Your First Place Iowa Hawkeyes

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1977Hawkeye said:
I'm not totally sure, but I'd think you'd want to be in the 30's or better to feel pretty safe, since I think there are 30-something at-large invites, but Top 50 has to have you in the picture. Outside of the Top 50, and you may have some issues.

For what it's worth, Iowa ended up at 55 last year and was in the play-in round.

2013-14 RPI:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/year/2014/page/1/sort/RPI
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32 at large teams to be exact. You're always going to end up with some **** teams that have a good RPI. Obviously the higher the better. But, if you're from a power conference, finished in the top half of the league, and have a win or two in the conference tourney, you're pretty much assured of getting in. Like I mentioned in my post above, rarely does a team with an RPI better than 50 get left out.
 
If we could just stop the 2nd half melt down. But teams just go crazy from three point land in the 2nd half it seem everything goes in. How about Uhl knocking down the three in crunch time. That took some big stones to take that shot. I love it!
 
I saw him rise up for the shot and I got ready to throw my laptop. Luckily for me he nailed it. Hopefully this is a big confidence boost going forward.
 
allup86 said:
32 at large teams to be exact. You're always going to end up with some **** teams that have a good RPI. Obviously the higher the better. But, if you're from a power conference, finished in the top half of the league, and have a win or two in the conference tourney, you're pretty much assured of getting in. Like I mentioned in my post above, rarely does a team with an RPI better than 50 get left out.
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Ok, thanks. For some reason I was thinking it was more like 36-38, but that was just a guess.

Most teams with high RPI's that have been left out seem to be from mid-majors, if memory serves. If you're in a power conference, have a solid RPI, at least .500 in league, etc. etc. then you're in great shape.

And of course, several of the conference tournament winners that take automatic bids were locks anyway, so it's really those teams PLUS 32 more at large picks. The only X factor is bubble teams or teams that were out that play their way in, or steal an automatic bid.
 
ChosenChildren said:
Sure, why not. Dream big. We don't play MSU again (I still think they and Wisky are the cream of the crop). We need to clip Wisconsin at least once.

Uthoff in his post-game interview mentioned that the team believes it can contend for the title. That is the right mind set.
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Jackson doesn't even start rehab for 2 weeks so he won't play in either game against Iowa. Wisconsin will feel his loss. I like our chances of getting a split with no Jackson.
 
Quite the polarizing threads I've seen on here in the last couple weeks.


When Iowa plays well, it's definitely a tourney team. Their schedule sets up to avoid a collapse come February. I don't think you guys will win the Big10, but you definitely could be top 3-4 and get a good seed come March.
 
mopkins said:
With Jackson out 6 weeks suddenly the big ten opened up a lot more than it was previously. Five teams are 3-1, two teams are 3-2, and three teams are 2-2. So basically 10 of the 14 teams are currently within 1 game of first place.
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Michigan State plays at Maryland Saturday and Iowa plays at Wisconsin next Tuesday so there will be a maximum of three one loss teams by next Wednesday.
 
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