BYU Post Game Thread

[3rdbass]

Dybsanta Worth every dollar BYU paying him; the kid is a star ( already) . Thought Alex played his best game ever in showing that he can play in the league ; made 3’s , put ball on floor and was competitive on defense. Tonight we saw why they went hard after Silas . Not sure where Mullins minutes coming from ( looking at tonight’s minutes distribution ) . Thought Stewart and Ross did a good job guarding Dybsanta. The type of win that adds to the seed line in march .

Mullins will see a lot of minutes in small ball lineup and definitely backing up Ball at the 2 when struggling. Smith I think will lose the most minutes in this scenario as he looks a little slow on picking up the offense and not playing well.

 

[Sibeerian]

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Alex looks like a centaur here.

 

[gsmooth]

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

I just got back from the game. Baker's 3 out of the timeout made our entire row bite our fingernails. Pleased as all hell UConn got the "doubleheader" today.

 

[gsmooth]

Karaban and Reed Jr. did their part, but Demary Jr. is a godsend.

Now everyone here can see why he was such a coveted player out of the transfer portal.

 

[ctchamps]

I mean he was guarding the presumptive number 1 pick. I think he played well in that sense.

Third foul was on a hustle play where Ross dove for the ball. He actually had possession of it by diving but the BYU player was there at the same time. I have no problem with the call or Ross playing with intensity.

That fifth foul was horrible however. Ross was moving backwards and Dybansta initiated contact. Should have been a no call.

The third call on Stewart was also a bad call. His arms were straight up and there was no contact. Dybansta made an incredible shot and there was no foul.

That third foul on Stewart was critical with Ross sitting with three. It's not always about the foul count. It's about who is getting them and what is happening in the game. Ross with three and then Stewart getting that phantom three was a pivotal point in the game. I'm not upset with the refs other than they missed a lot of offensive arm bars by the BYU players.

This was a difficult second half to watch because we had the opportunity to blow them out and didn't. But we also won. Our bad win was better than BYU's good loss.

Hopefully Tarris is healthy Wednesday.

 

[gsmooth]

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

I was shouting about that at the game. He switched his pivot foot from his left foot to right foot .

 

[UCfor3]

Stewart is going to be a valuable piece for us this season.

Yep. Stewart has had meaningful contributions and big moments in several big games the last two years. Ross has his first good game against a good opponent in 2+ years and all of a sudden he is gold and Stewart is dunzo. Holy recency bias and peak Boneyard. It's awesome Ross is playing well. It's also not a mortal lock it will continue although it would be great if it did. We will need both and both will have their moments. Stew worked hard on D. AJ is a toigh cover.

 

[ctchamps]

Too late into this 9 page thread, but I would say: probably the most unsatisfying win against a top 7 team on a neutral court I can remember.

Giving up a mid second quarter double digit lead to squeak it out at the end. Uhg. We have to get better.

We stopped before it started that Hurley can't win close games.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Silas was a DOG

 

[Rocktheworld]

No it’s not lame. Who cares that we were up 13 when that starter went down? We only won by 2 points as they came back at the end. So when someone says we’re pretty good, how is that when we blow a big lead and they’re missing 2 starters? We are a decent team, not a great team at this point.

So any “decent” team missing one of their best players can beat a top 10 team with a top 3 draft pick?

You really didn’t think that post through. You either drank too much tonight or you need a drink.

 

[Revrat]

I'm not sure what happened, but we got away from Demary running the show. That was the difference. In the end, he righted the ship. But he's the one who's going to stir the drink.

 

[superjohn]

QUOTE="karstenkibbe, post: 5371435, member: 4139"]
While the last ten minutes added way too much stress, I was thrilled that we came away with the win. Two big takeaways for me:

1. I pretty much gave up on Ross going into this season, but you can see it starting to click for him, especially on offense. The transition 3 and the baseline jam were nice, but to me, his most impressive bucket tonight was the foul line fadeaway with a hand in his face. He played with confidence and none of that spaz-like movement. And I thought two of his fouls should have been no-calls.
2. I made a comment a few weeks ago about AK, to which no one responded, and I’ll say it again. All the people in the off-season who said he should be a support piece and a fourth option offensively… well, you’re going to be wrong. He will get his shots and he will be a primary scorer for this team with full support from Hurley.

