***2025-26 Mens College Basketball Thread***

[Darius Bieber]

It is easy to look good when your opponent is missing two starters.

Houston is missing a starter who got injured yesterday.

 

[CloneLawman]

Houston is missing a starter who got injured yesterday.

Great. One more, Biebs, and then you can **** on ISU some more!!

 

[rosshm16]

Houston is missing a starter who got injured yesterday.

Yes I'm aware, my post is about our game yesterday.

 

[ca4cy]

Probably. They haven’t won a tourney game since 2011.

With mission years, they probably have at least 2 guys on this roster that played on that team.

 

[Erik4Cy]

BYU soaked out their entire load for Iowa State.

20% shooting? lol, weren't they like 70% at this point in the game vs us?

BYU is total fool's gold. Could be hot for a game in the tourney, but my god...ISU deserves a lot of props for their ability to stay in a game despite shots not falling. If shots don't fall for BYU...they got nothing because they're subpar to bad at many other aspects.

 

[Marcelason78]

Holding BYU to 20 in the first half is impressive. Sampson has these guys focused.

 

[cyclo120]

Obviously we were limited yesterday with personnel but I think even when healthy we all agree ball movement and 3 point shooting can really hurt our defensive philosophy. BYU not getting the looks today.

 

[isuno1fan]

BYU is just an awful matchup for us. Plain and simple.

 

[dahliaclone]

BYU currently a 6 on Bracket Matrix. Worthy of picking the 11 seed upset?

Yes but depends on team. If it’s a power school like Arkansas or a good mid major like VCU I’d might pick the upset. But a team like UNC or San Diego state i wouldnt .

 

[Cyched]

 

[isufbcurt]

Honestly cannot hate Houston, gladly cheering for them to win it all if it comes to that. Feel like Otz aspires to coach a team like that.

Houston is honestly fun to watch. They play so hard and are every where on defense. Like Fran F said it's like Houston has 6 defenders out there.

 

[Cardinal2001]

F off with your 18 3 pointers mormons.

 

[cyatheart]

Anyone else hate cold shooting BYU with the heat of 1000 suns right now?

Helps when you guard them, or have healthy guys to guard them I should say

 

[Cyched]

LOL classic ESPN sensationalism. Comparing their first halves from today and ISU, and the chyron is "BYU's fall from grace"

 

[fsanford]

Houston is missing a starter who got injured yesterday.

And also playing a team that depends a lot of the 3 ball on a back to back
Leg fatigue is real. ISU had it in the 2nd half

 

[cyatheart]

Yeah, athletes and length. They can stay in front and guard without the help. That's how you beat BYU. No help so they don't have guys open in the corner.

Houston needs to quit chucking threes though and use their athletic length inside. BYU has no one who can stop Tuggler.

Yeah if you just play them straight up with ball pressure they got no answers. I really think the second half of our game at home showed people what to do. We just didn't have the horses to execute the second time.

 

[dafarmer]

3 for 16 from 3,

 

[ca4cy]

Helps when you guard them, or have healthy guys to guard them I should say

The Houston defense is on a completely different level, and either BYU is reverting to the mean on open looks or hearing footsteps....or both.

 

[rosshm16]

I don't know why we/others don't deliberately foul that Keita guy more. If you're going to play a guy who shoots 38% on free throws for 20 minutes per game, I'm making sure you're paying for that.

 

[Marcelason78]

Helps when you guard them, or have healthy guys to guard them I should say

No easy corner threes on this Houston squad. It’s BYU’s staple and Sampson’s athletes have completely taken that away.