Tickets Punched: #4 - #6

An exploration of the NCAA automatic bid winners, continued.  Part 1 is here.

NORTHERN IOWA

The red in this case is just due to a slower pace – not a negative thing, but I had to choose a color.  Northern Iowa’s offense is very deliberate – extremely low turnovers, slow pace, above average efficiency.  I can definitely see the Butler or Wisconsin comparisons.  Their problem is, they picked the mediocre-shooting 2004 Butler, instead of the decent 2007 or 2008 Butler.  They’ll hold onto the ball, but they won’t hit a ton of their shots, and they won’t get second chances on the ones they miss.