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College Basketball 🏀 is tough for YOUNG players…Need some Nasty

44C

4:57am

I work outdoors in Florida. It is 41 degrees this morning.

Sea Chicken Freeloader

4:51am

Florida has made me soft

lilpenny

4:53am

Heat, hurricanes, gators, snowbirds, red tide, Florida men …

Sea Chicken

5:14am

I'd love a low of 40 right now. I'd also love a high of 40 too. Neither is predicted in the next 2 weeks for me.

greatbam

4:55am

We are supposed to have a high of 59 today.

Sea Chicken

4:59am

It's funny watching the Disney cast bundle up when the temps hit 60

justAnotherCoug

5:08am

BYU only provides pain

Archaea

4:45am

Weeping Wailing gnashing of teeth

44C

4:48am

BYU was projected to win 11 conference games..now 10 after losing to TT @ home..

44C

4:39am

BYU Offense

Huck

2:52am

NBA = no defense, stand around, play isolation last 7-8 seconds of shot clock

44C

4:28am

One of the perks of hiring an NBA coach: even in the "grind" of conf play, the

SinkingQuffa

1:31am

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zonacougar Medium Rare

12:17am

CB clearly doesn’t understand the typical impact of freshmen in CBB

KaelinClayBurner

12:17am

Then why is everybody so excited about KY trying to turn BYU into a freshman

CouginCottonwood

12:22am

I think it’s more excitement about him raising the floor of our athletes

arcawley

12:24am

Don't need one and done's to do that. Look at all the teams across the country

CouginCottonwood

4:22am

How many consecutive 3s did Williams miss at any point?

TheDash

12:43am

Boy this place is pathetic sometimes. 2/3 of the board sounds like

CougaRR4L

12:08am

I don't know if it is entitlement more than disappointment that we're not going

rcbyufan

12:13am

Tonight I think people are frustrated because we looked like the better team

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:16am

I don't mind losing if we play well.

TheDash

12:34am

I stood up and clapped after reading 👏

gurt

2:00am

Perfectly summarizes the issues & how most are feeling.

Kolipoki

4:03am

Dallin Hall is a junior. Otherwise, spot on. Unfortunately.

cajuncoug

4:05am

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GoneWiththeBreeze

12:39am

Wow that’s the type of effort I’m looking for in a b-ball team!! Couldn’t have

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:41am

Breaking: Fans like winning and dislike losing

andrewg3

12:42am

Fans also like entertaining basketball. The product This year has been so boring

Kolipoki

4:06am

Free throws will always be a mystery to me. Why are we practicing anything but

CougfromtheSouth

12:04am

Cuz we got minimum-enough time to prep for the defense & offense

SinkingQuffa

1:56am

I must be missing the backstory on this... (language)

westsidecoug

12:00am

He kicked our butt. Surprised we didn’t have an answer for him with all our

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:06am

Saw that and didn’t get it either.

Soupie

12:09am

I don't know, but I do remember several BYU players last year

GSwarriorcoug

12:09am

We should’ve put Bosco on him at the end. They scored about every time the last

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:14am

So much for being humble.

CougarGuy84

12:16am

I'd take those type of fans that are loud and engaged and supporting the team

westsidecoug

Jan 7, 11:51pm

Another cool X post about new products at CES (edit - this is a post today about products from last year)

HarlemCoug Intervention Needed

Jan 7, 11:45pm

Man, institute and seminary are gonna be amazing

WP17

Jan 7, 11:50pm

From last year

Turd Ferguson

12:07am

First ever PDS red flag warning issued

dingus79 All-American

Jan 7, 11:40pm

We got a PDS red flag warning in Reno this summer during an active wildfire when 50 mph winds were rolling in. Beyond

Sandstone Cougar

Jan 7, 11:44pm

Yeah just fact checked, my bad, this guy is a very reputable storm chaser, he made a mistake

dingus79

Jan 7, 11:46pm

A few stats from the Texas Tech game...

