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BYU strikes it rich in Vegas

our 2-2 record at utah is better than your 5-0. you havent played anyone as good as the mighty utes have beat.

That was an awesome game. Way to go Cougs! This win will definitely look good come tourney selection time! It would also be sweet if they happen to win tonight! Now, if only I could figure out a way to get tickets to tonight's UNC game. They apparently sell tickets to the tourney in 2 day packages, so I think I'm out of luck. What do you think the Cougs will end up being ranked if they end up beating Louisville, UNC, and Mich. State? Wouldn't that be awesome? If they play the way they played Louisville, I think they have a chance!

Nice argument there buddy, especially since washington and Santa Clara are such tough teams this year. Wait a minute, are they even ranked? I didn't think so. Nevermind.

Uteman, that can't be a serious comment. The "Mighty Utes" have beat High Point and USC Upstate, whoever that is.. oh ya, you also lost to a stellar Santa Clara team... by 15 points... at home...

@uteman--you're kidding, right?
@LV Cougar fan--I agree, if the Cougs play tonight the way they played Louisville, it will be a fun game. If Tavernari continues to be hot, UNC is going to be forced to come out on him, although he doesn't seem to be phased by hands in his face. How do you defend against a trey shooter like that when they're hot? It could really shake things up. Like you said--hard to keep from thinking ahead, eh?

"our 2-2 record at utah is better than your 5-0. you havent played anyone as good as the mighty utes have beat."

HOW OLD ARE YOU? YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE FIVE OR SIX. The Cougars just had a great game. Pitino said BYU was the better team. Ute fans react like little children.

Uteman,I really hope that you are not being serious. The combined record of the teams you have played is 8 and 9, with the combined record of the teams you have beaten being 2 and 6. BYU just beat Louisville. How is your 2-2 record better than our 5-0 record? I would love to see BYU beat North Carolina, I don't think it will happen but it would be fun to see. I think the Cougars are going to be great this year and I am going to as many home games as possible!!
GO COUGARS!!!!!

Great win for the Cougars against UL. uteman.....High Point could beat you on their home floor and i've never heard of USC Upsate. Maybe you should focus your fire against Weber State, because they're taking down the utes on wed.

Louisville is not the #6 team in the country without David Padgett. Injuries are part of the game, but the rankings, with or without playing BYU would have been adjusted this week for Rick's UL boys...

A quality win over a very tough opponent. Louisville's missinge some key players due to injuries but is still a very good basketball team. The Cougars should be tough to beat this year and should finally make a dent in the polls when it counts.

I hope we play defense the way we played against louisville, but if Byu had been firing on all cylinders offensively this would have been another route. Now let's just hope we have a chance to win beat unc at the end.

Please, don't tell anyone that you are a Utah graduate with that comment. Utah has certainly defeated some excellent teams in Upstate South Carolina and High Point. Both of those teams would have drilled Louisville, LOL.

You have to love it when someone who is a Utah fan, obviously not a graduate of that higher institution of learning, makes just a ludicrous statement.

It doesn't matter how they are ranked. Unlike the corrupt football system of picking a champion, basketball has it right with 64 teams playing a tournament to decide a champion.
The Cougars will be invited to the NCAA tournament and then we will see just how good this team really is.
Still, great game!

Great game, Cougars! They were poised and sharp throughout the game. Their next game today with UNC is more important than the football rivalry with Utah.

I caught the game on-line at byutv. It was awesome to watch the cougs. There were very few mental breakdowns and the team as a whole (not just Tavernari and Plaisted) played well. Murdock consistently and easily handled the full court press that Louisville threw at the cougs the entire game. Passing was crisp, clean, and quick. Plaisted needs to learn to unload the ball as soon as the defense collapses on him though. There were at least three times that he took the ball into the key, had three defenders surround him, and he continued to hold the ball or look to the basket when he had open teammates outside. A great win for the cougs!

Uteman, you make me smile. Your comment is incredibly foolish. "Fan" is an abbreviation of "fanatic." Your comment represents the distorted perception of a fanatical mediating lens.

BYU has played some chumps so far. . . but its victory against a 6th-ranked Louisville confirms that the Cougars have some game.

The pollsters should give BYU some respect. Perhaps you will be more generous when the Utes and Cougars play a couple of MWC games and a conference schedule.

Enjoy the holiday . . .

Louisville wasn't that good. Santa Clara, now that's one of the best teams in the country!

you're right, wins against highpoint and usc upstate were big wins against tough opponents and big wins(sarcasm in case you didn't catch it). washington is 3-2 with wins over eastern wash., NJ tech, and (gasp) utah (with losses to two ranked teams. and santa clara has "big" wins against CS mtn bay, simpson univ. and (gasp) utah. they may have had easy wins up to this point, but when the test came, they came through. the same can hardly be said about the utes, whose "tests" were by far lesser opponents. nice try.

I admit, based on the Hartford game I didn't think we could compete against the big boys that had better hand and foot speed. I was very impressed with Murdock. A win over Utah in football and a W over UNC would make this the greatest BYU sports weekend ever. Plaistead was huge in the middle. He played a tremendous 2nd half, but was obviously gassed down the stretch.
LV Cougarfan if they happen to beat Mich St & UNC and don't lose to Portland / Weber St. They should be ranked in the top 3, but because of pre-season voting we will only see the top 10.

Now Coach Rose earns his keep. It will be a major task for him to keep the players nose and ears at the same level. If they can do that they can beat anyone. Amazing how the psyche can have such an influence on persistence. BYU basketball has the
potential to go beyond the Stan Watts era. Go get em
cougars.