Lunardi Update
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Don't worry, Iowa wins then their in. Lose their out. They control their own destiny. Couldn't ask for a more simple way to go about it.
hawkfandon0114
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Ready for the hawks to just win tonight screw the experts
Yes, but it changes with every game played.
As would be deserved. Fran set the non-con like be did because there were enough good wins in the Big Ten. Well, this is how you get one of those wins. Without it, just not enough on the resume.
SpiderRico
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I ain't buying MTSU....they're going to be the 2013 version of 2006 Missouri State. Good RPI, but didn't win their conference tourney and didn't beat anyone of significance.
I ain't buying Boise St. either. 2 of their "good" wins (Top 100 RPI) are Wyoming who finished something like 5-13 in their conference.
LaSalle I'm buying. Good RPI and wins against Villanova, Butler and VCU are good wins.
Kentucky I'll buy for the time being.
So I still think there are 2 spots up for grabs between Iowa, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Ole Miss.
I ain't buying Boise St. either. 2 of their "good" wins (Top 100 RPI) are Wyoming who finished something like 5-13 in their conference.
LaSalle I'm buying. Good RPI and wins against Villanova, Butler and VCU are good wins.
Kentucky I'll buy for the time being.
So I still think there are 2 spots up for grabs between Iowa, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Ole Miss.
Right but none of it matters until his last bracket. He could throw out garbage for months and months and then have his final prediction be solid and still say he was 98% or whatever accurate last year. It's all just guesswork.
Rlesterfan
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So close to the truth
sportstalent
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I don't buy Kentucky when their best wins are in conference against two very overrated teams (Florida, Mizzou). Why Florida is so highly thought of is amazing and how anymore than two from the SEC get in would be crazy, just like the Pac-12 anymore than three (UCLA, Arizona, Oregon) is a travesty.
Oklahoma is an awful team as well, not sure how they finished 4th in the Big 12. There aren't 4 deserving teams in that league as well.
Overall the depth and strength of conferences is just bad this year and Iowa is getting overlooked because teams have piled up wins in bad conferences.
RocknRollface
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Iowa would have finished in the top 2 of any of those 3 leagues IMO.
ssckelley
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See, I told you we wanted Alabama to win. If Iowa wins tonight they jump over both of them.
sportstalent
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I will give you top 3, just not willing to give Iowa that much credit, but a lot of those teams are not a whole lot better than teams like Purdue.
Iowa is a good team in a brutal conference, but they didn't close out some games they should have: at Wisconsin, at Nebraska, MSU and at Purdue. The win the Purdue/Nebraska games they are in the tournament. The RPI is built on wins and as numbers have shown, it doesn't matter so much who you beat, just compile wins.
Had Iowa also beat VT, things may look a little different. The WSU loss doesn't look good at this point either actually. Iowa tricked games away this year, but if the non-conference schedule didn't consist of some of the worst teams historically in Division 1 basketball it would also be different as well. Using the VT school of scheduling just doesn't work, Iowa has a chance to make amends though.
