BYU Does The Expected

I can't say that I am at all surprised that BYU lost another close game to a decent NCAA Tourney team. I think I could have called that game play by play before it even happened. I have seen the same thing so many times, it is really starting to get funny. BYU makes good games out of their tournament appearances, but they like to let at least one guy on the other team always get a career high in points, shooting %, or any other category you can think of. They will then choke at the end of the game wile still making the score look respectable, and leave us all to say for yet another time..."they should be really good next year."

**BYU v. A&M Prediction**

So I have been so busy with school it has been hard to blog the past couple days, but I have to get in my pick for the BYU v. Texas A&M game so that it is said before the game starts. Since it is against all I believe in to actually pick against BYU I am picking them to win 63-59. My expectations are low, I hope they can come through big!

BYU to Face Texas A&M in 1st Round of NCAA Tourney

BYU (27-7) vs. Texas A&M (24-10)

Well, the NCAA tournament brackets are finally out, and BYU will be an 8 seed and will take on 9 seed Texas A&M in Anaheim, CA on Thursday. Texas A&M ended the season 24-10 and lost in the semi-finals of the Big 12 conference tournament by only 6 points to #1 seed Kansas. Texas A&M will be yet another tough first round opponent for BYU. Normally I would complain about BYU getting the toughest first round games and getting low seeds, but I am of the thought this year that BYU had their destiny in their own hands...and blew it! All they had to do was win the conference tournament like they should (if they are really an elite team). If they would have taken care of business in their own conference tournament, then they would have had a much better first round match-up. Stay tuned for my first round prediction in the next few days.

A Little President Bush Humor (No political agenda intended)

-For the record, I am a President Bush fan, this is just a great impression.

Enjoy a little political humor from Frank Caliendo

New LDS Website Focusing Jesus Christ

Photo by Simon Dewey

The LDS Church has put out a new web-site that is dedicated to the life, teachings, and testimonies of Jesus Christ. The front page has a link to a "modern prophets testimony of Jesus Christ" that is given by the recently passed President of the Church Gordon B. Hinckley. This is a great site to read, and to send your friends who are searching for something in their lives. Check it out!!

www.jesuschrist.lds.org

MWC Tounrament Second Round

BYU is in the second round of Mountain West Conference Tourney play after whooping Colorado St. 89-62 yesterday, and will face San Diego St. tonight at 7:30pm MST. BYU split the season series with San Diego St. and both games were very close. This is the type of team that BYU usually struggles with, and will be a tough game. I predict BYU by 4. Utah had a nice win against a better New Mexico team, and will face UNLV tonight. I predict UNLV by 9 in this one. That will put a BYU vs. UNLV tournament final for the second straight year. We shall see!!!

BYU Ranked in Both Polls...Still No Respect

Co-MWC Players of the year: Lee Cummard (left) JR Giddens (right)

Byu is now ranked #23 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll, #24 in the Associated Press Poll, and they have a #21 RPI. This a a pretty big accomplishment, especially since only 5 teams in the entire country have been ranked in the top 25 in both football and basketball.
The Mountain West Conference decided to reward BYU with not giving Coach Dave Rose the Coach of the Year award, making Lee Cummard share the Player of the Year award instead of winning it outright, and only having 2 other BYU players on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and honorable mention teams. My guess is that the conference did not want to give Coach Rose yet another Coach of the Year award because he has already won it twice. This same issue occured in football as well. All Bronco Mendenhall did was go undefeated in conference play again (2 years in a row), and guide his team to a second consecutive top 15 national ranking, only for the Mountain West Conference to give Coach of the Year honors to Air Force coach Troy Calhoon. Not only this, but the very channel that is dedicated to the Mountain West, the MTN, refuses to lead of its recap shows with BYU in football or basketball even though they are the only ranked teams, and by far the flagship of the conference.
If you could not tell, it is a little frustrating at times to be a BYU fan. Granted I am bias, I admit that, but fan or foe, everyone who knows anything about BYU or the Mountain West Conference knows that how BYU goes, so goes the conference.

**Quick Facts**
BYU has gone 27-5 in conference play in the past 2 years in basketball.
BYU is 16-0 in conference play in the past 2 years in football.
BYU has been ranked as high as #21 in basketball the past 2 years
BYU has been ranked as high as #14 in football the past 2 years

I'd say the conference needs to quit being so jealous and recognize who is their flagship program!!

Upcoming Schedule:
NO. 23/24 BYU COUGARS -- #1 SEED (25-6, 14-2 MWC)
VS.
WYOMING -- #8 SEED / COLORADO STATE -- #9 SEED
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Thomas & Mack Center (18,500)
Las Vegas
Noon PT (1 p.m. MT)