*** THE OFFICIAL TEXAS TECH VS. ISU POSTGAME THREAD ***

[dtISU]

I know I'm going to take some heat for this, but I just don't see Chris Allen getting the job done. He's still forcing his game instead of letting it come to him. And I noticed several el toro waves on defense. Tyrus seems to be more relaxed and comfortable in the system.

Don't get me wrong - loved the win (on the road, no less). And we did this without RW or SC needing to have a huge game. You can see improvement with this team in every game. All alone in 4th place after a third of the season is something I never thought possible after Drake, UNI or MVSU. BTW - that's two 24-point road wins so far...

[swarthmoreCY]

Great opportunity the next 3 games. But the games after that on the road vs OU and OSU are equally big. Every game is important now. Need to pile up wins and one or two big ones.

The losses to UNI and Drake are going to doom us in the end I am afraid.

[chuckd4735]

24 > 24 ?

The value of the point is worth more today than it was 2 weeks ago.

[theshadow]

The value of the point is worth more today than it was 2 weeks ago.

Thanks, Greenspan.

[cyatheart]

The losses to UNI and Drake are going to doom us in the end I am afraid.

Neither is a bad loss right now, especially UNI. See how it goes, all the conference games are much much more important.

[Wesley]

If Drake beats UNI tomorrow night, it will be worse.

[acgclone]

The losses to UNI and Drake are going to doom us in the end I am afraid.

They could, but hopefully it doesn't come to that. We control our own destiny at this point. If it gets to the point where they are looking closely at UNI and Drake, then we've let some games slip away that on paper, we SHOULD win.

We just need to either:

win 10 conference games + 1 in the B12 tourney

-OR-

win 11 conference games

Either of those probably get us in, IMO because the major conferences seem to be down.

[JUKEBOX]

[chuckd4735]

I was hoping someone would gif this.

[swarthmoreCY]

Neither is a bad loss right now, especially UNI. See how it goes, all the conference games are much much more important.

Conference games being more important does not mean those are not bad losses. When you are likely to be on the bubble, all losses have huge opportunity costs, especially losing to MVC teams. You have a much, much better chance to reach the tournament with a .500 conference record if you turn two losses to average MVC teams to wins.

They could, but hopefully it doesn't come to that. We control our own destiny at this point. If it gets to the point where they are looking closely at UNI and Drake, then we've let some games slip away that on paper, we SHOULD win.

We just need to either:

win 10 conference games + 1 in the B12 tourney

-OR-

win 11 conference games

Either of those probably get us in, IMO because the major conferences seem to be down.

Agree, but I feel we will be on the bubble at the end. When you are on the bubble, losses to UNi (at home) and Drake will be used against you

[gocubs2118]

Conference games being more important does not mean those are not bad losses. When you are likely to be on the bubble, all losses have huge opportunity costs, especially losing to MVC teams. You have a much, much better chance to reach the tournament with a .500 conference record if you turn two losses to average MVC teams to wins.

Losses in early November don't carry as much weight as ones in January, February and March.

[State43]

Good win, TTech is horrible though. I don't see them winning a game all season unless they shoot lights out and squeek a win against OU, OSU or A&M.
And to correct someone above, we are tied for 3rd now :)

[scyclonekid]

Did what we needed to do.

Good job fellas.

I love your avatars!!! Great win today we took care of business on the road in blow out fashion, love it Clones!!

[Cyrok]

I know I'm going to take some heat for this, but I just don't see Chris Allen getting the job done. He's still forcing his game instead of letting it come to him. And I noticed several el toro waves on defense. Tyrus seems to be more relaxed and comfortable in the system.

Don't get me wrong - loved the win (on the road, no less). And we did this without RW or SC needing to have a huge game. You can see improvement with this team in every game. All alone in 4th place after a third of the season is something I never thought possible after Drake, UNI or MVSU. BTW - that's two 24-point road wins so far...

We're tied for 3rd with Baylor.

[dtISU]

We're tied for 3rd with Baylor.

True dat. But we're 4th alphabetically.