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Vol. 32,
Issue 26 – January 16, 2012
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IN THE HUNT, BYU MUST HIT FROM OUTSIDE
BYU is in the hunt for a
piece of the WCC basketball title in the Cougars' first-time trip through the
league. They kept those hopes alive with a nice 95-78 win over
The win was the result of some big-time balanced scoring from Dave Rose's crew.
Brandon Davies led the
way with 23 points. Noah Harsock ad
BYU now hits the road for
two games this week in conference play. They meet
From what we have seen
this season, the key for BYU to succeed on the road is their three-point
shooting. BYU has to be able to shoot the ball from beyond the arc to have
consistent success away from
Brandon Davies and Noah
Hartsock have proven themselves to be legitimate insi
They will continue to
produce at home and on the road. To make their production hold up and produce
road wins, however, BYU has to have a threat from the outsi
It won't be any different
this week on the road against
How the BYU guard line goes from beyond the arc, so go the Cougars.
BASKETBALL
RECRUITING
It will take a while, but BYU basketball fans are going to like what they see when Dave Rose's two most recent signees finally arrive on campus in 2014.
You may remember that last November, during the early signing period, Rose signed Cory Calvert, a 6-3 guard from Chaparral HS in Parker, CO., and Jordan Chatman, a 6-4 guard from Union HS in Camas, WA.
Both will serve two-year LDS missions before enrolling at BYU.
Both are having big-time senior seasons.
Last week, Chatman scored 32 points in a 69-61 Union win over his former team, Skyview HS. Chatman is the son of former BYU basketball player Jeff Chatman.
He turned down offers
from
Calvert originally committed
to
He
He signed with BYU in November.
Division
I Player
He continues to show that
he is a major Division I player. His team is currently ranked No. 2 in the
Last Friday, in a 73-67 win over Legend HS, he scored 20 points. With Chaparral trailing by 9 points going into the fourth quarter, Calvert scored 12 of his 20 points to secure the come-from-behind win.
A couple of days earlier, Calvert scored 40 points in an 84-51 win over George Washington. He was 7-of-11 from the three point line.
BYU will lose two players
from the current roster with the graduation of Noah Hartsock and Charles Abouo.
Neither Chatman or Calvert will be taking those scholarship openings because of
their
One of those available
scholarships will go to Tyler Haws upon his return from an LDS mission to the
Five to
Give
That means that BYU would then have five scholarships to give out this coming November because Brandon Davies, Nick Martineau, Stephen Rogers, Craig Cusick and Brock Zylstra are all juniors.
In November, we expect
Rose to sign Nick Emery, who has already committed to the program. We also
expect BYU to sign Jakob Hartsock, a 6-7 junior from Bartlesville HS in
Throw in the return of Kyle Collinsworth from his LDS mission from Russian for the 2013-2014 season and there are three of the five scholarships spoken for.
Of course the one
scholarship the Cougars will hold forever is the one for Jabari Parker. The 6-7
front court LDS player from
We also look for BYU to add another big man in this class. Don't know who or where he is, but it will be a priority.
The following year, T.J. Haws will be on board. He is currently a sophomore at Lone Peak HS and the younger brother of Tyler Haws.
They Can
All Score
To flesh out the games
with the names mentioned above, Dave Rose was in
Later in the week,
Hartsock dominated the game with 29 points and 10 rebounds.
Closer to home, last week Lone Peak HS picked up two more wins, a a 63-36 mismatch over Viewmont and a 57-39 victory over Riverton.
Emery had 22 and 23 points respectively while Haws finished with 17 and 11 points.
IN WCC,
RPI REALLY DOES MATTER
It is looking more and more likely that BYU will enter the West Coast Conference post-season tournament late in February as the No. 3 seed.
It is not too hard to see how it will probably play out.
Based on WCC play so far, St. Mary's, Gonzaga and BYU appear to be the top three teams. If those three teams can hold serve against each other and win on their home courts, a three-way tie as conference champions in the regular season is very probable, That assumes the big three teams don't lose any game(s) against the lower tier of teams in the WCC.
