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Figuring things out while losing is no fun
Archaea
11:00pm
If the team didn’t look like it had pieces to be a good team
Archaea
10:57pm
Video: Kevin Young | BYU Men's Basketball | Postgame | Texas Tech | January 7, 2025
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10:50pm
Dallin Hall
gocougs719
10:49pm
There were games last year he was our best player. This year there are times
RalphWiggam
10:52pm
I think the injury really rusted him up. Does not look like last year’s Hall yet
Big Daddy D
10:54pm
He has no feel for the game this year.
Archaea
10:54pm
yeah last year he was our primary ball handler/facilitator and he rose to the
cwilke1
10:57pm
You’re spot on
ldssdl
10:54pm
#2 is not true
Remigius
10:58pm
Last two games he’s had 1 total shot attempt inside the arc!!! 2 games, 1 shot
gocougs719
11:00pm
It is a long season when BYU loses consecutive games
Archaea
10:46pm
I would like to see a Starting 5 of Demin, Saunders, Knell, Fouss, and Catchings.
Haysom Till
Truly Addicted User
10:46pm
Or whoever our coaches say, since they see them play all week long.
Rusty Crab Daddy
10:46pm
Naw, CB is a much better coach.
CSoul
10:48pm
With Mag being the first sub and Keita second
Archaea
10:47pm
Good news about ft’s- we only have to worry about it half the time this year
franklyvulgar
10:45pm
I have to admit, this NIL business w/ BYU basketball makes for some rather
Polecat
10:44pm
a million dollars is a lot more than a few dollars, and most of the guys in our
cwilke1
10:50pm
Wether it’s a million or ten million it can’t magically make them better at
Polecat
10:56pm
that money was supposed to help them have more time to practice in the summer
cwilke1
11:00pm
Video: Dallin Hall and Mawot Mag | BYU Men's Basketball | Postgame | Texas Tech | January 7, 2025
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10:43pm
My final rant. Coaches, burn those stupid pull overs that ya’ll wear on game day
Mathew
10:42pm
You want them to look like they work at best buy?
VenomFarmer
10:54pm
RE: You want them to look like they work at best buy?
Mathew
10:58pm
This year’s team reminds me of the sled dogs in Call of the Wild
OU Cougar
10:41pm
I’ll give you this, that’s a good analogy. I agree.
Mathew
10:43pm
Look at the stats. Each got 29 minutes, each was 1-5 from 3. They don’t work
OU Cougar
10:47pm
I agree with you man. Watching that Houston game, I could tell they weren’t
Mathew
10:49pm
Day 59
StraightOuttaOrem
10:41pm
This is a good thing for us because it is likely to help keep this incompetent
JosephAllenMaldonado
10:43pm
RE: Day 59
yorksama
10:44pm
"the hard-earned victory of those student-athletes in that program"
yorksama
10:50pm
Didn’t notice that the first time I read it. Not even saying BYU is so childish
StraightOuttaOrem
10:54pm
Harlan basically says.. Everyone tampers and will continue to tamper until the NCAA starts enforcing the tampering
HarlemCoug
10:58pm
And it's pretty crazy that Calhoun transferred to Bama. He's the guy who dropped that pick on our final drive at Utah.
HarlemCoug
10:59pm
Is the team focusing so much on the new schemes that they lose focus on shooting
Twin Cities Coug
10:41pm
BYE BYE ESPN?
Heinz57
10:38pm
Not again…
Cougs2012
10:38pm
Video: Coach Young on where BYU needs to improve right now and his message to his team after a tough home l - After a tough loss against Texas Tech, BYU Men's Basketball Head Coach Kevin Young shares with...
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10:35pm
Stephon Castle was the 2nd college player selected in the NBA draft last year
Odysseus
10:34pm
Castle looked amazing in the NCAA tournament though
cwilke1
10:36pm
Interesting. And disappointing at the same time.
acadian8
10:37pm
He’s a less athletic Ben Simmons with worse handles right now.
byulover
10:51pm
We need to get Chick-fil-A to provide fans a free item when BYU makes two free throws.
Brisco
All-American
10:32pm
The promotion has to be something that has somewhat of a likelihood to happen in order to keep the fans engaged.
Cougs1
10:48pm
Trey Stewart deserved more minutes tonight
andrewg3
10:32pm
People may laugh, but what’s there to lose? Kid has more heart and passion than
Mathew
10:33pm
And he plays lights out defense
Archaea
10:35pm
Sure seems like it.
