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BYU basketball: A lot is riding on Cougars' next 2 games

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The win over the Lobos was great and they hit some pressure free throws but if they do not improve overall with the FT shooting it will be hard for them to win the MWC Tournament or go very far in the NCAA Tournament.

It looks like this BYU team is NCAA tournament bound. It would sure be fun to see them hitting on all cylinders and winning a couple of NCAA games. If they're really a top 25 team that's what they need to do.

It seems there was a lot of complaining about the non-call in the last second of overtime yesterday. Anyone whining about that must not have watched the game. If you are one of the elite teams in the conference and you have an 8-point lead AT HOME with 6 minutes left, then you can't complain about a bad call with less than a second left in OT. Plus, you had a three-point in OT with the ball with just over a minute left. You had opportunities to put the game away, no refs needed!

Of course these fans are the only ones guilty of whining about officiating costing them a game at the end. No Cougar fans ever complained about how we lost at SDSU because the final few minutes the refs gave it to them. We all remembered that we had a sizeable lead with about 6 minutes left and we choked down the stretch.

There are too many possessions in a game, too many opportunities to win a game, to blame a loss on a few bad calls, especially when you had a 3-possession lead late in the game. Fans, get a clue. Boylen, get a clue.

If BYU could will out through the conference tournament they may get out of that painful 7-10 bracketing that they usually end up in.

Nobody, but nobody has a fair shot at winning the MWC tournament on the home court of UNLV. Not BYU, San Diego State, New Mexico or even Utah. It's unfair for every team in the league. Look at the disparity between the 29 point win over BYU on their home court and the 26 point advantage on BYU's home court. To make it fair, the MWC tournament needs to rotate among all the teams of the conference and not give UNLV a decided advantage. Let's see what happens when UNVL goes into the Pit to play. There needs to be some equality in the league and not give any one team an advantage!

Maybe the team at the bottom of the conference should host the MWC tourney each year. That would give the underdog a leg up and level the playing field for the top teams.

GO COUGARS!! What a season! Love it!

Alternate locations have been tried for the MWC tourney. Why didn't the league stick with it? Because fan attendance dropped way down. UNLV is centrally located for the MWC schools and fans. Now maybe this new TV deal can help bring in some revenue that would balance out the revenue lost by change of venue for the MWC tourney, assuming it works better than the last two years of TV fiasco-ness.

Wat a joke?....they should of left the tourney in Denver.....

Remember the old WAC days when the conference winner was allowed to host the tournament? I thought that worked pretty well. It made winning the conference be worth something. It wouldn't work well if Air Force won because their arena only holds 5,000. The tournament at Las Vegas is always well attended and is a money maker for the conference. We need to give them credit for that. However, no other conference in the NCAA allows an advantage like UNLV has in always hosting the tournament.

Salt Lake City is more centrally located to the conference than is Vegas. BYU, Utah, CSU, Air Force and Wyoming are all closer to SLC than they are to Vegas, while SDSU and UNLV are closer to Vegas. UNM and TCU are about the same distance away from SLC as they are from Vegas. Hold the tournament at the Delta Center.

THE BIIGEST ADVANTAGE OF HAVING UNLV IN THE CONFERENCE IS..... LAS VEGAS. There is no other choice for the Conference tournament...PERIOD! There is no better city in the world to host an event than LAS VEGAS! It has more direct flights from more cities than any other airport and everybody loves to go there. BYU travels extremely well and is always well represented in Vegas. I have been to every game the last 4 years that the tourney has been held in Vegas and it is a great time. Life is not fair, it's not supposed to be fair. Put your big boy shorts on and beat the Rebels on their home floor. Maybe that will give our Conference champ the seed they deserve!

If the MWC wants to keep the tournament in Vegas thats fine, as long as they move it out of the Thomas and Mack Center(seats 18,776)and into someplace like the MGM Grand Garden Arena(seats 17,157. That way they can keep it in Vegas but make it more fair.

If the MWC really wants to keep the tournament in Las Vegas they need to move it out of the Thomas and Mack Center(seats 18,776) and into someplace like the MGM Grand Garden Arena(seats 17,157) that would allow them to keep it in Las Vegas and take away at least part of the homecourt advantage they get in the Thomas and Mack Center.

Fans complain about an unfair court in Vegas. It's not as bad as a real home game because other fans are taking away UNLV seats. Teams look forward to the trip to Vegas.

A new 20k seat arena is going to be built (owned by Ballys) for a future NBA team. It will be done in 3 years (maybe). The MWC can move to there and it will be balanced enough. Until then, the Orleans Arena would love to have the MWC probably (BYU played UL and UNC there earlier). It's really a weird seating setup, though. MGM or Mandalay won't work because they are too connected to Casino action.

Enough of this same old argument about the location of the MWC tournament. First off the MGM arena holds about 5,000 and the Orleans holds about 8,000, those would be the only other places in Vegas to have it. Let's be real the reason the tournament is in Vegas is because it is Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world! Plus the Thomas and Mack is the nicest arena in the MWC. SLC does not even compare to Vegas, actually outside of Utah, SLC is know as Americas most boring city. Therefore a tourament in Vegas gives fans a reason to attend the tournament. Plus BYU has a huge following in Vegas and it is a short 5 hour drive from provo so please stop complaining about the location of the tournament. The tourament in denver was a huge mistake. Also the biggest advantage of having UNLV in the MWC is that they have by far the best traditional basketball program, national champ., several final fours, dozens of sweet 16's (including last year). they actually give the MWC some national cred in basketball, something BYU cannot claim.

where do you get your info? the MGM seats way more than 5,000, their own website lists it as 3X that.

5 hour drive my butt! I've done it in 4 1/2. I think that we ought to put the tournament in Vernal. That way, it is a pain for everyone to get to. If you want a neutral court, how about Idaho State in Pocatello? Maybe Ricks College (oops I mean BYU-Idaho)? Put it in Salt Lake. Better yet, I like the idea of the winner of the conference hosting the tournament.

Reason and logic doesn't think much about reason and logic. A neutral court for the conference championship is crucial. While I agree that Vegas is one of the more central locations for it I do think it is an incredible advantage for the Rebels. You can't have any team in the conference having all home games during a conference championship. That is ridiculous, and not very logical.