The comments reminded me of Dave Rose's BYU teams, when BYU fielded mostly LDS talent from Utah:


“They’re probably one of the five most elite shooting teams in college basketball and it's like nothing you guys have seen in the SEC,” one MWC assistant said. “Now obviously they’re different kind of athletes, but the shooting, I watch a lot of basketball and nobody shoots like them. Really, really skilled. Really good feel.”

“They're a lot better defensively and rebounding and athletic than you think,” he added. “You look at them like, here’s a bunch of white dudes from Utah, but they’re more than what you think at first appearance. They play with great pace, really play fast. You can be up 4 and turn around by the next media (timeout) and you can be down 12.”

Utah State ranks No. 13 nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency, scoring 117.8 points per 100 possessions while playing at an average pace. That’s better than two of the field’s four No. 1 overall seeds, Alabama and Kansas. The Aggies do the bulk of that damage from behind the 3-point arc. They enter the tournament shooting 38.5% from deep, 11th-best in the country and fifth among teams in the NCAA field.