...so I listed our backcourt and your backcourt. Kispert is listed as a forward which is in the frontcourt, not backcourt. I'm just going off of what you said.


No doubt BA/AB/Harding aren't as good as Haws/AB/Toolson but that's okay. The strength of this team switches next season from the backcourt to the frontcourt and also in it's depth. Coach Pope has a talent with bringing players together, building chemistry and getting more out of them. His teams at UVU improved markedly each year he was there.

At BYU he took over a 19 win BYU team that missed out on post-season tournament play and with 9 of those players returning added a couple of key transfers and turned the team around into an NCAA tourney team (projected a #6 seed). The team improved significantly in offensive efficiency (from #69 to #5), FG% (from #53 to #3), 3pt% (from #250 to #1), 3pt FGM (from #257 to #7) and Def Eff Rtg (from #249 to #113) while playing a much tougher SOS.

That's just improvements in one year. He now has guys returning with a year of experience in his system of play under their belts who aren't brand new trying to learn the nuances of his schemes on offense and defense.

Listen, I understand the insecurity you're feeling about your team. it's only natural. You've had a nice run and it looks like it leveled off with the Rui Hachimura team. The game in Provo this past season exposed a lot of weaknesses about your team. Your guard play wasn't great and your bigs were slow in reacting and couldn't keep up with the continuity, motion and flow of our offense. It rattled your team. This coming season your guards get younger and more green/inexperienced. It's going to be fun.