BYU "Opponent Preview" Looks at Bradley

[tornado]

http://www.byucougars.com/Filing.jsp?ID=12746

they have done a nice review...though no mention of Andrew Warren, Will E, or any of the newcomers....

[Braves4Life]

.....and let's hope that the BYU coach and team use this as a scouting report

[it's boogie time]

"The Cougars are 61-3 at the Marriot Center under Dave Rose"

Wow. I didn't realize they were that good at home.

[jasonpeoria911]

I do believe they won 52 games in a row there until last season. Had the top home streak or at least the top 5 at the time. Will be near impossible to win there but we'll see what happens. No one thought the Bears would beat Pittsburgh this past Sunday LOL.

Jason

"The Cougars are 61-3 at the Marriot Center under Dave Rose"

Wow. I didn't realize they were that good at home.

[tornado]

BYU is named "Overwhelming Favorite" to win the Mountain West Conference

http://twitter.com/xb7/status/4660790743

[tornado]

Here are the details of BU opponent BYU and the Mountain West's preseason coaches votes...

The preseason media poll
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points
1. BYU (23) 215
2. San Diego State (1) 166
3. UNLV 161
4. Utah 143
5. New Mexico 141
6. Wyoming 89
7. TCU 82
8. Colorado State 58
9. Air Force 25

and the all Conference Team
Name, Class, Position Institution
Jimmer Fredette, Jr., G BYU
Jonathan Tavernari, Sr., G/F BYU
Billy White, Jr., F San Diego State
Zvonko Buljan, Sr., F TCU (was a teammate of Dodie Dunson's at Vincennes)
Tre'Von Willis, Jr., G UNLV


Preseason Player of the Year
Jimmer Fredette, Jr., G, BYU

Preseason Newcomer of the Year
Derrick Jasper, Jr., G, UNLV

Preseason Freshman of the Year
Kawhi Leonard, F, San Diego State

http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100609aab.html

[Chico]

Just wondering because I don't know, were these conference challenge matchup games seeded? Otherwise why would the Braves, and not CU or NIU, be playing such an overwhelming conference favorite? Would be a great win if the Braves could pull it off.

[shaunguth]

Just wondering because I don't know, were these conference challenge matchup games seeded? Otherwise why would the Braves, and not CU or NIU, be playing such an overwhelming conference favorite? Would be a great win if the Braves could pull it off.

Because they aren't in the MVC.

[Braves4Life]

It appears that this could be a favorable matchup for BU since their best players are guards..... Our strength

I hope Les pressures their two guards all game since we have the luxury of guards and tweener forwards to run at them all game.

[Chico]

Because they aren't in the MVC.

Duh, I know that. What's that's got to do with my question.

[shaunguth]

Duh, I know that. What's that's got to do with my question.

Wow....sorry!

[DoubleJayAlum]

Just wondering because I don't know, were these conference challenge matchup games seeded? Otherwise why would the Braves, and not CU or NIU, be playing such an overwhelming conference favorite? Would be a great win if the Braves could pull it off.

The problem is that some of the MVC & MWC schools already had series in place when the Challenge was announced. Those already scheduled series were then just made a part of the Challenge. For example, Creighton already had a home and home series scheduled with New Mexico. I'm pretty sure UNI and WSU already had similar series in place (although the exact opponents escape me right now).

[SFP]

Let's not worry about who we are playing in this series. I like that we are playing their best team! Some complain about playing bad team others about playing the best. Give me their best every time out. This should show us where we are at as a team pretty quickly. We will also have to use our bench extensively due to the altitude out in Provo.

For some reason I believe this is the way it should have been scheduled regardless.

[shaunguth]

Let's not worry about who we are playing in this series. I like that we are playing their best team! Some complain about playing bad team others about playing the best. Give me their best every time out. This should show us where we are at as a team pretty quickly. We will also have to use our bench extensively due to the altitude out in Provo.

Agreed! You can never have a chance to beat the best teams if you never play them. I'd much rather be playing BYU than SIU-E!

[Chico]

Agreed! You can never have a chance to beat the best teams if you never play them. I'd much rather be playing BYU than SIU-E!

I wasn't complaining because the Braves were playing BYU, was just wondering why our conference's predicted top team wasn't playing their favorite. As I said, it would be a great win if the guys can pull it off. Would be hard to play SIU-E in this conference challege don't you think?
JK. Getting back at ya.