Well, tonight the quality prognostication came to an end. The long streak of good picks was bound to miss a beat eventually. I vastly overestimated Utah. Come on, 50 points in a single game. At home. Against the 5th place team in the MWC. Jimmer can practically do that by himself. On the road. Against the 1st place team in the Pac-10.
UNLV was also a little bit more dominant over Wyoming than I thought. The game, however, was still enough to wear them down somewhat and give BYU a definite freshness edge come Saturday. Wyoming makes you run the whole game. They full-court press you on D and run the fast break offense on the other end. At some points during the game it looked like a "suicide" drill with all the up-backs they were doing. Unfortunately for BYU, the game was only in doubt for about 30 minutes before the Rebels stretched the lead to 20. Still, UNLV won't get home from Laramie until late, late Wednesday night, maybe early, early Thursday morning. BYU, on the other hand, took today off and will practice tomorrow. UNLV relies on their energy and, at home, on the energy of the crowd. Should be a good one.
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