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Insensitive PAP · 02-06-2007, 05:16 PM

This team has the same problem all BYU basketball teams have, they can't play defense on the road.

In Provo, the players need wheelbarrows to cart around their "fortitude". On the road, there are serious "shrinkage" issues.

The only BYU team that powered through it on the road woes was the 2003 team. I attribute that entirely to Travis Hansen who ratcheted up the intensity through his physical play and aggression straight out of the 8 mile projects.

This team has an awesome defender in Cummard, but he's more in the Scottie Pippen mode in that he does it with length over strength. The lack of an ass kicker will prove to be our downfall. We may be able to squeeze into the tourney, but we aren't winning a game when we get there.

02-06-2007, 05:16 PM	#1
Insensitive PAP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 293	I still don't think we are that good This team has the same problem all BYU basketball teams have, they can't play defense on the road. In Provo, the players need wheelbarrows to cart around their "fortitude". On the road, there are serious "shrinkage" issues. The only BYU team that powered through it on the road woes was the 2003 team. I attribute that entirely to Travis Hansen who ratcheted up the intensity through his physical play and aggression straight out of the 8 mile projects. This team has an awesome defender in Cummard, but he's more in the Scottie Pippen mode in that he does it with length over strength. The lack of an ass kicker will prove to be our downfall. We may be able to squeeze into the tourney, but we aren't winning a game when we get there.