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Very possible. I've felt for quite a while that they might be better next year but it will depend on improved PG play (from a combo of Dickerson, Mike/Clemmons). The defense will be better and while we won't have an 18 ppg guy, I'm not worried about the offense. Potential to be a better shooting team. Need more penetration by our PG and better ability to feed the post because I think Woody and Gabe could both have big years. White will need to improve his shot from outside or spend more time on the block.
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You guys gonna take a step back without Marble? We'll see. I think it will be offset by growth and improvement from the other 8 guys in the rotation. Similar to when Gatens left but the team got much better because of growth by everyone else. They'll be better defensively. I expect Woodbury to be really good and big leaps from Uthoff and Jok. Gesell needs to get his [expletive] together, he was a huge part of the collpase at the end of the year. White will be who he's been. Olaseni should continue to get better, he made a big improvement this year but faded late. They've got a JUCO PG coming in who is ranked #1 by 247 and will be a quickness upgrade on the perimeter but we'll see how he can actually fit in and play. The Uhl kid they got looks like a steal. Ellingson is primarily just a shooter that I don't expect much from next year. One more ride to give.
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So Javy hit another ball 7 miles tonight I hear.
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Is that just based on NIT one and two seeds? Because I thought the NIT does some wacky things with seeding so that a 1 seed doesn't necessarily mean it was the closest to NCAAs The NCAA manages both now, so since the NIT is seeded as well I'd imagine it's just a continuation of NCAA seeds. Illinois will play on the road as far as they go, though, since their arena is being renovated. Nah, last year on the Selection show (or post show) the committee chair listed Iowa as like the 4th or 5th team out but they were a 3 seed in the NIT.
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This sucks. Not just being in Dayton but playing Tennessee. They're 13th on Kenpom, athletic as hell and play a slow, physical game. And they've been hot lately. The winner of that game will be favored over 6 seed UMASS by Vegas.
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I'm just over here hoping Iowa is in without going to Dayton so that's kinda nice to see.
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That's crazy. Soler already looks like much less than a lock. I read it that way too but I think he meant he'd be beyond shocked if all 4 were busts.
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Yeah I'm hoping for a 10 at this point. Somewhat surprised to see you guys have them as a 9, but that's comforting. 93/99 on the Bracket Matrix have them in, average seed of 9.9 but ranked as the 2nd 10 seed overall. Can't completely shake the feeling that somehow we get left out or sent to Dayton though. 3 weeks ago today we were ranked 16th, 19-6, 8-4, projected to finish with an RPI near 20 and a 4-5 seed. [expletive].
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I don't know why I spend so much of my time invested in sports. It makes no sense. Brief moments of happiness overshadowed by 8,000 times more moments of sadness/anger.
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Most likely, unless Minnesota would like win out. Then they probably get in (OSU, IA, UM, PSU left). They still would maybe have to win a BIG tournament game in that scenario to get in. Nebraska could still get in, but they have some work to do. I.E. not drop any easy ones and beat Wisconsin. Huskers could finish 11-7 in the Big Ten and miss the tournament. That'd be kind of weird. If they get to 11-7 their projected RPI is 43. 1 in the BTT and that would be enough. I think Minnesota needs 8-10 + 1.
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This is such [expletive]. They could have either played the game tomorrow night in Indianapolis (Iowa was in favor of) or played it with a section roped off like they are for the women's game. But the A.D. didn't want to inconvenience season ticket holders and make that adjustment on 24 hours. Looks like the only real options are next Thursday or the Monday after the regular season ends. That would mean Iowa would play at Minnesota on Tuesday, at Indiana on Thursday and then back home for Saturday.
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It figures that when Iowa is nationally relevant, Illinois, Indiana and Purdue are all bad so the college basketball talk on here is a fraction of what it used to be.
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They definitely have a shot now. But RPIforecast.com has their expected RPI at 58 if they finish 18-12. At 19-11 they have it at 46.
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With 2 wins this week, Iowa is assured a tie for 2nd next Sunday and could be tied for 1st in the loss column if MSU loses at Purdue but beats Michigan. If they lose both, they're in 5th.
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Kenpom now predicts Illinois to finish last in the league at 4-14 with the flab five 8 games ahead of them.
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Do you think we're going to the tournament yet?
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Holy Hell Indiana, that was hideous.
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Without turning into sulley, I said all week that a desperate Illinois team with a week off in that building with that history against Iowa was going to shoot well. I didn't expect Iowa to build a 21 point lead in the first 15 minutes and didn't expect them to give it up that quickly. I was completely convinced Illinois was going to win when they got up 5 and I'll take any win we can get in Champaign.
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I said before the game that given the history in Champaign, I didn't give a [expletive] how ugly it was, just win somehow. And they did. The first 15 minutes was basketball porn. Then the next 18 or so were a nightmare. But as soft as they looked for a long stretch, they showed some stones down the stretch. First win in that pit of nightmares since 1999. 2nd since 1987. Illinois is alone in last place while we're 2 losses clear of 4th place. Praise God and thank you to the flab five.
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They'll be lucky to shoot 42% on layups. With them having an off week, being desperate and Iowa's history in Champaign, I'm fully preparing for worst-case scenarios.
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So how great is Illinois going to shoot tomorrow night? 42% from 3? Higher?
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Dude. 8-10? They're 5-3 now. They have 5 home games left vs. OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois. They're going at least 3-2 in those 5. There's 8 right there. The road games are Illinois, PSU, Indiana, Minnesota, MSU. I think they get at least 2 of those. 10-8 is the floor, I still put them at 12-6.
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Just one [expletive] time ever it would be awesome to actually make the game winner. Once. Recker had the two in the BTT in '02 which ultimately led to a loss in the championship and NIT and Horner hit one late in like '03 at Indiana which led to an NIT. Supposedly Iowa is 0-32 in their last 32 chances to tie or win in the final 10 seconds.
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At home with both Dawson and Payne out, Iowa almost has to win that game, imo. I overreact, a lot but I still don't feel safe about a tournament birth yet. That's dumb. It would take a total meltdown for this team to miss the tournament. Not gonna happen.
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It was a little misleading though. When you go to the line 19 times in that stretch (and make 14) you're not going to make a lot of buckets. In total it ended up being 0-10 from the field with 3 turnovers. Still bad but...
