Welcome to the WCC, BYU. . .

bigblahla wrote:

I'm excited to be in the WCC and don't want to leave. But the truth is, the WCC is a crappy little conference. The difference now, is that instead of a Big Two (SMC & Zags) there's going to be a Big Three (w/ BYU). The rest of the conference is ATROCIOUS.Take for instance Ken Pomeroy's rankings. St Mary's is 20th, BYU at 23 and Gonzaga at 26. The next WCC team is USF at 178 followed by Santa Clara at 179. Then Pepperdine at 207, Loyola at 209, Portland at 248, and San Diego at 272.

On ESPN's Insider RPI Daily rankings, Gonzaga is 15, St. Mary's 29 and BYU 49. The rest of the WCC is at 147 (USF), 151 (SC), 197 (Port), 201 (Pepp), 212 (LMU), and 283 (USD).

There's a HUGE gap between the top and even the middle of the conference.

Spiff,



When you get in those crappy little gyms all of a sudden 212 plays like 21 and 201 plays like 12 and you wonder how did these teams lose in the OOC, that's the WCC.



If Foster and Roquemore of SCU are both on against the Cougars you better have the offensive game of the season as you could see another 90+ put on you. I don't think you have the guard play to keep up with them.



LMU is always scary regardless of the record. Drew Viney can pretty much do whatever he wants on the court. Odds are you'll see the best of all WCC teams on their home court.



Yes, the Zebras are consistently bad, seems like the softest conference in the country.



Teams have to adjust to the calls because WCC officials do control games sometimes to a point of destroying the flow and continuity of the game.



All Zags are looking forward to payback in Provo.



Go!! Zags!!!

SpiffCoug wrote:
instead of a Big Two (SMC & Zags) there's going to be a Big Three (w/ BYU). The rest of the conference is ATROCIOUS. Take Ken Pomeroy's rankings. St Mary's is 20th, BYU at 23 and Gonzaga at 26. The next WCC team is USF at 178 followed by Santa Clara at 179. Then Pepperdine at 207, Loyola at 209, Portland at 248, and San Diego at 272. There's a HUGE gap between the top and even the middle of the conference.

dmcougar wrote:
If we take care of SMC at MC and everybody else and only lose to SMC and the Zags on the road, I think we get an at-large bid. There has to be some leftover MO from last year. Even if we get in as a 9-13 seed. Its early of course.

bigblahla wrote:
You'll find no payback in Provo. And unfortunately for you, we'll have back our 6'8" 6th man that would have been enough of a difference to beat Baylor... we're certainly not sweating a lesser team on our home court, particularly one we just handled last march on a neutral court.



Lesser team, you mean height? Yeah you guys are probably taller than we are in inches. You should beat us in Provo it's your home court and you'll have 20,000+ in attendance however should and could do not equal will so.......... my question is how do you like your crow? With or without the feathers. Lesser team that's funny.



Go!! Zags!!!

bigblahla wrote:
[quote="craigoscarson] You'll find no payback in Provo. And unfortunately for you, we'll have back our 6'8" 6th man that would have been enough of a difference to beat Baylor... we're certainly not sweating a lesser team on our home court, particularly one we just handled last march on a neutral court.

bigblahla wrote:
No offense meant or intended just my opinion.



Surprised Zag fans? You just got schooled by SMC and have now had a chance to experience WCC officiating up close and personal.



Crappy defense lost the game for Zags or what defense? The Zags gave up 83 points. that's right 83 points in a non-overtime game.



Now that you may be coming back to earth from your over-inflated egos of pre-destined dominance some of you may realize your not in Kansas anymore or in your instance the old WCC.



Although the WCC is just a high school league to most of you, I think you will find that each and every team in the league takes pride in defending their home turf and any road victory will be well earned. That's why you just got beat by 21, yes 21, by your in-conference rival. That's more than BYU lost to them by.



Guess you just got reminded that if you don't bring it every time out well.... you might just lose by 21.



Hopefully some here can now appreciate exactly how amazing it is that GU has won or shared the conference title 11 years in a row and managed to lose this badly in conference. I'm sure most here thought that Gonzaga was a shoo-in to win it again. Some of the more delusional here may think last night was an aberration, it wasn't so get used to it as there are very few gimmes in the WCC.



It's conference time so no wishes of good luck in future games.



Go!! Cougs!!!

Schmoe wrote:

No offense meant or intended just my opinion.



Surprised Zag fans? You just got schooled by SMC and have now had a chance to experience WCC officiating up close and personal.



Crappy defense lost the game for Zags or what defense? The Zags gave up 83 points. that's right 83 points in a non-overtime game.



Now that you may be coming back to earth from your over-inflated egos of pre-destined dominance some of you may realize your not in Kansas anymore or in your instance the old WCC.



Although the WCC is just a high school league to most of you, I think you will find that each and every team in the league takes pride in defending their home turf and any road victory will be well earned. That's why you just got beat by 21, yes 21, by your in-conference rival. That's more than BYU lost to them by.



Guess you just got reminded that if you don't bring it every time out well.... you might just lose by 21.



Hopefully some here can now appreciate exactly how amazing it is that GU has won or shared the conference title 11 years in a row and managed to lose this badly in conference. I'm sure most here thought that Gonzaga was a shoo-in to win it again. Some of the more delusional here may think last night was an aberration, it wasn't so get used to it as there are very few gimmes in the WCC.



It's conference time so no wishes of good luck in future games.



Go!! Cougs!!!

Made some slight alterations to this quote. I think it works quite nicely.

Schmoe wrote:

No offense meant or intended just my opinion.



Surprised Zag fans? You just got schooled by SMC and have now had a chance to experience WCC officiating up close and personal.



Crappy defense lost the game for Zags or what defense? The Zags gave up 83 points. that's right 83 points in a non-overtime game.



Now that you may be coming back to earth from your over-inflated egos of pre-destined dominance some of you may realize your not in Kansas anymore or in your instance the old WCC.



Although the WCC is just a high school league to most of you, I think you will find that each and every team in the league takes pride in defending their home turf and any road victory will be well earned. That's why you just got beat by 21, yes 21, by your in-conference rival. That's more than BYU lost to them by.



Guess you just got reminded that if you don't bring it every time out well.... you might just lose by 21.



Hopefully some here can now appreciate exactly how amazing it is that GU has won or shared the conference title 11 years in a row and managed to lose this badly in conference. I'm sure most here thought that Gonzaga was a shoo-in to win it again. Some of the more delusional here may think last night was an aberration, it wasn't so get used to it as there are very few gimmes in the WCC.



It's conference time so no wishes of good luck in future games.



Go!! Cougs!!!

Made some slight alterations to this quote. I think it works quite nicely.