BYU had 29 turnovers and won. Holy mother of God.
*** Official #23 BYU vs #10 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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Yeah, that’s the gut wrenching stat lol
I’ve just come to the conclusion I’m ready for the ncaa tourney. Play some different teams, maybe it’ll ignite a fire offensively. We’re still 24th in AdjO and up to 7th in AdjD. Those are winning numbers.
Bring on March madness! I’ll take an early exit in the big 12 for a S16 chance.
Bring on March madness! I’ll take an early exit in the big 12 for a S16 chance.
Morning after.
Defensively I thought they played with great energy and effort. Great to see the defense get into lock down mode again
Offensively was not a great night for the first 25 or so minutes. ISU had a great opportunity early in the game to create separation but just couldn’t get anything going on offense.
The metal toughness is still there with this group. They are playing well as a team
I still think this team can make a run in the tournament; however, I still feel a sweet 16 might be their ceiling. But it is also great to have a program where some fans may feel disappointed with a sweet 16 exit.
The program is nationally relevant, and shows no sign of slowing down.
Defensively I thought they played with great energy and effort. Great to see the defense get into lock down mode again
Offensively was not a great night for the first 25 or so minutes. ISU had a great opportunity early in the game to create separation but just couldn’t get anything going on offense.
The metal toughness is still there with this group. They are playing well as a team
I still think this team can make a run in the tournament; however, I still feel a sweet 16 might be their ceiling. But it is also great to have a program where some fans may feel disappointed with a sweet 16 exit.
The program is nationally relevant, and shows no sign of slowing down.
Yup, easily can make a run. I would imagine people wouldn’t want to see Iowa State because they know what they’re capable of.
Maybe some look at it the other way, though but I refuse to!
We are what our record says we are…. a good team, not great. We don’t value the ball enough to be great.
The point is we probably don't beat both Tech and Houston at home. The odds of us beating Colorado and UCF at home are very,very good. It would be more entertaining to play all the best teams at Hilton but we also would be more likely to have at least one more overall conference loss.
This one stings in many ways....clearly many things to point out that WILL get us bounced vs a lesser opponent in either tourney.
After a night of bad sleep....ugh...that missed layup that would have been an and 1, when Jefferson looked up at clock and missed the pass, and of course not shooting at the end of the game offensive set are blaring.
We did get two great looks in the second overtime for 3 that didn't drop...that's how it goes.
So cliche....but in a week we have seen several versions of what we can be and sure hope the right things show up next week and beyond
After a night of bad sleep....ugh...that missed layup that would have been an and 1, when Jefferson looked up at clock and missed the pass, and of course not shooting at the end of the game offensive set are blaring.
We did get two great looks in the second overtime for 3 that didn't drop...that's how it goes.
So cliche....but in a week we have seen several versions of what we can be and sure hope the right things show up next week and beyond
Man it sucks to lose this one but what a game. That’s as juiced as I’ve gotten for a while.
I get what you are saying, but the issue is not having action to get a guy in good offensive position. We are getting late in the clock in these moments with guys at a stand still. I don’t care who you are, it’s hard to take your guy off the dribble from a dead stop against a defense that isn’t in rotation—especially with the clock winding down. BYU did a great job of getting Saunders catches with momentum whereas our guys were starting from a dead stop.
Really only way you offset something like that is equally dominant rebounding, and they got that.
That has to be some sort of record. Then again if they would have lost their fans would have said we had 29 more rebounds and lost, how is that possible. Some weird stat was going to be a winner while the other weird stat was going to be the loser.
It's been a problem for a few years, we dribble around and then get nothing, not an even a good shot at the basket.
It’s a combo of things. 1.) turnover differential 2.) small lineup 3.) lots of long rebounds 4.) our defensive scheme
Obviously the late game rebounds by Keita were glaring but they had a huge mismatch inside and he was in the right spots. Unless we have a big in there I’m not sure what we could have done differently.
Hate to say it but this team peaked around the first go through in the conference, and has been coasting since because of injuries and poor play. To be a great team, you have to bring your A game every night or close to it, Kansas used to be able to do that, Houston does it now. We go through stretches where we look lost and start throwing up 3 pointers that are not even close.
I’m sure this has been brought up many times in this thread, but the 52-24 rebounding margin pretty much explains how they did it.
