Iowa Seed?
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QuadCityHawkeye
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They win two I think they get a 5 or 6.
Win one a 7.
Lose out and probably a 9 or 10.
Win one a 7.
Lose out and probably a 9 or 10.
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DDThompson
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Doesn't matter. Anyone really afraid to draw the Hawks now?
bcl20
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Lunardi has us as a 4 before this loss. I don't think this loss is a killer RPI wise. Even a Michigan loss on the road isn't a huge deal. One in the big 10 tournament would be bad, to a bad team. We got punished for collapsing two years ago so that will probably cost us a seed (even though they say it isn't supposed to it clearly did 2 years ago, we should really have been in the play in game). Lose out I think a 7 just because we'd probably still have a 6 seed resume and they'll punish us for the collapse.
It's weird to be a lock for the tourny and be ****** as **** and have no enthusiasm for the tournament game.
It's weird to be a lock for the tourny and be ****** as **** and have no enthusiasm for the tournament game.
bcl20
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Again, they are probably a 5 seed at this moment. One loss doesn't put you from a 5 seed to the bubble. This collapse sucks *** and we shouldn't even be thinking 6-7 seed but they'd be nowhere near the bubble.
HaydenHawk56
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7 or 8 seed. Maybe even 9.
skinnykilmer17
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I am thinking 8 or 9.
ClintonIAfan
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With the freshmen stepping up the way they did today. Add into that a healthy Peter Jok after he recovers from his illness. I think Iowa beats Michigan and makes a deep big 10 tournament run. This can push Iowa back up to 4.
mopkins
King Kong
Lets pretend right now Iowa is a 6 seed...as Jerry Palm just now moved them down to. They lose @michigan, an RPI top 60 team. That doesn't hurt much. They go to the BTT as a 6 or 7 seed and face either Penn State or Northwestern, that costs them a seed.
Its CRITICAL to remember that every single team except for about 10 will finish their NCAA resume with a loss because of their conference tournaments. Some of those will be bad losses some of them won't hurt one bit, but 95% of all teams lose before the NCAA tournament
To think Iowa could get a 9 or a 10 seed is pure madness and overreaction.
Its CRITICAL to remember that every single team except for about 10 will finish their NCAA resume with a loss because of their conference tournaments. Some of those will be bad losses some of them won't hurt one bit, but 95% of all teams lose before the NCAA tournament
To think Iowa could get a 9 or a 10 seed is pure madness and overreaction.
WindsorHawk
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We have to lose a Thursday game in the BTT to have any chance of falling below a 6 IMO. Beat Michigan and win the Big 10 Tournament and we could get as high as a 2 IMO. I think we will end up being a 4 or 5...big difference if the goal is playing 2 games in Des Moines. We have to be a 4 for preferential treatment related to geography.
I am not being sarcastic, I really do appreciate your optimism. I wish I could be more like that. I see us on the 7 line.
1977Hawkeye
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I think that's probably true. If that happens, maybe a 7..
IMO, 3 seed is our ceiling now. IIRC, the 2005-06 team was right around the 4-5 seed range at this point of the year, they won the BTT, and got a 3. So I guess I'll use that scenario as basis for our best case this year. I suppose it would depend on the path to the BTT title, though. If they have to beat 2-3 of the best teams in the conference to get there, then that would help.
If we could get a 3, sign me up right now, I'll take it.
1977Hawkeye
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WindsorHawk
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I'm really just going from research and projections. If anyone has us lower than a 6 I haven't seen it. Kenpom and Sagarin both have us ranked 17 and Louisville is ineligible so that projects to a 4. Our Real Time RPI is 27 with Louisville ahead of us. Average those 3 out and we're a 5.
