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On Friday 5 seed BYU beat #165 8 seed Portland in the WCC tournament (Q3). BYU was losing by 13 points at HT and I was ready to start up the "fire Pope now" thread! But BYU outscored Portland 52-28 in the second half! Richie Saunders had the game of his life. He was hitting 3s and FTs both...

Big win last night. I hoped that they would put it together for the tournament. There was a website that gave a team's rpi and a summary of their quad games. I don't remember the site. Anyone know? This is the site that I use. After the WCC tourney is over I'm going to post BYU's final team sheet. ...

Saturday night for Senior Night BYU beat 17-13 (7-9) #122 San Francisco at home (Q3). BYU looked really up for this game which begs the question, "why can't they play like this every game?" Three players had a PER above 20!! Robinson had a nice steal dunk and Traore hit a 3! Williams got t...

On Thursday BYU lost to #83 21-8 (9-5) Santa Clara at home (Q3). The first half was one of the worst defensive performances that I've seen. Down 17 at half at home ! On TV it looked like barely 20% of the seats were filled and the commentators mentioned numerous times how quiet it was. Quite the ind...

There's an article from bustingbrackets.com titled "NCAA Basketball: 10 coaches that may get fired or leave after 2022-23." I'm not going to link to the article because it's a slideshow and I hate those. But a legend on Reddit put the list out there: Travis Ford (Saint Louis) Mark Adams (T...

What a week. BYU lost to 9-18 (2-11) #193 Pepperdine away (Q3). Yeah yeah they're much better than their record indicates. This was embarrassing. 21% 3FGs...and the defense. Probably the worst defense we've played all season. Traore continues to be our lone bright spot for this season. He scored 19 ...

I'll have more to say after Saturday's game, but BYU could end the season on a 5 game losing streak and a 6 game losing streak if they lose their first game in the conference tournament. The next 4 games are all against teams that BYU lost to the first time around this season. I don't think that BYU...

scott715 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:58 am Gonzaga lost another game? Was it St Mary's?

Yep, they lost 78-70 in OT at SMC.

I forgot to add that BYU's screens and pick and roll has suddenly gotten better the past three games. I've complained since the Dave Rosa era that we set some of the softest screens, but kudos to making an improvement in that area!

On Thursday BYU beat 16-9 (6-5) #99 LMU at home (Q3). This was BYU's first win this season where it just felt like they dominated from start to finish. Robinson was dropped from a starting role for the first time this season with Waterman taking his place. It's hard to question that lineup change wi...