PhasiBone

We should do well against USC on Saturday. They are ranked as worse team in Pac-10 and their attendance at the games this season has been as good as our women's basketball attendance. I don't blame them -- if our football team was no. 1 and hoops the worst team, nobody would care either. If we don't beat them, we have a serious problem.

You basically just described 1996 and BYU. The football team was VERY good that year, top 5, and the basketball team was in the toilet. Hence we lost nearly all the fan base and all of the good recruits for a 3 or 4 year span there.

Nor_Cal_Coug

You basically just described 1996 and BYU. The football team was VERY good that year, top 5, and the basketball team was in the toilet. Hence we lost nearly all the fan base and all of the good recruits for a 3 or 4 year span there.

Maybe this explains why we had good attendance at our home games over the last few years -- football is a joke then maybe we have a chance in the hoops? At least we're winning at home, some think.

What I hope is that our record will not scare away some of the "fans" who only go if we win. Though we probably don't need them anyway, it helps to have more presense and noice in the MC.

This is why we need that win against USC so badly. This will give us a ray of hope and will bring more fans to our next home game against BSU. That one should be an easy one too since they got smoked by UVSC not too long ago.

OK, I'm trying to be positive here. But Cal was supposed to be one of the bottom teams in the Pac10. They came up here and pounded our guys with a 6'10" freshman (I don't know the guys name but his number was 35). Yes, we have a good excuse. Cleveland said the team was tired and for good reason. The Wednesday night after the Maui classic their flight home was canceled. Most the team spent over 24 hours in the airport trying to get home for Thanksgiving, not arriving home until late Thursday. That will drain anyone and drain them for days. I travel very often for work and know this is very true. Getting stuck in the airport is incredibly hard physically and mentally. It takes days to recover. So, that might explain the home loss to Cal. I'm trying to be positive! Maybe it also explains the Utah State loss. To me, the team looked tired down the stretch, again. Once they got down (after Ainge was taken out), they just seemed to quit moving on both ends of the court. It is really a shame that they have another road game this weekend.

cougs need a win in the worst way. NCarolina waxed USC by 30 or so, it seems the cougs have a shot. The offense hasnt scored more than 50 points in the last 6 years, Cleveland needs to push the ball more. 1-4 and a loss to USC will be 1-5, rebuilding? Ive watched our JUCO players, they look like tough guys and they can shoot. Terry is the leader of this team, hes just not playing well, that happens. Hell get out of it. Cougs 53-USC 52
Thats the problem cougs need to score more than 50 points a game. My boys junior jazz team scores more. Come on cougs

Scal11

Hell get out of it. Cougs 53-USC 52
Thats the problem cougs need to score more than 50 points a game. My boys junior jazz team scores more. Come on cougs

Hmmm....I could read that first sentance to mean many things but I assume you meant He'll not Hell. Both seem to work though. Your junior jazz team is also not playing against Division 1 talent. Bottom line is this team has no fire right now and no identity. They aren't know as the "pound it down low" or "always hit the 3's" or the "grind it out tough" team. They have no idenity. I don't even think they know what they are. Somehow we absolutely have to get better post play. Jensens is good on offense but terrible on defense and rebounding. Just my opinion.

Scall11 -- I probably agree with all of what you said, but one thing irritated me ..
Scal11

The offense hasnt scored more than 50 points in the last 6 years

I hate when people say silly things without any desire to look at facts. Here are the games we scored 50 points or more from last season only...

NOV 6 THU EA Sports All-Stars PROVO, UT W 75 - 72
NOV 11 TUE Northwest Sports PROVO, UT W 104 - 58
NOV 21 FRI Southern Utah PROVO, UT W 88 - 54
NOV 29 SAT Utah Valley State College PROVO, UT W 84 - 65
DEC 2 TUE Boise State Boise, ID SWP-KSL W 75 - 69
DEC 6 SAT vs. Oklahoma State (Delta Center) SLC, UT W 76 - 71
DEC 10 WED Western Oregon PROVO, UT W 92 - 56
DEC 13 SAT Southern California PROVO, UT W 85 - 61
DEC 20 SAT Weber State PROVO, UT SWP-KSL W 86 - 65
DEC 23 TUE Utah State Logan, UT KJZZ L 74 - 76
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DEC 29 MON vs. Idaho State Santa Clara, CA W 90 - 66
DEC 30 TUE Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA W 68 - 66
JAN 2 FRI St. Mary's (Calif.) PROVO, UT SWP-KSL W 70 - 55
JAN 7 WED North Carolina State Raleigh, NC ESPN2 L 89 - 62
JAN 12 MON San Diego State San Diego, CA SWP-KSL L 61 - 64
JAN 17 SAT Colorado State PROVO, UT SWP-KSL W 82 - 53
JAN 19 MON Wyoming PROVO, UT SWP-KSL W 78 - 64
JAN 26 MON New Mexico Albuquerque, NM ESPN L 63 - 65
JAN 31 SAT Utah Salt Lake City, UT ESPN+ L 56 - 64
FEB 7 SAT UNLV PROVO, UT ESPN+ W 64 - 61
FEB 9 MON San Diego State PROVO, UT ESPN W 83 - 69 OT
FEB 14 SAT Wyoming Laramie, WY ESPN+ W 67 - 53
FEB 16 MON Colorado State Fort Collins, CO ESPN W 79 - 73
FEB 21 SAT New Mexico PROVO, UT SWP-KSL W 88 - 71
FEB 23 MON Air Force PROVO, UT SWP W 67 - 61
MAR 1 MON Utah PROVO, UT ESPN W 70 - 57
MAR 6 SAT UNLV Las Vegas, NV ABC W 89 - 88
MAR 11 THU vs. Wyoming Denver, CO ESPN+ W 79 - 74
MAR 12 FRI vs. Utah Denver, CO ESPN+ L 51 - 54
MAR 18 THU vs. Syracuse Denver, CO CBS L 75 - 80

Please notice that last season we scored well against such teams as NCS, Utah, UNLV, OSU and even Syracuse. There was only one game, against Cal, when we scored less. So check your facts before pushing the buttons, because saying stupid things only make you look stupid. Scoring last season was not a problem. It's scoring more than opponent that was often our struggle.

This year we scored 50 or more in every game we played so far, including NC. But obviosly it wasn't enough to have a good record, so it doesn't matter. We could've won probably most of these games if we scored about .50 of these shots instead of .30 or less like we were doing.