Welp, Houston is pretty good. Houston plays just incredible defense. I think Iowa St plays more handsy/touchy defense. Houston is just so defensively sound as a team. Yes they are physical and I thought the refs forgot about their whistle in the first part of the 2nd half. I thought BYU's defense was pretty good throughout the game. Good enough if BYU could hit some shots then it would have been more of a game. It's hard to get down 15 points and try to mount a comeback. I felt like BYU's shots in the first part of the first half were good shots mostly but none of the 3s were close. Lots of bricks. The team was hurried and lost their concentration. Not a bad loss and won't affect seeding. I have been disappointed in BYU's seed over the years. The committee always seems to drop them at least 1 seed for Sunday play. It feels like BYU gets a 7 seed when they should get a 5/6.

BYU's GameScore of 33.8 is the 2nd lowest of the season. With the first Houston game being the lowest (33.2). It was the worst offensive rating of the season.

Nice to see the explosion from Keba in the 2nd half. You could tell the coaches made that adjustment at halftime. He needs to get one move this offseason from the low post.

Baker had himself another nice game. His herky jerky game does a good job against pressure defense. He doesn't have the athleticism to shine against a team like Houston but he did hold his own pretty well in this game.

The team needs to win on Thursday. Last year the first round loss put a cloud over a really fun season. This team needs to win on Thursday.

Go Cougs!!!!!!!!

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