No. 10 Iowa State's rally is repelled in 88-85 double overtime loss to No. 25 BYU on senior night

[The Rob Gray]

No. 10 Iowa State's rally is repelled in 88-85 double overtime loss to No. 25 BYU on senior night

Mar 4, 2025; Ames, Iowa, USA; Brigham Young Cougars guard Trey Stewart (1) defends Iowa State Cyclones guard Curtis Jones (5) at James H. Hilton Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-Imagn Images AMES — It felt inevitable. Senior night. A double-bye in next week’s Big 12 Tournament on

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[exCYtable]

Begs the age-old question: is it better to get bounced early in Big 12 tourney and get rested, or better to play 4 games in 4 days and try to get our rhythm and confidence back?

 

[Beernuts]

Begs the age-old question: is it better to get bounced early in Big 12 tourney and get rested, or better to play 4 games in 4 days and try to get our rhythm and confidence back?

For this team...i would take the rest. Maybe win one game to restore some confidence and then accept our 4 seed and focus on one game at a time. Lipsey needs some rest.

 

[rosshm16]

Wouldn't mind seeing some PT in non-garbage-time minutes for Nojus and JT in this tourney. Does anyone really care that much if we win many or any Big 12 Tourney games this year? I'm all about a nice run in the NCAA at the moment.

 

[cykadelic2]

Begs the age-old question: is it better to get bounced early in Big 12 tourney and get rested, or better to play 4 games in 4 days and try to get our rhythm and confidence back?

4 games in 4 days is the last thing this team needs.

 

[NoCreativity]

Wouldn't mind seeing some PT in non-garbage-time minutes for Nojus and JT in this tourney. Does anyone really care that much if we win many or any Big 12 Tourney games this year? I'm all about a nice run in the NCAA at the moment.

Yes, as of right now I think we are a 3. If we lose in Manhattan and then have a bad showing in KC we will likely be a 4. That's significant.

 

[SCNCY]

We've seen this team playing tired for half of the Big12 conference slate. Of course, some of that was due to injury or illness. But even the players playing those games seemed to be looking tired. I know TJ has hard practices, but I wonder if they need to better manage energy levels of practice to rest more for games.

 

[CyHans]

I'd like to see us win at KSU and win one or two in the B12 tourney just to maintain some confidence and respect from the outside world. If we finish with 3 game losing streak will not be good.

 

[83cy]

I'd like to see us win at KSU and win one or two in the B12 tourney just to maintain some confidence and respect from the outside world. If we finish with 3 game losing streak will not be good.

If we finish with a 3 game losing streak a 5 seed becomes reality. ISU would have some bad losses: 2 to KSU, OKST, WVU