BYU Basketball 24-25-Bring out the Jelly!

[Pelado]

You might want to pay closer attention to that oracle liar.

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[Flystripper]

I thought it was odd that the announcers never put it together that BYU played great D from the opening whistle. They kept talking about ISU D and no BYU score for 6 minutes which yeah, was crazy but ISU only had 5 points in the same time frame. They were just repeatedly amazed BYU had "come back", when the largest deficit was, what, 9?

this really bugged me too

[Flystripper]

Hope they work some more on how to beat the press though.

The press wasn't as much of a problem as managing the high pick and roll when Jefferson and Jackson were showing the double on the screen. Usually Demin is tall enough and/or athletic enough to make the defense pay when the opposing big doubles and shows on the high pick and roll. Jefferson and Jackson were athletic enough and big enough that he had no answer and as a result he made a bunch of bad decisions. Hall was equally bad. Most teams won't be able to do what ISU did in defending that action. KY did the right thing in stressing rebounding and running to minimize the issue for the middle half of the game.

[falafel]

The press wasn't as much of a problem as managing the high pick and roll when Jefferson and Jackson were showing the double on the screen. Usually Demin is tall enough and/or athletic enough to make the defense pay when the opposing big doubles and shows on the high pick and roll. Jefferson and Jackson were athletic enough and big enough that he had no answer and as a result he made a bunch of bad decisions. Hall was equally bad. Most teams won't be able to do what ISU did in defending that action. KY did the right thing in stressing rebounding and running to minimize the issue for the middle half of the game.

True, they had plenty of those "collisions at the ball" like ISU's coach said. I couldn't believe how physical the refs let the game be in the first 5 minutes.

KY and the team did a great job of sticking with the game plan, which is huge in a road game and atmosphere like that. This type of win is going to pay dividends in the tournament.

[Pelado]

BYU men's basketball current ratings:

NET: 31
KenPom: 30
ESPN BPI: 26
BPI Resume: 38
Faktor KPI: 45
AP: NR
Coaches: NR

Record against Quad 1: 3-7 (losses to TCU and Utah jumped from Quad 2 to Quad 1, win over UCF dropped to Quad 2)
Quad 2: 4-1
Quad 3: 5-0
Quad 4: 6-0

Games remaining against Quad 1: 3
Quad 2: 2
Quad 3: 0
Quad 4: 0

ESPN's BPI predictor model gives BYU just a 22.9% chance to win at Arizona (NET: 9, KenPom 11) on Saturday, predicting a margin of 7.6 points. It's ranked 5th of the day's games in "Matchup Quality".

For Wednesday's game at Arizona State (NET: 66, KenPom: 63), BPI projects a 63.7% chance of a Cougar victory, with an expected margin of 3.5 points. It's ranked 10th of the day's games in "Matchup Quality".

For the tournament projections, BPI currently shows BYU with the following chances:
Round of 32: 50.2%
Sweet 16: 19.4%
Elite 8: 8.2%
Final 4: 3.4%
Title game: 1.2%
Champion: 0.3%

They are listed as the 29th highest odds of winning the tournament. Big 12 teams with better odds:
Houston - 21.6%
Arizona - 3.7%
Iowa State - 3.6%
Texas Tech - 2.3%
Kansas - 1.3%
Baylor - 0.8%

BYU men's basketball current ratings:

NET: 24
KenPom: 23
ESPN BPI: 24
BPI Resume: 24
Faktor KPI: 30
AP: 23
Coaches: 22

Record against Quad 1: 5-7
Quad 2: 7-1
Quad 3: 4-0
Quad 4: 6-0

Games remaining against Quad 1: 0
Quad 2: 1
Quad 3: 0
Quad 4: 0

ESPN's BPI predictor model gives BYU a 82.9% chance to win at home against Utah (NET: 64, KenPom 68) on Saturday, predicting a margin of 9.9 points. It's ranked 17th of the day's games in "Matchup Quality".

For the tournament projections, BPI currently shows BYU with the following chances:
Round of 32: 71.5%
Sweet 16: 33.6%
Elite 8: 13.5%
Final 4: 5.1%
Title game: 1.7%
Champion: 0.4%

They are listed as the 23rd highest odds of winning the tournament. Big 12 teams with better odds:
Houston - 20.6%
Iowa State - 2.8%
Texas Tech - 2.3%
Arizona - 2.1%
Kansas - 1.2%

Baylor is listed just after BYU with odds of 0.3%.

[Omaha 680]

Lunardi has us up to a 7 in the East today. Would really like to get to a 6.

[BigFatMeanie]

Lunardi has us up to a 7 in the East today. Would really like to get to a 6.

I would love a 6 too. I think it requires a win over Utah and a conference tourney win against most likely Iowa State.

[Joe Public]

BYU getting manhandled to start.

[Joe Public]

The Cougars are the better team - they just need to execute.

[Copelius]

What a shit show.

[byufan4ever]

Awe, Hall shaved the stache...

[LiveCoug]

we are ass right now

[Flystripper]

This game is gross. So disjointed and nobody want to box out.

[LiveCoug]

0/13 from 3 and that stupid ausar owning us again. what are we doing?

[byufan4ever]

Why can't we shoot 3s at home?