Anacondas All-American

Jan 7, 11:39pm

Proof Trey should have played the whole game!

sah22

12:04am

Video: Mawot Mag on how to overcome shooting woes and being patient through learning curves - BYU Men's Basketball forward Mawot Mag shares his thoughts after BYU's loss against Texas Tech. He... View

[BYUtv Sports]

Jan 7, 11:29pm

Interesting NBA scores tonight. Suns lose by 11 to Charlotte to go 2-8 in their last 10 games. lakers lose by 21 to the

ManicBlue Truly Addicted User

Jan 7, 11:25pm

Undefeated Tennessee lost by 30 tonight too. Know it’s not the NBA

Crowd Factor

Jan 7, 11:28pm

Suns need to blow it up

775coug

12:13am

Might be tough until next yr when KD is on an expiring $55M contract. Beal is even harder with another year at $54M and

ManicBlue

12:24am

KD would be easy to trade…honestly would be better if he had more years

PHXSUNS31

12:42am

KD would be easy to trade if he weren't already 36 yrs old and didn't make $55M per year. He played most games last year

ManicBlue

1:04am

They may all have aspirations, but I don’t think anyone thought they were real

PHXSUNS31

12:43am

I'll bet you thought your Suns would at least be a playoff team.

ManicBlue

1:40am

It’s tough to watch KY’s offense after so many years of Rose & Pope offenses

rivercitycoug

Jan 7, 11:24pm

I would like to see more Stewart.

Boring

Jan 7, 11:22pm

Because he made a clutch shot tonight?

Brisco

Jan 7, 11:23pm

Because he plays defense.

RalphWiggam

12:10am

I know. He would have made 40 threes.

rivercitycoug

Jan 7, 11:27pm

RE: I would like to see more Stewart.

EEcougar

Jan 7, 11:27pm

He will give the effort and energy we lack. Should get more loose balls, oh but

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:10am

Article: Analysis: Texas Tech turns to its go-to guy, which BYU doesn’t have, to hand the Cougars a devastating Big 12 home loss View

[Deseret News]

Jan 7, 11:22pm

Hello. I would like to say again, Dallin Hall should come off the bench. I said it in November, you all hated the idea

RealTaysomHill Truly Addicted User

Jan 7, 11:14pm

You may have been right. I expected at minimum the same Hall from 23-24 but

Crowd Factor

Jan 7, 11:19pm

Let me throw something out there after this season if they bring Hall off

Phiburt

Jan 7, 11:24pm

You can't kneecap the current season to maybe be better next season

tacallaway

Jan 7, 11:31pm

If somebody is mad about coming off the bench, it’s probably better they are gone anyways

RealTaysomHill

Jan 7, 11:37pm

Bring in a transfer

JoeExotic

Jan 7, 11:38pm

Couldn’t get much worse

44C

4:31am

I think Hall's issue is that he doesn't have someone like Khalifa that he can be on the floor with...

Coug

Jan 7, 11:33pm

Egor is a better passer, defender, and rebounder. Neither can shoot.

dtownCoug

Jan 7, 11:40pm

And you need a guard who can shoot to have a chance in the NCAA tournament...

Coug

Jan 7, 11:44pm

Demin straight up can't shoot. I don't see how that's Hall's fault.

JuicyJam

12:08am

We have lost to Ole Miss, Providence, Houston and TT. 3 of the 4 are very good

ybecausethatswhy

Jan 7, 11:13pm

It’s not who they are losing to but how. Missed layups, missed FT’s, missed

Crowd Factor

Jan 7, 11:16pm

And we don’t get credit for being massacred by Houston

Archaea

Jan 7, 11:18pm

My problem is the effort/body language compared to the teams they’re playing.

