In this game, I keep coming back to.the fact that both teams have a common opponent in Oklahoma State, and the team's respective results against the Cowboys have me leaning hard toward Houston. While the transitive property seldom works in sports, it's hard to ignore the fact that LSU played Oklahoma State on a neutral court and lost by double digits, not exactly a great result given that the Cowboys are a pedestrian 5-4 this year.
Houston not only beat Oklahoma State, it did so at Gallagher-iba arena, one of the toughest tasks in college basketball regardless of how good the Cowboys are. That's a quality result, and it's far from the only one the Cougars have. Houston's also won at Brigham Young and showed it can beat a name opponent at home by besting Oregon.
This is an experience, underrated team that sees itself as a legitimate challenger to Cincinnatti in the American Athletic Conference, and teams with this much experience and talent don't lose these kinds of home games very often. Given that LSU hasn't shown much against a quality opponent this year, there's little doubt in my mind that Houston has to be the pick here. Hopefully I can turn this bad start around and get going in the right direction.
In this game, I keep coming back to.the fact that both teams have a common opponent in Oklahoma State, and the team's respective results against the Cowboys have me leaning hard toward Houston. While the transitive property seldom works in sports, it's hard to ignore the fact that LSU played Oklahoma State on a neutral court and lost by double digits, not exactly a great result given that the Cowboys are a pedestrian 5-4 this year.
Houston not only beat Oklahoma State, it did so at Gallagher-iba arena, one of the toughest tasks in college basketball regardless of how good the Cowboys are. That's a quality result, and it's far from the only one the Cougars have. Houston's also won at Brigham Young and showed it can beat a name opponent at home by besting Oregon.
This is an experience, underrated team that sees itself as a legitimate challenger to Cincinnatti in the American Athletic Conference, and teams with this much experience and talent don't lose these kinds of home games very often. Given that LSU hasn't shown much against a quality opponent this year, there's little doubt in my mind that Houston has to be the pick here. Hopefully I can turn this bad start around and get going in the right direction.
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