Iowa State Cyclones Enter 2024 NCAA Tournament as Top Contenders
The Iowa State Cyclones have emerged as one of the most formidable teams in college basketball this season. With their recent dominating performance in the Big 12 Tournament, where they won each game by an average of 20.3 points, they have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
After finishing the regular season with an impressive 27-7 record, the Cyclones were awarded the No. 2 seed in the East Region of the 2024 March Madness bracket. This seeding reflects their strong performance throughout the season and positions them as one of the favorites to advance deep into the tournament.
In the first round of the tournament, the Cyclones will face off once morest the No. 15-seeded South Dakota State Jackrabbits. While the Jackrabbits’ Cinderella story is inspiring, it is highly unlikely that they will be able to overcome the Cyclones’ talent and momentum.
Looking beyond the first round, there are several other formidable teams in the East Region that might challenge Iowa State. UConn, Illinois, Auburn, and BYU are all potential contenders who might represent the region in March Madness bracket 2024. Each of these teams has shown flashes of brilliance throughout the season, and their matchups once morest the Cyclones would be highly anticipated.
To get a better picture of how the tournament might unfold, it is worth consulting the insights of SportsLine’s projection model. This model has simulated every game in the tournament 10,000 times and has a track record of making accurate predictions. In fact, it has beaten over 92% of all CBS Sports brackets in three of the past five tournaments.
The model was particularly successful in the upset-filled 2023 NCAA Tournament, correctly predicting UConn’s surprising Final Four run as a 4-seed.