Here is the current WCC formula for Determination of Seeds/Tie-Breaker found in Section 3 of the WCC Handbook.
(a) All conference teams
will be see
(b) If there is a tie in
the standings, regardless of the number teams involved, the following factors
will be used, in this or
(1) Head-to-head competition.
(2) Won-Loss record
versus each league member (or the cumulative record of teams tied in a
position) based on
(3) This comparison on a
Currently, Gonzaga has a RPI national ranking of No. 8. St. Mary's is ranked No. 24 and BYU comes in at No. 40.
With the exception of BYU
playing Virginia Tech next week on the road in
If that is the scenario,
the best BYU can get is a No. 3 seed in the WCC post season tourney in
That is not good for the Cougars. It means they would have to win three games to come away with the tournament championship, while the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds would only have to win two games to get the same hardware.
In WCC tournament action, the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds get automatic byes into the tournament semi-final games on Saturday March 3.
The No. 3 seed begins play in the quarterfinals the previous day, Friday March 2.
Complete WCC Tournament brackets can be seen here:
www.wccsports.com/ot/west-baskbl-tournament.html
HOSTING
AND HOPING WITH RECRUITING JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY
Bronco Men
The good news is that 18
of those 20 visitors are already committed to the program and will all sign
letters of intent on February 1. They inclu
Marques Johnson, DL, 6-2,
305, El
Sawyer Powell, LB, 6-1,
205,
Troy Hinds, DL, 6-5, 230,
Jamaal Williams, RB, 6-2,
190,
Jherremya Leuta-Douyere, LB/FB, 6-0, 220, Servite HS, CA
Butch Pau'u, LB, 6-0, 215, Servite HS, CA
Micah Hannemann, DB, 6-1, 185, Lone Peak HS, UT
Steven Richards, TE, 6-2, 240, Alta HS, UT
Austin Hoyt, DL, 6-7, 240, Argonaut HS, CA
Phillip Amone, LB, 6-0, 220, Dr. Phillips HS, FL
Dylan Collie, WR, 5-10,
200,
Taysom Hill, QB, 6-2,
225,
Tanner Mangum, QB, 6-2, 185, Eagle HS, ID
Josh Weeks, WR, 6-4, 200, Show Low HS, AZ
Rhett Sandlin, DB, 6-3, 220, Alta HS, UT
Matt Hadley, DB, 5-11, 190, Connell HS, WA
Ammon Olsen, QB, 6-4, 210, SUU/Alta HS, UT
Roman Andrus, DL, 6-5,
235,
The two other visitors
were Tenney Palepoi, a 6-3, 290 pound
Palepoi prepped at
Skyline HS in
He reportedly has offers
now from BYU,
He has ma
Palepoi visited
MEN'S
VOLLEYBALL SWEEP NO. 1 UC
BYU men's volleyball has high hopes for another national championship this season.
They ma
The wins were not upsets
because BYU was ranked No. 2 in the country. They started the preseason as the
top ranked team in the country but lost to UCI two weeks ago in a tournament in
The difference was that this time it was MPSF league play and the games counted.
Friday night BYU, un
BYU returns to conference action this weekend while hosting USC at the Smith Fieldhouse on Friday and Saturday.
The Friday match will begin at 7:00 p.m MST and will be televised live on BYUtv.
BYU
TELEVISION TIMETABLE
BYU vs.
Monday, Jan 16 at
Tipoff: 8:00
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Loyola Marymount
Thursday, Jan 19 at
Tipoff: 6:30
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
USC
Friday, Jan 20 at
Match begins: 7:00
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Pepperdine
Saturday, Jan 21 at
Tipoff: 6:00
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Virginia Tech
Wednesday, Jan 25 at
Tipoff: 5:00 pm Mountain Time
TV: ESPN3
BYU vs.
Saint Mary's
Saturday, Jan 28 at
Tipoff: 7:00
TV: ESPNU
BYU vs.
Gonzaga
Thursday, Feb 2 at
Tipoff: 9:00
TV: ESPN2
BYU vs.
Saturday, February 4 at
Tipoff: 8:00
TV: BYUtv