*** Official #20 BYU vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[Cyclonepride]

If someone predicted 13 or 14 wins, I would have mentally marked them down as a moron.

I honestly thought 13 would win or tie for the league championship. ISU and Houston were truly outstanding this year.

 

[KCClone1]

ISU is now guaranteed to finish the season with single digit losses for their final record. That’s an impressive feat when you play 30+ games in the best conference. I’m too lazy to look it up, but I wonder how many times we have finished a season with single digit losses.

 

[CyNews]

Bingo! I mean we still won and that play is all I can think about. Because BRE should have pulled that back out and got it to a free throw shooter, but he decides to go up for it. He makes it and is fouled clearly in the act of shooting. And he is completely jobbed on senior night.

That was easily one of the worst calls I’ve seen this year anywhere.

That needs to be explained.

 

[Bob f]

Hats of to the BYU team man. They went cold from 3 down the stretch and a couple more shots here and there would have sealed it for them. Their team plays super hard, they never stop moving without the ball, they are tough on def. I hope we don't see them again this year in the B12 tourneyment. We beat a good team tonight.

Agreed. But at what point is it our defense wearing them out mentally, then physically

 

[CySmurf]

Why didn't they count that BRE shot? I thought he made it when we were up by 1.

Fouled on the rebound they said on the radio...horse****

 

[Cyclonepride]

Agreed. But at what point is it our defense wearing them out mentally, then physically

Great defense is predicated on getting you out of sorts, so that you don't have rhythm when you do manage to get an open one.

 

[acoustimac]

This team has a definite attitude…i just hope the crystal ball doesn’t shatter due to the horrendous offense. They just leave me shaking my head each time they win after being so poor offensively. But yet they keep finding a way. Tonight there had to have been a witch in the crowd that hexed the BYU shooters.

 

[ebState]

 

[KCClone1]

Fouled on the rebound they said on the radio...horse****

Yeah, I assumed they called an undercutting foul on the rebound before the shot. I still don’t like it since the play was so bang bang.

 

[CycloneErik]

ISU is now guaranteed to finish the season with single digit losses for their final record. That’s an impressive feat when you play 30+ games in the best conference. I’m too lazy to look it up, but I wonder how many times we have finished a season with single digit losses.

95-96
96-97 (Willoughby teams)
1999-2000
2000-2001 (Tinsley teams)
2013-2014
2014-2015 (Niang teams)

So, 6.



Edit note: I should find a way to be paid for these things.

 

[clone37]

I have no doubt that Tamin is physically sore, but a lot of his bad play lately just looks mental and like he's stuck in between. Hopefully he can snap out of it, as early as tonight.

Yeah Tamin, there you go buddy! I feel like tonight's win was big in multiple ways. #1 a win #2 a good metrics win #3 the big deficit seemed to force Tamin and the boys to bust out of their offensive slump

 

[twincyties]

Fouled on the rebound they said on the radio...horse****

Just a terrible call. Rebound was clean and he went back up with it in one motion.

 

[CySmurf]

I think I just had a stroke

but then you would have texted that...
" I think i dsfn7ik,-'dfh#"

 

[Cupped]

ISU is now guaranteed to finish the season with single digit losses for their final record. That’s an impressive feat when you play 30+ games in the best conference. I’m too lazy to look it up, but I wonder how many times we have finished a season with single digit losses.

Looks like 6 seasons since the late 50s; Fred, Tim Floyd and Larry Eustacy twice each...

List of Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball seasons - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[CycloneVet]

That's not going to happen. Anyone talking about that I think is more just saying if we lose early it may be for the best. No way these guys aren't giving 100% in a game.

I’m of the mind that if they happen to lose early then I’m ok with it

 

[drmwevr08]

How about we blow out K State and give my heart a break.

Yes, please. By 40.

 

[Marcelason78]

As hard as I’ve been on Settles, have to admit he had another great call tonight.

 

[ebState]

Yeah Tamin, there you go buddy! I feel like tonight's win was big in multiple ways. #1 a win #2 a good metrics win #3 the big deficit seemed to force Tamin and the boys to bust out of their offensive slump

Re: Metrics

We closed the gap between us and Houston on defensive efficiency at KenPom, but stayed at number 2.

We slid to 69th on offensive efficiency.

We dropped 1 spot to 11th in KP

 

[Skyh13]

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[Clonefan94]

This team has a definite attitude…i just hope the crystal ball doesn’t shatter due to the horrendous offense. They just leave me shaking my head each time they win after being so poor offensively. But yet they keep finding a way. Tonight there had to have been a witch in the crowd that hexed the BYU shooters.

That’s what happens when you play a defense like ours, they wear you out. Getting tired during a game against a D like ISU is underrated. It’s constant pressure with no time to rest. They blew all their timeouts too.