byufan4ever wrote:
I just realized that we're about to start a 4 game road stretch. At least the Gonzaga game is at the beginning of it and not the end. I realize that these are not all back to back in consecutive days, but still it can be a bit of a drain on the team. Later in the season we have San Diego twice in a row. Who comes up with these schedules? I know it's not easy, but come on.
Dave Rose commented on this before the season. He said that BYU has a hard time finding a good tournament to play in because so many of them play one of the games on Sunday. They were able to get into the one they went to this year but it was played when the conference games were already starting. He asked the WCC about it and they assured him they would "take care of us" with the schedule. In Rose's words, he said they "took care of us" so well by making us play 6 of our first 8 conference games on the road. So here we are.
Beating Gonzaga tonight would be tremendous, and we actually did that last year when the Zags were better. However, I feel like the three games after this one at Portland and at LMU and Pepperdine next week that are crucial for us. We just can't lose any of those three. Pepperdine will be the hardest of the three, but it's totally winnable. If we can get through these 4 with 3 wins, it will look pretty good for us as things get much easier with 7 of our last 10 at home.
