But Self's coaching has been really bad this year. The inability to solve high traps and refusal to address our rebounding issue have doomed our team to humiliation and failure.

He hasn't had shooters since then

@rcjhdraft He won a title with a good shooting team in 2022 and made the final four with an elite shooting offense in 2018

This is why you need to recruit shooters. Houston has a team of sharpshooters and we don't have an answer

Ouch. I would like to see us put the ball in the basket

If that isn't tempting fate I don't know what is.

We play UCF tomorrow night right?

They like to give it to the best player on the best team instead of to the best individual player. Maybe if the best player statistically could win it if he is on a team that finished second or third in the league, but it is very difficult to win conference POY with the mid team performance BYU had.

@kjayhawks2.0 There are a lot of examples of that being the case. I do think there are some good things governments have done (infrastructure, safety regulations, standards for work safety, law enforcement) which is why I don't think it is always true. But when governments overstep their bounds it is almost invariably a disaster.

Most likely have to get through Iowa State then Arizona just to reach the big 12 title game.

Reagan once said that there is nothing scarier than someone from the government saying "I'm here to help." I don't think that is always true, but I think its true here.

Just as we all knew, the Cincinnati game destroyed the team and ended the season.

I am not thrilled. DP needs to heat back up at some point.

This season has hammered home the point that cohesion and chemistry are huge factors to success, and that a team is rarely, if ever, just a factor of the sum of talent it puts on the court. When Darryn is out, we are a much less talented team. But because we have played so much with him out we have developed cohesion without him. We have the ball, understand our roles, and play sound defense. With Darryn in, the talent level jumps but the offense looks lost, the ball sticks, and whoever has the ball tends to try and score 1v1. The defense also appears to be more hesitant on switches and less confident about positioning.

I would argue that this year rebounding has been a bigger problem than scoring. If our offense is ranked in the 50s, our rebounding must be in the 300s. However, I agree that our offense needs to take a big step up.

Outrebounded 48 to 26. That's all you need to know about today's game.

If Iowa State were to lose at Arizona and win the rest of their games and we were to win out, both teams would finish with the same record in conference play. Which team would have the higher seed in the conference tournament?

We allowed ourselves to get rattled by that lucky 3 and refused to fight on the boards. Good run to get back in yhe game by us earlier but not enough

The amount of free throws that Boozer attempts every game for Duke is just insane. 12 in the first half against Virginia. I remember Flory repeatedly stuffing him and the refs called an incorrect foul every time. I am not saying anything is rigged, but it really makes you wonder

I think we've got a real chance to win. But we've also got a real chance of getting blown out of the water. We need to bring our A game and get a little lucky.