NCAA Tournament March Madness

#6 Iowa St

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Projected seed: 3

Iowa State’s placement is driven by a clear mix of signature highs and damaging lows: the road win at Purdue and a home victory over Houston prove it can beat top opponents, while additional road triumphs at Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech and neutral-site wins over Arizona State, Creighton, St. John’s and Syracuse supply the kind of road and neutral résumé the committee values. On the flip side, road losses at Kansas, Arizona, BYU, Cincinnati and TCU and a neutral defeat to Arizona blunt the upside and keep the stock from rising further. That combination explains the current standing, and the most straightforward way to improve is to add more quality wins away from Ames or on neutral courts while avoiding more damaging road setbacks.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3F Dickinson336W88-50
11/6Grambling298W102-62
11/10(N)Mississippi St100W96-80
11/17Stonehill334W96-57
11/24(N)St John's17W83-82
11/25(N)Creighton76W78-60
11/26(N)Syracuse83W95-64
12/3Alcorn St346W132-68
12/6@Purdue8W81-58
12/11Iowa25W66-62
12/14E Illinois323W78-53
12/21Long Beach St231W91-60
12/29Houston Chr292W89-61
1/2West Virginia59W80-59
1/7@Baylor49W70-60
1/10Oklahoma St66W83-71
1/13@Kansas21L84-63
1/17@Cincinnati44L79-70
1/20UCF54W87-57
1/24@Oklahoma St66W84-71
1/29Colorado70W97-67
2/1@Kansas St101W95-61
2/7Baylor49W72-69
2/10@TCU43L62-55
2/14Kansas21W74-56
2/16Houston5W70-67
2/21@BYU23L79-69
2/24@Utah126W75-59
2/28Texas Tech20L82-73
3/2@Arizona2L73-57
3/7Arizona St67W86-65
3/11(N)Arizona St67W91-42
3/12(N)Texas Tech20W75-53
3/13(N)Arizona2L82-80