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COLAHawk

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Question of the day...

Let's hop in the way-back machine and change Iowa's season so that we beat Campbell and either Clemson or UNI; split the series with Purdue and with Northwestern; and didn't choke at home against Nebraska or at Penn State. I'm guessing that, with a 23-11 record that we would be in the tournament. Given that we went 4-5 against the RPI top 25, how do you suppose Iowa would be seeded?
 
Take back the Nebraska and the Campbell game and I think Iowa is in with a 11 or 12 seed at 19-14.
 
What if Bill Walton had come to Iowa instead of UCLA?

or

Would Fran still have a job if Iowa lost every game?
 
COLAHawk said:
Question of the day...

Let's hop in the way-back machine and change Iowa's season so that we beat Campbell and either Clemson or UNI; split the series with Purdue and with Northwestern; and didn't choke at home against Nebraska or at Penn State. I'm guessing that, with a 23-11 record that we would be in the tournament. Given that we went 4-5 against the RPI top 25, how do you suppose Iowa would be seeded?
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As a projection for next year -- I think it gets Iowa a 7 seed.
 
What if, instead of playing and losing to Campbell, Clemson, and UNI, we played and lost to Kansas, UNC, and Syracuse?

We still would not have gotten in with only 17 wins, but we probably would have been a bubble team heading into the BTT.

If you are going to play the cupcakes, you had better win. However, based on the selection committee's statements yesterday, we'd better stop playing the cupcakes altogether in the next few years.
 
The committee didn't look kindly on weak non-conference schedules. Even if Iowa won those games it would have been interesting. Of course, winning a few more BIG games might have trumped that but non-conference SOS was highly considered. Or so they say.

It was stated before the season began that Iowa's non-conference schedule almost precluded Iowa from NCAA play.
 
Cydkar said:
The committee didn't look kindly on weak non-conference schedules. Even if Iowa won those games it would have been interesting. Of course, winning a few more BIG games might have trumped that but non-conference SOS was highly considered. Or so they say.

It was stated before the season began that Iowa's non-conference schedule almost precluded Iowa from NCAA play.
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True but if Northwestern was still on the bubble with a 8-11 B1G finish Iowa would have made a huge case for being in the tournament with a 10-10 B1G finish (reversing the Nebraska loss).

Bottom line is Iowa was so close this year to being in the mix for a NCAA bid. If Iowa can turn a few more of those games around next year I would think they can get in.
 
In my opinion if you finish with a sub .500 record in any conference, you shouldn't make the tourney. You simply can't loss to Campbell at home either. I think it would have taken Iowa beating Campbell, UNI, Clemson, and sweeping the Nebraska and Penn State series while splitting with Northwestern.
 
HawkeyeNTexas said:
In my opinion if you finish with a sub .500 record in any conference, you shouldn't make the tourney. You simply can't loss to Campbell at home either. I think it would have taken Iowa beating Campbell, UNI, Clemson, and sweeping the Nebraska and Penn State series while splitting with Northwestern.
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But there are now 68 teams that make the field. It really depends on how strong the conference is on whether a sub .500 conference team should make the field. I hate UConn but I would still rather see them in the tournament than Drexel. You make that a rule and it opens up the flood gates for more mid majors to get into the tournament and I think there are enough that get in anyway.

I know this will never happen with auto bids but it would be nice to see the best 68 teams getting into the NCAA tournament regardless of record.
 
ssckelley said:
But there are now 68 teams that make the field. It really depends on how strong the conference is on whether a sub .500 conference team should make the field. I hate UConn but I would still rather see them in the tournament than Drexel. You make that a rule and it opens up the flood gates for more mid majors to get into the tournament and I think there are enough that get in anyway.

I know this will never happen with auto bids but it would be nice to see the best 68 teams getting into the NCAA tournament regardless of record.
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I don't really want to see an official rule stating that you must have at least a .500 conference record to qualify. What if you play in a really tough league and have a really brutal schedule, like playing all of the top teams twice, and the easy games only once? I think that should be taken into account, like if a team is 8-10. Did you play OSU & MSU twice, as well as Indiana, etc? Or did you luck out and get them only 1 time each? Was a key player injured for a few games, causing you to lose a couple games you maybe wouldn't have, and now that player is back in the lineup in time for the tournament? There are just so many variables.

But generally speaking, teams that are sub-500 in conference are typically not NCAA Tournament material. I just was NEVER sold on Nortwestern being a bubble team. They were sub-500 in the league, and had only ONE win against a Top 50 opponent, and in 11 tries to boot.

And although I think it should be taken into consideration, I think that TOO MUCH emphasis is placed on OOC SOS. I think it should be more a case of rewarding teams who play a tough schedule (provided they actually WIN some of those games) rather than punishing a team for having a weaker schedule. In my mind, if you play in a strong conference and get it done in conference play, you shouldn't be kept out because your non-conference wasn't very difficult. Maybe lower your seed a spot or two rather than leave you out of the field completely. Just the way I see it.
 
Iowa's schedule was wretched. You can play weak teams, you just need to be more selective about choosing your weak teams. Those teams ranked below 200 just kill your RPI.
 
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