Houston has won 11 straight. Already employed with a great defense, now the Cougars have an offense and shoot the ball well. Look out for them the rest of the postseason. They're No. 2 in the nation at 37% shooting allowed. Houston with the cover.

The Iowa State Cyclones were one of three teams to defeat the Houston Cougars, winning 57-53 in Ames, Iowa, on January 9th. Houston returned the favor to beat Iowa State 73-65 at home on February 19th. I am a big fan of Cyclones head coach T.J. Otzelberger. Iowa State is 9-0 SU and 7-2 ATS avenging a road loss. Houston is 1-6 ATS after scoring 80 or more points this season. The Cougars have 6 ½ healthy players after the injury to J'wan Roberts. Iowa State is 5-0 all-time in Big 12 Championship games. The total implies a lower-scoring contest, so let's take the points with the Cyclones.

This is too many points for two teams that share defensive excellence and a knack for sub-70 possession games, not to mention the overall strength as a Big 12 title contender both have flexed all season. But the tipping point for me is been the Iowa State offense since the Cyclones arrived in Kansas City. The wins against Kansas State and Baylor included a level of offensive efficiency we haven't seen since mid-February. Houston also has a new injury with J'Wan Roberts dealing with a shin issue, so with those two factors I love taking the points.

OK if Houston loses this game, I will eat my wife's cooking live on Twitter. (will never say X) I will need to be hospitalized after but I will do it. I feel like she is purposefully feeding me pufferfish daily to kill me for life insurance or something so if you don't hear from me again either that happened or this lost and I finally jumped in the river with another illogical result.