1 Demin is not ready for Houston style of play. He is running on potential and that won’t win games vs. rugged veteran guards. Way to careless with the ball. BYU can only go as far as our point guards can take us. here are the stats for Demin and Hall in the Houston game:
Demin 25 min, 5 TOs, 6 points, 1-7 3pt, 4 assists
Hall 23 min, 1 TO, 2 points, 0-2 3pt, 4 assists (his assist-TO ratio is good but 2 total points?)
Baker 23 min, 1 TO, 11 points, 2-3 3pt, 2 assists (not fair lumping him in with the Points guards because he is a shoot first-pass 2nd player but is does play some point)
2 It remains to be seen how Houston games will be refed. If they let grabbing, bumping, all out war type defense play go uncalled, then Houston could win it all. If they call those fouls, Houston is not a elite scoring machine, Houston’s run will end when they hit a final four game and a Duke type team.
3 I have said if for years, BYU has glaring defensive holes. When you have starters like Knell and they can’t hit their shots, they become huge weak spots.
Knell 19 mins, 0-3 3pts, 1TO. 2 points, gees
Boskovic 5 mins 0-2 3pts, 0-3 shots and no defense
4 Cryer, Uzan and Sharp for Houston, all guards- killed BYU, no answer for their 26, 20 and 14 points…meanwhile BYU went Baker 11, Saunders 10 points., Knell 2, Demin 6, Hall 2
You win in tournaments with guard play, Houston has the goods, BYU did not.
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5 When Keba leads the team with 14 pts, 12 rebs, BYU is in big trouble.
6 BYU out rebounds Houston 39-37 and 14 O rebounds with only 21% from 3land, 32% shooting, recipe for a blowout. Houston’s elite D and BYU’s poor outside shooting, good thing is there are maybe 2 other teams in D1 that are built like that.
7 BYU 100% from FT, 10-10 only bright spot for the game.
BYU could become a sweet 16 team but no way will we get past a #1 seed in the 3rd round
assuming BYU is a 5-6 seed in the dance.