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BYU basketball: Horned Frogs did not follow game plan

Hey Cougs good win but look at the Utes ranking they are ranked 21st!!! What are you ranked Cougs?

Cougs are being dissed right now by the national rankings. They had the game stolen at ASU and outplayed Wake Forest until the last couple of minutes. Other than that they have been pretty much dominant at home and away.

What does it take to get some respect?

And as far as Joseph's posting, let's see how the Y-Ute showdown on January 27th in SLC comes down before talking smack. May be a good game, but I predict pain for the Uters.

Rankings don't mean anything at this point. We'll see who's better when the Utes play the Cougar. Save your trash talking for then.

Sagarin has BYU #9.

and Utah #42.

The only reason the Utes are ranked #21 in RPI is because, lucky for Utah, the RPI conveniently exludes their ugly home loss to SW Baptist.

Keep dreaming if you think the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee won't notice that home loss to a Division II team when it comes time to hand out dance cards to the Big Dance.

In what rankings exactly are the Yewts #21?

See you next week Rebels!

real RPI of about #100.

Rank School Record Points Previous
1. Pittsburgh (29) 15-0 773 1
2. Duke 14-1 729 2
3. Wake Forest (2) 14-0 725 4
4. Connecticut 14-1 660 5
5. Oklahoma 15-1 617 6
6. North Carolina 14-2 611 3
7. UCLA 13-2 576 7 (tie)
8. Syracuse 16-1 560 9
9. Clemson 16-0 528 11
10. Michigan State 13-2 503 12
11. Texas 12-3 421 7 (tie)
12. Georgetown 11-3 365 10
13 Notre Dame 12-3 363 13
14. Marquette 15-2 353 15
15. Arizona State 14-2 328 16
16. Xavier 13-2 279 18
17. Minnesota 15-1 262 19
18. Butler 14-1 256 20
19. Purdue 12-4 182 14
20. Louisville 11-3 173 21
21. Baylor 13-2 159 23
22. Villanova 13-3 110 17
23. California 15-2 109 NR
24. Michigan 13-3 78 NR
25. Saint Mary's 15-1 62 NR

Dropped out: No. 22 West Virginia, No. 24 Boston College, No. 25 Tennessee.

Others receiving votes: Arkansas (12-2) 51; Illinois (14-2) 47; Memphis (12-3) 42; Brigham Young (13-2) 37; Gonzaga (10-4) 17; Dayton (14-2) 14; Tennessee (10-4) 11; Utah State (15-1) 11;

BYU is 29th in votes; Utah State is 33rd;

NO VOTES for the Utes.

Top 25
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS LAST
1 Pittsburgh (70) 15-0 1798 1
2 Wake Forest (2) 14-0 1686 4
3 Duke 14-1 1678 2
4 Connecticut 14-1 1549 5
5 North Carolina 14-2 1461 3
6 Oklahoma 15-1 1440 6
7 Michigan St. 13-2 1356 8
8 Syracuse 16-1 1232 11
9 UCLA 13-2 1222 10
10 Clemson 16-0 1153 12
11 Texas 12-3 1009 7
12 Notre Dame 12-3 1008 13
13 Georgetown 11-3 908 9
14 Marquette 15-2 752 18
15 Xavier 13-2 710 16
16 Arizona St. 14-2 573 20
17 Butler 14-1 521 21
18 Minnesota 15-1 508 22
19 Purdue 12-4 490 14
20 Louisville 11-3 433 23
21 Baylor 13-2 364 23
22 California 15-2 299 NR
23 Villanova 13-3 229 18
24 Tennessee 10-4 198 15
25 Michigan 13-3 153 NR

Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 137, Arkansas 132, Illinois 115, Memphis 86, Saint Mary's, Calif. 50, Florida 25, Miami 25, Wisconsin 24, BYU 18,

In AP, BYU has the 34th most votes.

NO VOTES for Utah...

or Utah State.

Utah is higher in RPI and SOS and will be going to the tournament. We have quality wins over Idaho St and SW Baptist! CBI tournament!!!

It always amazes me. BYU seems content to just be BYU but the U seems to have an overwhelming need to be the anti-BYU. Both are good athletic programs but BYU has a secure self-identity and the U has a need to compare itself to BYU. It's as if BYU actually shapes/runs both programs.

I guess all this sugar bowl stuff has gone to the Utes head (like usual). Now they are trash talking BYU bball, when BYU is a clear much better team. This is the main reason I just can't root for Utah in anything. Their fans are so dillutional its kind of ridiculous.
Oh, and by the way...I graduated from Utah...just made me have even more lack of respect for them too...

Stop feeding the trolls.

Everyone, including ute fans, know who the better team is.

Just stop feeding the trolls.

One Utah fan makes a silly post and he gets 10 responses right off the bat? I'm pretty sure you all just took the bait, line and sinker.

We will be ready for you. Wink has been hurt but he will be at full strength by next week. Wink is a Cougar hunter....

None of this really matters, does it? BYU has not won a Tournament Game in almost 20 years. Until BYU wins at least one Tournamet Game, we shouldn't even be discussing the team.

Interesting how UNLV has won its only conference game by a bucket at home against UNM, and lost on the road to TCU. Since the season began there have been many posts suggesting UNLV's dominance in the MWC, etc...

It does not appear to me that UNLV is that dominant at all. And supposedly you have far superior athletes than the rest of the conference...except in venues of high altitude like TCU. Oh well, you can rest assured that as long as you play in Wayne Newton's back yard, you can eek out a win. Perhaps you can bring back Danny Tarkanian, Grand-ma-ma and the Plastic man to revive the magic.

People keep bringing up the whole "tournament game" issue. Is that truly what defines a team at this point? Last i checked BYU beat USU didn't they? So let's see, until BYU wins a game in the NCAA's the same lame excuses will be brought up right.

My guess is that even after they win one game, people will still say, "oh, they've only won one game in 21 years." The fact is BYU is 14-2, which is pretty good even for the Big West, or what ever conference USU is in...and they had won 50+ in a row at home...which is no easy feat. You're just mad cause they didn't play you at home.

Actually, it does matter that BYU is proving themselves to be the best team in the state this year.

The Cougars have already beaten Weber State and Utah State and have a MUCH better record than Utah, even with the Utes inflated RPI that doesn't factor in their pathetic loss to a division II team...

AT HOME!

I love how USU fans come on here talking about BYU not winning tournament games... Last I checked USU won a tourney game was somewhere around 2000??? but before that it was in the 70's so USU fans really have NO room to talk, but thanks for the laugh