[OCcardinal]

If the committee is like AP voters and they grant Iowa bonus points for momentum, then Iowa will be a #1 seed. But I personally think Iowa started too far behind. Similarly, I think Stanford started too far ahead to drop from the 1 seed spot. Moreover, Stanford had one of the toughest, if not THE toughest, schedule for the final month of the season and yet still finished with 4 top 25 wins (3 on the road) in that month. Iowa finished the last month with 4 top 25 wins too but none on the road (they lost their two top-25 road games in that time).  In the last 4 weeks Iowa's NET ranking rose from 8th to 6th.  Stanford's went from 4th to...4th.

Called it.  And I think it's worth mentioning that Iowa won the Big 10 tournament last year too, and went on to lose to a 10-seed in the second round.

[OCcardinal]

If the committee is like AP voters and they grant Iowa bonus points for momentum, then Iowa will be a #1 seed. But I personally think Iowa started too far behind. Similarly, I think Stanford started too far ahead to drop from the 1 seed spot. Moreover, Stanford had one of the toughest, if not THE toughest, schedule for the final month of the season and yet still finished with 4 top 25 wins (3 on the road) in that month. Iowa finished the last month with 4 top 25 wins too but none on the road (they lost their two top-25 road games in that time).  In the last 4 weeks Iowa's NET ranking rose from 8th to 6th.  Stanford's went from 4th to...4th.

Called it.  And I think it's worth mentioning that Iowa won the Big 10 tournament last year too, and went on to lose to a 10-seed in the second round.