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Carlino Finds “Range on the
Home (Court)” Just in Time
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
And the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Home, home on the range
Thank goodness that Matt Carlino found his range at home from beyond
the arc last Saturday night in a 61-58 come from behind win over
Without his 19 points on 5 three-pointers, BYU loses to the Utes and
Cougar coaches, players and fans would have given a new meaning to a
discouraging word and cloudy skies.
Before Carlino’s breakout shooting session against the Utes, the
sophomore guard’s 3-point shot in the Cougars’ first 8 games was
somewhere out roaming on the vast prairie wasteland of 3-of-22 shooting beyond
the arc. His outside shot was as stale as new buffalo chips are fresh. Both stunk.
Against the Utes, Carlino’s outside shooting came in from the
cold…and just in time.
That’s because
Brandon Davies chipped in 11 points, but he was a non factor in the
first 20 minutes of the contest when
Win the come-from-behind win, BYU is now 6-3 on the year. They will now
face
DOUBTFUL MAYAN CALENDER WILL BE END
OF WORLD, BUT MORE LIKELY END BYU’S NCAA INVITES
It’s doubtful that the Mayans will be right about the end of the
world set for December 21, but they are very likely to be right about the end
of BYU’ consecutive NCAA tournament invites in March.
The Mayan calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian
I don’t know much about Mesoamerica, but I can spot a mess in
No, the BYU program isn’t a train wreck and won’t be
succumbing to anything cataclysmic this season. They still might find a way to
get 20 wins this season. But barring some kind of Mayan miracle, they more than
likely won’t be returning for their seventh consecutive NCAA invite this
coming March.
It has nothing to do with the lunar and linear nature of the Mayan
calendar. It has to do with the lack of talent on this Cougar team.
There simply isn’t enough of it on this BYU basketball club to
merit an NCAA invite.
Brandon Davies is a legit post player. But there is zip, zero or
Zihautanejo behind him. When he goes to the bench with foul problems or
production issues, it really is the Mayan calendar for the Cougars and the end
is near.
Scheming
Tyler Haws is a player. That’s why opposing defenses are scheming
defensively to take him out of the BYU offensive offense.
When it comes to BYU guard play, there are plenty of guys that are good
enough to be all
BYU has issues in the front court. Before the season started, Dave Rose
said that career ending injuries to Chris Collinsworth and Stephen Rogers would
hurt the Cougars this season, but that he wasn’t going to talk about it
anymore.
We will. If
Even more devastating was the loss of Collinsworth. Last week because of
the cancellation of the BYU-USU game, BYUtv was showing reruns of Cougar-Aggie
girl’s games and other BYU-USU men’s games.
The one I watched again was from Nov 17, 2010. That was the year USU
was very good inside with Ty Wesley.
Brutal
BYU won that game 78-72, but it was a brutal battle. Dave Rose played
Brandon Davies in that game a total of one minute. He went with Noah Hartsock,
James Anderson and Chris Collinsworth up front.
Collinsworth kept the Cougars in the game. He was a beast on the boards
and on defense.
He played one or two more games that season and then never saw the
court again. There was a reason his loss to injury was devastating later that
year, last year and this season.
The good news is that in watching that game it was obvious that Rose
had high hopes and high expectations for Kyle Collinsworth. So do I. He will be
an instant improvement in guard play for the Cougars next season. He returns
from his LDS mission next spring.
BYU can sell injuries to me for BYU’s ordinary front court game.
I’ll buy that. But what are they selling to me and you concerning the
guard line.
It was spotty and sketchy last season and about the same this year.
What’s the excuse for having no guards in the program last year
and this season?
We can buy the mission deal. Collinsworth left on his and Damarcus
Harrison almost left, but left BYU with a void.
No Transition
How do you go from Jimmer Fredette and Jackson Emery, to what we have
now without anything to make the transition to the future with Kyle
Collinsworth, Nick Emery, Cory Calvert, Jordan Chatman and TJ Haws down the
road?
Maybe it is Mayan. The calendar for guard talent didn’t line up
in the recruiting cycles.
Maybe there weren’t any LDS guards to get. I base that on the fact
that many who follow BYU basketball can quickly point out the recruiting misses
of the Cougars when an LDS player proves to be a player at another program.
So who did Dave Rose and his staff miss when it came to LDS guards the
last few years?
I need help here. Where are the good LDS guards playing for other teams
this year?
You can’t miss if there is nothing to miss on.
That seems to be the case when it comes to LDS guards the last couple
of years.
I received a lot of feedback on my Mormon meat market recruiting thing
from last week.
Most of it countered with BYU needing to be more proactive in going
after non-LDS players. Some even gave me examples such as the Joe Harris, the
6-6 junior guard at
BYU recruited him, but apparently not hard enough, according to those
close to the situation.
Buy That
I buy that. I also buy the fact that history shows that good non-LDS
players are the exception in recruiting for BYU, not the rule.
Time and resources are allocated to what works best and that appears to
be basing the program on LDS players.
The argument of recruiting more non-LDS players versus focusing mainly
on LDS players is valid. It just isn’t what is going to happen with this
coaching staff.