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:03am

I hope Mag and Stewart get more minutes

Archaea

Jan 7, 11:13pm

Sick and tired from watching our D1 starting guards not hitting FTs! Other teams

BYU I Bleed Blue All-American

Jan 7, 11:12pm

Their form is erratic

Archaea

Jan 7, 11:14pm

Broken pinkie

Meadowcoug 3rd String

Jan 7, 11:11pm

What are the conflicting messages you're getting?

SJS

Jan 7, 11:13pm

RE: What are the conflicting messages you're getting?

Meadowcoug

Jan 7, 11:40pm

X-rays lag behind true bony healing especially for fingers. If it doesn’t hurt

BigGulps

Jan 7, 11:42pm

VGK is 14-0-2 regular season all time in San Jose’s building. Crazy.

Disco Lemonade

Jan 7, 11:02pm

That is also a good thing to assuage the pain of another loss by BYU

Archaea

Jan 7, 11:06pm

The western conference is insane right now, Colorado, Kings Oilers Knights…

kotacoug

Jan 7, 11:15pm

Figuring things out while losing is no fun

Archaea

Jan 7, 11:00pm

If the team didn’t look like it had pieces to be a good team

Archaea

Jan 7, 10:57pm

The ‘NBA’ offense is….

kotacoug

Jan 7, 11:09pm

There’s no movement on the offense. It’s 4 guys standing around watching one try to do something. So boring.

buhlcougar

Jan 7, 11:30pm

Yes and that's entirely on the coaches. Mark Pope > Kevin Young so far

CouginCottonwood

Jan 7, 11:33pm

This is exactly how I feel as well

CouginCottonwood

Jan 7, 11:26pm

Totally agree felt like we were the better team tonight & players underperformed

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:27am

Video: Kevin Young | BYU Men's Basketball | Postgame | Texas Tech | January 7, 2025 View

[BYU Cougars Video]

Jan 7, 10:50pm

Dallin Hall

gocougs719

Jan 7, 10:49pm

There were games last year he was our best player. This year there are times

RalphWiggam

Jan 7, 10:52pm

I think the injury really rusted him up. Does not look like last year’s Hall yet

Big Daddy D

Jan 7, 10:54pm

He has no feel for the game this year.

Archaea

Jan 7, 10:54pm

yeah last year he was our primary ball handler/facilitator and he rose to the

cwilke1

Jan 7, 10:57pm

Last year he had too many turnovers

chirocoug

12:01am

You are thinking of Spencer Johnson. He was picked from behind a lot

bdizzle

1:40am

You’re spot on

ldssdl

Jan 7, 10:54pm

#2 is not true

Remigius

Jan 7, 10:58pm

Last 3 games he’s had 2 total shot attempts inside the arc!!! 3 games, 2 shot

gocougs719

Jan 7, 11:00pm

Which is why he had 1 assist. He picks up his dribble 30’ from the hoop.

dtownCoug

Jan 7, 11:03pm

I'd take Hall over Baker every time. Baker shouldn't be getting minutes.

KayakCoug

Jan 7, 11:45pm

Baker seems like he should not play much. Really bad at D and effort.

GoneWiththeBreeze

Jan 7, 11:53pm

Ohh disagree, Baker can create and shoot. Hasn’t gotten the minutes to flow

gocougs719

Jan 7, 11:59pm

Career averages against terrible teams. He's not a big 12 guy.

KayakCoug

2:03am

I don’t think you’ve seen a large enough sample size

gocougs719

12:05am

Hall has the ability and has proven it last year. He got off to a slow start

KayakCoug

2:04am

Last year he was key because of his intangibles: 1. Toughness 2. D 3. Clutch 4.

GoneWiththeBreeze

Jan 7, 11:52pm

He’s had two layups attempts in B12 play (3 games).giving nothing at basket

gocougs719

12:00am

Well, he's not a real dangerous man at it. Not wise to risk it too often.

