Why BYU is as good as any team in the big east

BYU is one of, if not, the BEST conditioned team in the country. They play an up tempo game, with less depth, which means our starters are out on the floor more during a game than other teams. They also run an up tempo game, VERY unlike the big east, so if they try to play BYUs game, theyre gonna lose, because byu is much more conditioned and can run the floor constantly.

Just wanted to throw my opinion out there

Totally agree. BYU has punished some teams with the way they can run the court for the entire 40 minutes. It's a thing of beauty to watch.

Not disagreeing, but with this in mind, how does one explain the South Florida game?

It was early in the season, we outlasted USF and we won. Game explained, NEXT!

Dcr36 wrote:
Not disagreeing, but with this in mind, how does one explain the South Florida game?

Didn't lose.



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It's great conditioning at a high altitude with a great attitude since the coach gives them great latitude and lots of platitudes.

urroner wrote:
It's great conditioning at a high altitude with a great attitude since the coach gives them great latitude and lots of platitudes.

And they all call each other "dude"



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BYULV wrote:

It's great conditioning at a high altitude with a great attitude since the coach gives them great latitude and lots of platitudes.

And they all call each other "dude"



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I think they call each other.............um....... "baby" or "brotha". YA thats it.



I would like to think we could compete with most teams in the Big East. I am getting more and more convinced. I would like to get that chance, except for maybe the giant killer, St Johns.

Would BYU go undefeated in the Big East? No. But then other Big East teams don't go undefeated either. And guess what? A lot of those Big East teams would lose when they came to Provo.



BYU this year could go 14-4 or 13-5 in the Big East, which is better than most of the Big East will do. And guess what, going 14-4 and 13-5 in the Big East is good enough for a top 10 ranking. I'm not sure Pitt would go 15-1 in the MWC this year.

I take issue with a couple of points:



1) no particular team is just better conditioned than another, that is just myth. Every coach works on conditioning at every practice.

2) you expend more energy playing defense than you do on offense, so the high octane offense doesn't explain better conditioning.

3) some players, genetically, have better endurance than others. The coach can run the legs off some players in practice every day, and they still won't have the endurance of another player.

4) some players, and teams, have the will to gut it out in the second half, when they're tired, their legs are tired, their lungs are burning, but they still expend extra energy.

5) all players tend to shoot worse near the end of games, not because their lungs are tired, but because their legs are tired--it affects their shot, so they miss more shots.

6) some games seem to be played at a faster or slower pace only because the refs don't call any fouls, there are few play stopping whistles, and the game flies by, failing to give players multiple moments of rest. Other games, many fouls are called, lots of timeouts, turnovers, play stoppages--this gives the players lots of good, short rests.

kitic77 wrote:
BYU this year could go 14-4 or 13-5 in the Big East, which is better than most of the Big East will do. And guess what, going 14-4 and 13-5 in the Big East is good enough for a top 10 ranking. I'm not sure Pitt would go 15-1 in the MWC this year.

I would love to see how BYU would do in the Big East this year. I definitely like our chances against anyone in a one game, winner take all scenario, but to see how our guys would respond to playing top 25 teams almost every game would be awesome.



I agree, I think we would finish near the top, 13-5 give or take (Pitt is 13-3 right now in first place), with a top 10 ranking still.