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MikeWaters · 02-13-2015, 03:53 AM

ok, let's get one thing out of the way. St. Mary's is not a good team. Despite their record. They have one player and then they have nothing.

That's why the loss to St. Mary's was such a big deal.

So while this was a great performance tonight, we need to remember that it wasn't against a very good opponent. Having said that, BYU has lost to worse this season.

Nice to see the bigs play some defense. They very much shaded Waldow's right hand, when he was on the left block (which was about every time). So Waldow could drop step to his left, but the block was in play if he shot with his right. And help was coming from guards if he moved to his left. They really exposed Waldow's inability to shoot a chippie with his left hand.

It's fun to contrast Andrus and Kaufusi. Andrus is high IQ, Kaufusi is low IQ.

I don't really get Rose. Here we are near the end of the season and he is giving all the minutes to Andrus and Kaufusi. Yet he invested so much in Worthington and Nielsen before that. I understand that Kaufusi had to be brought along slowly because of his bad play. But Andrus knows how to play basketball. Why was he glued to the bench for so long?

People may be cheering Kaufusi tonight. And he did some good things. But man, he still frustrates me. His bad hands make him unable to catch and finish. And those dumb unnecessary fouls. When you do all the work to get in position, don't throw that work away by committing a dumb foul! Make the guy hit a tough shot!

Well, it's NIT for us, better than nothing.

02-13-2015, 03:53 AM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	vs. St. Mary's at the Marriott ok, let's get one thing out of the way. St. Mary's is not a good team. Despite their record. They have one player and then they have nothing. That's why the loss to St. Mary's was such a big deal. So while this was a great performance tonight, we need to remember that it wasn't against a very good opponent. Having said that, BYU has lost to worse this season. Nice to see the bigs play some defense. They very much shaded Waldow's right hand, when he was on the left block (which was about every time). So Waldow could drop step to his left, but the block was in play if he shot with his right. And help was coming from guards if he moved to his left. They really exposed Waldow's inability to shoot a chippie with his left hand. It's fun to contrast Andrus and Kaufusi. Andrus is high IQ, Kaufusi is low IQ. I don't really get Rose. Here we are near the end of the season and he is giving all the minutes to Andrus and Kaufusi. Yet he invested so much in Worthington and Nielsen before that. I understand that Kaufusi had to be brought along slowly because of his bad play. But Andrus knows how to play basketball. Why was he glued to the bench for so long? People may be cheering Kaufusi tonight. And he did some good things. But man, he still frustrates me. His bad hands make him unable to catch and finish. And those dumb unnecessary fouls. When you do all the work to get in position, don't throw that work away by committing a dumb foul! Make the guy hit a tough shot! Well, it's NIT for us, better than nothing.