*** Official #6 IOWA STATE vs #2 Houston Game(Day) Thread ***

[ISUTex]

Houston fans acting like they’ve been there before with the high school chants.

Well, they were in the Final Four a couple of years ago. Guessing the adults weren't the ones doing the stupid chants.

 

[HoustonClone]

Sampson VERY complimentary of the Cyclones. Redeemed a bit.

 

[helechopper]

See you in the Big12 Chamionship Houston.

Then the Nation Championship.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Helluva an effort and game from our guys! Felt like every time we cut it to 5 or 6 they would hit a great shot, we'd turn it over or miss FTs. Shead was fantastic in the 2nd half and we didn't get enough from Tamin. FT disparity was a little frustrating but you're on the road

 

[CY88CE11]

Student section.

That's not an excuse.

 

[CYDJ]

This board is just exhausting when it comes to officiating. It’s every loss. You aren’t going to get a favorable whistle in the road. That’s reality. And this was an impossible game to officiating.

It’s just a loser mentality. We needed to be that much better and we weren’t.

I understand, but this was incredibly bad. Officials have to be consistent. They can have a crappy look on all the calls, but they have to call it both ways and tonight, it was not even close. Don't tell me that we are exhausting, those officials were exhausting.

We needed to be 16 point better than the other team tonight and we weren't, good call.

 

[jctisu]

Sampson VERY complimentary of the Cyclones. Redeemed a bit.

Easy to do when you win. He was a douche in the presser after we beat them in Hilton

 

[JP4CY]

Kenpom had it 69-60. Pretty damn close.

 

[fsanford]

That too. If we made less turnovers, it would be closer AND if the officials weren't so totally out of their minds bad and inconsistent, it would have been closer too. They are not mutually exclusive. WHY DO PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND THIS?

Fouls were inconsistent on both sides. Missed calls for both

 

[NWICY]

Well I wish we wouldn't have fouled with 34 sec left. Game was done. Great effort by the guys. Time to regroup and defend Hilton Saturday.

 

[qwerty]

Free throws and turnovers is the difference tonight. Houston 24-32, ISU 10-15. Turnovers was 16 to 9. We settled down but had runs were we turned it over and allowed Houston to build the lead.

 

[Clonefan32]

So you didn’t watch the game, then. Cool.

Go back and read the game threads any time we lose. It’s the same dozen people saying it was the refs fault. Get over it— we had to play better and we didn’t. No shame in it, Houston is great and Shead balled out.

 

[Thomasrickj]

Sampson VERY complimentary of the Cyclones. Redeemed a bit.

He’s still a cuck and a cheater.

 

[CySmurf]

Huh? That’s what I said…

Then I agree with you.

 

[3TrueFans]

This board is just exhausting when it comes to officiating. It’s every loss. You aren’t going to get a favorable whistle on the road. That’s reality. And this was an impossible game to officiating.

It’s just a loser mentality. We needed to be that much better and we weren’t.

That's just not fair, we complain about officiating when we win too.

 

[CyberJJJ]

Loved our fight. Didn’t like how the first half was called, but Houston made the plays they needed to win the game in the 2nd. Props to them. Did I mention I love our team?

 

[CYDJ]

Butthurt

Nope just telling it like it is. The kid gets away with too many push offs. he's great, but you can not push your man backwards to gain advantage, that is a foul.

 

[NorthCyd]

 

[CyNews]

Lots of fight in this team.

 

[CY88CE11]

This board is just exhausting when it comes to officiating. It’s every loss. You aren’t going to get a favorable whistle on the road. That’s reality. And this was an impossible game to officiating.

It’s just a loser mentality. We needed to be that much better and we weren’t.

How much better do we need to be? What's the number that you're ok with officiating bias affecting a game?