I’ll be that guy bringing realism to this. BYU is overrated at 12. Nice to be

Nov 29, 2021
10:23:50am

Squirt All-American

there of course. It’s awesome.

But basketball is about getting the ball in the hoop. And this team isn’t great at getting the ball in the hoop. It will come back to bite them eventually.

All that said…great time to be a BYU fan right now.

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I’ll be that guy bringing realism to this. BYU is overrated at 12. Nice to be

Squirt

11/29/21 10:23am

Agreed for now. But if we can get some of our shooters going on O, that's

LosAlcoug

11/29/21 10:25am

Shooting percentage isn't as big of a deal if you can rebound and get another

SUAVO

11/29/21 10:26am

Probably right. But I remain hopeful the offense will develop.

The Y's Insider

11/29/21 10:27am

fortunately in hoops there is a real tournament at the end, so

Avery

11/29/21 10:27am

I'll take an inflated rank most of the time. If BYU can get to conference games

boogers

11/29/21 10:28am

Nah, they have been great, enjoy it. The season is long and has a true tourney.

Cougar TD

11/29/21 10:29am

Maybe but until proven otherwise, we'll take it.

Soupie

11/29/21 10:29am

Nope, BYU has had one of the hardest schedules in the top 50 so far. And BYU's offense has scored

CSoul

11/29/21 10:30am

Where does our schedule rank at this point?

UNLVcougar

11/29/21 10:31am

By end of the year it will be poor (thanks WCC!), but as of now it's top 40 with only a few other

CSoul

11/29/21 10:33am

Seems like In FB and BB everyone but the top 3-5 teams are “over rated”

byu1

11/29/21 10:30am

Good rebounding and defense teams beat good shooting teams all day long in college basketball

JOPE

11/29/21 10:31am

Depends on what rankings represent...best resume, highest ceiling, etc...?

Lifer

11/29/21 10:31am

It’s basketball. The season poll is about as meaningless as it gets.

Corn Pop

11/29/21 10:31am

which is more reliable, great shooting, or great defense/rebounding? If the

Socrates Johnson

11/29/21 10:31am

They've gotten the ball in the hoop more than the other team 6 times out of 6 this year.

Niiineteeen84

11/29/21 10:32am

I'll say: I don't think we know yet. We got the rating b/c Oregon was overrated,

BYUCougarsFan

11/29/21 10:32am

There haven't been enough games yet to know. Too often BYU is slow to be ranked,

Archaea

11/29/21 10:35am

Usually shooting is super important for our teams

D.T. Survivor

11/29/21 10:35am

And their Assist to Turnover ratio is good too

D.T. Survivor

11/29/21 11:25am

The BYU offense is ranked #17 nationally in offensive efficiency. It's early and

JoeExotic

11/29/21 10:35am

Basketball is about getting the ball In the hoop more than the other team

LEHI cougar

11/29/21 10:37am

Actually, BYU is 18th in getting the ball in the hoop, and 35th in Defense. Defense has to get better.

roseyscenario

11/29/21 11:14am

I generally agree although I don't trust kenpom until 14-15 games in or so

JoeExotic

11/29/21 12:20pm

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