Iowa is going to have a lot of opportunity coming into conference play
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InGoodCo
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Iowa is 54 in the opening Net.
What is a Quadrant 1 win?
- Home games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 1-30
- Neutral games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 1-50
- Away games vs. opponents with NET ranking of 1-75
So, as of right now, teams beating Iowa in IC will enjoy the Q1 victory as I don't see them really falling out of the top 75 unless something drastic happens.
Also, of note, for people losing their mind after the Utah State L, Utah State is currently #14 in the Net Rankings and that is likely going to stay a Q1 loss for some time.
The challenge is that only 3 of those 11 Quad 1 games are at home.
InGoodCo
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Yeah, that is true, but them being on the road is probably what makes that. Hawks are going to have to win on the road this year or at worse case, split. Really, Iowa just needs to go 500 or better and they are likely in the dance.
InGoodCo
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FWIW - Traore is a game time decision tomorrow night. Cooper Koch is out. I got a bad feeling that Cooper is going to hang it up for the year as I think the injury is pretty serious if what I am hearing is true.
Which sucks because I thought he might be one of our better plays by the end of the year.
Which sucks because I thought he might be one of our better plays by the end of the year.
BigD
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What made me lose my mind with the Utah State game was that it wasn’t played in Utah. I would have been at the game with my family.
It is one of the reasons I would love to see Utah or BYU join the Big Ten. That way I could at least see the Hawkeyes playing with in driving distance. BYU is 7 miles away and Utah is about 50 miles away.
Of course neither one of those schools would join the Big Ten because they know what’s good for them.
Nebraska found out the hard way…….. hahahahahahaha. They left their no defense conference and their days of rolling of fifty points a game came to a crashing halt.
thedukeofearl
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BigD
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Thank you for the explanation.
Gander Hawk
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Really bad
Fryowa
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I'm good with the net since it's applied to all teams equally, but here's where it sucks and could easily be remedied in 5 minutes...
The problem with the net is the hard cutoffs. Makes zero sense. We're supposed to believe that beating the #30 team is two times better than beating the #31 team? That's pretty silly. Make it equally weighted according to rank.
The problem with the net is the hard cutoffs. Makes zero sense. We're supposed to believe that beating the #30 team is two times better than beating the #31 team? That's pretty silly. Make it equally weighted according to rank.
STILLBUSTER
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Hawks have opportunities - both ways. So far, they're 0-1.
Not losing my mind over UtSt but it is one I thought they'd win and it is definitely a lost opportunity due to bad play. Where we probably differ the most is I think, more often than not, they'll lose those opportunities.
We'll find out a LOT at Mich / vs ISU / nuetral Utah. 2-1 and Hawks would be a fringe dancer (10-11 seed). For that matter, we'll find out a lot IF they lose tonight ... That would be a very steep climb to make NCAA.
Not losing my mind over UtSt but it is one I thought they'd win and it is definitely a lost opportunity due to bad play. Where we probably differ the most is I think, more often than not, they'll lose those opportunities.
We'll find out a LOT at Mich / vs ISU / nuetral Utah. 2-1 and Hawks would be a fringe dancer (10-11 seed). For that matter, we'll find out a lot IF they lose tonight ... That would be a very steep climb to make NCAA.
InGoodCo
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Felt the exact same way. Had to have tonight. I think this team is still building and finding its way. Wish I knew what we could expect out Traore or Koch
