BOID wrote:
I thought that Jimmer and Davies played heroically, sealing the win at the end. Jimmer especially was being hacked to pieces, and should have been at the FT line all game. I agree that Abuou was a stud, and deserves recognition for a good game, including that last assist. It was good to see Rogers and Emery contributing more with the scoring. It's always good to get out of Laramie with a win. Even though the Cowboys played out of their minds, we still won.
Back to Jimmer: I disagree that he was taking the game off. It seemed to me that he was being guarded more closely and more physically than ever before. I know, his three point percentage was down, but I don't think that his effort was.
The Wyoming game plan apparently was to rough BYU up, and see if they could get away with it. I thought it was telling that three Cowboys had four fouls each, relatively early in the second half, and then continued the rough play with no more fouls. This may be what we should expect to see, and our team should expect to experience, for the remainder of BYU's conference games, especially when on the road. The conference won't want to give out any more Jimmer POW's. Please excuse me if this seems painfully obvious--just sayin.'
I think youre right on several fronts.
I think Jimmer is a little banged up (Sno's theory). He also lacks faith in several of his teammates. And I think he is tired. He's been on one wild ride.
I also thought Wyo was trying to rough up Jimmer and the team, but they aimed to disrupt Jimmer and force him to go inside and force the refs at home in wyo to call fouls.
I think the better conditioned and strong athletes are surviving better during this grind: Fredette, Abouo, Davies and sort of Jax. Skinny guys have faded as Hartsock and KC.
By the way, did anyone notice that Jax was walking around like he just left the weight room, arms sort of perched outwards and rounded. I just wonder if he's been hitting the weightroom and his touch is adversely effected.
