Interesting comparison. Both had Cinderella(ish) tournament runs but haven’t accomplished much aside from that. Barnes has done a better job recruiting and appears to have Arizona well set up for the future so we’ll see how it pans out. Neighbors missed the tournament altogether this year and appears to be on a downward trend.
“Hey, Georgia’s almost keeping it inside double digits” is different than “wow. Will Iowa pull this out or not?”
Georgia also kept it close at home vs. SC until the 4th. They're not chopped liver. Iowa would finish much better than 5th in the SEC.
Iowa loses at Georgia. Heck, they might have lost with a normal home crowd instead of 119 decibels in the final seconds.
Yep. Stanford was inconsistent all year. My bracket is a mess but I got this pick right.
Iowa actually sold out all sessions in 53 minutes when tickets went on sale. The ESPN capacity for NCAA Tournament is wrong, the setup required by the NCAA removed all floor seating except for disabled persons.
I knew something was different. SC sold out the entire lower bowl for their sessions plus yesterday there were a couple hundred upstairs. Listed though, it only had our attendance at under 11,000. They took all of our floor seating also.
Did Iowa sell all of its allotment or were all tickets sold? Tournament games are NCAA games, not Iowa or UConn or South Carolina games. Ticket allotments have to be set aside for each team in the pod. If the team doesn’t sell its allotment the school can buy them and give them away or turn them back in to be sold. It’s almost impossible for every seat to be filled for this reason.
The rule of thumb for home-court advantage is that it's worth about three points. Massey specifically calculates it for each team and comes up with 2.7 for Iowa. Iowa won by eight, so I think it's possible to see something other than just home-court advantage. I'm not suggesting home-court advantage hurt but it's not obvious that it made the difference.
Georgia's choking and 2 technical fouls in the last 4 seconds of the game is what made the point spread difference. On a neutral court it would be a toss up.
I don't know where Iowa would finish. I know where they would not finish. They would have to get a lot more physical to adapt to the SEC.
Iowa sold all of it's allotment within 53 minutes of going on sale, any tickets returned were all sold to the general public. The prices tickets were going for were the highest of all host sites too.
Lol either you didn’t watch the game or you’re one of the hyperpartisans I’m talking about. That was not an eight point game. It was less than two possessions throughout.
When my team is still in the tourney, idc what’s better for the sport.
Iowa had a 10 point lead multiple times. Plus they were missing their post back up who plays starter minutes and , imo ,is their most important player (outside of Clark).
We were also effectively missing our sole backup guard (Molly Davis) who was limited to just 1 minute after suffering an ankle injury in the first quarter.
As an Iowa fan I would be thrilled to get absolutely thrashed by South Carolina... because that would mean we made the Final Four to begin with!
Are you an Iowa and Indiana fan? If so what do you do when they play each other.We were also effectively missing our sole backup guard (Molly Davis) who was limited to just 1 minute after suffering an ankle injury in the first quarter.
As an Iowa fan I would be thrilled to get absolutely thrashed by South Carolina... because that would mean we made the Final Four to begin with!
In all seriousness though there's no way realistic Iowa could hang with SC. Maybe we'd win 1 game out of 10 thanks to a very very hot shooting night from 3. South Carolina is just a whole different machine than anyone else in the NCAA right now, and the acclaim they're getting is fully deserved.
This is going to sound weird, but I think Iowa is both better than almost anyone else in the SEC and would finish 4th or 5th in the conference.We were also effectively missing our sole backup guard (Molly Davis) who was limited to just 1 minute after suffering an ankle injury in the first quarter.
As an Iowa fan I would be thrilled to get absolutely thrashed by South Carolina... because that would mean we made the Final Four to begin with!
In all seriousness though there's no way realistic Iowa could hang with SC. Maybe we'd win 1 game out of 10 thanks to a very very hot shooting night from 3. South Carolina is just a whole different machine than anyone else in the NCAA right now, and the acclaim they're getting is fully deserved.
A Freshman Boston better than a Senior Ionesu?! That's an interesting take.
OhSU letting a 12 point fourth quarter lead trickle away was nuts. Thought they had choked the game away. But Jacy Sheldon saved them once again with 2 buckets in the final minute. Multiple mental mistakes from both teams in those final 45 seconds made for a sloppy but exciting end.
I have NEVER heard any SC fan say Aliyah was better than Sabrina. NEVER. Now would we beat Oregon? yes, but the player battle, no. The fact that she has been in the top 4 for POY for 3 years, then yes.