Mathew
10:37pm
His shot at the end of the half was the highlight of the game for BYU
Jersey hunter
10:36pm
I agree, but it also involved a high degree of luck.
acadian8
10:38pm
We need more luck!
Jersey hunter
10:39pm
RE: I agree, but it also involved a high degree of luck.
franklyvulgar
10:40pm
With his eyes closed
Big Daddy D
10:40pm
💯
FT487
10:39pm
One thing though, Utah is as ghastly as I’ve ever seen. 5th or 6th in Utah
OU Cougar
10:29pm
they've started conference play rough, but are a top 100 team. With BYU playing
cwilke1
10:31pm
Utah sucks
Big Daddy D
10:33pm
I’m glad we did not play Utah State Saturday or tonight. We would lose.
Big Daddy D
10:32pm
Utah absolutely crumbles if you play them physical.
CycloneCoug
10:33pm
Could you not say the same about BYU?
acadian8
10:35pm
Unfortunately BYU doesn’t play physical and we need to
Jersey hunter
10:39pm
Then they’ll probably beat us
Haysom Till
10:39pm
5/23 from 3pt and 12/21 FT. TOs, Assts, Rebounds about the same. Not KY's fault
Incentivize
10:29pm
Problem is that most are open.
Dangerous
10:30pm
Not to mention all the missed layups tonight
lbmango
10:31pm
Just make 3 more three's and 4 more free throws and this is a solid win.
BYUCPA
10:33pm
Just make 4 of the missed layups as well. So sick of ugly shots around the
RalphWiggam
11:01pm
In the Marriott Center too.
Crowd Factor
10:33pm
And we missed several front end of 1 and 1.
dtownCoug
10:57pm
Article: 3 takeaways from BYU’s 72-67 loss to Texas Tech
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[Deseret News]
10:28pm
Just 3?
Mathew
10:29pm
I keep seeing references here to being a “young team”. Other than a play on the
bluesloth
10:27pm
Not to mention the thousand assistant coaches behind the players bench.
Mathew
10:28pm
Don’t exaggerate
franklyvulgar
10:29pm
Fine, 853 freaking assistants! And probably another 147 skill coaches in Draper!
Mathew
10:31pm
Opponents results 😞
gmoney7
All-American
10:26pm
This team needs a Toolson, Barcello or Carlino
Jersey hunter
10:25pm
Carlino lololol
Big Daddy D
10:26pm
Yep, there isn’t a go to guy.
dtownCoug
10:26pm
I thought opening possession was smart to let Hall bring it up and have Demin
cwilke1
10:27pm
A potential Toolson is Dawson Baker-which they'll discover by February. He should be on the floor at end of games. He
roseyscenario
10:28pm
He is underutilized I think
bdizzle
10:31pm
he was +8 in his minutes. We did see him get abused one-on-one when he was
cwilke1
10:33pm
I don't disagree, but defense is a team thing against legit scorers.
roseyscenario
10:38pm
I’d even take D Ainge or Jimmer 😂
Crowd Factor
10:29pm
Texas Tech knew who to leave open at the arc.
roseyscenario
10:41pm
Erratic substitution patterns are killing this team
Ja'Crispy
10:24pm
Mag was great tonight on both ends.
dtownCoug
10:25pm
There was a possession that he passed up on 2 wide open 3s and it
Ja'Crispy
10:27pm
Mag had 11 points and one of our 4 three pointers. Plus good D, he did his part.
LOLzzz
10:29pm
Again, he was fine but bringing him in and out of the game kills the flow
Ja'Crispy
10:30pm
I agree, but I saw the same thing a couple of times with Demin too.
LOLzzz
10:33pm
Hall unplayable with Demin IMO
Haysom Till
Truly Addicted User
10:21pm
We then have two unreliable outside shooters
Archaea
10:23pm
They were not the only dudes missing threes.
Big Daddy D
10:24pm
Right. Knell and everyone else not named Mag and Stewart
Archaea
10:25pm
But they are the ones missing that get the most minutes - need 10-20 points out
Jersey hunter
10:27pm
Agree with that need, my man. 100%
Big Daddy D
10:28pm
Hall had a nice finish on a drive this game. That is progress.
cwilke1
10:24pm
And I believe Egor had 2 points as well!
acadian8
10:28pm
Egor was our second leading scorer: that's how bad offensively we were
cwilke1
10:42pm
When Hall was out injured, that's when Demin played his best.
