[Herky] Final Michigan 84 Iowa 79

[Mike Waller]

It all comes down to what poll voters or the algorithms value. I don’t know all the gory details of the NET, but if you look at Iowa compared to, say, Rutgers, it’s pretty clear that the NET puts a high value on avoiding bad losses. Rutgers has several more big wins than Iowa has to date, but also has some horrendous non-conference losses from early in the season. It’s easy to look at Iowa and the lack of Quad 1 wins, but there is also value in not having Quad 3/4 losses.

I think the way things sit today, Iowa is in the tournament field, but Iowa absolutely still has a chance to play their way out. Ideally, they’d get hot down the stretch and play their way up to the 4-6 line somewhere to avoid a potential 2nd round matchup against a top 2 seed. Games like last night are so frustrating because even though they didn’t play great, the game was still there for them - make a couple more bunnies and eliminate just a couple of the sloppy turnovers and that’s an Iowa win.

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On February 18, 2022 at 14:30 GMT, Larry Edwards <larryed6124 at knology.net> wrote:

A key to that is Iowa's NET rating, now 21 . The NET rating will be influential in seeding.

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From: "Scott Werling" <scw969 at hotmail.com>
To: "herky" <herky at lists.herky.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 8:33:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Herky] Final Michigan 84 Iowa 79

I saw a graphic that showed Iowa as a 7 seed. Was surprised by that.

On another item; why did CJ Fredricksen go to KY?

Scott

On 2/17/2022 8:23 PM, Larry Edwards wrote:

Box Score:
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401364446

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