vs. Utah State

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

BYU ranks #327 in FT percentage. 98 of 161 (60.9%). KC is shooting 61% after 74% last year.

I think that tells you the skill level on this team. It's low.

They were 12/15 from the line last night, which is 80%. Nothing is set in stone in college basketball in early December.

[MikeWaters]

And I'm being negative. I want a team that doesn't exist.

I want players that aren't on the team.

I can't blame these players for being who they are.

Even Collinsworth, overdribbling, getting lame to watch.

The only "5-tool" players on the team is Emery.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

And I'm being negative. I want a team that doesn't exist.

I want players that aren't on the team.

I can't blame these players for being who they are.

Even Collinsworth, overdribbling, getting lame to watch.

The only "5-tool" players on the team is Emery.

It is tiresome to watch BYU, year in and year out, to be teams low on athletic talent and sometimes average on basketball IQ. This team has a lot of average talent and no exceptional talent.

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by Archaea

It is tiresome to watch BYU, year in and year out, to be teams low on athletic talent and sometimes average on basketball IQ. This team has a lot of average talent and no exceptional talent.

And dang it, they keep wining 25+ games and making the tournament every year while doing that, which means you can't fire the coach and start over. How sad.

That said, I would love to take the next step. But it just has never happened at BYU through many years and several coaches. You can argue it was once more like that 40+ years ago, but the game was totally different then. Numerically Rose is about as good as it's ever been at BYU. He's WAY better than Cleveland, Reid, Andersen, and overall even Arnold. Arnold struck gold on a few recruiting classes, but he couldn't sustain it. Hope for better and hope the new guys entering the program starting next year can reach a higher level. But thinking it would be easy is just not realistic, IMO.

[MikeWaters]

it's just that this year definitely feels like a rebuilding year, or more aptly, a potential lost year. Meaning that many of the players who will contribute this year won't contribute in future years as their minutes are taken by incoming players who are better.

Mika will be a game changer.

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

it's just that this year definitely feels like a rebuilding year, or more aptly, a potential lost year. Meaning that many of the players who will contribute this year won't contribute in future years as their minutes are taken by incoming players who are better.

Mika will be a game changer.

The frontcourt next year could be really good. Mika, Dastrup, Kaufusi, Davis, Childs.

[BlueK]

Maybe this will help cheer things up. Video on Gavin Baxter, one of BYU's 4* signees. It will be a couple of years. He has mission plans. He's 6-9 and very athletic. He's still growing and it is thought he could be like Kaufusi and grow a few more inches before coming home from his mission. 3 more inches and he's a 7-footer with that athleticism. That's exciting.

https://twitter.com/jaromjordan/stat...27853827153922