I'm very pleased to announce that I have finished the initial programming of a new and completely redesigned CougarCorner Prediction game. I have been rushing to get it finished in time to allow anyone who wants to join to do so, so there may be...
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First 2 games for 2021 season are added to the game. I have noticed I have been having some database issues, due to a lack of resources. So be patient if it goes slow or needs to reload.
I figure that we don't need a new topic for each individual basketball game. So I'll just start a new one and continue to post in here for the duration of the season.
First up, the Idaho St. game. Wow, how we struggled. Someone is going to have to...
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BYU lost by 1 to 19-4 (8-0) #6 SMC at home (Q1). Robinson, Waterman, and Atiki were all suspended for violating a team rule. I was most worried about not having Atiki as BYU is already so low on tall/big players. Walk-on Tredyn Christensen filled in...
I love to analyze data and trends. It's what I do for a living. With sports it's easy to get passionate and to give too much credit or too much blame with knee jerk reactions. How has Pope faired in his 3+ seasons?
First, I want to take a look back...
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Not that it'll will happen after this season or even next, but who are the early candidates to replace Mark Pope besides Mark Madsen?
In addition, I keep hearing that Pope swung for the stars and missed last summer. That's certainly true with...
It will take a miracle for BYU to go dancing this year and with BYU headed to the Big12 those trips are going to become even more sparse.
I’m no longer a Pope fan. His best team was Dave Rose’s guys.
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No longer ? Were you ever?
I'm not being negative toward you, just asking for a clarification. I don't remember you ever writing a positive post about Mark Pope. Of course, it's been nearly four years since he was named head coach, so you may have...
I meant to do this before conference play started, but I was out of town. BYU is currently #108 with a 9-5 record against Div 1 teams. IMO a team generally needs to be top 35 to be safe to get an at-large bid. The below picture shows our current...
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Our only chance for the NCAA is to win the WCC tournament; something we've never done.
We can’t beat LMU. Pray for a miracle in March, folks, otherwise we’ll be lucky to go to the NIT.
Well…it’s pretty quite over here. I assume that’s because we’re all underwhelmed by the team this year. Already looking like it will be a long season. I don’t think we go dancing and we will be lucky to make the NIT.
I like that we beat Creighton,...
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They seem to be playing better. Next week will be a big indicator of where they are at.
*Barcello (Graduation) - You will be missed! Very efficient shooter, not quite the Jimmer needed at times, but he turned out a lot better than I thought he would be when he first stepped foot onto campus....
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Knell is injured. He may be out for the season or he may be back in February depending on how the games go through January.
I really like Hall. He and Saunders both look good, imho.
I want to like Robinson. I think he can be a good player but he...
Three 4-Star Basketball Recruits Visit BYU During Baylor Weekend
Wow, pretty cool that we had three 4 start recruits on campus at the same time. You should seriously check out the link to the article which has some fun photos of each of them from...
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You can scratch Aaron Clark off the list. He has narrowed his choices to Miami and Wake Forest.
Great recruiter (though we can’t seem to get any shooters), good at developing bigs, but bad at offense and getting his guys ready for games. I’ve never seen a more stagnant offense. The last time I saw an offense...
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Pope lost his assistant to a lateral move and two returning starters. All is not well with Pope.
My current impression of Pope is that he’s a great, optimistic raw-raw guy, but not an X’s and O’s guy. The revolving door of talent, stagnant offense,...
Tough game to watch last night. The refing was consistently bad. Some of the calls were real head scratchers. I am not sure they dictated the course of the game, but they certainly hurt BYU at least. Where the game was won, I think, was with San...
Interesting game. I thought BYU played very tough. Being down 16 and to claw back to 3? And we had good look threes that just didn’t go in. Lohner played outstanding, battling so hard on the boards. Our offense rarely creates an open shot. Most were...
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I am a believer in mixing things up. Throw in a zone, trap or press once in while. Distrupt their rhythm.
BYU has turned into a hot mess. I liked that Pope switched George for Lohner only to see George play his worst game if the season. I’m no expert but the offense is what exactly? After Barcelo we have no one who can reliably shoot and score. And the...
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It worked on 'SF at the end. I like changing the defense once in a while. Throw a zone up once.
Ugly ugly game. Last game it was the last one minute was a nightmare. This game it was the first 38 or so. The team looked lost on both ends. I’m not sure I understand the playing time for Lohner, Johnson and Knell. I mean George adds so much more...
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We could really use Lee the 6'9 240lb kid from Idaho as well as Conner Harding. How much better would we be with them?
I edited this.
Even if Lee had stayed the same he might be one of the top 3 big men on the team at this time.
Watched last night and thought we actually played a pretty good game. Transition defense might have been tighter, we missed some open threes, and we had a few silly turnovers, but if you told me we’d score more than 80, I’d thought that would be a...
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looking forward to this one sunday. cant see them shooting over 50% from 3 again so got a feeling it will be a closer game. it has got to be a repeat or at least final four according to
Sadly that's 2 losses in a row. They drop to 17-6 and 5-3 in the WCC. Pacific climbs to 6-13 and 1-4 in the WCC. They could sure use Baxter and Harward.
The women, one the other hand beat Pacific 99 to 58! They are 18-1 and 8-0 in WCC. Paisley...
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If they are not at least a 4 seed it'll be a sham. Just to put it in perspective as to how dominant the women are, in conference play, their average margin of victory is 28.2. Gonzaga men in conference, 24.9.
Disappointing loss. Last 45 seconds will go on training films of how not to do things. Missed free throw/lane violation, failure to inbound more than once, soft defense on the closing play—all added up to a loss that did not have to happen. And that...
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Better to have it happen now and learn from it then have it in the tournament.
Here is my analysis of the team and season so far as we (hopefully) get ready for conference play. If you want blue goggles we are the best team in the world that will beat Gonzaga by 40 points please head over to BYU Sports Nation instead.
I've...
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Thank you byufanforever. This is a very good analysis. I looked at the roster. There are 10 guards and 6 forwards with the injured Harward listed as a center. I don't think we need that many guards. 3 of them may not have seen the court yet. I agree...
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