Big 12 basketball 2023-2024 season - One Final Rodeo

[Brian Fantana 6667]

I'll eat my flip flop if TCU loses to WVU.

[Crockett 482]

 

[Reality Check 137]

Frogs up 40-20; UCF up 25-20 on Houston with 3:19 to play in the first. 

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

I'll eat my flip flop if TCU loses to WVU.

I’d settle for the court squatter getting T’ed up for his repeatedly stupid antics outside the coach’s box. 

[texastroubadour 1203]

BYU getting hosed by refs

[Crockett 482]

2 minutes ago, texastroubadour said:

BYU getting hosed by refs

[Brian Fantana 6667]

Sampson picked a damn good year to have maybe his best team yet.

[Js1 85095]

8 minutes ago, texastroubadour said:

BYU getting hosed by refs

In Hilton Coliseum? My heavens, no way!

[Brian Fantana 6667]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

In Hilton Coliseum? My heavens, no way!

I respect the hell out of building for how tough it is to play there, and the fans are what drive it. They bitch and moan about the refs as much or more than the posters on this board and that's a monumental achievement.

[texastroubadour 1203]

7 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

I respect the hell out of building for how tough it is to play there, and the fans are what drive it. They bitch and moan about the refs as much or more than the posters on this board and that's a monumental achievement.

No

[ClubWhatever 12087]

BYU has kind of choked this away.   They are a good team though and I would trade coaches with them in a second.  

[Brian Fantana 6667]

Yeah, BYU has made some abysmally stupid plays over the last 2 minutes. Whining about the refs is laughable.

[texastroubadour 1203]

4 hours ago, Crockett said:

 

Lord Self. 

[Crockett 482]

6 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

BYU has kind of choked this away.  

This is fair. 3 of the last 4 possessions ended in turnovers. Went cold shooting. We had that one and couldn't close. 

[Dr Fear 1265]

ISU finishes 18-0 at home.

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

I can suddenly empathize with the UT fans in the football forum. The rest of the world thinks we get all the calls, I thought the whole first half BYU could tackle us in the paint and we wouldn’t get a trip to the stripe out of it.

To avoid the absurd hypocrisy displayed over there I’ll acknowledge that if literally everyone else thinks we got the calls, then we probably got the calls.

Just glad to be at a point as a program and fanbase that we get a little Phog treatment.

Good seats last night

[Pancho 44458]

Dillion getting undercut and almost breaking his back and there was no foul call should have told you everything about how ISU gets all the calls in Hilton.

[Underdog 28447]

4 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I can suddenly empathize with the UT fans in the football forum. The rest of the world thinks we get all the calls, I thought the whole first half BYU could tackle us in the paint and we wouldn’t get a trip to the stripe out of it.

To avoid the absurd hypocrisy displayed over there I’ll acknowledge that if literally everyone else thinks we got the calls, then we probably got the calls.

Just glad to be at a point as a program and fanbase that we get a little Phog treatment.

Good seats last night

Cool pic. 

[Brian Fantana 6667]

4 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I can suddenly empathize with the UT fans in the football forum. The rest of the world thinks we get all the calls, I thought the whole first half BYU could tackle us in the paint and we wouldn’t get a trip to the stripe out of it.

To avoid the absurd hypocrisy displayed over there I’ll acknowledge that if literally everyone else thinks we got the calls, then we probably got the calls.

Just glad to be at a point as a program and fanbase that we get a little Phog treatment.

Good seats last night

The bitching about the refs gets so tired. Mostly it comes from fans from schools that don't have good basketball atmospheres. The Hilton boo birds are real and kinda annoying but the idea they're intimidating refs into making bad calls or non calls is laughable. Refs miss shit all the time and college basketball is a very hard sport to ref at the end of the day. It happens to everyone and it's so subjective most of the time that it's silly to argue about.

The people around here that cry the most about some mythical ref conspiracy against their team are at least entertaining I guess but it does get old.

The funniest part is when they think it's going to get better in the SEC.

[Braff Zacklin 13410]

15 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Mostly it comes from fans from schools that don't have good basketball atmospheres.

This is a poor take. It's like you've never watched a game at Allen Fieldhouse, or Cameron.

Fans everywhere are about the same and bitch about refs about the same. I'll give you credit for the conspiracy nonsense angle, but otherwise, that post was bad and you should feel bad.

[Brian Fantana 6667]

5 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

This is a poor take. It's like you've never watched a game at Allen Fieldhouse, or Cameron.

Fans everywhere are about the same and bitch about refs about the same. I'll give you credit for the conspiracy nonsense angle, but otherwise, that post was bad and you should feel bad.

There was a part in there I forgot to add even though I had it in my brain, that those kinds of atmospheres maybe cause the refs to choke a little and make more mistakes than they maybe usually would.

I'm not trying to pick on Texas fans too hard here because Tech fans post some pretty cringe stuff about refs too on other boards sometimes but it's nowhere near as frequent.

Edited March 7 by Brian Fantana

[Braff Zacklin 13410]

Fans at Allen Fieldhouse boo virtually any call against the Jayhawks. They are loud and they are vocal but they are also incredibly whiny and they absolutely influence officiating. But it's what makes AFH a great, intimidating atmosphere. A win there always feels like a massive achievement, regardless of how good KU may or may not be that year.

Again, this is the chief stupidity I'm addressing:

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Mostly it comes from fans from schools that don't have good basketball atmospheres.

As for this:

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I'm not trying to pick on Texas fans too hard here because Tech fans post some pretty cringe stuff about refs too on other boards sometimes but it's nowhere near as frequent.

You probably have this impression because, I'll wager, you spend more time on this site than you do on your "own" team's sites.

[Brian Fantana 6667]

Fair

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

Kansas fans love to tell you how much ISU fans boo and how they’re above such nonsense and it’s the most ridiculous shit I’ve ever seen.

Not because they’re wrong about ISU fans, but because they’re exactly the same.

Its like all the tough guys over in the football board that make fun of Matt Campbell for arguing with the refs while they then post in 100+ page thread about a decades long Big 12 anti-Texas officiating conspiracy 

[Pancho 44458]

1 hour ago, Brian Fantana said:

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The funniest part is when they think it's going to get better in the SEC.

 

It’s funny because the same refs who ref our games in the Big 12 will be reffing us in the SEC.

[Brian Fantana 6667]

5 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

It’s funny because the same refs who ref our games in the Big 12 will be reffing us in the SEC.

Yeah I try to tell my IRL friends when we watch games that there are no conference refs all the time and it's just in one ear and out the other.

['stache 21766]

Is the season over yet? Hurry the fuck up already!

And yeah, back when I gave a shit, ISU fans are the absolute worst when it comes to booing literally every call that goes against them, really obnoxious even on TV.

[Brian Fantana 6667]

Just now, 'stache said:

Is the season over yet? Hurry the fuck up already!

And yeah, back when I gave a shit, ISU fans are the absolute worst when it comes to booing literally every call that goes against them, really obnoxious even on TV.

Y'all have to let go of Boynton at this point. GIA used to be poppin, there's no reason it can't be again. I figured OSU fans still care about basketball enough to make a stink about this to the admin, no?

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

I will gladly trade the admiration of opposing fans for an undefeated home slate any day.

[Brian Fantana 6667]

13 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I will gladly trade the admiration of opposing fans for an undefeated home slate any day.

Generally if opposing fans hate playing in your building, it means you're doing something right. If your arena is full of a bunch of bluehairs that wanna sit down and clap the whole game, you might get fans that say "oh such and such team's fans are so nice!" but that's not really where you want to be. There's always the risk of fans taking it too far like what we saw in Lubbock once this year, but I'll take the risk of a classless fan or two crossing the line if it means your arena is a tough place to play.

[Braff Zacklin 13410]

54 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Generally if opposing fans hate playing in your building, it means you're doing something right. If your arena is full of a bunch of bluehairs that wanna sit down and clap the whole game, you might get fans that say "oh such and such team's fans are so nice!" but that's not really where you want to be. There's always the risk of fans taking it too far like what we saw in Lubbock once this year, but I'll take the risk of a classless fan or two crossing the line if it means your arena is a tough place to play.

One of my favorite recent road games was the trip to Lubbuttock in Beard's first (*ahem, only*) season. Yes, my 'Horns got curb stomped, but that arena was PACKED and the crowd was LOUD. And, aside from some bruised egos, nobody was harmed and everybody seemed to behave themselves. It was college hoops at its best, imo.

Boynton does seem to win the "nice, respected guy" award every season but he hasn't produced and he's been given plenty of time to do so. I know the league is brutal but what OSU and GIA have become is nothing short of sad.

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

A rabid Iowa homer on Des Moines sports radio was going on about how ISU got routinely jobbed by the officials for "36 out of 40 minutes" (his words).  He's diplomatic to ISU at best, and if you ever listen to his Locked On Iowa pods, he lets it be known that he loathes ISU.

It's funny how fans can look at the same thing and come to two wildly different conclusions.  Especially in basketball.

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

[HtownHorn 14470]

23 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Football farmegeddon playback.

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

3 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Football farmegeddon playback.

We have everything to play for and all they have is spoiling our title bid.  If I wasn’t having to parent, I’d be breaking shit in the garage 

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

What a fucking pathetic effort. Just pissed away a huge opportunity

[ztejas 43262]

UH is fucking working Kansas.

I think this is a FF UH team and potentially a title winner. They are damn, damn good.

[David Dennison 18652]

Just now, ztejas said:

UH is fucking working Kansas.

I think this is a FF UH team and potentially a title winner. They are damn, damn good.

They can absolutely win it all with this defense.

 

[ztejas 43262]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

They can absolutely win it all with this defense.

 

Shead is so sick. 

Guys like that make tourney runs. 

[Underdog 28447]

Has KU lost this many games in B12 play before? 

[Js1 85095]

3 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Has KU lost this many games in B12 play before? 

Nope. Had a couple 12-6 seasons but 10-8 is their worst Big 12 record so far 

[HtownHorn 14470]

6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Nope. Had a couple 12-6 seasons but 10-8 is their worst Big 12 record so far 

Without their normal home cooking from officials, KU might have been struggling to reach .500 this season. Likley to be 2-7 on the road in the Big 12.

[Brian Fantana 6667]

On 3/6/2024 at 9:59 PM, Brian Fantana said:

Sampson picked a damn good year to have maybe his best team yet.

Yup.

[Brian Fantana 6667]

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

What a fucking pathetic effort. Just pissed away a huge opportunity

Y'all will go far in the tourney. It's fine.

[HtownHorn 14470]

KU player was giving Shead a reach around on that foul.

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

What a fucking pathetic effort. Just pissed away a huge opportunity

Take heart, this was always going to be the outcome of the UH-KU game.

[HtownHorn 14470]

Oh no, Dickinson is hurt.

[Reality Check 137]

Not gonna lie…. thus was funny to watch outside the Big XII women’s tournament.

[Braff Zacklin 13410]

Could what Houston is doing to Kansas right now be classified as a crime?

And, if so, would any jury convict the Cougars? I say no.

[Braff Zacklin 13410]

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

What a fucking pathetic effort. Just pissed away a huge opportunity

I didn't think K-State had a chance in hell of getting an NCAA bid outside of winning the conference tournament. But today's win ... maybe changes things? What are your thoughts?

[HtownHorn 14470]

1 minute ago, Braff Zacklin said:

I didn't think K-State had a chance in hell of getting an NCAA bid outside of winning the conference tournament. But today's win ... maybe changes things? What are your thoughts?

They are the #10 seed, so they would play TCU or us in the 2nd round, and then a potential rematch with ISU in the quarters. If they go 2-1 or better in the tournament, I think they could sneak into the final 4 at-large.