Will Iowa, if they win their last two versus Penn St. and Illinois, make the NCAA tournament? They'd be 18-12 overall, 10-6 in the big 10 (third place) and will have won 7 of their last nine, including a road win at Michigan.
2007-02-22 11:41:47 · 5 answers · asked by Dark Helmet 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
They need to do well in the conference tournament. They need to win at least 2 games.
2007-02-26 00:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iowa will not make the tournament unless they have a miraculous run in the big ten tourament. They have numerous bad loses (AZ State, RPI 226, Drake RPI 119) and only two decent wins (Michigan State and Indiana) both of these wins came at home. On top of that their RPI (78) and SOS (48) will not be high enough to merit a spot. The big ten will get either 4 or 5 teams in with the most likely teams being : Wisconsin, Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan State and Purdue.
2007-02-22 20:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let me put this nicely...iowa will make the tournament if and only if they win the big 10 tournament...a win over michigan is not at all impressive, even on the road, because they are in the same boat iowa is in...there are just too many teams on the bubble for an 18-12 club to make the dance as an at-large
2007-02-22 19:46:34 · answer #3 · answered by sabes99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would like to see a win or two in the Big Ten tournament to seal the deal with that resume. Not impressed by win at Michigan. I think because the Big Ten has two of the top five teams, they will definitely get six or seven bids, but you have to think four or five of them are locked up by Wisconsin, Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan State, and Illinois.
2007-02-22 23:22:01 · answer #4 · answered by Patrick M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not making the tournament even if they beat Penn St. and Illinois. Those two teams are both soft and an 18-12 record is not good enough.
2007-02-22 21:43:23 · answer #5 · answered by Tony S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