NCAA Tournament March Madness

#2 Iowa St

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Projected seed: 1 (automatic qualifier)

Iowa State’s resume is anchored by a slate of high-end wins and an ability to win away from home, with the road victory at Purdue and neutral-site triumphs over St John’s and Creighton serving as the most convincing evidence that this team can beat quality opposition outside its building. Nonconference successes against Mississippi State and Syracuse and a string of dominant performances against lesser opponents have padded the ledger while the narrow escape at the neutral game with St John’s stands out as the lone blemish rather than a pattern of damaging losses. With stiff road tests at Kansas, BYU and Arizona and key conference opportunities against Baylor, Houston and Oklahoma State still to play, Iowa State has clear chances to add more signature victories and to reinforce the resume’s most persuasive elements: big wins, clean results and repeatable success away from home.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3F Dickinson360W88-50
11/6Grambling285W102-62
11/10(N)Mississippi St82W96-80
11/17Stonehill343W96-57
11/24(N)St John's16W83-82
11/25(N)Creighton66W78-60
11/26(N)Syracuse62W95-64
12/3Alcorn St334W132-68
12/6@Purdue5W81-58
12/11Iowa2285%
12/14E Illinois337100%
12/21Long Beach St265100%
12/29Houston Chr268100%
1/2West Virginia7395%
1/7@Baylor3373%
1/10Oklahoma St4992%
1/13@Kansas1763%
1/17@Cincinnati7586%
1/20UCF5392%
1/24@Oklahoma St4980%
1/29Colorado6394%
2/1@Kansas St7987%
2/7Baylor3388%
2/10@TCU5882%
2/14Kansas1781%
2/16Houston1074%
2/21@BYU1153%
2/24@Utah12294%
2/28Texas Tech1984%
3/2@Arizona647%
3/7Arizona St7094%