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    BYU v. Wichita State

    Just discovered this site and don't know if it is your school's main forum. Have lived in both Utah and Kansas.
    Just curious as to your thoughts about probably playing Wichita State at the Sprint Center in Kansas City on Tuesday.


    Have seen enough of your team to know you will throttle Texas in the semifinals on Monday. #14 WSU will likely have an easy time with DePaul in the late game. That sets up what I believe will be the most entertaining nonconference game of the year involving 2 teams that don't play in power conferences. Your offense is unstoppable at times and WSU plays some of the best defense in the nation. The Shockers beat Pitt, Gonzaga, and Ohio State on their way to the Final Four last year and are currently 5-0. They will likely be ranked 12th in the next poll. But I believe it will be like the Broncos and the Chiefs. A good offense will overcome a good defense.


    The Sprint Center is an incredible venue for college basketball. If you go, check out the college basketball museum next door and the always entertaining Power and Light District across the street. KC is a basketball town and I expect a fair number of KU fans to be in attendance out of curiosity and for the entertainment. Wichita is a 2.5 hour drive and you can expect thousands of rowdy Shocker fans to be in attendance. I assume BYU fans travel well. I'm flying in to go the Chiefs/Chargers game on Sunday and the tournament on Monday and Tuesday.


    I believe the CBE Classic rotates a different "local team" into the tournament every year. One year it is KU, the next K-State, then Missouri, and finally WSU. I'm sure ESPN will hype the BYU-WSU game since they are televising it.


    One final opinion, WSU has a nonconference schedule that includes Tennesse, Alabama, St. Louis, Tulsa, etc. But I think they would jump at a home and home with BYU. If the game Tuesday is as good as I think it will be, I hope that BYU would pursue it. I know WSU would agree. It's just a 2 hour plane ride and a very good RPI game for both teams.
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    Welcome! I loved watched the Shockers in the NCAAs last year. Going to be a tough test for BYU, if we make it past Tejas.

    If the MWC had somehow expanded into a larger conference and took some nonfootball members, I hoped that Wichita State would have been in the mix there. Great basketball and baseball.
    "Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."

    - Ty Cobb

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    • #3
      Love the mascot logo. Fiendishly looking cartoon guy with wheat sticking out of his hair and hanging out of his mouth.

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      • #4
        Welcome to the board. While this is not the main BYU forum, it is probably the best for conversations about individual games. Cougarboard.com is too fast moving with its format and discusses a lot of things other than sports, so threads get burried quickly.

        I am excited about the possible Witchita St matchup. It would be the biggest game of a pretty aggressive OOC slate for BYU. If the matchup happens, Witchita St will be the third top 25 team we play OOC. We missed the first chance for a top 25 win against Iowa St, and travel to Oregon later. UMass also has a chance at making the top 25 before our game with them if they beat an overrated New Mexico squad and win the Charleston Classic.

        As far as the actual matchup, BYU's defense has not impressed, but the offense has been spectacular at times, especially with a healthy Haws in the lineup. We are hoping he gets close to 100% for the Texas and (hopefully) Witchita State games. He missed two games with an abdominal strain, and I think he was between 50% and 75% in our two point loss to Iowa St. BYU is not particularly deep- we are down a scholarship player and have a transfer sitting out this year- but our bench players are better this year than they have been for the last 3 years.

        My biggest questions about Witchita St are how the defene is adjusting to the new hand check rules, and how deep you are as BYU's two competitive games had a lot of fouls called and starters for both teams missing long stretches of the game with foul trouble.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by fbguru View Post
          Welcome to the board. While this is not the main BYU forum, it is probably the best for conversations about individual games. Cougarboard.com is too fast moving with its format and discusses a lot of things other than sports, so threads get burried quickly.

          I am excited about the possible Witchita St matchup. It would be the biggest game of a pretty aggressive OOC slate for BYU. If the matchup happens, Witchita St will be the third top 25 team we play OOC. We missed the first chance for a top 25 win against Iowa St, and travel to Oregon later. UMass also has a chance at making the top 25 before our game with them if they beat an overrated New Mexico squad and win the Charleston Classic.

          As far as the actual matchup, BYU's defense has not impressed, but the offense has been spectacular at times, especially with a healthy Haws in the lineup. We are hoping he gets close to 100% for the Texas and (hopefully) Witchita State games. He missed two games with an abdominal strain, and I think he was between 50% and 75% in our two point loss to Iowa St. BYU is not particularly deep- we are down a scholarship player and have a transfer sitting out this year- but our bench players are better this year than they have been for the last 3 years.

          My biggest questions about Witchita St are how the defene is adjusting to the new hand check rules, and how deep you are as BYU's two competitive games had a lot of fouls called and starters for both teams missing long stretches of the game with foul trouble.
          Who appointed you "official" board god? This board is better the CB by far.

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            Originally posted by The_Tick View Post
            Who appointed you "official" board god? This board is better the CB by far.
            Last edited by USUC; 11-22-2013, 10:13 AM.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by USUC View Post
              But still, this is clearly not the "main" BYU forum. I don't think anyone here would dispute that.
              Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by falafel View Post
                But still, this is clearly not the "main" BYU forum. I don't think anyone here would dispute that.
                Oh, I wasn't trying to get behind the "main BYU board" argument, I was applauding the "This board is better the CB by far" statement. CB can keep the hoards of unwashed.

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                • #9
                  To answer the question, I've only seen WSU twice on TV. They appear to have adjusted to the new hand checking rules as well as anyone. Their coach is all about defense, desire, and rebounding. You can tell they have worked on it in practice because they are one of the few teams in the country that is getting their defense set and drawing charging calls. Still in their recent rivalry game with Tulsa, Danny Manning's team shot about 30 free throws. The Shocker free throw defense stepped up and held them to less than 50% from the FT line. If BYU can make their FTs, I believe they will win a close one.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by bee hive View Post
                    If BYU can make their FTs, I believe they will win a close one.
                    :swear:

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Sizzle View Post
                      :swear:
                      Not going to happen. BYU sucks from the line. Haws has missed more than he did all last season.
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                      Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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                      • #12
                        Upward and onward. Is this our first game thread ever started by a visiting fan? Will the thread title bullies disqualify it? Will Topper continue to be a Debbie Downer as everything he says continues to be proved wrong? A lot of questions to be answered.

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                        • #13
                          9pm CST tip. *sigh*.

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                          • #14
                            Who is favored?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by byu71 View Post
                              Who is favored?
                              Wichita State.
                              I'm like LeBron James.
                              -mpfunk

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