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BYU basketball: BYU reserves key in CSU rout

Ahhhh. Basketball has begun. How quickly those Ute fans will shut their mouths, we are yet to find out. Going 0-6 agains the Cougs in bball and football for two years didn't do it, but either way it'll be nice to beat them yet again.

. . . too easy

Big Deal! I'm a BYU fan, but until they win a game in the NCAA tourney or by some miracle make it to the sweet 16, I'd rather the Deseret News not build up any BYU team whether it be football or basketball until BYU proves something on the national level instead of pounding MWC sub-par teams.

Utah is better! The Utes have a better RPI strength of schedule, and best TEAM!

You are absolutely right, Utah is better at basketball and football. Why don't you just skip right to the NBA and the NFL with all of your talent and superiority and leave us unworthy college teams to flouder in mediocrity, and do it with some CLASS, something you will never be able to accomplish. Good luck in the Super Bowl and the NBA Championship game! What time is the parade? I am sure it will be nationally televised, like the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, right? I mean, you are THAT important!

Southern Baptist! Idaho State!

How can "the best TEAM" lost to such community colleges?

Keep talking big guy. Why don't you just go comment on the story about the utes losing to SDSU? The Utes will not win the MWC and they will not go to the NCAA tournament. If they are lucky they might beat BYU in Salt Lake but that is about the best you guys are gonna do this year.

Oh and please BYU just win a game in the tourney this year. Every year you get my hopes up and then choke. Oh wait you've already done it twice this year against Arizona State and Wake. I should probably just expect the same in the tourney.

Sugar Bowl Champs! Enought said!

The most worrisome thing for the Utes has to be this guy Boylen. Does he have no common sense? The Ute game today though was no surprise to basketball fans. The Utes cannot beat a decent team on the road and will lose easy games from time to time at home as well.

My fellow Cougar fans, please quit posting about the Utes on BYU articles. That's what Ute fans do, not the other way around, don't have the inferiority complex like most Ute fans do, it makes BYU fans like myself look bad.

BYU looks awfully athletic this year. I am not sure if they can get out of the first round or not, but they are fun to watch. Too bad Plaisted left early they could even be funner to watch.

They actually play better without him. Don't miss him at all.

Nice job Cougs. You're looking awfully tough to beat!

me going to say utah is bad team and play like me byu fan so nobody know me got such inferiority complexxxxxxxx!

fans return to their arrogance:) truth is most really don't care half as much about hoops as they do football, especially in Provo.

BYU and their fans only need the smallest opening and they will belittle everyone under the sun. The true trademark of a "church" school. Unfortunate for most of their members that BYU smacks of such arrogance.

Alas what do we remember of BYU's post season successes in any sport? BYU basketball, choke. BYU football, brag and then choke!!!

Great work Cougars you are so awesome and yes before you say it I will nice job in 1984:)

What are you doing?

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of beating up on the little guys, choking against the big guns and then talking smack about it the rest of their lives.

Funny thing is you can tell how much they have to talk about because all the ammunition they seem to have is 1984 and before that Ainge.

BYU is awesome at belittling and taking down the small guy but if they have to "pick on someone" their own size (Wake, ASU) well we see what happens and yes of course their are always excuses but such is BYU . . . excuses, excuses, excuses.

Go Coogs:) hilarious.

Good win for Cougs.

This was a good win for BYU. All around they had a solid team effort and seven players had 7+ points, so they were sharing the load.

BYU is going to need to continue to do that if they expect to win the MWC and eventually make some noise in March. Right now they are a good team, but to become great they need to continue to develop team chemistry.

I think the extent to which BYU can accomplish this will determine where they finish not only in the MWC, but in the NCAA tournament.

Gavin is really getting better, along with the rest of the team. It's good to know that BYU really belongs in the group that includes Wake Forest and ASU. No excuses are necessary. Tavernari is right that it is just a matter of time before this team makes it into the top 25.