The One Seed

[visitingcock]

After yesterday I think Iowa is the favorite for the 4th #1 seed. When most teams faltered Iowa took care of business. In the past two weeks they've avenged two of their losses against top teams and destroyed a good OSU team. I think they their resume, SOS and recent eye test will propel them to that spot.

If TV programmers picked, they would be top 4.

 

[southie]

After yesterday I think Iowa is the favorite for the 4th #1 seed. When most teams faltered Iowa took care of business. In the past two weeks they've avenged two of their losses against top teams and destroyed a good OSU team. I think they their resume, SOS and recent eye test will propel them to that spot.

It could come down to how strong the committee views the B1G conference versus the ACC. Neither Iowa nor Virginia Tech won their regular season titles; both finished second. Both ended up winning the tourney titles, but neither one had to beat the #1 seed.

Notre Dame won the regular season ACC title, but doesn't seem to be in the discussion for a #1 see (injuries or blowout loss in the semi-finals). With Indiana winning the B1G regular season title and pretty much having wrapped up a #1 seed, does the committee award the B1G conference a second #1 seed?

 

[cancontent]

It could come down to how strong the committee views the B1G conference versus the ACC. Neither Iowa nor Virginia Tech won their regular season titles; both finished second. Both ended up winning the tourney titles, but neither one had to beat the #1 seed.

Notre Dame won the regular season ACC title, but doesn't seem to be in the discussion for a #1 see (injuries or blowout loss in the semi-finals). With Indiana winning the B1G regular season title and pretty much having wrapped up a #1 seed, does the committee award the B1G conference a second #1 seed?

Considering how Iowa played both Indiana and Maryland over the last couple weeks, I'm wondering if that helps their case to be the second B1G #1 seed?

 

[BRS24]

 

[undersized]

Color me shocked that the Maryland fan account thinks Maryland should be seeded higher than Iowa. Maryland's marquee win over UConn has a gigantic frickin asterisk by it given the lineup UConn was fielding at the time. And I'm the furthest thing from a UConn apologist you'll find in terms of giving them slack for their injury woes relative to other teams. Maryland is the third best team in the conference both by regular season results and tournament results. That does not equal a 1 seed.

I think Iowa's non-conference schedule is also being dismissed too readily. Yes, the loss @ Kansas State was terrible. But their win over Iowa State was against the DANGEROUS final four contender version of Iowa State, while they still had Stephanie Soares. ISU has struggled as of late, but that shouldn't devalue the teams the teams who beat them early on. Additionally, Iowa played a healthy NC State and a healthy UConn very close. If Iowa had played the version of UConn Maryland did, Iowa also would have won IMO.

My order:
South Carolina
Indiana
Stanford
Virginia Tech
Iowa
UConn
Maryland

 

[hoopsnloops32]

Color me shocked that the Maryland fan account thinks Maryland should be seeded higher than Iowa. Maryland's marquee win over UConn has a gigantic frickin asterisk by it given the lineup UConn was fielding at the time. And I'm the furthest thing from a UConn apologist you'll find in terms of giving them slack for their injury woes relative to other teams. Maryland is the third best team in the conference both by regular season results and tournament results. That does not equal a 1 seed.

I think Iowa's non-conference schedule is also being dismissed too readily. Yes, the loss @ Kansas State was terrible. But their win over Iowa State was against the DANGEROUS final four contender version of Iowa State, while they still had Stephanie Soares. ISU has struggled as of late, but that shouldn't devalue the teams the teams who beat them early on. Additionally, Iowa played a healthy NC State and a healthy UConn very close. If Iowa had played the version of UConn Maryland did, Iowa also would have won IMO.

My order:
South Carolina
Indiana
Stanford
Virginia Tech
Iowa
UConn
Maryland

They didn’t play a healthy UConn. Dorka was out.

 

[sweetspot]

What if I told told you that the tweeter actually doesn't think Iowa should be seeded below MD?

 

[undersized]

They didn’t play a healthy UConn. Dorka was out.

UConn without Dorka >>>>>> UConn without Fudd/Muhl/Ducharme

 

[hoopsnloops32]

UConn without Dorka >>>>>> UConn without Fudd/Muhl/Ducharme

Which is still worse than a healthy UConn.

 

[Alydar]

UConn has done exactly what the NCAA has been asking programs to do, schedule competitive non-conference games. So don't be surprised if UConn gets punished for it.

 

[Darwin]

These are the lowest seeds to advance to each round in NCAA women's basketball tournament history

There have been some surprising NCAA women's basketball tournament runs through the years. Here are the lowest seeds to advance in each round in history.

www.ncaa.com

 

[undersized]

Which is still worse than a healthy UConn.

no crap, that was never the point being made lmao

 

[hoopsnloops32]

no crap, that was never the point being made lmao

The point i was contesting was that Iowa lost to a healthy UConn. They did not.

 

[Bone Dog]

The point i was contesting was that Iowa lost to a healthy UConn. They did not.

It is surprising how quickly the pundits forget about UConn’s condition in the MD Iowa Villanova, Creighton, StJ, Gtown and Princeton games. My point isn’t to elicit sympathy for UConn, but to paint the achievements of those other teams more accurately. If someone plays UConn close or even wins when they don’t have their starting center, or even their starting point guard, or their starting shooting guard, or their starting wing, then they haven’t had the full UConn experience. Rankings and seedings based on such partial information is bound to overvalue a few teams.