Statistics: Posted by BlueK — Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:41 pm
I'm going to predict right now that this season BYU avoids the silly kind of WCC losses. Most fans have probably forgotten, but for most of Dave Rose's career BYU almost never lost to bad teams. It's been purely a WCC/post-Jimmer phenomenon. Maybe later I'll post some numbers to show it.This philosophy seems to have worked well for Boise State Football, didn't work out so well last year for Colorado State Basketball. I think the selection committee in basketball made it very clear last year that you can't game the system anymore and you better have some teeth in your schedule. With that being said, I think there is a good balance in BYU's schedule. Utah, Gonzaga, the tournament in Hawaii are all legit top tier games. Mix that in with Utah State, Belmont, Colorado, Long Beach State, Central Michigan, St. Mary's and you have a pretty solid resume. It is not a glamorous schedule at all, but has the potential for a lot of wins where the committee will give it sufficient respect when evaluating it for entrance into the Big Dance. The teams I have mentioned above represent a total of 13 games. BYU needs to go a minimum 10-3 in those 13 games and avoid ridiculous losses like getting swept by Pepperdine, @ LMU, @ Portland, etc.It's a schedule that rewards winning. We don't get any brownie points for playing a big name. We'll get recognition by putting together long winning streaks.
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Statistics: Posted by Wolverine — Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:22 pm
This philosophy seems to have worked well for Boise State Football, didn't work out so well last year for Colorado State Basketball. I think the selection committee in basketball made it very clear last year that you can't game the system anymore and you better have some teeth in your schedule. With that being said, I think there is a good balance in BYU's schedule. Utah, Gonzaga, the tournament in Hawaii are all legit top tier games. Mix that in with Utah State, Belmont, Colorado, Long Beach State, Central Michigan, St. Mary's and you have a pretty solid resume. It is not a glamorous schedule at all, but has the potential for a lot of wins where the committee will give it sufficient respect when evaluating it for entrance into the Big Dance. The teams I have mentioned above represent a total of 13 games. BYU needs to go a minimum 10-3 in those 13 games and avoid ridiculous losses like getting swept by Pepperdine, @ LMU, @ Portland, etc.It's a schedule that rewards winning. We don't get any brownie points for playing a big name. We'll get recognition by putting together long winning streaks.
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