Post season games are the hardest games to win, and they get increasingly harder

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Mar 15, 2024
11:41:10am

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Skeptical Optimist

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I still have 1 concern about Pope after this season.

Mostlyaccurate

Mar 15, 11:38am

Post season games are the hardest games to win, and they get increasingly harder

Skeptical Optimist

Mar 15, 11:41am

For everyone not just pope

BYU '80

Mar 15, 7:06pm

There's a clear trend: BYU keeps playing in tournaments where nearly everyone loses

ColoSpgs

Mar 15, 11:42am

Everyone has to get a trophy too

Cooouuugs

Mar 15, 5:22pm

He needs to ride the hot hand more and stop over analyzing things. Pull guys

idcougarfan

Mar 15, 11:43am

And not pull guys that are hot

CameronG

Mar 15, 12:13pm

^^^this! Pope pulled JR right after he hit 2 3's in the TT game. Like What??

Tio

Mar 15, 12:36pm

It was just for the defensive possession - he said he took him out to save fouls

Skeptical Optimist

Mar 15, 12:38pm

You don't mess with the lineup that's gone on a hot streak and got you back in

Tio

Mar 15, 12:52pm

You do realize that every team except 1 ends every tournament with a loss?

Greg4BYU

Mar 15, 11:49am

So what has been Mark Pope's best Post Season Success as a head coach?

Mostlyaccurate

Mar 15, 11:50am

Looks like a pattern to get a Bball HC honored as an all-time great at BYU.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 15, 11:52am

Like I said, not a major concern.

Mostlyaccurate

Mar 15, 11:58am

Without one ncaa tourney win or conference tourney title? Low standards

BYU '80

Mar 15, 7:06pm

For a BYU HC? Hardly. Par the course. Particularly w his 1st squad being Covid-denied.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 15, 7:13pm

Rose won multiple tourney games as did Reid

BYU '80

Mar 15, 7:31pm

Dave won his first NCAA Tourney game in 2010. In his 6th season. This is Mark's 5th.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 15, 7:38pm

You talked about his current trajectory, which does not include a tourney win

BYU '80

Mar 15, 9:12pm

Did I say they would've won a tourney game in 2020? I know one thing they COULDN'T have done that year, though:

SinkingQuffa

Mar 15, 9:17pm

Pope will have the benefit of good seeding. Hope he can do it . Rose only

BYU '80

Mar 15, 9:21pm

Provide a better option with better post season success. I’ll stick with pope.

Cougforgood

Mar 15, 11:58am

I'm not asking for a new coach. Just something I've seen.

Mostlyaccurate

Mar 15, 11:59am

yes, it's something you've seen and are now trying to pretend it's some kind of

Digital Gangsta

Mar 15, 4:31pm

I’d like to see him up his technical foul count until we get a more favorable

bluecougar1985

Mar 15, 11:59am

The high energy style that BYU plays isn't conducive to next day games. Conference tourneys are problematic there.

LaserCoug

Mar 15, 12:18pm

Pope has done well with what he has

HudspethEra

Mar 15, 12:36pm

RE: Pope has done well with what he has

HudspethEra

Mar 15, 12:38pm

Conference tournament results don't matter. Let's see what he does in the NCAA

kimdaddy35

Mar 15, 12:59pm

Exactly, we have a sample size of 1 as far as postseason play that matters

CPAcoug87

Mar 15, 2:50pm

Yes they do

BYU '80

Mar 15, 7:07pm

No they really don't.

kimdaddy35

Mar 15, 7:32pm

Tell that to teams who get auto bids

BYU '80

Mar 15, 9:11pm

Yes to the one bid conferences they matter. Not sure your point.

kimdaddy35

Mar 15, 10:30pm

1/4 years. And if he had won the tournaments they would have gone

BYU '80

Mar 16, 8:35am

You have made a case for Pope doing well post season. Post season the opponents

NYC and Japan

Mar 15, 2:01pm

Not in conference tourneys. He has beaten non ncaa tourney teams

BYU '80

Mar 16, 8:36am

Now do that with the majority of coaches.

StantonMac

Mar 15, 2:22pm

Here's the reason: that matches almost every coach in D1 basketball.

Mitty

Mar 15, 4:14pm

Wait we went 19-15 last year? In the WCC? That was ROUGH

Cooouuugs

Mar 15, 4:29pm

Yet were still a couple plays from making it to the title game (where the Zags likely blow us out like they did SMC).

SinkingQuffa

Mar 15, 5:09pm

As baseball has shown, the postseason is all about luck and matchups.

ConnCoug

Mar 15, 5:08pm

Idk, NBA post season is completely different than the regular season.

Mostlyaccurate

Mar 15, 5:14pm

Series as opposed to single game.

ConnCoug

Mar 16, 9:48am

To win in post season you need 1of 2 things: nba caliber players or a coach

Idacoug

Mar 15, 5:08pm

Compare him to rose. I bet it’s more a BYU thing.

Boring

Mar 15, 5:44pm

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