I think we'll see a BYU team that is ready to step up their game tonight. Jimmer Fredette recognizes the challenge ahead of BYU. I expect tonight, everybody will try to give just a little bit more. In the case of some players, they may look sloppy and in a rush, and make mistakes, but Jimmer should be able to take it in stride and just get into that next gear. If BYU isn't playing well, Jimmer will step up his game. He seems to know when his team needs him to get it going. Tonight might be that night.
New Mexico comes in having lost four of their last 5. They have been struggling to score points. They have not exceeded 70 puts in regulation in over a month. How the absence of Brandon Davies will impact their ability to score is unknown. Certainly second-leading scorer Drew Gordon should find the going a bit easier. But it wasn't Gordon that killed BYU last time. It was New Mexico getting open threes. Perhaps BYU putting a 4th guard out there in a 2-3 zone situation (they'll have to play more zone to protect guys from foul trouble), would help slow that down. That and the fact that New Mexico is 2-5 on the road in MWC play.
I expect BYU to play well defensively and score a lot points offensively. I do expect a sloppy, wide-open type of game. Cougars 90, Lobos 75, Jimmer 39.
oh no! okay I'll admit it, I hacked into moknowssports and made the prediction without mo's knowledge cuz mo knows better!
ReplyDeleteughhhhh what a disaster!
Seriously though, do you think the cougs are falling apart as a result from Davies' suspension? Or do you think just as SDSU (being the better team) couldn't beat us we (being the better team) can't beat the Lobos? OR the combo of the two? bye bye the talk about #1 seed.... or no?