SinkingQuffa

2:13am

What I see is a kid who’s always dominated the ball having a hard time adjusting

palangi

12:03am

I think it’s not so simple

gocougs719

12:07am

I agree, it’s not simple at all and I do think he’s mentally wrecked

palangi

12:21am

I think wrecked is way too strong a word. He's thinking too much.

SinkingQuffa

5:17am

He's less sure of his role & the offense than he was last season.

SinkingQuffa

2:10am

It is a long season when BYU loses consecutive games

Archaea

Jan 7, 10:46pm

I would like to see a Starting 5 of Demin, Saunders, Knell, Fouss, and Catchings.

Haysom Till Truly Addicted User

Jan 7, 10:46pm

Or whoever our coaches say, since they see them play all week long.

Rusty Crab Daddy

Jan 7, 10:46pm

Naw, CB is a much better coach.

CSoul

Jan 7, 10:48pm

With Mag being the first sub and Keita second

Archaea

Jan 7, 10:47pm

Good news about ft’s- we only have to worry about it half the time this year

franklyvulgar

Jan 7, 10:45pm

TT was way more aggressive than Y especially in 1st half. Thought game

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:25am

I have to admit, this NIL business w/ BYU basketball makes for some rather

Polecat

Jan 7, 10:44pm

a million dollars is a lot more than a few dollars, and most of the guys in our

cwilke1

Jan 7, 10:50pm

Wether it’s a million or ten million it can’t magically make them better at

Polecat

Jan 7, 10:56pm

that money was supposed to help them have more time to practice in the summer

cwilke1

Jan 7, 11:00pm

I bet it’s been a long time since the bulk of BYU’s basketball players have had

Polecat

Jan 7, 11:05pm

Which one isn't making good money? How much is good money?

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

Jan 7, 11:04pm

I find it amusing that donors threw so much money at this cute little project

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

Jan 7, 11:03pm

Well really…. If you just take away NIL, a program still has to put a roster of

Polecat

Jan 7, 11:08pm

You can have the best talent money can buy and still not win..it takes a team

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

Jan 7, 11:13pm

Tell me DeepCcoug, is NIL a wise investment? Is the money supposed to make the

Polecat

Jan 7, 11:13pm

First, it's pay for play. Period.

DeepCCoug

4:46am

Video: Dallin Hall and Mawot Mag | BYU Men's Basketball | Postgame | Texas Tech | January 7, 2025 View

[BYU Cougars Video]

Jan 7, 10:43pm

My final rant. Coaches, burn those stupid pull overs that ya’ll wear on game day

Mathew

Jan 7, 10:42pm

You want them to look like they work at best buy?

VenomFarmer

Jan 7, 10:54pm

RE: You want them to look like they work at best buy?

Mathew

Jan 7, 10:58pm

Dumb.

LifeLongLakerFan

Jan 7, 11:19pm

Being a Lakers fan, is dumb.

Mathew

Jan 7, 11:23pm

Alright. I'll just have to take solace in their 17 championships.

LifeLongLakerFan

12:18am

The wardrobe of our coaches is so far down on my list of problems right now. 😂

westsidecoug

Jan 7, 11:27pm

This year’s team reminds me of the sled dogs in Call of the Wild

OU Cougar

Jan 7, 10:41pm

I’ll give you this, that’s a good analogy. I agree.

Mathew

Jan 7, 10:43pm

Look at the stats. Each got 29 minutes, each was 1-5 from 3. They don’t work

OU Cougar

Jan 7, 10:47pm

I agree with you man. Watching that Houston game, I could tell they weren’t

Mathew

Jan 7, 10:49pm

I thought this game was lost when Demin had the team going and their was a TO

GoneWiththeBreeze

12:29am

So when is Demin gonna put the crunch on Hall's limb & end it all?? Ha!