Speedy
10:38pm
Yeah that needs to get figured out - KY has to figure that one out. Would not want to be in his shoes right now.
acadian8
10:43pm
the jump up in competition Q4 opponents to Big 12 Q1 and Q2 games also plays a
cwilke1
10:47pm
This argument again. It was with a historically bad SOS preseason and Demin was healthy. Demin isn't healthy
CSoul
10:48pm
I look forward to a game where BYU plays well.
Archaea
10:21pm
it did happen two games ago.
cwilke1
10:23pm
A week ago?
dYrtbYkerYder
10:23pm
Forward not backward
Archaea
10:24pm
Happened vs ASU most recently. Happens again vs TCU on Sat
Big Daddy D
10:23pm
This fire is crazy, reminds me a lot of the Maui fire (language)
the_byu_flash
10:18pm
I’m not an expert, but shouldn’t he be evacuating rather than filming?
garyfan
10:21pm
Yeah, just sitting there filming is dumb.
Black Diamond Bay
10:25pm
For anyone that’s either been through something like this or works in the
Crowd Factor
10:27pm
Our neighbor always tell us they wish their house had burned down too
the_byu_flash
10:44pm
TNT is trying to remain positive
TNT
10:18pm
Last time this went down, good things happened in Fball. 🤞🏻
Crowd Factor
10:19pm
RE: TNT is trying to remain positive
dYrtbYkerYder
10:19pm
That is not helping
TNT
10:26pm
RE: TNT is trying to remain positive
Mathew
10:32pm
At what point do the analytics say to avoid, at all costs,
Crowd Factor
10:18pm
yeah we got a pretty favorable whistle this game, and turns out it didn't help
cwilke1
10:19pm
The team looks flat and struggling to show emotion.
stenso
10:16pm
Pretty low energy all game
Projectoor
10:23pm
We are just frustrated that the pieces all seem to be there to have a solid team
O Gaucho
10:15pm
Just a reminder for all of you Nancy’s out there. BYU started 2-4 in conference
ATX
10:15pm
The grass is covered with white stuff, and it’s cold. BYU basketball is in the
Mathew
10:18pm
Not saying they shouldn’t want better but the sky is not falling.
ATX
10:20pm
I think it is falling! These guys get paid! They can’t even hit free-throws!
Mathew
10:26pm
Are they allowed any more practice time than they were before NIL? Not sure
Polecat
10:30pm
If I was the one paying money I’d sure hope it’d make the players better
franklyvulgar
10:32pm
But hopefully you’d be bright enough to know that’s not how reality works.
Polecat
10:45pm
Agreed but it’s still a lot of money and I just look at how tight a place like
franklyvulgar
10:53pm
Expectations are the responsibility of those who hold them. Don’t give your
Polecat
11:01pm
No they are still under the same time time restrictions
ATX
10:49pm
Like I said last year we started 2-4 with a home loss. I wouldn’t panic yet.
ATX
10:46pm
some scholarships require you keep above a certain gpa should nil money have
franklyvulgar
10:23pm
Not sure. But I think NIL should absolutely have incentives. FT % being one!
Mathew
10:27pm
I’m as mad as anyone about free throws. I’m old and out of practice
ATX
10:52pm
What about bubbly water?
Mjolnir
10:18pm
And don't use sunscreen
Mr. Belding
10:35pm
POLL: Will this team make the big dance?
cougarfanatic
All-American
10:14pm
lol. Maybe if a girl asks. These guys are too ugly to go dancing.
Mathew
10:21pm
KY said his first job when hired was to keep a many of the guys he could. He
gp232
10:14pm
Saunders was team worst -17 tonight in +-
cwilke1
10:16pm
Shocking to see the difference in Richie from last week to this. The loss is NOT
Big Daddy D
10:21pm
Bosko is lost on defense.
dYrtbYkerYder
10:18pm
He didn’t get in the game tonight
dtownCoug
10:19pm
Because he's lost on defense.
dYrtbYkerYder
10:20pm
It’s like he has basketball adhd or something. He does not pay attention
Big Daddy D
10:22pm
The moral of the story w BYU Fball and Men’s Bball:
Crowd Factor
10:12pm
Freedom of movement. It exists in the NBA. It does not in the Big12. KY will
Cougs2012
10:12pm
Yep. Exactly right.
