Voice of the Hawkeyes Board

Well, connie's win over Michigan should trickle down to us and help, so if ISU knocks off KSU today ...(along with a Hawkeye victory)....we could easily find ourselves elevated from our current 98 back up into the mid-80s by tomorrow

Going into Sunday, it's No. 89.

The heck with everyone else, just win out at this point.

Penn State is due for a conference win and our road record sux, two things not in our favor already.

We need this road win.

We clearly can get in as long as we win the games we'll be favored in....which should be 5 of the last 7. Avenging our loss in Minneapolis and winning 6 of the last 7 would pretty much guarantee an invite.

Yeah but IL is trying to steal IA's spot with wins of IND and MN this week... Also they got Butler and Gonzaga earlier in nonconference wins. IA need to win against IL and at least win 7/8 to win the bubble argument if IL wins enough BTN games at the end of the conference. In addition to a couple of wins in the BTN tournament. I think IA may end up playing MN or IL as a first round BTN tournament match up.

After last night's action we are now No. 89.

A loss last night, in which we tried several times to give it away, would have put us well over 100, and ended the season.

Read this earlier this morning:

New Mexico and Air Force are the only clubs in NCAA history to ‘earn’ at-large bids despite sporting an RPI of 70-plus.

On the flip side, we could probably get in by going 3-3 in our final six...just as long as those 3 wins are vs IU, Mn and Ill.

All that action yesterday and we're back at No. 92.

No more room for error this season.

Heard an interview on the radio last week with one of the selection committee members. One thing that he and others look at is how well (winning) each team does on the road, since virtually every game played in the NCAA tourney is essentially a road game. I found that an interesting consideration.

Minn was No. 13 going into CHA today, and with Wis destroying OSU, we should get a nice boost in the rankings.

Also need to pull for NW (as we have beat them twice) over Illinois tonight.

Before today's game, Sagarin had Minn No. 15 and Iowa No. 39.

And a quick story on IA's rise back on the bubble consideration story:
http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/17/iowa-creeps-onto-ncaa-tournament-bubble-after-win-over-minnesota/

Love how these bloggers and national media types are starting to repeat exactly what we've all been posting on here for the past month