BYU Basketball 24-25-Bring out the Jelly!

[Flystripper]

I don't feel even a little bad about the foul call on Saunders's last shot. Love was at the free throw line way too many times. In the second half 4 or 6 of his FT points came on really questionable calls, in particular the one where Keba jumped straight up and Love jumped into his body at the rim. Live by the questionable foul call, die by the questionable foul call.

What a win!

Agreed on that call against Keba. I was shouting verticality with my arms up. My wife looked over and was very confused.

[Omaha 680]

I don't feel even a little bad about the foul call on Saunders's last shot. Love was at the free throw line way too many times. In the second half 4 or 6 of his FT points came on really questionable calls, in particular the one where Keba jumped straight up and Love jumped into his body at the rim. Live by the questionable foul call, die by the questionable foul call.

What a win!

[myboynoah]

I laughed at Boskovic giving the UA fans the L sign on the way to the locker room. mrs. myboynoah said it wasn't nice.

[myboynoah]

Music to my ears.

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[byufan4ever]

BYU gets a huge controversial whistle late in the game and beats Arizona by 1. For the most part I thought this was a pretty decently called game, but I would be livid if that last call that bailed out Saunders was called on us in that situation. Just a horrible call and I hate to win that way, but it is what it is. Hall nearly ruined the game for us with that missed FT. Of course Caleb Love goes off on 3Ps when he's been cold for the last month. But I'm genuinely excited about this team now. KY does a lot of lineups that I wouldn't think to do, but it's working.

Richie Saunders gets the Player of the Game, for the 5th time. It's interesting how his game has really taken off in conference play. He had the best PER and GSc. Keita has also really stepped up recently and he had the best TS% (didn't miss a shot) and ORtg. Hall had the best DRtg although no one was close to 100, although Arizona is a very good offensive team.

Trey Stewart gets the Struggled to Perform award, for the first time, but this may also be the first time he's played 15+ minutes and qualified. He had the worst PER and GSc and DRtg, although I think he plays great on-ball defense. His stat line looks like he played 5 minutes and not 18. Traore had the worst TS%, which is not typical of him. He wasn't taking bad shots, they just weren't going in today. Hall had the worst ORtg and I think this game shows that he really is a PG and not a SG. He's at his best driving and dishing, not sitting back waiting for a shot. Somehow 3 players all with different amount of minutes played all got the same worst DRtg, so that's highly suspect. Take your pick of Stewart/Mag/Knell I guess. Shrugs.

The season average PER has been updated for the two games this week and Keita has now passed Demin and moved up to second place. Top 5 are Saunders / Keita / Demin / Traore / Knell.

BYU is now 19-8 (10-6) and #26 in Kenpom and was #30 in NET prior to today. Arizona is now #12 in Kenpom and was #9 in NET. This is a very good Q1 win. Up next we stay in the same state, at Arizona St., who is 12-14 (3-12) and #62 in Kenpom and was #65 in NET. This is still a borderline Q1 game as the away range goes to #75.

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[myboynoah]

I don't understand the officiating. This game seemed like it was called very tight, but other games seem like a free-for-all.

Anyway, get Dallin the gym shooting FTs.

[Clark Addison]

I was mad about several fouls too.

Yep. It was a pretty weak call. But there were a couple of pretty weak calls the other way the last couple of minutes.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Was at the game. So much fun. I get why AZ fans were mad about the foul.

I was mad about several fouls too.

[Green Monstah]

Was at the game. So much fun. I get why AZ fans were mad about the foul.

[LiveCoug]

[myboynoah]

Great win. Good to see Catchings come up big. Richie was Richie.

Not to be negative after a terrific win, but has Dallin Hall ever hit a big free throw in his BYU career? His missed front-end and huge turnover almost killed us.

So frustrating. That turnover was weird. Just call time out!

But then again, he played awesomely otherwise. I'll take it.

[Clark Addison]

Great win. Good to see Catchings come up big. Richie was Richie.

Not to be negative after a terrific win, but has Dallin Hall ever hit a big free throw in his BYU career? His missed front-end and huge turnover almost killed us.

[myboynoah]

A very impressive win, more so even than Kansas. The team has really come together. Glad Catchings got some mojo back.

Yeah, happy to Catchings. We needed that.

[myboynoah]

I think that win seals a tourney invite for BYU

So weird that we need to think this way. We just don't get the respect we deserve.

Fun, Fun, Fun game. Dang, we are becoming a very good team, and 10-11 deep. Crazy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

That was intense! Holy cow. Great win.