BYU Post Game Thread

[HuskyFich]

We have the two stalwarts: Demery & Reed.
We have the mojo man: Karaban
We have unbelievable defensive wings.

Ross had his best game by a country mile and is starting to look consistent.


Overall, such a gritty win. It’s tough to hold a 20 pt lead against a top 5-10 team, and with their first test, they survived. The slowed pace hurt us, but not having Ball playing well and using Malachi a lot IMO is the reason the pace slowed for so long.

Dybantsa is going to make hundreds of millions of dollars. He is in a completely different galaxy from anyone else on the floor. Can I bet futures on the 2030 MVP? Like buttah.

 

[OceanDoggie]

Pushes off a lot too.

It wasn't just him. Saunders and Baker used the same left stiff arm on their drives. Silas is a smart player, because he picked-up on it and began doing the same and the Refs continued to swallow the whistle on that move...

 

[navery12]

We just beat a top 10 team and half our fans are obsessing over the 2 guys who had bad games instead of talking about Reed, Demary, Karaban, and Ross

 

[temery]

I love how everyone keeps telling us this as if they didn't literally say it on the broadcast.

My guess is most were not able to watch the game.

 

[FearThePups]

This game solidifies what an absolute stud Silas is. What a pickup by the staff.

Yeah a big physical guard. Keep Malachi off the court when the opponent goes full court press. Not a fan of small guards unless your name is Iverson.

 

[Kitaman]

Even up 16 the game seemed to be a grind. Good victory especially when challenged so late after losing a big lead.

 

[JRDBWK]

It was a big win against a very good opponent. Ross looked great. Thought Reibe gave some solid minutes when he was on the floor. Need to clean up free throws and inbounding the ball. This is a very deep team where you can have players having an off night and you have other players who can pick up the slack, this is going to be a very fun team to watch this year. People are complaining about the refs, but I thought they called an even game... It wasn't like Maui.

 

[mauconnfan]

That last Baker trey took 4 days off the end of my life.

And he took 4 steps to get it off

 

[JMick]

We just beat a top 10 team and half our fans are obsessing over the 2 guys who had bad games instead of talking about Reed, Demary, Karaban, and Ross

Im a little surprised there hasn't been more about Ross. He's really coming along. Helped us big time. He could be big this year

 

[FearThePups]

We have some not ready for prime time players, hope that changes.

We need Mullins playing.

 

[Smp7598]

Jayden Ross was tough.

5 fouls in 12 minutes,tough?He looked lost to me!

 

[TheHorde]

If it's his tailbone he'll be sore tomorrow.

It’s funny that humans have tailbones but no tails.

 

[bendm]

Silas is much further along than Newton was at this point in ‘23

I still don’t think BYU is a chip contender but I’ll be rooting for them and Zona to win the big12 so this continues to be a marquee win

 

[FearThePups]

We just beat a top 10 team in game 4 of the season, I'd say our players are ready for prime time

Yeah but they were without 2 starters.

 

[DogMania]

Yet it continues to work. I understand it's frustrating to watch, but there's a reason Dan Hurley keeps doing it

Started taking the air out of the ball way too early. Important to keep the momentum and have good posessions. Should never have been a one possession game. With that said, they won. Learn, improve and move on.

 

[temery]

It’s funny that humans have tailbones but no tails.

Visit the Harvard Anomaly Museum.

 

[Lafayette]

dunno which was weirder: byu had more fouls than us or their Baker got a dozen

 

[navery12]

Im a little surprised there hasn't been more about Ross. He's really coming along. Helped us big time. He could be big this year

He's gone from a 3 and D guy with no ability to shoot or play defense to a good defender and shooter. He's the perfect energy guy off the bench for this team

 

[Lafayette]

Yeah but they were without 2 starters.

true - we were down 1

 

[Boost'ED]

J. Stewart was actually better than Ross against AJ especially in the first half. Stewart though was horrible on offense and sloppy with the ball. He really needs to clean that up. I think we will need both so I wouldn't same we should stop believing. He can explode on offense. I will say once Mullins comes back it will give us more diversity but having both Stewart and Ross involved helps on D. I think Mullins will help when Ball is cold. Playing Demary and Smith wasn't as effective as I though. Demary was the man but Smith was awful. Smith looks like he kind of lost out there and not sure what to do with the ball. Him stepping out out of bounds on a wide open 3 epitomes his game. Karaban is deadly frm 3 when hot but clearly isn't the go to guy. The thing that really got me annoyed was in the 2nd half with a clear advantage inside with no Keita for BYU we forgot about Reed and didn't really run any plays for him. That was a huge mistake.

Good point on Smith and Demary.

I thought both would really attack the full court pressure BYU applied, but we only attacked it effectively once.

 

[JMick]

He's gone from a 3 and D guy with no ability to shoot or play defense to a good defender and shooter. He's the perfect energy guy off the bench for this team

The dunk was the most exciting thing to me. He recognized it really fast and closed on the basket really fast. Blew by guys. Reminded me a bit of Ajax

 

[navery12]

Yeah but they were without 2 starters.

And we were without 1. We were also up 13 when they lost their 2nd starter so that's a lame excuse

 

[80shusky]

Tough game. Made a lot of mistakes in the 2nd half that nearly cost them. 21 assists is good offense though. Beat a top 10 team in game 4 with serious game pressure in the 2nd half. They lose that game last year. Important win for seeding but even more important for experience in eventually closing out under pressure.

 

[FearThePups]

Dybansta’s post move on AK was clearly a travel he used 2 different pivot feet

So why didn’t Hurley challenge that call? He should have.

 

[Lafayette]