Adrielle
10:17pm
What is "freedom of movement"? Just curious. Thx
StarMan
10:19pm
It is a larger part of the refs rules book but in this context it’s most just
Cougs2012
10:25pm
Is there a big donor named Trevor? Not sure his last name. Wondering.
Dr MoBYU
10:11pm
Smart basketball guys out there, is the defensive scheme any good?
Projectoor
10:09pm
I think our zone is okay but not good enough to run full time. Our man is baaad
puntersarepeople
10:12pm
Doesn't feel like anybody can "guard their yard".
JuicyJam
10:17pm
Hawkins their small point guard averages 9 points per game and got 22 tonight on
cwilke1
10:18pm
Just like Isaac Pops last year. I thought he was a star, but come to find out
Crowd Factor
10:21pm
Its a funky rotation on man which can cause confusion. Idk what to think
FT487
10:50pm
their commitment to switch in man was funny, when Hall was in the post guarding
cwilke1
10:53pm
Their offensive numbers are much better than their defensive numbers
Projectoor
10:57pm
IMO, last year was an anomaly in the big12. The conference underperformed in
blackandblue
10:09pm
I dunno Spencer Johnson leading the team to victory of Kansas 🙂 there’s a
franklyvulgar
10:14pm
I really miss action away from the ball and better passing. Still not sure what
Idacoug
10:08pm
I agree, I don't ever see any off ball screens and very few on ball screens
Phiburt
10:13pm
I love BYU sports. I wanted to throw the remote through the T.V. during the
BYUZ
10:06pm
I mean… truly, the fact that BYU *basketball* is able to compete in such a
Polecat
10:08pm
I just calmly say the F word after each negative play. It seems healthy enough.
dYrtbYkerYder
10:11pm
Let it out brother
BYUZ
10:14pm
In time. My kids are young enough that they still get scared.
dYrtbYkerYder
10:15pm
Fetch or frick?
Phiburt
10:15pm
RE: Fetch or frick?
dYrtbYkerYder
10:17pm
I haven’t given up on the men’s team even though tonight
Archaea
10:03pm
No bigs. No offensive flow. It’s a mess
palangi
10:09pm
Hope Gibb doesn’t end up in the portal
palangi
10:10pm
Undisciplined play, poor shooting and defense. Just a crappy team
Archaea
10:11pm
defense is OK (held AZ to 57 and WV to 66), but offense has been subpar.
cwilke1
10:13pm
TOS is the team’s Achilles heel.
Archaea
10:15pm
We’re a volleyball school.
CougarGuy84
10:02pm
Vent complete: Trust the process - KY has recruited talent I never could have
Hufflepuff
10:00pm
RE: Vent complete: Trust the process - KY has recruited talent I never could
CycloneCoug
10:03pm
Hope he recruits some clutch FT shooters.
Brisco
10:07pm
He's never coached in division one or a team trying to win before. Give him time
vagabonder
10:08pm
I’m newish here, but BYU fans have very unreasonable expectations sometimes
CycloneCoug
10:00pm
I don’t think he’s failing. The open looks are there. FTs are there. Can’t shoot
dtownCoug
10:01pm
Correct, the guys are struggling to get into this new system.
CycloneCoug
10:02pm
And I'm sure it's NEVER going to happen.
SoCalCoug
10:08pm
Unfortunately you’re spot on.
coug10278
10:03pm
I’m not at all concerned about KY. I am concerned about this team’s inability to
BoiseBlueCoug
10:03pm
Yes, that is extremely concerning couldn’t agree more. Agonizing to watch
CycloneCoug
10:04pm
Just curious, what league do you think is better than the big 12 for bball?
LOLzzz
10:04pm
SEC, by far. Best league ever this year.
dtownCoug
10:11pm
The one that has 6 of the top 13 teams in the country according to NET.
jreid191
10:14pm
Yeah the SEC blows us out of the water this year
CycloneCoug
10:18pm
It could be a billion times worst. Our coach’s name could be Sanders.
Crowgar
10:05pm
True but a lot of the fans just hate losing period we could be first in the big
franklyvulgar
10:06pm
True
CycloneCoug
10:07pm
We paid a guy 27 million to scrape into the tourney?
andrewg3
10:40pm
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