SinkingQuffa

3:53am

Day 59

StraightOuttaOrem

Jan 7, 10:41pm

This is a good thing for us because it is likely to help keep this incompetent

JosephAllenMaldonado

Jan 7, 10:43pm

RE: Day 59

yorksama

Jan 7, 10:44pm

"the hard-earned victory of those student-athletes in that program"

yorksama

Jan 7, 10:50pm

Didn’t notice that the first time I read it. Not even saying BYU is so childish

StraightOuttaOrem

Jan 7, 10:54pm

Yes. But we need to be civil. Screw them all.

ballen

Jan 7, 11:12pm

Seemed like editorial to me, like this was one quote from many. He probably did.

sah22

12:19am

Harlan basically says.. Everyone tampers and will continue to tamper until the NCAA starts enforcing the tampering

HarlemCoug

Jan 7, 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

Jan 7, 10:59pm

Man, that red suit coat looks like a woman's suit coat. So ugly.

westsidecoug

Jan 7, 11:29pm

He still hasn't said, "I was wrong," publicly. That's what an apology is.

MarylandFan

12:21am

Is the team focusing so much on the new schemes that they lose focus on shooting

Twin Cities Coug

Jan 7, 10:41pm

BYE BYE ESPN?

Heinz57

Jan 7, 10:38pm

Not again…

Cougs2012

Jan 7, 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... View

[BYUtv Sports]

Jan 7, 10:35pm

Stephon Castle was the 2nd college player selected in the NBA draft last year

Odysseus

Jan 7, 10:34pm

Castle looked amazing in the NCAA tournament though

cwilke1

Jan 7, 10:36pm

Interesting. And disappointing at the same time.

acadian8

Jan 7, 10:37pm

He’s a less athletic Ben Simmons with worse handles right now.

byulover

Jan 7, 10:51pm

We need to get Chick-fil-A to provide fans a free item when BYU makes two free throws.

Brisco All-American

Jan 7, 10:32pm

The promotion has to be something that has somewhat of a likelihood to happen in order to keep the fans engaged.

Cougs1

Jan 7, 10:48pm

Trey Stewart deserved more minutes tonight

andrewg3

Jan 7, 10:32pm

People may laugh, but what’s there to lose? Kid has more heart and passion than

Mathew

Jan 7, 10:33pm

And he plays lights out defense

Archaea

Jan 7, 10:35pm

Sure seems like it.

Mathew

Jan 7, 10:37pm

His shot at the end of the half was the highlight of the game for BYU

Jersey hunter

Jan 7, 10:36pm

I agree, but it also involved a high degree of luck.

acadian8

Jan 7, 10:38pm

We need more luck!

Jersey hunter

Jan 7, 10:39pm

RE: I agree, but it also involved a high degree of luck.

franklyvulgar

Jan 7, 10:40pm

With his eyes closed

Big Daddy D

Jan 7, 10:40pm

💯

FT487

Jan 7, 10:39pm

One thing though, Utah is as ghastly as I’ve ever seen. 5th or 6th in Utah

OU Cougar

Jan 7, 10:29pm

they've started conference play rough, but are a top 100 team. With BYU playing

cwilke1

Jan 7, 10:31pm

Utah sucks

Big Daddy D

Jan 7, 10:33pm

I’m glad we did not play Utah State Saturday or tonight. We would lose.

Big Daddy D

Jan 7, 10:32pm

Utah absolutely crumbles if you play them physical.

CycloneCoug

Jan 7, 10:33pm

Could you not say the same about BYU?

acadian8

Jan 7, 10:35pm

Unfortunately BYU doesn’t play physical and we need to

Jersey hunter

Jan 7, 10:39pm

Then they’ll probably beat us

Haysom Till

Jan 7, 10:39pm

BYU needs to improve significantly or they will lose at the Huntsman just like

westsidecoug

Jan 7, 11:32pm

It's a possibility, but we had matchup issues last season we won't this year.

SinkingQuffa

12:09am

Egor and Catchings had better improve quite a bit.

DeepCCoug

4:49am

Let's not pretend the yewts are TTech. You realize TTech just crushed them in

SinkingQuffa

5:13am

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