Postgame thread- BYU 70 BU 60

[real fan]

I cannot believe we have McCain guarding Jimmer who is 6-3 and can shoot over Eddren at Will, where was Egolf during the last 6 minutes? Dunson cannot play 25 minutes and not score, I thought Sam, Andrew and Chris all played great, DSE looked good also even though he rimmed out a few shots, Thompson was fair but Singh needs to play much better, too many missed layups but a very good sign in that we never gave up and some made layups and freethrows and we are right in it.
Still don"t like our substituion patterns and if we play the right guys we will have a great season, just concerned why it seems like we don"t have the correct players in and this seems to be Jim"s mo.

[Da Coach]

Box score- BYU 70 BU 60

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200911130068

rebounds were close until the final 10 minutes.


Indiana State beat D2 Nebraska Kearney 88-58-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200911130274

Northern Iowa won at University of Denver 71-65

[LoneStar_Brave]

where was Egolf during the last 6 minutes?.

Two guesses:
1. Maybe he was having some issues with the knock to the head and the stitches (dizziness or swelling)
2. Two illegal screen calls against him.

[Da Coach]

Story from Bobby Parker-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=204833429

stats from BradleyBraves.com-
http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArt...CLID=204833136

[bigdaddystuck]

I don't know....if that team is suppose to be top 25 caliber, I don't see us finishing 6th in the MVC. I saw plenty of good things, mostly we didn't fold the tents and continued to play hard and give effort. Plenty of room for improvement but alot to be encouraged by!

[MacabreMob]

.... Still don"t like our substituion patterns and if we play the right guys we will have a great season, just concerned why it seems like we don"t have the correct players in and this seems to be Jim"s mo.

I thought Jim's M-O was he didn't teach/have rebounding fundamentals. Or was it his "In-Game Coaching" abilities? Why didn't he use the "use-it-or-lose-it Time out"? He's a liar cause he doesn't tell the press his starting line-up and hand over his play-book to the press.

Join the "never-happy" crowd. You can get write-ups in your local rag from the pjs and feel all righteous and happy.

[Heemeskerk]

I think when Warren is at full force(to me he looks about 80%) and TB is back along with Will Egolf in full swing we are going to make some noise. CROB has so much potential it is scary.

Mcain and Dodie looked pretty weak tonight. I like Simms.

What kind of name is Jimmer?

[Da Coach]

The BU stats show Milos got in the game but shows 0 minutes. The GameTracker reported that Ryan Phillips was in the game briefly, but now it has been corrected to show Milos.

[real fan]

The game was close and we had a chance but we had Thompson and Dunson on the floor most of that time, are they limiting Egolf"s minutes ? When Will was on the floor good things were happening.
After watching the Lewis game and the BYU game our starters should be"
Maniscalco
Warren
Roberts
Brown
Egolf
These 5 players are the ones that are making things happen.
Mccain is struggling to run the offense at this time.
Singh needs to step up his game for a 6th yr. player

[SFP]

I agree with the general sentiment. Plenty to work on, but no reason at all to panic. I would like to see AW assert himself more. I know he's still shaking off the rust, but he had a very quiet 13. He needs to be the #1 option, not SM. (This isn't intended to be a knock on Sam at all. He had a nice game, and we definitely need his offense, too, but AW should be getting more shots than him.)

I agree!

[jasonpeoria911]

Overall this was a very encouraging game. To only lose by 10 without our best rebounder and 2nd to 3rd scoring option, on the road where it's near impossible to win, in front of 16,000 fans and with only playing 1 exhibition..... I'd say this is no 6th place Valley team. Need to pull out a win in Vegas in order to salvage this non-conference season, pending all non-conference wins besides Vegas rest of way. Overall, I am satisfied, lets get Brown back and roll with this puppy.

Several factors keyed into tonight's loss...

-Brown definitely would of cut into that -12 rebound margin, including several plays where BYU had 2 or 3 offensive boards in 1 sequence. He also would of given us at least another 10 points that we lost by.

-Dodie playing 25 minutes and not scoring, including missing 2 straight 1 and 1's when it was a 7 point game.

-Missed at least 4 to 5 easy point blank layups, that would of been another 6 to 8 points.

-Can we get a double team on Fredette? I got sick of watching him blow by guard after guard. He set his season game high in FT attempts tonight.

-Moving screens, I think we were called for 3 or 4 of those tonight.

-Free throws, gotta work on the FT's again. Missed 9 of them tonight.

Jason

[Da Coach]

Brief postgame report by Dave Reynolds-

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x870214346/Bradley-falls-at-BYU

[Future Walk-On]

When will everyone realize that Sam Singh has peaked? We should know what to expect.

[Da Coach]

When will everyone realize that Sam Singh has peaked? We should know what to expect.

I think everyone is pretty realistic when it comes to what Sam S. can do.
He played more tonight than he is usually going to because of Taylor Brown's suspension.

[ph]

I'll certainly wonder about TB. It looked like we had 3 main O threats this game, SM, AW, and CR; a 4th threat could make a nice difference in several situations. Plus we'll never quite know how much extra energy the guards had to expend defending slightly larger guys.

It is fustrating to see no backup for the 4 spot..

Overall, I guess I feel OK about a loss (because we did not have TB) and I feel a little better for not paying $2.99 to get the sports pack this month to watch this one game.