Three Iowa Teams - NCAA Seedings

This year, three Iowa teams will be heading to the NCAA tournament. This is only the second time this has ever happened.  Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI all finished in the top three in their conference, with Iowa tying for third.  The three teams had a combined conference record of 40-14.  I am going to make my predictions on how they will be seeded in the NCAA tournament.  

University of Northern Iowa

Last Sunday, the eleventh ranked UNI Panthers clinched the MVC tournament.  With that win, they are guaranteed a place in the big dance.  It is their 9th time making it into the NCAA tourney.  Being ranked eleventh and winning the conference title, I think they will earn a four seed.  The experts think they deserve a four seed or better.  Some are saying a three seed, but their conference is not as strong as the Big 12 or Big 10.  With their record of 30-3 and their wins against Iowa and Wichita State, I think they deserve a four seed.

Iowa State University
On Saturday, March 14, Iowa State beat the Kansas Jayhawks to win the Big 12 Tournament.  Iowa State has been getting better every game they play but have struggled to come out strong at the beginning of the game.  Luckily, they are the comeback kids - the last five games, they have been down by ten or more and have come back to win. Joe Lunardi thinks Iowa State should be a three seed, but I think that is a bad prediction. He still thinks Kansas deserves a two seed but with Iowa State winning last night, they deserve the two seed and Kansas should be the three seed.

University of Iowa

Iowa got beat in their first game of the Big 10 tournament but luckily for them the seedings also go by how they do during the regular season.  The Hawks won six in a row before getting beat the other day but I think they are not consistent or strong enough to get an eight or a nine seed.  I think they don't deserve anything better than a ten seed.

What are your thoughts about the seedings?