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They've beaten one team with an at-large chance (Old Dominion) All 4 of their losses are to non-tourney teams, 2 of them awful (DePaul and Evansville) That said, yes, I'm rooting for UNI, so no bid gets stolen Ah, the dilemma of a surprisingly good mid-major. UNI wasn't thinking they were going to be real good this season, so they have a soft OOC schedule. Are they 25-4 good? Probably not. But they aren't 17-13 UConn bad either. UNI returned nearly everyone from a team that went to the tournament last year and lost to Purdue by 5. They were definitely expecting to contend for a bid this year. I think they're still in because dominating a top 10 conference looks good, but it's closer than most people are predicting right now.
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UNI was down 24-13 with 7:59 left in the 1st against Drake. With 7:59 left in the 2nd half it's 44-27 UNI. Drake hasn't had a field goal for 20 minutes and counting. Edit: Streak over after 21 minutes.
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To piggy back onto this, other potential 1-bid leagues: MAAC, Colonial, MVC, C-USA, Pac-10 I like the scoring and minute balance of Murray State as much as the next guy, but I think the OVC belongs somewhere on this list.
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ISU is so bad at last minute possessions. The possession at the end of regulation was pathetic, and the last one in OT was worse. Missouri needs to stop hitting circus runners down the lane, though I appreciated them matching Iowa State's crappy three point shooting and letting them hang around. It's pretty bad when I can't remember the last big home win ISU has had.
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From 2002 to 2005 it was mostly fluke injuries that kept him out of action. After that his shoulder blew up on its own. I don't know how much of that is being overworked and how much is the infamous "Inverted W", but I think it's pretty much agreed on that those mechanics aren't great for your arm. I'm not sure how good or bad Strasburg's mechanics are on the whole, but if I were a Nats fan I would be worried about it. I'd also be excited that his stuff is phenomenal by all accounts.
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Read the directions. It will take however long it takes you to fill out all of that. This is not like the actual committee where we sit an debate. We submit blind ballots and they get added up. It's sort of like a ranking poll that then slots them into the tournament. Yeah, after you get the lock and consideration lists done you can pretty much make a list the potential at-larges and conference champs in order and have everything you need (obviously you'll adjust as championship week goes on). You can look at last year's thread (which ended up being pretty accurate if I remember right) to see how it usually works. While I think a few debates are a good thing, they're certainly not required.
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In, Iowa State.
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Almost every article I read about him is comparing him to Prior in some way or another, either in college dominance, stuff, or mechanics. That last one could be a problem.
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Realigning divisions based on current team quality sounds like a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The competitive balance changes every season, and in a few years you'll have to change divisions again to keep up. And even if the Yankees and Red Sox averaged 90 wins until the end of time it would be hard to convince them to split into separate divisions when they make a ton of money playing each other.
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They were averaging a 7 seed coming into the day according to the Bracket Project matrix, so I'm guessing they're still fine. Another bad loss and they're in trouble though because their wins suck.
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What's the tiebreak for the last bye? Goal Differential? I believe that's correct. I really haven't looked that closely at how the medal round works. How many teams advance and how many byes? It says the top 4 get a bye, and the next 8 get in for the elimination round. If it is goal differential, we're in pretty good shape as long as we don't get slaughtered, and Finland wins. I think it's head to head, goal differential, goals scored, and ranking for the tiebreakers. Looks like if the US losses by 3 or less they can still get a bye with a Finland win in regulation. Of course I'm pulling for a US win in regulation to set up a Canada-Russia quarterfinal.
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This will probably be a Visa "Go World" commercial in 4 years. Majdic won bronze with collapsed lung Basically a Slovenian cross-country skier broke 4 ribs and collapsed a lung in a crash in practice and managed to get through qualifying, quarterfinals, and semifinals to finish third in the final. She also managed to get through an ultrasound which somehow missed the broken bones.
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Iowa State would probably win a lot more if they stopped spotting teams 20 at the start of every other half. They also need to work on inbounding in one possession games with the shot clock turned off.
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Can't be much worse than North Carolina's. 21 points, 15 turnovers, and a 22.6% shooting percentage in the 1st half against GT tonight.
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And Pitt just hit a fadeaway 0.1 seconds after the buzzer that would've won it. On to OT #3. Edit: Pitt wins 98-95 in 3OT.
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This Pitt-WVU game is insane. Pitt came back from 7 down with less than 50 seconds left in regulation to send it to overtime, and WVU just hit a 3 with 1.4 seconds left to send it to 2OT.
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Less revenue sharing, or at least eliminating any attempts at changing the current structure. They may also want the final say as to how a new TV network would be set up. They definitely have a lot of power in this conference, but they can always try for more.
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My guess is that this is mostly Texas posturing for a better deal from the Big XII. They would make more money off TV by switching, though they get a larger than average share from the current Big XII deal and a Big XII network (a real one, not a crappy ESPN extension) could/should be in the works. Travel seems crazy though. It has to be expensive to fly every team that far for every conference road game. Plus they'd actually have to play cold weather games in football. I personally don't want to see Texas leave because it could start a chain of events that could be very bad for ISU, especially is Colorado bolts too. Even though this... is very true, I can't imagine ISU being better off in a conference realignment scenario.
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I'm not sure how this game was even close considering ISU had 7 scholarship players and 3 of them were point guards.
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This was the first sign of trouble, but unfortunately the problems are much deeper than a single loss.
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Pretty good game. Worst Super Bowl in three years, but that's not really a knock against it. Ended up rooting for the Saints after that genius onside kick call. That play needs to be used more often.
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ISU actually played well today. If they would've shot a reasonable percentage from 3 they had a chance to beat K-State. They're still gonna get murdered @Mizzou and @Kansas though.
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When did they get good? They beat Pitt this weekend too, and might get to 9-9 in conference. In other news, Iowa State still sucks. Fire everybody.
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Re: Source: 96-team March Madness a 'done deal'
ISUCubsFan replied to Derwood's topic in Other Sports
It basically adds the NIT field to the NCAA tournament. If anything, it greatly increases the possibility of a minor conference school winning a first round game, and also increases the chance of a 1 seed being upset in the first game they play. I don't think I'll care all that much if a 22 or 23 beats a 10 or 11. It won't be the same as a 14 over 3 or 15 over 2, where a legitimate title contender is eliminated by someone most of the nation has never heard of. 1 seeds will play either middling big conference teams that have lost 14 games already, or mid-majors that aren't the best team in a weaker conference. Sure, the chances of an upset go up, but there's not nearly as much shock value when Nebraska is hanging with a top 5 team as opposed to someone like Albany. -
Re: Source: 96-team March Madness a 'done deal'
ISUCubsFan replied to Derwood's topic in Other Sports
Worst decision ever if true. It basically gives a bid to any major conference school that has a winning record, and nearly eliminates the possibility of a small conference school pulling an upset over anyone in the top 20, which is why the first round is one of the best days in sports. Do we really want teams that are in the CBI now to get invited to the Big Dance? It's not about the Great West either, they aren't eligible for a bid for another decade and when they are they can add another play-in game or subtract another at large.