Yep, they found a ridiculous rhythm in that game

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Mar 30, 2025
9:47:39am

Medute All-American

Yep, they found a ridiculous rhythm in that game

But then you have to adjust. They made 12 first half threes. At that point, you have to take that shot away. That’s basketball 101 right there. Overplay the 3 and hope guys like Keita can protect the rim. They just weren’t able to adjust. It’s not like Alabama was only hitting contested threes while fading away.

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Medute

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Duke disrupted Alabama and got them out of rhythm. We didn't disrupt them, got

Undefeated

Mar 30, 7:56am

We clearly didn't have the athletes or length to disrupt them like Duke.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 30, 7:59am

Yep. Or the scheme. We couldn't have executed it with our players as well asDuke

Undefeated

Mar 30, 8:03am

Schemes got us to the over-achieving position of 4th in Big12 & a Sweet 16 run.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 30, 8:08am

Did you think I forgot what we achieved this year? Did you think I didn't know

Undefeated

Mar 30, 8:39am

Yup. We were good enough to be sweet 16, but high level to elite guard play is what gets you to the elite 8 and beyond

RootieBoy

Mar 30, 8:06am

So how did Robert Morris pull it off? Or St Mary’s?

Medute

Mar 30, 8:10am

You really think BYU's perimeter athleticism is comparable to Robert Morris's?

SinkingQuffa

Mar 30, 8:15am

I just think it’s a lazy excuse to say you don’t have Duke’s athletes

Medute

Mar 30, 8:30am

I just think it's lazy to say you're going to run the Big12 and then become a laughing stock.

Vanilla

Mar 30, 8:33am

That's not the topic we're discussing here.

Undefeated

Mar 30, 8:40am

It’s cool. It’s a normal defense mechanism when people don’t want to discuss

Medute

Mar 30, 8:45am

BYU got destroyed by Bama, I'm not qualified to breakdown scheme. But what I am qualified to identify...

Vanilla

Mar 30, 9:50am

I’m in the room with a bunch of BYU fans. I know that

Medute

Mar 30, 9:58am

OH geez, haha

Vanilla

Mar 30, 9:41am

Decent points.

Undefeated

Mar 30, 8:41am

I think it's also fair to say Bama shot outa their minds, & we went down as who

SinkingQuffa

Mar 30, 8:56am

Yep, they found a ridiculous rhythm in that game

Medute

Mar 30, 9:47am

We were still in the game five minutes into the 2nd half. I think we played our

SinkingQuffa

Mar 30, 10:04am

I think teams often cool because defenses adjust

Medute

Mar 30, 10:49am

I think we all know a guy like KY would never build his roster so heavy

SinkingQuffa

Mar 30, 10:59am

It was a pretty dang good roster if you ask me

Medute

Mar 30, 11:01am

Offensively it had options, but not defensively. It needed more two-way players.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 30, 11:06am

For sure. But isn’t that sort of what college ball is all about

Medute

Mar 30, 11:17am

Yeah, we cheer for the same college game. It's nice that BYU's finally willing

SinkingQuffa

Mar 30, 11:21am

Having two 7 footers to cover Sears off the screen helped Duke.

idcougarfan

Mar 30, 8:26am

For sure. I alludedto that in my post but maybe should have gotten more specific

Undefeated

Mar 30, 8:43am

Defending the 3 has been a problem all year.

JoeExotic

Mar 30, 8:08am

Yup. I posted several times that our defensive game plan was basically hoping

byubyu

Mar 30, 9:00am

We were worried about their guards getting into the paint and scoring or getting

75Coug

Mar 30, 8:52am

True that. I was just thinking about the reasons behind how Alabama got so hot.

Undefeated

Mar 30, 9:23am

Duke's shortest contributor is 6' 5". That's also helpful.

Benfica1

Mar 30, 9:41am

Someone on ESPN said Duke's team is the tallest in college basketball.

DeepCCoug

Mar 30, 10:02am

"Their personnel and how they used them definitely helped too." - OP

Undefeated

Mar 30, 10:16am

Not a contradiction.

Benfica1

Mar 30, 10:34am

Just to clarify, I wasn't saying that because I thought you were contradicting

Undefeated

Mar 30, 10:51am

Duke also has an elite defense with the most length in college basketball.

davidmj10

Mar 30, 11:32am

it was obvious heading down the stretch run the BYU D would be the

qwerew

Mar 30, 11:44am

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