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Utah Utes basketball: Utes' non-league schedule difficult
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Excited to see what the teams does this year. The seniors last year were not Boylen recruits, but he was the only coach to get them to play to a system and to their potential. Each of them got better when he took over, especially Nevill.
The MWC seems to be rising as New Mexico and Steve Alford has some good recruits as well as Steve Fischer at SDSU and Kreugar at UNLV. I'm not sure about the TDS , seems like Rose just offered scholarships for the decent players in Utah County. Not really a hot bed, but he seems to have a good one in Haws, and that Emery kid from last year should be a reliable point guard. It's a good thing that Taveneri stuck around so that Yners don't lose out or be penalized from the NCAA with a low graduation rate as Ohio State did when Koufas and Odem left early.
All in all it should be a very good year for basketball in the MWC.
I really like the excitement from all of the round ball teams in the state including Utah State , Weber State , SLCC, and even the lady Utes and Tommy Connors Westminster teams.
I can't wait to see what the team will look like with players who've got a full four years under Boylen.
If your comment is not related to BYU's schedule, then please clarify.
Thanks.
What a pitiful comment about the loss to Southern Baptist.. big deal, they won the MWC tournament , as did baseball, and football?... Those two advances and a Sugar Bowl victory kept the name Utah out in the media for the long stretch. That positive press will pay dividends in the years to come. Meanwhile out where, "The World is our Campuss", YBU lost in the Dust bowl by only holding 6 of the assigned practices, had a fireside with Donko,( standing up your cheerleaders , pep band and fans,) then took the field and lost against an unranked and unsung 5th place Pac 10 team thus embarrassing the entire MWC with your clueless behavior on and off the field.
Now tell me what was Rose thinking ? After all Utah did pour 1.5 million dollars into the athletic budget from BCS wins, surely some would have gone for recruiting instead of buying ice cream for the church singles social.
Mighty tough schedule. What division II school do you dare play this year????
Oh I get it....scared for another REPEAT performance????
HA! HA! HA!
Nevertheless, Utah accomplished as much as the pre-season favorite BYU. Oh wait Utah actually beat a ranked team... never mind of BYU.
You people on the Wasatch Front think the world revolves around you when most people don't even know how to find SLC on the map.
Only an idiot couldn't find SLC using Google Map... someone as cleaver as you had no problem finding DNews so your not one of them.
There are plenty of teams that would be willing to do a home-and-home series or a 2 away / 1 home series with BYU (see Wake Forest for example). If BYU wasn't so scared about playing tough teams on the road it would happen a lot more often.
If I was a BYU fan, I would be very disappointed with the lack of quality opponents that show up on the schedule each year. There is no way I would buy season tickets for 1 good non-conference home game, and a lot of years it is actually zero.
Try beating someone worth note, then you can talk about how Rose schedules. 2 decent games out of what 10-11 before conference? Wow, really preparing his team isn't he.
BYU's best win last year was......UTAH.
Nuff said.