UCR is a much better team than Central Arkansas from the other night however they are not near to the worst team in the Big12. I think there's plenty that BYU needs to work on. It seems like the bigs when they hedge on the screen get stuck in no man's land and the big they're guarding rolls to the hoop for an open lane. I would expect to see the coaches work on that with the team. There were several possessions where one player got caught sleeping and the UCR player was open for a wide open 3 (not the same BYU player sleeping each time). Right now, the defense has a lot to improve on. UCR shot the ball really well which led to the game being close at the end.

Demin was very good once again. I look forward to see what he can do with Hall on the floor with him. Hall was such a steadying presence last year. The team needs both of them and I expect in a conference game to not have any time where at least one of them is not on the floor. So far for the season Demin has a 18:3 Asst:TO ratio. Very impressive. 16 possessions for Demin and 1.28 pts/poss is incredible. I look forward to seeing what he can do when the opposing team is better.

Crawford struggled in the 1st half but was much better in the 2nd half. We're going to see a lot of progress from him throughout the year.

Catchings had a quiet game. He wasn't as aggressive on offense but his defense was very good.

I'm surprised we're not seeing Mag more out there. He was supposed to be a top notch defender. Maybe he gets a little more time to help on defense.

2 more games to prepare for the Ole Miss game. 10 players got playing time tonight. That will shrink to 8-9 for the Ole Miss game (9 when Hall comes back).

Go Cougs!

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