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[Indy Coug]

Lone Peak is playing Brighton right now in the semifinals and it is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. Brighton is currently holding the ball at midcourt not doing a danged thing. Just sitting there. They've held onto the ball for the whole 2nd quarter, yest for 8 straight minutes.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ournament.html

During the Ainge years, Wyoming and Hawaii both tried extreme stall tactics and BYU beat both of them with the final score in the 30s.

[Jeff Lebowski]

First time I've watched Mika play. Physically he reminds me of Nate Austin, similar body type. Obviously a more finished offensive game, and he actually plays like a big man.

You are joking, right?

[San Juan Sun]

Nope, similar height, similar build. Even similar haircuts.

[Art Vandelay]

You are joking, right?

I did a "what ???" take too. Other than being white, with short hair, and doing the same weird butt drop when shooting FTs, they look nothing alike. More importantly, they play nothing alike.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Nope, similar height, similar build. Even similar haircuts.

They are both tall and white. I will give you that much.

[SoCalCoug]

I can see what he's saying - just standing there, not moving, sure. Mika's listed at 6-9, 220; Austin's listed at 6-11, 230. But if they were to start moving, all resemblance ceases.

[cougjunkie]

I can see what he's saying - just standing there, not moving, sure. Mika's listed at 6-9, 220; Austin's listed at 6-11, 230. But if they were to start moving, all resemblance ceases.

Brightons coach should be embarrassed for using that tactic. Not only did it not work, but you just told your team that they had no chance so lets go ahead and not get blown out (which still happened.

Brandon Miller a ute signee is absolute garbage, the fact that Brighton has a Pac-12 commit and still felt the need to hold the ball tells me all I need to know about him. Nick Emery locked him down and he was clearly frustrated throughout the entire game. I not sure he made a single shot from the floor. Everything came from the foul line.

Mika is a physical presence and his physique is much better than Nate Austins. The kid guarding him from Brighton was 6'5 and Mika made him look about 5'10. He is a big man that plays like a big man. He knows his role and loves to bang and play around the basket. I think he will be a solid player as a true freshman next year.

[jay santos]

Nope, similar height, similar build. Even similar haircuts.

I watched in person. Mika's a beast. Nothing about his body is remotely similar to Austin. He looks like Ivan Drago.

[smokymountainrain]

Brightons coach should be embarrassed for using that tactic. Not only did it not work, but you just told your team that they had no chance so lets go ahead and not get blown out (which still happened.

Brandon Miller a ute signee is absolute garbage, the fact that Brighton has a Pac-12 commit and still felt the need to hold the ball tells me all I need to know about him. Nick Emery locked him down and he was clearly frustrated throughout the entire game. I not sure he made a single shot from the floor. Everything came from the foul line.

Mika is a physical presence and his physique is much better than Nate Austins. The kid guarding him from Brighton was 6'5 and Mika made him look about 5'10. He is a big man that plays like a big man. He knows his role and loves to bang and play around the basket. I think he will be a solid player as a true freshman next year.

State semifinal and Brighton's coach decides not to play basketball. Decides not to compete. Poor sportsmanship, screws fans who made the trip and took the time to go; cowardly. It's the effing semifinal and that guy doesn't want to play the game. Embarrassed at the least, should probably be fired for pulling that shit.

[fusnik]

State semifinal and Brighton's coach decides not to play basketball. Decides not to compete. Poor sportsmanship, screws fans who made the trip and took the time to go; cowardly. It's the effing semifinal and that guy doesn't want to play the game. Embarrassed at the least, should probably be fired for pulling that shit.

Stop it. This happens quite often in HS games and I'm surprised teams haven't tried it more against Lone Peak.

Brighton hoped for a 2 to end the quarter and a 2 to end the half which would have put the game at 14-11 which is closer than anybody in Utah this year.

I think the biggest shocker is the kid going to Utah, I'm surprised the coach didn't tell the kid, go for 40 as he's the only chance they had.

[FN Phat]

Utah high school basketball is on the top play on SC this morning.

[smokymountainrain]

Stop it. This happens quite often in HS games and I'm surprised teams haven't tried it more against Lone Peak.

Brighton hoped for a 2 to end the quarter and a 2 to end the half which would have put the game at 14-11 which is closer than anybody in Utah this year.

I think the biggest shocker is the kid going to Utah, I'm surprised the coach didn't tell the kid, go for 40 as he's the only chance they had.

That's fair. However, I guess I'm seeing from my perspective of how I thought when I played HS ball. I would have killed for the opportunity to go against Haws and Emery and the #1 ranked team in the country and while we might have lost I would have tried to score 30 in the process. For my coach to take the ball out of my hands and tell me to stand around for most of the first half in the state semi's against a team like that- well, I would have told him to go fuck himself and jacked up as many shots as I possibly could until he pulled me from game and sent me to the locker room. I can't imagine, as a player, standing around and simply not competing. But perhaps you're right, that from a strategic standpoint, it may have been their best chance to win. It just doesn't sit right with me. Bottom line, the UHSAA needs to implement a shot clock.

[Jeff Lebowski]

LP allowed Brighton to do the stall. The 5-second "closely guarded" rule is called very tightly at the HS level in Utah. Given their ability to play pressure defense, they could have easily countered that strategy. From the post-game comments, I am guessing that the LP coach purposefully allowed it to happen just to make things interesting.

[Maximus]

So forgive my ignorance on this, which of the LP BYU commits will be playing at BYU next year?

[jay santos]

So forgive my ignorance on this, which of the LP BYU commits will be playing at BYU next year?

Just Mika. Emery straight to mission. Haws one more year in high school.