They are mining the Mormon market. Based on the guard play last year
and this year, the Mormon guard market came up dry for a couple of years. I
will stick with that theory unless you can come up with the names of some LDS
guards now playing NCAA basketball elsewhere that BYU missed on.
BYU vs. Utah State
Here’s the official BYU announcement on the cancelled
BYU-USU game and when it will be played.
The game
was originally scheduled for Dec. 5 but was postponed due to the serious
medical situation of USU student-athlete Danny Berger that occurred during
practice on Dec. 4.
All
tickets issued for the original game will be honored on Feb. 19. Please direct
all ticketing questions to the Marriott Center Ticket Office at (800) 322-2981
or (801) 422-BYU1.
Women’s Week
The BYU’s women’s volleyball team came up short last Friday
in
The Lady Cougars were defeated by
The Cougars finished their year with an outstanding 28-4 record
overall, the most victories for a Cougar team since 1999. This season also
marked BYU’s first conference title since 2005 and first trip to the NCAA
Tournament since 2007.
In basketball, the Lady Cougars improved to 5-4 on the year by handing
Poinsettia Portrait This Week
We should get a pretty good picture this week when it comes to who will
be playing quarterback for BYU in the Poinsettia Bowl against
That’s because Bronco Mendenhall and his charges will take to the
indoor practice facility beginning Monday in preparation for the game.
The guy getting the most snaps by midweek will be the starter.
There is no official word yet from BYU on the health status of Riley
Nelson, but no official word will be needed. Just a quick look to who is
getting reps.
If there is anyway that Nelson can waddle and wiggle his way to the
line of scrimmage and take a snap, he will be the guy.
That has been the modus operandi of Bronco all year and we see no
reason why he would contemplate doing something different now.
There also has been no official word on coaching changes and we
shouldn’t expect any until after the bowl game.
There has been plenty of scuttlebutt that at least two assistants will
be replaced before the start of spring football.
We hear that the change will come through attrition and retirement. That
means the two most likely guys to go would be offensive line coach Mark Weber
and tight end coach Lance Reynolds.
One guy not going anywhere is Bronco himself. The
What is still real, however, is the BYU defense. It will take one of
their best efforts of the year to prevail over
With the Cougar quarterback story still a crapshoot, it will be up to
the defense to hold the fort if BYU will come away with a win.
The early line on the game out of
We will give more a more detailed analysis of the game next week.
BYU Still Adding Names
BYU football coaches have spent some time on the road visiting recruits
and they have also spent time in
The time spent has added some more names to BYU’s current list of
verbal commitments for football.
The newest commitments are: Tanner Shipley and Johnny Ragin, both are
teammates at Wilsonville HS in
Ragin is a 6-3, 215 pound linebacker. He had other recruiting interest
from a couple of Pac 12 schools and some schools from the Mountain West
Conference.
Also committing was Sam Lee, a juco defensive back from College of the
Canyons in
Lee is 6-0, 180 and had interest from
Here is BYU’s current football commit list:
Tanner
Shipley, 6-2, 180, WR from Wilsonville HS, OR
Johnny
Ragin, 6-3, 215, LB, from Wilsonville HS, OR
Sam Lee, 6-0,
180, CB, from College of the Canyons
Keegan Hicks, 6-3, 280 OL from South Jordan,
Brayden Kearsley, 6-6, 250 OL from
Trajan Pili, 6-2, 200 LB from
Dallin Leavitt, 5-11, 196 Safety from
Talon Shumway, 6-3, 190, WR from
JonRyheem Peoples, 6-6, 300 OL from
Maataua Brown, 6-5, 290, DT from
Kalolo Manumaleuna Utu, 6-2, 250, LB from
Nathan
DeBeikes, 6-2, 196, LB from
Johnny Tapasoa, 5-10, 190, Safety from
Addison Pulsipher, 6-5, 240, DE from
Billy Green, 6-2, 196, QB from Shoreline,
Hayden Weichers, 6-0, 165 WR from South Jordan,
Kai Nacua, 6-2, 200 LB from
Patrick
Palau, 5-11, 240 FB from
Thomas Shoaf, 6-6, 265 OL from
Garrett England, 6-3, 185 WR from
Michael
Davis, 6-2, 180 WR from
Inoke Lotulelei,
5-8, 175 WR from
Darrin
Laufasa, 6-1, 220 RB from
Merrill
Taliauli, 6-2, 305 DL from
Claudell Louis 6-6, 270 DE from
Rylee Gautavai, 6-1, 200 linebacker from
Jordan Preator, 6-0, 183 Safety from
Television Timetable
BYU vs.
Saturday, Dec 15 at
Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain
Time
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Tuesday, Dec 18 at
Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain
Time
TV: BYUtv
BYU vs.
Baylor
Friday, Dec 21 at
Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain
Time
TV: ESPN2
BYU vs.
Thursday, Dec 27 at
Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain
Time
BYUtv
BYU vs.
Virginia Tech
Saturday, Dec 29 at
Tipoff: Noon Mountain
Time
TV: ESPNU
BYU vs.
Loyola Marymount
Thursday, Jan 3 at
Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain
Time
TV: BYUtv