*** Official #8 IOWA STATE vs #5 Houston Game(Day) Thread ***

[cyclones500]

Definitely not pretty, getting to halftime down "only" 12 is a kind of micro-accomplishment in the context.

 

[fsanford]

I thought our offense looked better when Kelderman was the PG. He was on the bench during 9 minute drought.

I did too, it's like he said F it this is my only shot.

Loved his play

 

[Alswelk]

Regression (or, progression in our case) to the mean after the half, please.

 

[Cymark86]

ISU is depleted roster wise, and these ******* refs are still calling ticky tack bull ****, but letting Houston get away with all kinds of contact. T.J. needs to get in some refs faces.

We need to stop about the officials. They called 11 fouls the first half. We shot 3 times the free throws they did. They are the better team with what’s out there. You are on the road in a top 10 matchup. Probably not going to get a bunch of calls.

 

[ClubCy]

Didn’t we have a horrendous start @ Houston last year and showed some life at the end of the half? Feels eerily similar.

 

[AllInForISU]

Dang Fertitta Center is tiny. Being a Pac12 refugee I'd not really been familiar with all the B12's facilities.

2nd smallest in the major conferences. Villanova is the only one smaller I think.

 

[Malone]

We might seem them a possible two times before that

Hilton South at full strength would be nice

 

[rosshm16]

If Momcy and Jefferson would have hit a couple shots, we'd be close.

 

[cincinnaticyclone]

Do any of the Kenpoms of the world take into account that players are missing? I doubt it.

They do not. Our offensive efficiency rating is going to take a big hit from this

 

[3TrueFans]

Hell of a halftime show going on on the 4k feed.

 

[clone37]

If we can get healthy, we will beat these guys in KC if we play them.

 

[Texbudman]

Ugh Cryer is playing out his f*cking a$s.

Cryer scored 20 combined points in three games against us last year. Keshon really played great defense on him last year. He’s unconscious today

 

[Cloned4Life]

For those that didn’t know - this is, in fact, a better Houston team than last year’s Shead squad.

 

[madguy30]

We need to stop about the officials. They called 11 fouls the first half. We shot 3 times the free throws they did. They are the better team with what’s out there. You are on the road in a top 10 matchup. Probably not going to get a bunch of calls.

Physical contact gets labeled as a missed foul too much.

Getting the defender out of position is going to get the call, not general contact.

 

[cal-cyclone]

The announcers need to be asking if Houston is shooting out of their minds, while ISU has their two leading scorers out how is Houston only up by 12?

 

[Marcelason78]

A little surprised Kelderman saw the floor before Nojus.

 

[Thomasrickj]

Do any of the Kenpoms of the world take into account that players are missing? I doubt it.

I don’t believe so

 

[rosshm16]

If we can get healthy, we will beat these guys in KC if we play them.

Cryer hitting all sorts of well-contested nonsense and missing our two leading scorers. I'll take us on a neutral floor for sure.

 

[cyclones12321]

We need to stop about the officials. They called 11 fouls the first half. We shot 3 times the free throws they did. They are the better team with what’s out there. You are on the road in a top 10 matchup. Probably not going to get a bunch of calls.

Agreed, officiating has had nothing to do with this. This is missing your top scorers and other 4 big names really not doing anything. We need them to stop making every impossible shots, lipsey to go off and Jefferson and Milan to start making shots. If not we lose by 20+

 

[heitclone]

Not pretty but it honestly makes me feel better about playing Houston later on this year. They're shooting out of their minds, we can't hit anything and this game is a shot or two from being close.