*** Official #12 IOWA STATE vs #17 BYU Game(Day) Thread ***

[IcSyU]

We shot 7 FTs the entire game

...and didn’t have any guards who can take someone off the dribble so that makes sense. Keshon and Tamin both does that incredibly well.

Kelderman and Heise....not so much.

They played their asses off today but the skill set change is a bit much to overcome though I'd argue we should never lose scoring 92 in regulation.

 

[Stumbles]

I'd say so. They would have gotten to 5-6 of those made threes on close outs.

And a few more FTS

 

[CascadiaClone]

Losing sucks, but losing and being left with the “what could have been” feeling down 2 starters is tough to swallow.

Really hope we can get healthy in the next week. Feel confident in Lipsey, but definitely worried about Keshon.

 

[BCClone]

I'd say so. They would have gotten to 5-6 of those made threes on close outs.

We gassed out.

 

[danvillecyclone]

14 (11 BYU and 3 Zebras) vs 4.

Hard odds to beat.

 

[fsanford]

How worried should I be about Tamin for next week?

If it's a groin it won't be 100%. Hope for Friday first round game. Longer the rest the better

 

[ClonesFTW]

BYU will make the 2nd weekend.

 

[jsb]

also BYU has broken my heart twice in 10 days.

 

[GoSTATE71]

Injury bug sucks, first team we’ve had in a long time that could be a legit final 4 type team but of course we get injured and it derails things. If Lipsey and Keshon are out it’ll be a very short tourney for us

 

[Final42b]

They don't always shoot like that.

Well unfortunately we’ve become their *****

 

[ScottyP]

The bad part is I don't think Keshon or Tamin will contribute much going forward. Fran mentioned that Keshon will probably only play limited minutes the rest of the season.

 

[jcf817]

Every conference needs villains. BYU is a solid addition. The Cougars making a deep run in the tourney would reflect well on Iowa State. I want all of our conference mates to succeed. Hard to feel too down about this game with two of our best guards sitting and a third fouling out. Herculean effort from our bench. Gotta let someone else win the Big 12 tourney every once in a while.

Odd, isn't it. Houston comes in and wins the conference their first two year, but they're not hateable like BYU is.

 

[Clonefan32]

Not much you can do. They shot out of their religiously brainwashed minds.

 

[BCClone]

If Kansas loses, the rest of the tournament will be lightly attended.

 

[CycloneJoe6]

BYU will make the 2nd weekend.

All it takes is 1 off night and they can lose to anyone. Happened last year when they were just as good

 

[cal-cyclone]

BYU is a jump shooting team.

The ISU Hoiberg jump shooting teams never got to the line like this.

But they aren't really a 'jump shooting team', at least today they were a 'drive it hard, collapse the def, and hit the wide open shooter' team. It just so happens that offense is our cryptonite if executed well.

 

[fsanford]

Injury bug sucks, first team we’ve had in a long time that could be a legit final 4 type team but of course we get injured and it derails things. If Lipsey and Keshon are out it’ll be a very short tourney for us

They can win 2 games without them.

That said I think Lipsey plays.

 

[ChickenNuggetMan]

10 turnovers. Not that many.

The 11-0 run they went on was fueled by it. Clean that up and we keep the lead.

 

[Stumbles]

Odd, isn't it. Houston comes in and wins the conference their first two year, but they're not hateable like BYU is.

They aren't punks. Shead was a solid dude.

 

[CY88CE11]

A bit overlooked with the frustration of losing to that group and the refs is that Milan looked very assertive at times and showed some new tricks. Hope he keeps that mojo into the tourney.