picture thought or two).

Where Macdizzle Was Right
- I posted over the summer that I thought KY would struggle to adapt to the college game this season. I was shouted down and told KY knows more basketball than me and that I was dumb. Reading the posts cracks me up a bit now.
- After the first few games I posted that I thought our defense would figure it out. We have. Our D is actually pretty darn good.
- I also posted after our second game that I was worried about our offense. It didn't seem to produce the easy shots that last year's did.
- I posted after 3-4 games that Utah's team and scheme reminded me a bit of ours from last year. They move the ball super well, have shooters, spacing and confidence.

Where Macdizzle Was Wrong
- Before the year, I was told by people who were watching practice that Catchings would be our leading scorer by year's end. That he is the most offensively gifted player on the roster and a natural leader and would be our most important, best player by the end of the year. In reality, at this pace, he may not even be playing by end of the year.
- Demin - I thought he could shoot. He can't, in fact, shoot.
- The offense figuring it out. While I was worried about our offense early in the season, I thought we'd figure it out. We haven't. Everything feels like a struggle, we get no easy looks and our guys are frustrated and pressing.
- I thought the weak OOC schedule wouldn't hurt it. It has. Even KY said on Thursday in the coaches show that we we're paying the price for our weak OOC schedule. I was completely wrong on this.

Now the big picture thought...

BYU has made the tournament 14 times in the last 25 years. We've only won a game in the tournament 3 of those years. I don't believe those results are acceptable given the resources BYU has, the arena, the fanbase, etc. SO...could we have kept doing the things the way we've always done them and make the tourney every 2-3 years and then lose promptly? Yes.

So why not try something different? I've realized there's a chance KY completely flames out. That chance is not large, but it's not zero either. But I'd rather take a chance and try to consistently be a Sweet 16 team than consistently either not make the tournament or lose in the first round.