Voice of the Hawkeyes Board

This team has also played its best basketball at home. I like us to win the last two. I think we need 2 in the BTT and we are dancing at an 8-10 seed.

Gottlieb had Iowa in?

I see no reason a 22 win Iowa team shouldn't be in the dance if they can get a win over a Top 4 B1G team in the BTT.

Well, I sure hope so, but he doesn't seem to have a lot of company with that theory. So many more seem to think Iowa would need to win two in the tourney (which would likely mean beating a Top 10 Michigan team) in order to get in.

It does help that some of the other bubble schools a head of Iowa lost this weekend, including Villanova.

Completely agree with that last part regarding a 10-8 Iowa team being a lock with a win in the conference tourney. In order to have a realistic shot of making it at this point, I think Iowa obviously needs to win these next two games, but there also has to be what would objectively be considered a great win in the conference tourney. The earliest that could happen is in the second round against someone like MSU, Michigan, IU, Ohio State, etc. IMO, that would could get Iowa onto the bubble, but I'm still not sure it'd be enough, especially if there are some upsets in mid-major conference tournaments. Win that conference semi's game, which would likely also be against one of those top B1G teams, and then I think Iowa has a better than even shot of getting in.

That's my thing, too. I'm by no means a bracketologist, but the fact that Iowa isn't even in anyone's first four out category right now is alarming, because those guys are generally pretty accurate. IMO, home wins over Illinois and Nebraska won't improve Iowa's standing that much, and neither will a first round conference tourney win over Northwestern, Nebraska, etc. Would a second round win over one of those top 3-4 teams be enough to put Iowa in? That's a great question, and I really don't know.

The other "guru", Joe Lunardi, not only does not have us in his "next 4 in" list, he doesn't even have us in is "next 4 after that" list. But I think that we fall into the "need 3 more wins" category with him too.

First things first, kill Nebby!

Yea, Lunardi had Iowa the 9th team out as of last night.

Anyone see this recent article placing as a play-in team against TN from the Gazette? http://thegazette.com/2013/03/07/ncaa-resumes-how-iowa-isu-stack-up/

Also, I read from the live chat with Pat Harty that a 2014 prospect gave a secret verbal for BB, anyone in the know of who it could be?

That's an interesting projection when just above that segment, it says Iowa still has a good amount of work to do. Are they predicting that Iowa will make it to Sunday in Chicago?

"Prognosis: The lack of a big road win coupled with a subpar non-conference schedule means Iowa must do some work in the Big Ten tournament. A defining second-round league tournament win gets the Hawkeyes in the conversation. A semifinal victory probably gets them in."

a win against Nebraska and 3 wins at BTT and they are in for sure. I think they are in with 2 wins at BTT. 1 win and i think they'd need a ton of help. Several bubble teams didn't fair so well in their first game of the week (ole miss and Kentucky being 2 of them)

Some of the conference projections are a joke though. Pac 12 and A-10 should not be getting 5 teams in the tourney. And the Big East is top heavy this year. They should not get 8 teams in over the B1G getting 8 in.