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I love it. We need more fans like that guy.

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I am so done w/ this team. I hope I can forget all the low quality basketball I watched this year. I’m so excited for Alex Jensen to clean house and get us back to gritty fundamental basketball. Good riddance to the lack of fundamentals, the inconsistency, the complete absence of grit, the constant underachieving, losing to teams we should beat, etc.

I’d be happy to see Ausar, Dawes, and Wahlin back next year. I think those guys can be winners. Everybody else, please leave.

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I rest my case. How is Demin still considered even a first round pick? He is terrible! 6 points on 2-9 shooting w/ 4 assists and 5 turnovers. When it’s crunch time and the pressure is on, they play Hall (Mark Pope’s guy) over Demin! Kevin Young has not helped to develop Demin. Against good opponents, Demin has looked like a deer in headlights all year!

Another thing on Kevin Young. My sample size of listening to his postgame comments is small, but from what I have seen he is a classic Cougar. The other team never beats them. They either beat themselves or the refs beat them. “Tonight, I felt like we got a lot of shots in the first half that we normally get, that were good looks, that didn’t go down. I don’t want to discredit Houston. They’re an amazing team, and I’ve learned a lot from playing against them.” No. Stop. You got your butt kicked all game from the opening tip. Just admit it and move on.

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If we gave up the lead to a team like Florida (which TT just did), it’s more understandable. Against a below average team (they weren’t even a 0.500 team) in a below average conference (the Big East didn’t even have a Sweet 16 team)?!

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I didn’t pay enough attention to Dawes’ defense throughout the year, but I agree w/ your assessment on his defense in the Butler game today. It lacked focus and intensity (i.e. effort). It seems like he’s athletic enough and has the body to be a great defender and a monster rebounder, right?

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Miro Little was horrible. Example from today: We had a solid double-digit lead. Butler starts to make a run and gains some momentum. I think they cut the lead to mid/high single-digits. We are inbounding the ball from the sideline. They pressure our inbound. And he makes zero effort to get open. Instead, he tries to body up against a bigger guard and expects our guy to throw it over the defender. Naturally, they steal it for a breakaway and get 2 points out of it. Terrible.

He was a low IQ basketball player. And he definitely wasn’t a guy that hustled either. Didn’t impact the offensive side of the ball much, if ever, even though he had some skills we occasionally could (but didn’t often) exploit. And he was a poor defender. Undersized. Goodbye. I hope I never see him again.

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Teams that rely heavily on the 3 + don’t play consistent defense = the most likely upsets in March Madness. I’ve watched many of their teams rely on this formula only to make an early exit in March. Hopefully, this year is no different.

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Teams that rely heavily on the 3 + don’t play consistent defense = the most likely upsets in March Madness. I’ve watched many of their teams rely on this formula only to make an early exit in March. Hopefully, this year is no different.

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On your second point, I’ll definitely tip my cap. It’s been a very impressive season for sure and they deserve the praise they’re getting right now, particularly for what they’ve done in the last month. Although, I do think the B12 is weaker this year (relative to what it has been in the past and relative to, say, the SEC this year). I mean, a mediocre Utah team beat Kansas. And beat you guys once. We’ve watched Arizona for 10-15 years. They are also not as good as usual this year.

On your third point, I’m not sure what you mean. If you are referring to the Utah basketball program, I understand. If you are referring to the football program, you’re crazy (and validating what we’re saying about the arrogance).

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I don’t think I really criticized them as much as I just stated a couple of facts to remind everyone about: 1) They are 5-5 against Utah in the last ten games. 2) Draft stock for Demin and Catchings has fallen, not risen, since they landed in Provo.

I agree w/ you on everything else you said.

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