99% we will be 5 seed. Only other option is:
ASU comes back and wins this game going on right now at AZ
Kansas beats AZ Saturday.
We beat Kansas State
BYU beats Utah.
All of those have to happen and we’d be 4 any of them don’t and we are 5
*** Official #23 BYU vs #10 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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ASU comes back and wins this game going on right now at AZ
Kansas beats AZ Saturday.
We beat Kansas State
BYU beats Utah.
All of those have to happen and we’d be 4 any of them don’t and we are 5
I mean I’m pretty disappointed BUT we’ve been in the top 10 the entire year and have beat some good teams, the biggest thing is we’ve lost some really big head scratchers. We also are regressing as the season has gone on which is scary.
And the MANY times BYU players were verbally responding directly to the refs after that, including their coach, and nothing called.
I wish I had more faith in this team but they're just so inconsistent.....proud of the way they fought back but getting down 21 is just not good....and we came back with a home crowd....everything going forward is on a neutral court (other than Manhattan)
So 'getting' to play Tech and Houston only at THEIR home court is better for us? What? I don't agree.
No one is saying the kids are not playing hard or not trying. But look at the start of the game, BYU could not buy a basket if their life depended on it and we come out and struggle on our home floor. Gilbert gets a steal and had a 2 on 1, just pass the ball there for an easy score, and instead tries to take it himself and we get nothing out of it. Hate to say it but teams have figured out that if you get hands on Gilberts drives to the hoop he is going to turn it over more often than not and when he gets to the rim he now is missing the shot where earlier in the year they were falling.
It is when, instead of getting Houston at home again, we get UCF or Colorado or TCU at home. It makes a weaker schedule.
Other teams had to play Houston twice or BYU twice or Tech twice instead of UCF or Colorado twice.
The conference getting bigger has put some pretty big dead weights at the bottom of the conference.
I’m not even sure we beat Tech or Houston at home right now anyways.
of the top 4 teams in the league, Houston, Tech, Arizona, and ISU we only had home games against AZ. I WANT home games against the other teams, that is what makes me mad about the unbalanced schedule that the other contenders got to avoid Hilton (minus arizona). Agree to disagree then.
Man really wanted to get this one for a couple guys that are done after this year. So close to 3-pt play near end of regulation. Guys fumbled it away on the two play to end both overtimes. Great battles but tough to win giving up so many rebounds and second chance pts. Rebound better and this is a W. Hope Chat is ok, he was really good vs AZ in that dept.
Philosophical Thing Here:
I never like a team to call TO to draw up a play like at the end of Regulation and Double OT. I'd rather the players just go down and do their thing. Oh well. Not an anti-TJ thing, just a Philosophical thing.
Besides that, bummer that the Cyclones lost at Hilton twice this year and that they lost the Big XII Tournament Bye. First World problems.
If they can somehow win the Big XII Tournament and / or make the Sweet 16, I'll be happy. Anything beyond that is GRAVY.
Let's Go State!
I never like a team to call TO to draw up a play like at the end of Regulation and Double OT. I'd rather the players just go down and do their thing. Oh well. Not an anti-TJ thing, just a Philosophical thing.
Besides that, bummer that the Cyclones lost at Hilton twice this year and that they lost the Big XII Tournament Bye. First World problems.
If they can somehow win the Big XII Tournament and / or make the Sweet 16, I'll be happy. Anything beyond that is GRAVY.
Let's Go State!
While true, we had opportunities with KState and now BYU at home and couldn’t take advantage. Not sure I’d feel super confident about Houston coming into Hilton with the current state of the team.
its what go them back in the Houston game, what won them the Iowa game down the stretch, and plenty other of their big runs this season.
That was almost an all timer. That was almost one we’d be talking about in 20 years. I hate that we lost.
Loved our fight. Hate that we played so bad and fell behind by so much. Loved our fight. Hate the last plays in both OTs. You’ve got to get better looks.
Loved our fight. Hate that we played so bad and fell behind by so much. Loved our fight. Hate the last plays in both OTs. You’ve got to get better looks.
Another thing I noticed is our Adjusted Offesive Efficiency in Big 12 games only was middle of the pack. Houston, BYU, Tech, and Arizona all were better on offense in league play hence why we are finishing behind them. We have to be better on offense to be elite in this conference.
I mean they have 2 losses at full strength. If, last year, they had to play 9 games down at least 1 of their top players in the middle of conference play, they probably don’t finish above .500 in conference.
They are not worse than last year.
Too many 5,6,7+ minutes without a bucket. Need a bucket getter in the portal. Someone who will be able to grab points when the offense is stagnant (like Brockington).
We have a lot of good catch-and-shoot guys. But we can’t get to the “catch” part a lot of the time.
Not easy, but tonight wasnt too bad, I thought they were going to get destroyed for awhile. They made a hell of a comeback, and had chances to win.
If I dwell on the losses, it kind of takes away from the enjoyment of watching the sports for me. Can't change the outcome, so no need to think too long about it.
