test is Thursday in Lincoln.
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True from the standpoint that Nebby is our next game. However, beating Neb will prove nothing. That is a game we should win. If we lose it will kill our chances.
Illinois is a game we can win, and should we do so, it will enhance our resume greatly. Nebraska win does nothing. Only hurts if we lose.
 
ILHawk said:
Never have I seen fan atics so excited about finishing 6th. They have unfinished business to do. So far, the 6th team in the B1G whether it be IL, MN, or IA hasn't done a whole lot. Especially Iowa. Loved the rodent massacre, but that was a wounded team that scored what 8 points in 20 some minutes? Don't care how good the D is, scoring that many points isn't just about D.

I think I've only seen one team ever score that in a half and that was Iowa in a win against MSU. MSU had 6 if I remember right.

Play as poorly as IA did early on against much of the rest of the schedule and the outcome won't be so pretty. Woody's role needs to be changed.
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Was Minnesota a wounded team when they jumped out to a 16 point lead or were they only wounded after Iowa switched to the zone and they didn't have the intelligence or guidance to beat it?

Play as well as Iowa did the last 30 minutes and we go 4-1 the rest of the way.
 
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True from the standpoint that Nebby is our next game. However, beating Neb will prove nothing. That is a game we should win. If we lose it will kill our chances.
Illinois is a game we can win, and should we do so, it will enhance our resume greatly. Nebraska win does nothing. Only hurts if we lose.
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Not true. Nebraska is right outside the top 100 in RPI, a road win over them will help our RPI quite a bit.
 
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Not true. Nebraska is right outside the top 100 in RPI, a road win over them will help our RPI quite a bit.
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RPI is not much of a factor. Illinois>Nebraska
You have failed to prove that my original assertion is "not true." /fail
 
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I've been waiting to see how you would spin this win in a negative light. Eventually others will come to the realization that you're just stirring up trouble and could care less about Iowa. I have to admit I didn't see the direct criticism of excited fans as the next attack.

ILHawk said:
Never have I seen fan atics so excited about finishing 6th. They have unfinished business to do. So far, the 6th team in the B1G whether it be IL, MN, or IA hasn't done a whole lot. Especially Iowa. Loved the rodent massacre, but that was a wounded team that scored what 8 points in 20 some minutes? Don't care how good the D is, scoring that many points isn't just about D.

I think I've only seen one team ever score that in a half and that was Iowa in a win against MSU. MSU had 6 if I remember right.

Play as poorly as IA did early on against much of the rest of the schedule and the outcome won't be so pretty. Woody's role needs to be changed.
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I can usually be known for hijacking a few posts.... So, here goes...

I wasn't sure if I shouldv'e posted here, or in the RPI calculation thread.

I don't think the B1G has a plethora of final 16 candidates.

Michigan State might be the best team in the conference, and may have final 4 possibilities.
Indiana lost to Butler.
Unless Michigan plays teams that are as weak as they are on the post and also play somewhat uptempo (like Michigan), they seem to have a hard time winning. Michigan's outside shooting seems to be suspect. Zone them. Get back.

Wisconsin will have problems against any team with a strong post presence. How long can Brust keep it up?

I can't get a handle on tOSU at all. What's happened with them? Is Thomas hurt?

Minnesota's claim to fame is beating 'good' teams in the B1G.

Iowa, IMO, has a young acting cast and an inexperienced coach.

If Iowa gets into the NCAA with a, for example, 9-9 record in the B1G, they will, IMO, lose in the first round, and I don't see that helping Iowa much.

EDIT: a high enough RPI gets you into the tourney. That's why more and more major conferences are eliminating the scheduling of games against teams in the FCS, or traditionally weak conferences.
 
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ILHawk said:
Never have I seen fan atics so excited about finishing 6th. They have unfinished business to do. So far, the 6th team in the B1G whether it be IL, MN, or IA hasn't done a whole lot. Especially Iowa. Loved the rodent massacre, but that was a wounded team that scored what 8 points in 20 some minutes? Don't care how good the D is, scoring that many points isn't just about D.

I think I've only seen one team ever score that in a half and that was Iowa in a win against MSU. MSU had 6 if I remember right.

Play as poorly as IA did early on against much of the rest of the schedule and the outcome won't be so pretty. Woody's role needs to be changed.
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Shut up and, good God, no one cares.
 
ILHawk said:
Never have I seen fan atics so excited about finishing 6th. They have unfinished business to do. So far, the 6th team in the B1G whether it be IL, MN, or IA hasn't done a whole lot. Especially Iowa. Loved the rodent massacre, but that was a wounded team that scored what 8 points in 20 some minutes? Don't care how good the D is, scoring that many points isn't just about D.

I think I've only seen one team ever score that in a half and that was Iowa in a win against MSU. MSU had 6 if I remember right.

Play as poorly as IA did early on against much of the rest of the schedule and the outcome won't be so pretty. Woody's role needs to be changed.
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So fans can't get excited about the BB team (that after so many years of sucking) shows signs of becoming a good team/program again?

Iowa kicked Minnesota's ***. Stop making excuses for them. They were lost against Iowa's zone. Kudos to our coach.
Iowa is competitive almost every night out now, even against teams that will compete for the National Title this year. Of course Iowa has work to do. So do many other teams.

Illinois hasn't done a whole lot? Illinois has a double digit win AT Gonzaga, a double digit win over Butler on a neutral court, a 19 point win over then #8 OSU, and a win at home against #1 Indiana. NOBODY in the country has better wins than Illinois. I hate them but it's the truth.
 
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