Nielsen had a sequence that really went poorly for BYU. BYU was in the zone, and Nielsen had the bottom right (from his vantage). The sight of him running to the wing to show on a Wiltjer three was comical. That's like asking Charles Barkley to do particle physics. Then they put Nielsen in the center bottom, and the rotations again were poor.
The dropoff from Kaufusi to Andrus to Nielsen to Worthington is just not something that can be overcome against teams with good front lines.
One also has to question the sequence where Karnowski was dominating in the 2nd half. Just getting any position he wanted. Kaufusi not even showing on him, waiting til Karnowksi was 4 feet away from the rim. Nielsen was hopelessly outmatched. And by a big guy who can't even jump. By the time we started double-teaming, it was too little too late.
We just don't have the horses for that kind of matchup.
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