BYU Beatdown game chat - 1/31 3:30 CT
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According to Bill Self Elmarko "got (his tendon, which was the reason he sat out last season) bumped" earlier today and "was feeling it"
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Flory shut down Dybansta and he struggled to get inside. We can be disappointed in DP but we saw a 50 point type of scorer in action. Tre White played his usual hard game but his four quick turnovers at the start of the second half changed the tone. BYU is a top ten type team but couldn't handle our defense.
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OK thanks and we can handle a tender tendon but we need him for depth.
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Yeah, we need him for depth plus he increases our ceiling. He is still a freak athlete and a former 5* recruit and if he gets going he could add another dimension to our team
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DP evidently not an ankle issue but cramping that Self noticed at the half. We need him against TTU of course and Elmarko is expected to play Monday for that road game against Toppin and Anderson. TTU lost at UCF today and will be pumped and we should be also after today.
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honestly just glad it wasn't a hamstring injury
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Melvin was heroic again.
As expected: A freshman was the MVP of the game. Not expected: It was Bryson Tiller!
I'm now wondering if there's a prediction market for DP -- like over/under for minutes played, or does he play in the final 5 min of a game..
That said, let the extrapolation begin-- his efficiency is incredible and it's only a matter of time before someone does the math on how many points he would have if he played every game a normal number of minutes (like 34-36 minutes).
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We beat BYU and get immediate gratification and that's all. This conference is so stacked at the top and may only get seven bids in the tourney.
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I have not heard from @kuballin10 in a while. While I did not always agree with him (I rarely did, in fact), I always enjoyed how provocative his cynicism was. If you are reading this, @kuballin10 , what are your thoughts on this season heading into February?
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If he's not durable enough make him come off the bench. Save him for the 2nd half. IDK, maybe that means we're losing today at the half by 10 or whatever. But If he can't give us 35 minutes or so per game we're not good enough to win a championship this year. Maybe the loss of Elmarko made it more glaring tonight. IDK, but we were putrid offensively and defensively without him.
But the appreciation of Melvin grows and grows. This guy is just like a switch is turned on when DP is lost and he does enough to get us over the top.
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wow! i had to DVR the game, and was just finishing it up ... with BYU making a furious comeback. and the freaking recording stopped with 1:27 left!! WTF!!!!
Didn't get to see the end. incredible. looks like we won though. Assuming DP didn't make a miraculous appearance at the end? -
Bryson Tiller Highlights vs. BYU (21 Pts, 7 Rebs)
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@wissox83 these takes are killing me. Im glad we all care. And variety is the spice of life. But seriously, there have been many players where if we got what we got from DP in 20 for their 30-35 we would have been stoked. This feels to me like a “this is different, so it must be bad” reaction, but we just won 4 games in a row by healthy margins. Team chemistry is good. Other players are stepping up when needed. We should be happy with this team right now, imo, very much including DP.
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Darryn Peterson Highlights vs. BYU (18 Pts, 3 Rebs, 3 Stls)
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Well guys great win and yet I think we all know now we have our answer, or we all should know.- -With Darryn we for sure can make a legit final four run. -- ----WITHOUT Darryn nope no way, we still probably when a couple without Darryn BUT FINAL FOUR facing brutal reality without thats about the best we could do
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@rockchalkjayhawk unfortunately DP only played 3 minutes in the second half. You basically missed Melvin hitting a tough off balance shot to push the lead to 6 under a minute to go. We broke their pressure with a Flory dunk, Mari hit 2 big FTs and Tre had another dunk with seconds remaining.
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@kjayhawks2.0 sounds like a team win to me!
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You know after thinking about for a little bit I’m going to give mad props to this team and staff for not getting caught up in the hype of this game. 1000th game in the most historic building in the game, 32 NBA executives in the building, about a dozen former players including Paul who hadn’t been back since legends of the Phog, likely the top 2 picks in June with the possibility of 5 of these guys going in round 1 and to top it college game day was in town. We came out hungry and focused, looked like a veteran group that the moment wasn’t too big for.
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@approxinfinity If you knew me you'd say 'steve is such a pessimist'!! I really kind of am a glass half empty guy and while I want to try to see your viewpoint, the way today ended was a big negative for me.
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@ROCKCHALK2025 said in BYU Beatdown game chat - 1/31 3:30 CT:
Well guys great win and yet I think we all know now we have our answer, or we all should know.- -With Darryn we for sure can make a legit final four run. -- ----WITHOUT Darryn nope no way, we still probably when a couple without Darryn BUT FINAL FOUR facing brutal reality without thats about the best we could do
It’s all about how the bracket plays out, I think we could be a FF contender with DP and would likely say S16 max without him. But it all depends on the match ups, we want to stay away from teams with 2 skilled bigs imo. I think we have guards to go very far not sure yet on if Tiller and Flory can play consistently.
