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BYU, Weber State basketball: Cougars shoot down Wildcats

the cougs can get back to dominating the state of utah in basketball. There is no real challenge to the coug's supremacy in Utah.

Good so far, need to bring their A game to have a shot against ASU. I will get a taste of the humiliation the SLC Cougar fans constantly face if we don't give ASU a good game.

"BYU jumped out to a 15-4 lead behind eight points by Cummard a Miles dunk and 3-pointers by Freddette and Jackson Emery" That actually adds up to 16 points... I'm just saying.

Nice job Cougs. Looking good and improving all the time. It's good to see this on the road too.

It was a nice BYU win; now on to Utah State.

I was expecting the Wildcats to put up more of a fight in their own gym.

BYU is playing well, but still has a lot of room for improvement. Utah State should be a much tougher test.

Lets go Cougs! Stomp Utah State!

Where were all the Weber fans? I was there last night and the arena was half full at best. Just surprised me that Weber doesn't get more support... anyways, fun game for a BYU fan, Cummard was the best player on the court and it wasn't even close, and finally, the dunk by Davis was nasty!!! Great dunk!!!

The Cougars dominated the purple palace.

BYU has Utah State (5-0), at #19 Arizona St. (5-1), at Tulsa, and #15 Wake Forest (7-0) on their pre-conference schedule.

With a good showing in conference, a top two or three in MWC finish, and a 20+ win season, the Cougars have enough strength in their schedule to have a good shot at another NCAA bid.

There was a time when BYU was dominating the state of Utah on the Football field and The Utes were dominate in basketball. This year (and many recent year) have been opposite! BYU is the dominate B-ball team in the state and the Utes are having some dominating years in Football. It's nice to see the Utes make it to BCS bowl games. Now, BYU has got to make it to the sweet 16 or maybe elite 8 to match what Utah is doing on the football field.

Since when does winning the MWC in football every four years become dominant? The Utes are hardly dominant in football. They are good but far from dominant like the Cougars in the 80's and 90's.

BYU has got some real challenges coming up in the next few week. It will be interesting to see how they perform against USU, ASU and Wake Forest (which will be exciting as it is being played in the Marriott center)

Re Bizarro World: What a joke! Utah has a very, very lucky year in football (Could easily have been 7-5) and suddenly they are "dominant" in football? I don't know why I waste my time reading these stupid comments.

are like yewt fans. Their team must be incredible for people to hop on the bandwagon. Otherwise, the purple palace, just like Rice Eccles, is half empty and everyone wants the coaches� head. Weber State and University of Utah-only fair weather fans allowed.

FEAR THE COW BELL COUGARS! FEAR THE COW BELL!
See you in Salt Lake you scardy cats.

Go Aggies!

We can probably all agree that the Utes and Cougars are pretty evenly matched in football, with USU, Weber, and SUU being pretty far behind. However, when it comes to basketball, no team can claim domination. The Cougars have had a couple of very good years, but with a few exceptionally bad years, Utah has been right in the mix of things, and USU always has a great basketball team. Moreover, UVU and Weber are typically at least in the running for spots in the big dance. BYU has gotten there more frequently than all but USU in the very recent past, but they have had no more success than USU, even though they have enjoyed significantly higher seeds (thus getting theoretically easier opponents).

All I'm saying is that any talk of domination in basketball makes the individual making the claims look pretty foolish once you look at the record.

What has happened to Noah Hartsock. He has not played in several BYU games now. Is he injured?

Typical BYU fan. The Ags have owned the state during the past decade.

Utah had a great 2004 but then went 6-6, 8-5, and 9-4 the next 3 years. Not real great years. They have had an amazing 2008, but it is not over. They are in jeporady of being this year's "Hawaii". A BCS buster gone bust because of a "schedule made in heaven" and then being tossed to the lions. Playing Alabama/Florida in the Super Dome or Texas in Phoenix is nowhere near playing and barely defeating TCU and Oregon State on Thursday nights in RES where the opponent had to deal with travel in addition to the short practice week.

He sprained his ankle in a recent game.