BYU Basketball 2016-2017

[BlueK]

Tonight's game will be interesting and I regret not being able to attend. I usually head up to Moraga for these but not this year. For last year's game I sat on a folding chair along the baseline, leaning back against the wall, something you can't do at the MC!

If Mika and Childs are in foul trouble in the first half, BYU will lose. If they can avoid this, I look for the upset.

I think there is a good chance this will be a very good game. But in the WCC there is always the threat of the refs calling weird fouls in the first couple of minutes to make their impression on the game before it really even starts, so there is that. I don't think we'll try it tonight, but one of my favorite Coach Rose moves of all time was when during Mika's freshman year he suddenly didn't start him so the WCC officials could get their early silly phantom foul calls on someone like Worthington first before they got into the flow of the game. Then Mika would come in and not get into foul trouble. I think it would be funny if he suddenly started say, Kaufusi and Shaw instead of Mika and Childs. Not going to happen, but it would be funny. I think it would be one of those "it's so crazy it just might work" things. Defensively I think we'd be fine doing that for the first 3-4 minutes. Probably too risky on offense though. Another variation could be to start Childs and Kaufusi, then bring Mika in after Kaufusi lays the smackdown defensively in the first few minutes.

[Pelado]

I think there is a good chance this will be a very good game. But in the WCC there is always the threat of the refs calling weird fouls in the first couple of minutes to make their impression on the game before it really even starts, so there is that. I don't think we'll try it tonight, but one of my favorite Coach Rose moves of all time was when during Mika's freshman year he suddenly didn't start him so the WCC officials could get their early silly phantom foul calls on someone like Worthington first before they got into the flow of the game. Then Mika would come in and not get into foul trouble. I think it would be funny if he suddenly started say, Kaufusi and Shaw instead of Mika and Childs. Not going to happen, but it would be funny. I think it would be one of those "it's so crazy it just might work" things. Defensively I think we'd be fine doing that for the first 3-4 minutes. Probably too risky on offense though. Another variation could be to start Childs and Kaufusi, then bring Mika in after Kaufusi lays the smackdown defensively in the first few minutes.

I like it. You know Corbin will get called for fouls anyway. And once they've seen Corbin's fouls, the stuff Mika does won't seem as egregious.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I like it. You know Corbin will get called for fouls anyway. And once they've seen Corbin's fouls, the stuff Mika does won't seem as egregious.

We're onto something here, gentlemen. Let CK start, have him approach Landale as he would an exposed QB, and then after his third foul, put in Mika whose stupid fouls will seem trivial and get a pass. Meanwhile, the Aussie center will assume the fetal position in the low post.

[Topper]

We're onto something here, gentlemen. Let CK start, have him approach Landale as he would an exposed QB, and then after his third foul, put in Mika whose stupid fouls will seem trivial and get a pass. Meanwhile, the Aussie center will assume the fetal position in the low post.

Maybe you could zip on over to the gym, drop the Coach your note, and head on back to your stylized Japanese steed, and nobody would be worse for the wear.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Maybe you could zip on over to the gym, drop the Coach your note, and head on back to your stylized Japanese steed, and nobody would be worse for the wear.

I'd consider it, except that traffic in the Bay Area has become so gridlocked lately that if I left the office (Mountain View) now I'm not sure I'd get there before the opening tip.

[Topper]

I'd consider it, except that traffic in the Bay Area has become so gridlocked lately that if I left the office (Mountain View) now I'm not sure I'd get there before the opening tip.

Text him then, because you two are on a first name basis.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Text him then, because you two are on a first name basis.

Sort of true, except that he apparently thinks my given name is "Dickweed."

[KillerDog]

I'm trying to figure out what the size of the gym has to do with anything.

When all of those teams go to Hawaii to play their tourney that Chaminade hosts, no one. Literally NO ONE (Ha!) is talking about the fact that it is a high school sized gym they are playing in.

If the team is good, they are good. If they aren't, they aren't. The size of the gym won't change any of that. Gym size smack is for losers who don't get to use scoreboard smack.

I think it has affected our shooting in the first half of games. I'm hopeful the new practice facility will better prepare us for the sight lines of a small gym.

[KillerDog]

I'd consider it, except that traffic in the Bay Area has become so gridlocked lately that if I left the office (Mountain View) now I'm not sure I'd get there before the opening tip.

I didn't know you worked in Mountain View. We have a company we partner with who had headquarters there before their recent merger.

[Joe Public]

SMC getting easy buckets.

[Omaha 680]

SMC getting easy buckets.

Mika playing smart. I'd rather give up a few easy buckets early than have him get in trouble.

[Joe Public]

Mika playing smart. I'd rather give up a few easy buckets early than have him get in trouble.

He and the SMC center are a fun match-up to watch.

[Joe Public]

Bryant is in. It will be interesting to see how he looks.

[LiveCoug]

This zone is atrocious

[Joe Public]

SMC is too efficient for BYU to string together several bad possessions like that.