Of course BYU has to play the only program that is q3 home and away…
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maybe it’s bc right now we’re in the nfl equivalent of week 5 but we probably have a better shot at getting the south as a 2 seed instead of a 1 seed though im not sure arizona would take the west over the south lol
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That is wild that @ Utah is a Q3… didn’t realize they were that bad…
Also, TT got blown out by Purdue and is still ahead of UH in the NET???
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ALSO the Vols could have done more to help make that less of an issue, because they themselves have lost 3 games and dropped the quad 2 to questionable Syracuse.
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I think after the #1 overall seed, the rest of the top 16 is a little more automated. Like there’s proximity priority paired with some other relavent considerations, but you still kinda get put where it “makes the most sense” in the context of the bigger picture within those parameters.
Could be wrong, but that’s kind of how I understand it. Crazy we have to bone up on this every single year, too lol.
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Seems to me Texas Tech has talent, but they aren’t meshing well yet
Also didn’t utah actually beat someone decent?
Otherwise, could have been even worse. Not necessarily quad 4, but an even more draining quad 3 lol
They beat ole Miss the other day.
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Ah yes. Guess it’s still debatable that was a good win at this point tho.
Even iowa beat them 
(they are somehow actually quad 1 now. Play them tomorrow!)
not the best comparison since last year it was a matter of 3rd of 4th overall by champ week but last year SDSU wasn’t even a Q1 loss and would’ve otherwise missed the tournament though we still got the edge over florida
bigger problems are probably the bonus game draw in the mte not being great plus we haven’t hit conference play yet where most of our away games are probably gonna end up being high end Q1 games
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congrats to iowa state, mens and womens both top 10.
its early but i’d put iowa state women in the final four, showed highlights of the iowa-iowa state game, iowa state got a girl about the size of an offensive lineman, she just gets the ball and bullies her way to a lay up; thats going to be hard to beat and i bet many colleges will be looking to do the same next year.
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The women’s team making the Final Four is a stretch. .
Im going to assume you didnt watch the game last night. Iowa State dominated in the paint and largely rode that domination to a 15 pt lead at the end of the 3rd. ISU had the ball at the end of the quarter with the shot clock off. Our guard starts the play too early and instead of a 0 to 3 point swing in our favor, its a 1 point swing in Iowas. Williams (same player as above) did the EXACT same thing at the end of the first half. Shot clock off…ISU set up to have the last possession…but instead Williams jacks up a really bad 3 that Iowa takes the other way for their own 3. Thats a potential scorint marging swing of 5 to 8 points from low IQ basketball.
Elsewhere? Our entire team looked like that have never been coached how to properly hedge and defend high screens. Iowa murdered us with basic screens most of the game and there were no adjustments. Iowa went on a big run in the 4th quarter yet Fenelly refused to use one of his 3 timeouts.
Last night was a GREAT win. Yet even in that win ISU showcased many of the recurrent issues thats plagues the team the last decade plus. Teams that beat themselves have a really tough time winning in March.
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Lunardi let’s FOUR big 12 in his final 8?
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Get @BYUcougarfan & @MountainCoug the heck outta the same region as ISU!
Plz n’ TY!
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I still think it is ridiculius for the Coogs to be any lower than a 2 seed… I am looking forward to Saturday with Arky to prove this.
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It’s not ridiculous when the snapshot is today. What’s the argument that we should be higher right now? Our resume and metrics right now say 3 seed. Plenty of time to improve that tho…
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today we would be a 3 seed but i’d be surprised if we didn’t play our way to at least 2 seed by seasons end
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Not to mention, it’s often arguably better to be the 1st 3 seed than 4th or sometimes even 3rd 2 seed.
It all depends on pod draw, matchup, sometimes region, etc.
After maybe the 5th overall seed, it becomes much more debatable. And the top 5 is fairly solidifed right now.
If youd have told me ISU would be essentially unanimously ahead of UConn and sometimes even over Duke at this point, I wouldn’t have believed it.
IMHO, more than anything, this kinda suggests how high the bar is gonna be to crack into that top 5 overall, or especially get on the one line. The conference race is obviously an even fresh start for hardware, and those games will help the top teams rise up. But from a Bracketology standpoint, I’d say ISU has more wiggle room and a leg up than we’d think.
And it’s probably pretty safe to extrapolate that to UConn and Duke. Staying off the 4 line is much more important than getting on the 2 line. That’s my hot take.
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If those were the seeds, the South would be ISU, Purdue, Vandy (or Bama) and Houston.
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our best shots to get the south are as either 3rd, 5th or 9th overall but idk if staying above these seed is more important than jumping to the 2 line is a hot take because the chances of going out early skyrocket below the 3 line plus the path as a 2 vs a 3 isn’t all that difference
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