What the Iowa State women need to do to get to the NCAA tourney.
With two victories over top 25 teams in the past weekish, I don't think it's nearly as unreasonable as it was at the beginning of January that the now 9-7 Cyclone women sneak in as an 11 or 12 seed in the NCAA tournament. Let's look at the games ISU should be able to win:
Jan 28, at Oklahoma St: The Cowboys are 7-10. The Cyclones ought to win.
Jan 31, at Texas A&M: The Aggies are 0-6 in conference play. The Clones better win.
Feb 7, Missouri: ISU is playing slightly better than the Tigers, and it's at home.
Feb 17, at Kansas: Kansas is 107th in the RPI.
Mar 4, Kansas: Kansas is 107th in the RPI.
That would bring ISU up to 14-7, with these games outstanding:
Feb 4, Kansas St
Feb 11, at Colorado
Feb 14, Baylor
Feb 21, Nebraska
Feb 25, at Kansas St
Feb 28, at Missouri
All of these games (except for Missouri) are against ranked teams, admittedly, but if the Cyclones manage to split those six games, and finish 1-1 in the conference tourney -- not unreasonable, I'd argue, given how well they've done so far in conference play against all ranked teams -- that would bring the Cyclones to 18-11 overall, and 11-7 in perhaps the most difficult women's basketball conference in the country. Their RPI would be in the low-to-mid 40s, which, all things being equal, would equate to an 11 or 12 seed in the NCAA (and given their record against high-RPI teams in this scenario, they?d probably look even better to the selection committee).
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