I thought Reibe was solid and active in his six minutes, although he missed a bunny and lost his guy on a rebound. Silas is going to be a total alpha dog by the start of conference play. The Kodiak needs to be fed continuously. This was a game in which Reed should have had 20 touches.
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Silas, AK, and Tarris all looked like studs. We all know Solo is a stud, he's struggling with his shot a bit. Ross looks like a different player. We dominated a great team for most of the game. We took foot off gas and BYU was unconscious. I'm pretty damn happy with how things look.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I'm not sure what happened, but we got away from Demary running the show. That was the difference. In the end, he righted the ship. But he's the one who's going to stir the drink.

I think it was actually Karaban doing the best leading the offense in the first half

 

[HooperScooper]

They switched me to the Women’s game with 7 minutes to go🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Use the Fox Sports app on your computer if that ever happens again. You should sign in now using your TV provider so it's all set if you need it again.

 

[bendm]

Mullins will see a lot of minutes in small ball lineup and definitely backing up Ball at the 2 when struggling. Smith I think will lose the most minutes in this scenario as he looks a little slow on picking up the offense and not playing well.

Smith (22) Ross (12) Stew (29) played a combined 63 mins. Add Mullins to the mix that averages out to ~15mpg each but I think Mullins starts and gets ~20mpg. A third lethal shooter/floor spacer is exactly what the startling lineup needs. Hopefully Alex and Silas also won’t need to play practically the entire game many nights.

 

[huskyharry]

If you had the sound on the announcers literally said if you're in South Carolina or LA you're about to get switched to the women's basketball game and here's how to keep watching this game

Yes, they said you could switch to the Fox Sports App but then the app said game not available. So they had the USC USC game on Fox and FS2

 

[HooperScooper]

Where'd he come from again?

His mother, Shante Demary.

 

[superjohn]

His mother, Shante Demary.

My buddy hung out with his family the other night, he says they're awesome.

 

[Hoopcrazee]

Just back from game...too many pages to read to see id anyone mentioning...Where the heck was the D in the last 7 minutes.. Held BYU to 57 pts in the first 33 minutes of the game and then surrendered 27 pts in the last 7 minutes... yikes!

 

[ctchamps]

Just back from game...too many pages to read to see id anyone mentioning...Where the heck was the D in the last 7 minutes.. Held BYU to 57 pts in the first 33 minutes of the game and then surrendered 27 pts in the last 7 minutes... yikes!

Foul trouble.

 

[gsmooth]

Two even teams tonight! UConn made shots in first half, then it was BYU getting hot in the second. Their zone caused trouble- penetration to open it was lacking. Hated that foul by Malachi with one second left on the 3 pointer. Tough games early in the season. Ross was great, no one can handle Dybantsa. Very quick handshake by coaches at end- as Arte Johnson would say, very interesting (showing my age)

Hurley and Dybansta spoke for about 1 minutes after the game. Karaban and Dybansta did as well. Maybe the BYU coach is just a dick or he had to piss really bad.

 

[Scrutineer]

Supporting guys need to be better. We also started nursing the lead with 13:22 to go and it almost bit us. It's the only thing about Hurley that drives me crazy

Maybe he needs to watch the Clemson Sweet Sixteen game from 1990......he might see a little similarity.

 

[3rdbass]

Smith (22) Ross (12) Stew (29) played a combined 63 mins. Add Mullins to the mix that averages out to ~15mpg each but I think Mullins starts and gets ~20mpg. A third lethal shooter/floor spacer is exactly what the startling lineup needs. Hopefully Alex and Silas also won’t need to play practically the entire game many nights.

Yeah having Karaban playing 39 minutes is not going to work all season. We need to have Stewart play better on offense to back him up.

 

[superjohn]

This is such a Rothstein tweet, it's also very accurate....

 

[HooperScooper]

That… plus you need to cover your eyes every time they pass the ball in with pressure during a close game.

I thought they were fine with that. Just the 1 time they inbounded the ball to Ross and he panicked. Hurley immediately went to Smith and Demary to handle the ball. Glad to have Smith to use in situations like that.