2010-11 BYU Basketball Thread

[Color Me Badd Fan]

This is down a little bit from last week, but as it stands BYU has beaten a #2, #5, #8, two #9s (three wins total) and #15 (yes!) -- with the seeds in Joe Lunardi's bracket. BYU is 7-1 vs. tournament teams.

Also, it's pretty crowded at the #1 seed top. Pitt, Kansas, Texas and Ohio State are all very deserving and Duke is sitting there with a #2 with only two losses. I don't think BYU can get a #1 seed even if it wins out. It seems like all of these teams would have to have two more losses than BYU for BYU to get at #1 seed. Only Texas has three losses, Duke and Pitt have two losses and OSU and Kansas only have one loss. With that said, I think there's a bit of a gap between the two seeds and three seeds. I think BYU can lose one more game and still get a #2.

[beelzebabette]

Do other conferences find it necessary to have a tie for player of the week every damn week?

Looked it up... What is this Mickey-Mouse conference BYU is going to? Not only do they occasionally have co-players of the week, but they also have weekly basketball notes twice a week. I'm so upset.

[Jeff Lebowski]

How do you all pronounce Abouo? I've heard and said "uh-boo-oh," but Zundell on KSL keeps saying it "uh-bwhoa."

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=14357756&nid=272

Zundel is correct. He did a piece a week or two ago where he asked Abouo how it should be pronounced and he is right and everyone else is wrong.

[falafel]

Zundel is correct. He did a piece a week or two ago where he asked Abouo how it should be pronounced and he is right and everyone else is wrong.

I almost said that the way Zundel was pronouncing it was "ridiculous."

[cougjunkie]

I almost said that the way Zundel was pronouncing it was "ridiculous."

Yep in fact Charles said it should be pronounced as "Ab-WOW". That was how Charles explained it.

[woot]

While it's true that Zundel's pronunciation more closely resembles the way Abouo pronounces it, it's a bit like the girl in my seminar that insists her name be pronounced "Me-LEE-sa" instead of the way everyone else pronounces the name Melissa. It also isn't an error to avoid rolling the "r" in "Ricardo Montalban." Zundel sounds a bit silly the way he pronounces it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

While it's true that Zundel's pronunciation more closely resembles the way Abouo pronounces it, it's a bit like the girl in my seminar that insists her name be pronounced "Me-LEE-sa" instead of the way everyone else pronounces the name Melissa. It also isn't an error to avoid rolling the "r" in "Ricardo Montalban." Zundel sounds a bit silly the way he pronounces it.

[woot]

The dreaded eyeroll!

I demand that the next 5 times you say the word "Salsa" you do so with a sassy shake of your head!

[Donuthole]

Zundel is correct. He did a piece a week or two ago where he asked Abouo how it should be pronounced and he is right and everyone else is wrong.

Yeah, while he's correct in acknowledging that it's not "uh-boo-oh" i don't think Zundel is pronouncing it the way Charles said it should be pronounced.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Yeah, while he's correct in acknowledging that it's not "uh-boo-oh" i don't think Zundel is pronouncing it the way Charles said it should be pronounced.

He played the tape of Charles pronouncing it about ten times on the broadcast. Zundel may be slightly mispronouncing it but he isn't completely butchering it like everyone else.

[Jeff Lebowski]

The dreaded eyeroll!

I demand that the next 5 times you say the word "Salsa" you do so with a sassy shake of your head!

Deal.

[HBCoug]

Yep in fact Charles said it should be pronounced as "Ab-WOW". That was how Charles explained it.

The "Ab-WOW" sounds like Tony Little's next late night infomerical.

TECHNIQUE!

[Donuthole]

He played the tape of Charles pronouncing it about ten times on the broadcast. Zundel may be slightly mispronouncing it but he isn't completely butchering it like everyone else.

Better to be the butcher than the guy who think he's outsmarting everyone else and pronouncing it right when he's still not pronouncing it right.

But maybe that's my dislike of Zundel getting in the way.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Last year I thought to myself once that if Charles made an awesome play that Wrubell should scream "Charles Ab-WOW!" that seemed right up his alley. Now I find out that is what he should be screaming all the time.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Better to be the butcher than the guy who think he's outsmarting everyone else and pronouncing it right when he's still not pronouncing it right.

Actually, I think he has it right. I disagree with CJ. It sounded to me like Charles was saying "ab-whoa".

It has to be on the KSL website if someone can find it.