<div dir="LTR">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.<br/><br/>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.</div><div class="chatflow-embed" x-type="signature"><br><table cellspacing="0" cellpedding="0" border="0" style="margin-bottom:4px"><tr><td><a href="https://spikenow.com/r/a/?ref=spike-organic-signature&_ts=1fhk6v" style="text-decoration:none"><b style="color:#0084ff">Mike Waller</b><span style="color:#999"> - Chat @ Spike</span></a></td><td><img alt="1fhk6v" width="10" height="10" src="https://spikenow.com/t/"></td></tr></table></div><div class="hop_extra"><br>On February 18, 2022 at 14:30 GMT, Larry Edwards <<a href="mailto:larryed6124@knology.net">larryed6124@knology.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="hop_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .2ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><div><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>A key to that is Iowa's NET rating, now 21 . The NET rating will be influential in seeding.</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Scott Werling" <scw969@hotmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"herky" <herky@lists.herky.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, February 17, 2022 8:33:31 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Herky] Final Michigan 84 Iowa 79<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><p>I saw a graphic that showed Iowa as a 7 seed. Was surprised by
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<p>On another item; why did CJ Fredricksen go to KY?</p>
<p>Scott<br>
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