Reader comments
BYU Cougars basketball: Team overcomes all road obstacles

Nice win Cougs!

Good luck at Weber State and vs Utah State.

Nice win for the cougars! What about the "fight" between the BYU coaches and the ISU coaches. The commentators said the ISU coach wanted to have it out, in the parking lot, with Coach Rose. What was that all about?

ISU fans were not booing Cummard for the altercation with ISU #20. Cummard was called for a foul on the offensive boards and in frustration as he was walking up the court grabbed at the ball being held in an ISU player's hand.

We all know how BYU's season will end. BYU will have a great season as far as wins, but will end up losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. They always do.

BYU just can't compete on a national level. Consider the following:

BYU won its last Tournament game in 1992. Since then, the Utes have won sixteen (16) Tournament games.

It may be time for Cougar fans to finally realize that their program just can't compete at the national leve. The truth hurts sometimes.

Who cares, as long as BYU keeps beating Utah like a drum.

The truth really does hurt. The Utes can no longer compete at the local level.

too funny coming from a team who lost to SW Baptist Community College this year.

BOY, IT TOOK FOUR POSTS THIS TIME TO BRING OUT THE NEG.CRIMSON COMMENTS! DO YOU GUYS HAVE A REAL LIFE?

Better dead than red.

Crimson Club you forgot the part about dominating your team again and how Pukes will spend the season hoping for an NIT bid. Its great that you still bask in the glow of the 90's while you put a pathetic product on the court. Well, there is always women's gymanstics!

Itake Uteduece

WOW, thanks for the history lesson that we are all aware of. I don't think any of the BYU fans were saying that they were going to win the national championship or that they have won in the turnament since '92. Only that it was a good win (At least they didn't lose to a D2 school, right?)

Once again you prove that no matter how good the Utes are, Utah fans can't do anything with out looking over their shoulder at BYU. Its the big brother little brother syndrome. Why don't you spend more time rooting for your team and not rooting against BYU. 8:45 on a Sunday morning and you have nothing better to do than to read about a BYU win against ISU...wow that is one confused fan.

How did the Utes do in the NCAA tournament last year? Don't waste your time trying to make Cougar fans feel bad, surley you have better things to do with your time.

To Cougar Faithful,

You better win some Tournament games or you will continue to be the laughing stock of the NCAA Tournament. You guys haven't won a Tournament game in 17 years. Ouch!

Maybe you should ask Utah what the secret to winning Tournament games is.

I think I hit a nerve with the BYU fans. Losing year after year, after year, after year, in the NCAA Tournament will make some people overly sensitive I guess.

Good luck on your quest for the "perfect season" in basketball. I will see you all at the Tournament.

LOL

Utah is going to its 2nd BCS Bowl game in 5 years while BYU's "quest" went down in flames. For the same reasons BYU will have a difficult time every reaching a BCS Bowl game (lack of athleticism), BYU will always struggle to win in the NCAA tourney.

BYU has been good the past few years in B-ball while Utah continues to rebuild from the disasterous Giaco hire. Enjoy your day in the sun Cougar fans because in another year or two, Utah B-ball is going to be back up to where it was in the early part of this decade (including 2005 when they went to the Sweet 16 - so much for the Kewgar fans trying to make it sound like Utah B-ball's success was a 90's phenomenon).

Once BYU actually wins an NCAA tourney game, you guys can actually talk some smack. It better happen soon though, because with Boylen's incoming class next year, it won't be long until Utah is back whipping up on BYU and making a splash on the nat'l level.

You're a real jokester.

The Utes don't even know how to get into the NCAA tournament anymore, let alone win a game.

Perhaps the Utes should offer their post season tutoring services to teach SLCC how to get into the CBI.

Utah completely dominated in the 1990's. Utah hasn't done too bad in this decade either. Utah was the Conference Champion in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

They will be the conference champ this year also.

BYU can't hold a candle to the Ute's basketball achievments.

LOL

The Utes have found the secret to not losing in the NCAA tournament...

simply be mediocre enough never to get invited to the big dance.

More posts by Ute fans than BYU fans. Guess that means little brother is still jealous, and big brother is just happy they blew out a team that went into overtime against several other D1 level teams that generally have good years.

BYU's defense will be their trademark this year. Sure, they'll be a pretty good trey team, but you can die by the sword, too. So, it'll be BYU's defense that wins many games when the trey isn't working. In fact, that's already happened this year.

Too bad the Ute's coach is such a me-me guy. If he were about his players as much as himself, they might have a chance this year. Proof's in the pudding, boys. He took over a team that underperformed under his coaching, in comparison to how much better they were under the previous coach. And, it appears he's got them headed in the "right" direction again this year with that D2 loss!

It's good to be BLUE!

Tell me, how many basketball conference championships have the Utes won in the last 10 years? How many basketball conference championships has BYU won in the last 10 years?

I await your answer. lol