Never pick BYU in a bracket. They live and die from three. Not going far with that style.
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What if ISU gets them on a back to back?
They have gotten looks today.
Jump shooting teams are going to struggle sometimes on back to backs. Tag on Houston D and they wear down even quicker
I mean CU gave Houston a better game
But ISU could have won at home and gotten BYU on a back to back. So only themselves to blame.
This BYU performance was perhaps the most predictable thing of all time
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They shoot 37% on the season. That makes them 21 of 52 so far between the 2 games which is 40%. Regression to the mean.
ESPN really be like:
After their Icarian performance versus Iowa State, BYU has flown to close to the sun with their Mormon wings made of bird feathers & wax tonight versus Houston. Alas, reports they have fallen from grace are now confirmed.
Houston's defense is THAT much better than ours? Color me skeptical.
Okay Duke is a lot more than Cooper Flagg. Carolina not great but they are getting dismantled.
I think byes in tourneys are b.s. As the higher-seeded team you're already getting an advantage of playing a lower-seeded team. Now add fatigue of back-to-backs on top of that and the deck is super-stacked against teams that finished well in the top half of their league.
In the WCC's brokedick tourney the top 2 teams get byes until the semifinals. Ridic.
We let them have it. Lost a ton of defense too without Lipsey and Keyshon, but also too much doubling the post.
Well when you have mega conferences playing in 1 venue you cannot play 8 games in 1 day
Now they should do like old Big 8 days. Top 8 get to play first round at home
Then move to KC
They don't have/choose to trap so they don't give up wide open looks on ball reversal and can stay in front of drivers without help. They also have elite rim protectors if somebody gets through.
So, yes. It's not slamming us to say they're quite a bit better, especially when we haven't been close to 100% for over a month.
Houston's defense is impressive, they refuse to allow BYU to do anything. Unlike ISU they are really not doubling, which allows them to get to stay on their man. They also do not give up the baseline, which ISU does repeatedly. BYU killed us yesterday getting to the baseline and then throwing it out of an open three. Houston has taken that away. Outside of a few jams, BYU can do nothing.
Pretty much. Or a coach that just doesn’t double everything in the post and leaves a good shooting team open on the perimeter
Houston's defense is ELITE. They are #1 in defensive efficiency. I think ISU was #12, but looks like we dropped to #18 after yesterday's performance.
(Iowa is #314 out of 364 teams fwiw. Drake is #28, BYU #84)
I do believe HOU is better on D than ISU, but agree it's not a big gap. This game tells me more about BYU.
BYU's players are a bunch of assh*les.
Houston is pretty inoffensive as far as teams-that-kick-your-ass go. Good team, well coached, plays hard, no overtly obnoxious players.
Houston is pretty inoffensive as far as teams-that-kick-your-ass go. Good team, well coached, plays hard, no overtly obnoxious players.
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