Some make their picks based on colors and mascots and infuriatingly somehow hold their own in office pools. “Just try to take the first available shots”. “I woke up early this morning still thinking about it. I woke up about 8:30 and I never get up that early unless I have a class or something”.
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The Owls’ reprieve came just before 6 p.m. and now they get a shot at Fran McCaffrey’s Iowa squad, a team that struggled to the finish line in the Big Ten.
“Obviously, this isn’t the press conference I wanted to be having”, Bluder said Tuesday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, a day after the Iowa Hawkeyes narrowly missed the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
Iona is the sexy-pick to upset a high seed in the NCAA Tournament, but it’s going to be tough.
Local knowledge: Not every member of the Iowa basketball team’s travel party will be in completely unfamiliar territory when the Hawkeyes travel to Brooklyn this week to Play Temple in the NCAA Tournament.
Of course, in order to live on in NCAA tournament lore the way Curry did, it takes more than padding the stat sheet. If the Trojans (29-4) can get by Purdue in the first round, they would face either Iowa State or Iona in the second round – both of which are vulnerable.
“We actually debriefed from our game [Saturday]”, Dunphy said.
“I don’t know where we’re staying or what we’re eating, but I’m sure we’ll get him involved in that, ” McCaffery said.
Peter Jok scores 16.2 points per game and is one of the most improved players I n the Big Ten.
“Last year at this very moment we were on top of the world, and like three or four days later we probably hit one of the lowest points in our life”, McKay said. If they can defeat Temple on Friday, they would play again Sunday against the victor of a game between No. 2 seed Villanova and No. 15 UNC-Asheville.
No player had a more emotional reaction than the enigmatic Washington, the team’s most animated player.
Sophomore Dom Uhl knows a little about the Owls because they were his second choice when he signed with Iowa. It’s easy to fall in love with a 2 seed, but I love this 2 seed to reach the Final Four. The Cyclones are 5-7 in their last 12 games, but all 11 of their losses have been against teams in the NCAA tournament field.
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That 5-5 mark in those games is good, no question, but ask yourselves this: Wouldn’t you expect Gonzaga to do about that well over 10 games against those same opponents? During one stretch in late February, USC (21-12) dropped three straight to unranked teams by an average margin of 17.7 points.
