Portland Pilots

I am really pumped about going to this game. We usually have enough BYU fans that we can do the B Y U COUGARS yell all around the Chiles center as if we were in the MC. There's an excellent chance that Tyler gets the scoring record. I just hope it's not a triple overtime game like last year.

I am interested to see if Rose goes back the 4 guard alignment like he did in the 2nd half against San Diego. Portland has a lot of size.

Qman wrote:
I am interested to see if Rose goes back the 4 guard alignment like he did in the 2nd half against San Diego. Portland has a lot of size.

Even with 4 guards on the floor KC can still guard the 4. I think it would be wise to negate some of their height with Sharp and Andrus as well as KC seeing time at the 4. That is if Kaufusi and Worthington can stay out of foul trouble giving Rose the luxury to use Andrus at the 4.



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This game can also seal our fate for the NIT and make us the #4 seed in the WCC tourney (assuming pepperdine wins out and we lose to gonzaga)... I'm really nervous about this game. Portlands bigs have the potential to really give us trouble.

Well the Dons beat Pepperdine today so that helps. Still can't believe we lost to them twice



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Pepperdine lost again. We have locked up 3rd place. Gonzaga lost to Pacific today. Wow

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Pepperdine lost again. We have locked up 3rd place. Gonzaga lost to Pacific today. Wow

Umm no.



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Only loss is to Arizona.

scott715 wrote:
Pepperdine lost again. We have locked up 3rd place. Gonzaga lost to Pacific today. Wow

Doesn't Gonzaga play St. Mary's tonight?



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beauso79 wrote:

Pepperdine lost again. We have locked up 3rd place. Gonzaga lost to Pacific today. Wow

Doesn't Gonzaga play St. Mary's tonight?



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They do and SMC is currently winning. We need SMC to lose if we want any hope of securing 2nd place in the WCC.

Was Gonzaga a women's score then? I'm on the roar. The tweets are small and hard to read.



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scott715 wrote:
Pepperdine lost again. We have locked up 3rd place. Gonzaga lost to Pacific today. Wow

Doesn't Gonzaga play St. Mary's tonight?



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They do and SMC is currently winning. We need SMC to lose if we want any hope of securing 2nd place in the WCC.

That was a close one......watching the game Gonzaga never even looked worried even when they were down 17.



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scott715 wrote:
I'm on the roar.



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Is that some sort of Katy Perry thing? :crazy:

That should be I'm on the road. Sorry. It was a tough weekend.

Dare I say this is a bigger game than Saturday. Lose and we are definitely out of the dance...unless we win at Gonzaga. Actually if we had to split the two games I would rather win the Gonzaga game. Change of mind... Saturday is the bigger game. I'm pulling for two tripleD's two end the year for Collinsworth to break the NCAA career record all in one year (curse you Pacific).

Yes this is a bigger game. This is the do or die game.

hawkwing wrote:
Yes this is a bigger game. This is the do or die game.

Yep, same thing we had with the last San Diego game. Lose to anyone other than Gonzaga and the lights go off for certain for the NCAA.

The lights go off but then if we beat the Zags two days later the lights come back on and maybe even a little brighter than before.

mendyman wrote:
The lights go off but then if we beat the Zags two days later the lights come back on and maybe even a little brighter than before.

I don't think that would be the case. Lose tonight and the lights only come back on by winning the WCC tournament.

My thoughts on the game.



Attending this game was a birthday present from my wife. It was pretty cool to see Ty take Jimmer's place as the scoring leader. I am sure that when the Pilots play any other team in Portland that you could probaby say your prayers in there. We had a lot more BYU fans there than the Pilots did, so most of the fans were counting down from 7 as Ty started scoring to open the game.



Our lack of experience in the post shows up against Portland, but I am encouraged for the future. Can't wait to see Mika play with Andrus and Kafusi.



The fouls in the 2nd half were madening. At one point they were in the double bonus shooting 2 free throws, yet the pilots only had 2 fouls on them. Some of that was the aggressive D we played n the 2nd half. It was really cool to hear the fans yell DEFENSE whenever Portland had the ball.



My son was watching the game in SLC. He texted a screenshot of his TV that showed my wife and I in the stands. We were a couple rows above Marty Hawes righ tbehind the Cougar bench. Glad it wasn't a triple overtime game because I have to be at work at 6:00 in the morning.

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My thoughts on the game.



Attending this game was a birthday present from my wife. It was pretty cool to see Ty take Jimmer's place as the scoring leader. I am sure that when the Pilots play any other team in Portland that you could probaby say your prayers in there. We had a lot more BYU fans there than the Pilots did, so most of the fans were counting down from 7 as Ty started scoring to open the game.



Our lack of experience in the post shows up against Portland, but I am encouraged for the future. Can't wait to see Mika play with Andrus and Kafusi.



The fouls in the 2nd half were madening. At one point they were in the double bonus shooting 2 free throws, yet the pilots only had 2 fouls on them. Some of that was the aggressive D we played n the 2nd half. It was really cool to hear the fans yell DEFENSE whenever Portland had the ball.



My son was watching the game in SLC. He texted a screenshot of his TV that showed my wife and I in the stands. We were a couple rows above Marty Hawes righ tbehind the Cougar bench. Glad it wasn't a triple overtime game because I have to be at work at 6:00 in the morning.

Portland's gym appears to be is as nice as any in the WCC. I'd really like to take in a game there. I like Portland a lot. I also Van Der Mars as a player, we could use a post player like him. We've had really good games with these guys and I wish I could have been there, but it was great watcing it on TV when we had our run in the second half to have the place sounding like a home game.



Also, I was pulling my heair out at the rfoul disparity at the start of the second half, but then I realized that we were gaining on them and pulling away durring this time, and ROse wasnt upset at any of the fouls called. We needed ot be the agressor and it worked.



It was a fun game to watch.