Well, good effort. At least we had a hope for a bit. What's obvious is our defensive problems - we let them shoot inside the paint too easily and we paid a high price for it. Also, with tall guys like we have the amount of offensive rebounds we give up is a shame.

But there is some light in this darkness. Hall played well and Ainge really surprised me at times. He can see the field better, he dribbles well and he can even shoot 3s. I hope Cleves will start him against USC. Both times USU started to get ahead was when Terry was on the field. He needs to take a break and focus on a family life.

Atmosphere there was crazy and if we create one like that in Marriott Center no way they will preassure us as bad. They didn't play well under preassure either, so maybe that's what we'll do against them.

Ahhh.. Who was the one to agree with a starting schedule like that? ... :?: :?:

PhasiBone

Ahhh.. Who was the one to agree with a starting schedule like that? ... :?: :?:

I agree, now we have to go to USC. We had a hard time rebounding tonight. I thought that is what kept USU in the game in the first half. Our guys were hitting shots in that first half, but USU got every loose ball and almost every rebound. We need to get better or guys like Bogut and Granger will kill us in conference.

[color=darkblue][/color:b5dbd5c7d9]Hello everyone, Ive decided to join in after viewing posts here all football season. Since Bball is my sport, i figured i should come and let my voice be heard.
Tonights game was very exciting to watch until we just gave up late in the second half. I mean, what were the players thinking. It looked like they didnt care what happened. I think cleveland needs to play our bigs more. We were not very good on the rebounds tonight and that killed us late. I am excited for the rest of the year though, i think we will get out of this slump and start playing like we know BYU basketball to play.
GO GET 'EM COUGS!

First time post-er but I've been reading you guys for a few weeks. It's therapeutic to know I don't suffer alone.
This is the first time I got to watch our team. It is about time someone stepped up so Terry could step down. Is Keena Young more than a good rebounder? Our team surprised me by actually competing in a first half--but so far it seems that's all we've got in the tank each night. Balderson should help if the cougs will stop running into each other and pass the ball with some solid execution.
I'm looking forward to going to the Marriott Center the 18th when the Ag's come to town.

Being a bigger hoops fan than football fan it pains me to have our guys lose games that are winnable. The thing I always love about college basketball though is that if your playing well in March you get a chance to make some noise. There is nothing quite like college hoops....The team is showing promise but just seem to come up with a way each of the last 3 games to lose. Stanford, Cal and this game were winnable but we just didn't get it done. Very frustrating for someone who loves BYU basketball as much as I do. I have to say that Meads had been very disapointing thus far in his BYU career. The guy is a McDonalds All-American and he just doesn't seem to be getting it done.

I thought that Meads benefited from Araujo more than anyone on the team last year. Hafa got double teamed and found Meads all alone under the basket. No one is going to double Jared Jensen this year, so Meads is going to have to create on his own. I don't know if he can do it. I was surprised that Rose didn't play much. Anyone hear anything about him? I know that he hasn't be shooting well, but the whole team hasn't been shooting well. BYU need to get better quickly or this season will slip away from them