Changing topics from thoughs on players, let's talk about the remaining season.

BYU picked up a huge road win over Utah. That leaves them 1-1 on the road and 1-0 at home in conference play.

With that win, I think BYU can go 12-4, maybe even 13-3 in conference. First off, they don't lose at home. They will avenge that loss to UNLV when they visit the MC. SDSU will be the toughest game at home this season given they've beaten NM and Utah on the road already. No other team should threaten BYU at home.

On the road, BYU should get it together enough to beat CSU, Wyoming, and possibly Air Force. Rose has a way of beating AFA. I think BYU has a chance at New Mexico and no chance at SDSU. TCU is playing well enough that I'd have to favor them when BYU goes to Ft. Worth.

If Plaisted comes out of his funk and Tavernari finds his shooting touch, BYU could turn things around and be the most dangerous team in the conference.

So, to recap, I think BYU should come away with wins at CSU and Wyoming, they are even to beat AFA on the road and slightly below even to beat NM and TCU. I give them a 20% chance of taking out SDSU at SD.

They should finish 11-5, at a minimum and go 14-2 best case if the the big guys pull it together and produce on the road.

Thoughts?

BYU needs to start shooting the ball better or they won't be winning many more games, let alone the conference.

I fully expect Plaisted to be able to score points again, i think the last 2 games have been a fluke, but they absolutely need someone else that can get into the paint. That, and for BYU to win, they have to start shooting better from beyond the ark. As much as I hate it, that is really the strength of their offense at this point.

SDSU did not beat Utah on the road. It was a home game at Cox Arena.

12-4 and at least one win in the conference tourney should get us in the NCAAs 11-5 and I think we have to get to the conference finals.

The way we played vs UNLV and Utah on the road, I can't imagine we're going to beat SDSU and NM at their places. If we drop one to Wyoming, etc. on the road, we can't lose a single home game, so 12-4 is pretty ambitious, but doable......if this team gets back to how they played to start the season.

BlueCrew wrote:

SDSU did not beat Utah on the road. It was a home game at Cox Arena.

Wasn't following that game as closely as I should. I thought it was at the HC, but thanks for the correction.