If we lost I was going to wonder if the inability ti close the last 4 minutes was going to be a trend
*** Official #2 Houston vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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I love that mindset, and even more so when I see other team's players spend their energy complaining because it never changes anything, so you just became unfocused for nothing.
I agree completely. It always bothered me that the AD excludes winter break games from the student season ticket. That's 4 games. That said, they reserved some seats behind the baskets for students to be given the opportunity to purchase and some students obviously did. There was a sizeable contingent behind the basket closest to Houston's bench and they made some good noise.
In general, the crowd was great for the game last night considering a ton less students then normal. Awesome job old people!*
*Let the record reflect I also fall within the definition of "old people"
In general, the crowd was great for the game last night considering a ton less students then normal. Awesome job old people!*
*Let the record reflect I also fall within the definition of "old people"
I enjoyed their bench player who was called out of bounds near our bench in the 2nd half being completely baffled by the call. The ref could've called traveling, out of bounds, or a hook and been correct.
OR we could still be playing ball in April. You're darn right I can dream
To be fair I'm guessing somewhere in between the 2 is where we end up.
I saw something last night that I thought I’d never see. Hasan got out jumped on a board. Crazy.
Anyone watching that game thinking Houston wasn't getting enough 50/50 calls on fouls and ISU was getting too many is delusional.
His team was playing extremely sloppy. You could see him getting agitated right away during the game. We all know that was due to Iowa States defense though so he can continue to cry.
I thought the crowd was great on TV last night and I also thought it was extremely well officiated except when BRE got taken out.
Anyone else watch Baylor-BYU? They both looked like finesse teams to me which is surprising because Baylor usually has length and plays good defense.
I think we matchup well with any team in the conference right now.
I think we matchup well with any team in the conference right now.
For me there are a few differences that have me disagreeing with you that we aren't better offensively; however, I will start by saying some of our scoring droughts are concerningly similar. We are better from the guard court at being a threat to penetrate. Lipsey could drive last year, but wasn't much of a threat to hit from outside, to the point defenders backed off of him daring him to shoot, compared to last night where they often doubled him trying to get the ball out of his hands. I also love that he is able to put the soft touch high of the glass like we have seen Baylor's guards do so often. Gilbert adds athleticism and liked that he is rebounding better. While he may look for the contact rather than the finish, when stopped in the lane he can often use his athleticism to actually rise up enough to get a shot off. Our FT % is a few percentage points better than last year, and in a close game like last night that can be the difference. While we still struggle at times in the half court, and I realize we haven't had a ton of conference games yet, we are getting about 6 points per game more off turnovers than we did last year.
I don't remember if it was a recent CW&BB podcast or the Let Him Cook cast, but they were thinking BYU is a paper tiger and is in for a rough ride in the Big 12, based on the 11-point home loss to Cinci (and the only reason the game was that close was BYU had a guy hit nine threes).
Nothing wrong with losing @Baylor by 9 (I'd extend that to say, nothing wrong with losing @anywhere in the Big 12 by 9).
Yeah, I watched both of their games so far and they look like a middle to bottom tier team to me. I don't know why the metrics like them so much, especially their defense. They look really soft to me.
Baylor is built the same as last year. Good guards who can light it up but their defense is really suspect.
That play reminded me of the way Laimbeer from Detroit used to play defense when guards like Jordan would ty to penetrate to the hole...put them on the ground!
We were in the seats that are tickets said to be in.
We had 70 possessions, so we turned it over on just 17%. We were much less careless with the ball than what I have seen in our noncon games (like, don't pass to a guy who is already blanketed by a defender). Good coaching!
Also, Houston had 2 fast break points for the entire game. That is incredible. I'll bet so far this year they have feasted on fast break. Again, coaching matters. 1. Don't turn it over in the backcourt. 2. Get back, back, back on defense.
I didn't watch that game, but I think you're right about Baylor. From 2020-2022 they had a top 25 defense all 3 years to go along with a top 15 offense. But last season their defense on Barttorvik was ranked #102, and this year it's #93 (with the #2 offense last year and #3 offense this year). I'm not sure if that's in part due to Jerome Tang leaving or if it's more of a personnel issue.