Iowa Hawkeyes' Cheatsheat on Who to Pull For Today - (3/15/13 edition)

With Iowa being officially on The Bubble (and currently about 4 or 5 teams away from the NCAA Tourney depending on which "expert" you believe), here are the teams you should be rooting for today.

Teams You Should be Pulling For Today if You're an Iowa Fan

For Bubble implications:

NC State over Virginia
Duke over Maryland
UTEP over Southern Miss
St Louis over Charlotte
Temple over UMASS
Vanderbilt over Kentucky
Butler over LaSalle
Tennessee over Alabama*
Missouri over Ole Miss
* - some debate to this as it could be a knock-out game regardless of who wins.

For Potential Bid Stealers :

Memphis over Tulsa
Miami over BC
Florida over LSU
VCU over St Joes
Oregon over Utah


Iowa has to win tonight's game from MSU to get serious consideration for an at-large bid... they would need to win at least one more after that to feel really good about their chances.  However, one more might be enough depending on how the rest of the bubble goes.  So far this postseason, things have pretty much gone the best anyone could hope for in regards to helping out Iowa's chances.  The Hawks just need to keep winning, simple as that.

MBB: Iowa Basketball and the Postseason

 

Iowa Basketball.  Postseason Play.

The juxtaposition of those two phrases above used to be something not out of the ordinary.   In fact, on an annual basis in March, “postseason” and “Iowa” used to be synonymous with each other.   Dating back to Lute’s first run in the NCAA Tournament in 1979 (and up to Alford’s last season), Iowa went to the postseason 22 times in a 25 year span.  17 of those postseason berths were in the NCAA Tournament and the other 5 were NIT invites (2 by Dr. Tom in a 13 year span and 3 by Alford in an 8 year span).  Steve Alford’s last year as coach at Iowa would be the beginning of a five year postseason drought for a Hawkeye Basketball program that rarely missed a bid.
 

READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE ON HAWKEYENATION.COM

My Thoughts on the Exhibtion Win over NWMS

Now up on Hawkeyenation.com is my article on the Iowa Hawkeyes recent win over Northwest Missouri State.

READ IT HERE.

-Spank

MBB: CBS and ESPN Conference Schedule Announced

Sept. 6, 2011

BIG TEN RELEASES CBS SPORTS AND ESPN MEN’S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A total of 44 Big Ten men’s basketball conference games will be televised on CBS Sports or an ESPN network, the conference office announced Tuesday. CBS Sports will carry eight weekend games this season, while 36 contests will appear on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.

The Hawkeyes will appear on an ESPN network seven times (six during league play), the most since the 2006-07 season. Iowa also is one of three games that CBS Sports could select for one of its “Wildcard” selections.

Iowa’s first conference game against Nebraska (Thurs., Jan. 26) will tip-off at 6 p.m. on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and will be televised on ESPNU. Two weeks later, Iowa’s home contest versus Penn State (Sat., Feb. 4) will be carried on ESPNU at 2 p.m.

Iowa road games at Northwestern (Thurs, Feb. 9), Penn State (Thurs., Feb. 16) and Nebraska (Wed., Feb. 29) will also be televised on ESPNU. All three games will tip at 8 p.m. (CT).

The Hawkeyes will host Wisconsin on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. That contest will be televised nationally on either ESPN or ESPN2. Iowa’s seventh game on an ESPN network was previously announced; a non-conference home game vs. Clemson on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 8:15 p.m. on ESPNU.

Iowa’s home game against Indiana on Sunday, Feb. 19 is one of three games CBS can choose from. A decision on that game’s tip time and television network will be announced at a later date.
The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will be held March 8-11 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. With the expansion of the Big Ten to 12 teams, the tournament will feature 11 games for the first time in history. ESPN2 will carry the third and fourth games of the tournament, while ESPN will air Games 5 and 6. CBS Sports will once again broadcast the tournament’s semifinals and championship game.


The remainder of the Big Ten and Iowa’s men’s basketball conference schedule will be released tomorrow.

Date Opponent Time (CT) TV
Tues., Nov. 29 Clemson 8:15 p.m. ESPNU
Thurs., Jan. 26 Nebraska 6 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Feb. 4 Penn State 2 p.m. ESPNU
Thurs., Feb. 9 at Northwestern 8 p.m. ESPNU
Thurs., Feb. 16 at Penn State 8 p.m. ESPNU
Sun., Feb. 19 Indiana TBD CBS Wildcard
Thurs., Feb. 23 Wisconsin 8 p.m. ESPN or ESPN2
Wed., Feb. 29 at Nebraska 8 p.m. ESPNU

Here's a breakdown of the # of games per school per network: