at the half

33.5625 possessions

HOU: 0.834 ppp

KU: 1.281 ppp

Welcome to the Big12, Houston

at the half

36.6375 possessions

dook: 0.955 ppp

UNC: 1.228

**** dook.

that was an enjoyable 2 hours of cbb

Tenn/UK game has been fun

Whoever would have thought Rick Barnes would have a fun, extremely watchable team?

at the half

34.1875 possessions (felt like more to me)

Rocky Top: 1.346 ppp

UK: 1.229 ppp

Hope you got in while the gettin was good

Gonzaga has a game at UK next Saturday. If they lose that, I think you can almost rule them out of an at large bid. Would almost have to win the WCC tournament to get in with their ugly resume.

But still, Rick Barnes.

They definitely have to win the WCC tourney to get in. They're not even really that close to being a tournament team.

So you are saying Gonzaga is going to come in desperate to beat UK...

pathetic seeing a fan base twice throwing drinks and objects onto the court. what a joke

yeah it's kinda ridiculous they didn't get a tech. I guess it was the student section so prob just a bunch of entitled fans who had never seen their team not win the conference? either way it was lame...and extra tilting to me because I came home late to watch the game on delay and based on the length of the recording it looked like it was gonna go to OT but it was just a bunch of reviews.

I’m not saying Houston is a bad team, because they’re not, and one loss isn’t going to define a team, but the metrics are ****ed up on this one. They do not have the best defense in the country and the only reason why the metrics love them is because they beat the **** out of truly bad teams. Metrics favor a 20 point win over a 200 ranked team vs. a 5 point over top 25ish team. KU has 4 wins this year against top 10 teams, Houston will be ranked above them because Kelvin Sampson is a coward.

Last year, same thing. Houston somehow gets better seeding over KU (and other teams) because the metrics liked Houston’s soft ass schedule. Hopefully this gets ironed out over the course of Big12 play.

I agree Houston won't make it through league play with historically good defensive metrics, but they're 6-3 in league playing 5 road games and zero of those road games are against bottom feeders.

Acting like Houston is in over their heads here strikes me as ludicrous. They're clearly the best team in the B12 when you just look at the first half of conference play. Clearly #1 in defensive efficiency and 4th in Offensive efficiency.

Road Records only

Houston is 2-3 against

Iowa St
TCU
BYU
Texas
Kansas

Kansas is 1-3 against
UCF
Oklahoma St
West Virginia
Iowa St

Another top 10 showdown on the slate.

Vegas already thought Houston was worse than metrics (or that Kansas is better) based on the line yesterday.

That felt like a game between two final four teams.

Kansas was a home dog for the first or second time in 30 years.

I’m not saying they’re in over their heads, they’re a good team. The Big12 will grind them down. It’ll probably do them a favor in preparing them for the post season.

I think Houston in the Big XII is more of a "No, you're locked in here with ME" situation but we'll see how the back half of the season unfolds. If only every league could be that competitive and interesting.

Congrats ReddBoiler. Huge Road win there.