We will be bigger but Pope teams will always shoot the 3 well and share the

Mar 15, 2020
10:01:29am

PortlandBlue All-American

ball. Returning missionaries, JC and grad transfers and perhaps a foreign player will continue basketball excellence. Those who don’t believe haven’t been watching Pope and his staff.

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Selection Sunday: BYU may not be better next year, but it will be better rounded

mrphotogenic

3/15/20 8:43am

Sadly, I think we'll take a major step backwards. Makes the cancellation that

Mr. Scoobs

3/15/20 8:59am

They’ll be worse

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 9:07am

Who expected a major step forward this year? I’m optimistic Pope will field a

UMWolverine

3/15/20 9:58am

I expect competitive as well. I don’t expect NCAA tournament noise when we lose

ataylor

3/15/20 10:01am

We had a bunch of proven guys in TJ, Toolson, Childs etc. Senior-led group. Of

Mr. Scoobs

3/15/20 10:01am

BYU will be well coached for sure. That is really

idacoug

3/15/20 9:02am

Which tournament do you expect BYU to make noise in next year?

ataylor

3/15/20 9:04am

NCAA. We won't be a bad or even an average team next year.

mrphotogenic

3/15/20 9:08am

Who replaces Childs, Haws, Toolson, Nixon, and Seljaas?

ataylor

3/15/20 9:25am

It'll be a more rounded team. Things will be good. We won't be so dependent on

mrphotogenic

3/15/20 9:36am

BYU will control the paint now IMO

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 9:37am

When has BYU ever controlled the paint and been elite defensively?

ataylor

3/15/20 9:39am

It’s much different to be dominant down low in the small ball era

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 9:47am

Remind me how stifling Barcello was at the end of BYU’s last game.

ataylor

3/15/20 9:57am

He was good the whole game

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 9:59am

Good does not equal stifling.

ataylor

3/15/20 10:41am

Yeah but the guy isn’t going to be asked to do as much work defensively

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 10:53am

Wasn’t that pretty much all he was asked to do this season? It wasn’t scoring or

ataylor

3/15/20 11:06am

So in place of the guys who scored 22, 15, 14, 8, 7 PPG we get five guys who get

ataylor

3/15/20 9:43am

Given more play time, etc., we'll have guys who will step up and surprise. It

mrphotogenic

3/15/20 10:00am

What happens almost every year? Losing the amount of senior production we did?

ataylor

3/15/20 10:02am

Not the total number of seniors; but believe it or not, the season isn't

mrphotogenic

3/15/20 10:13am

I don’t disagree guys will step up. What I think is unrealistic is expecting

ataylor

3/15/20 10:22am

I understand. I'm just a bit more optimistic.

mrphotogenic

3/15/20 10:25am

Go team! Happy to eat crow if Pope pulls off 1–2 tourney wins next year with the

ataylor

3/15/20 10:36am

Defense will be much better

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 9:36am

Much better? It better be otherworldly to replace the offensive production this

ataylor

3/15/20 9:38am

It will be top 50 IMO

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 9:45am

We ended this year #60. Offense at #7.

Mr. Scoobs

3/15/20 9:48am

I guess it jumped a lot near the end

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 9:51am

We will be bigger but Pope teams will always shoot the 3 well and share the

PortlandBlue

3/15/20 10:01am

Harward, Lowell, Baxter, George could be on the floor at the same time, that's some crazy length right there

boyblue

3/15/20 10:41am

Unlikely

puntersarepeople

3/15/20 10:53am

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