BYU basketball: Cougars eager to hit the practice court

By Jeff Call

Deseret News

Published: Monday, Jan. 9 2012 3:11 p.m. MST

Summary

After throttling San Francisco, 81-56, last Saturday at home, the BYU basketball team is enjoying a bit of a reprieve this week.

That would be intriguing because the Runnin' Rebels are former Mountain West Conference rivals and they are led by former BYU assistant Dave Rice, who is in his first year as UNLV's head coach. Lunardi has a potential BYU-UNLV showdown at the Pit in Albuquerque.

Assisted Living:

BYU recorded an impressive 27 assists on 29 baskets against San Francisco. But for Rose, there's another side to that accomplishment.

"We had a lot of open shots that weren't assisted that were missed," he said. "It's funny as a coach. You look at the real good things, which was we had 29 baskets and 27 assists. But we probably could have had 36 baskets and not so many assists if we would have just finished a few more plays."

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AK Cougar

Palmer, AK

I think the Cougars will be in and the WCC will send 3 teams to the big dance. With a bracket that pulls 65 teams, it is not that hard to be one of the best 65 in the nation. And with politicking, ability to sell tickets to away games, historical More..

12:20 a.m. Jan. 10, 2012
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Mountanman

Hayden, ID

@ AK Cougar. I think you may be right because while the win/loss record will be paramount in the tournament selection,the best teams do not always get selected because in the toughest conferences, the teams beat each other up more than in other More..

9:27 a.m. Jan. 10, 2012
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idablu

Idaho Falls, ID

I love the fact that Rose is pleased, but not satisfied with his team's performance, even in a blowout. Amen.

I really don't think they'll take 3 teams from this conference. BYU will HAVE to win the regular season outright, or win the More..

4:37 p.m. Jan. 9, 2012
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