Hey all you sumbitches you know it’s Game Day right?! Beat the Buffs!

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- 02/23/2017 at 9:45 AM #28572
  
  PorterRockwell
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  NIT NIT NIT
- 02/23/2017 at 10:05 AM #28579
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  Milton Vanderslice
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  Colorado will be a good marker for where we are right now. We should win this, but it’s all up the players mental state.
  - 02/23/2017 at 10:23 AM #28583
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    PorterRockwell
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    @porterrockwell
    
    yeah we should but this team just isn’t that good
    - 02/23/2017 at 10:26 AM #28585
      
      Milton Vanderslice
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      Neither is Colorado.
      - 02/23/2017 at 8:15 PM #28674
        
        Tony (admin)
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        Neither was Oregon State.
      - 02/23/2017 at 8:15 PM #28675
        
        Tony (admin)
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        Neither was Stanford.
    - 02/23/2017 at 10:38 AM #28592
      
      Minnesota Ute
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      I disagree with that statement. This team is not just good, they are very good, but they are underperforming greatly. I agree with Milt, it is their mental state. Statistically, this team is excellent in many categories, and servicable in most others except turnovers, and are kind of low on blocks. At the end of the day, this team has all the pieces to make a run IF they take care of the ball and IF they stay out of foul trouble. Our weakness isn’t in not having good to great players, it is in our ability to avoid empty possessions and our depth. Maybe we are a year away just due to inexperience, and yes, we lack a coulpe of 6’7-6’10 guys that are just enforcer types like a Jordan Bell. I do worry about their mental state though, because talent-wise, I don’t think there is much difference between us, UCLA, Cal, and USC. BTW, what an aweful choke job by Cal last night. Held OU to something like 16 points in the first half and gave up something like 56 in second. But at least they didn’t lose to OSU. 🙁
      - 02/23/2017 at 10:43 AM #28595
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        PorterRockwell
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        I wasn’t commenting on the talent, there is plenty of talent there. They haven’t figured out how to play consistently like a team. I posted an article a couple of days ago about communication etc. They clearly don’t communicate as evidenced by the easy baskets they give up on defense.
        
        02/23/2017 at 1:43 PM #28627
        
        Minnesota Ute
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        Fair enough, with that I agree. But I am puzzled why this is a problem. It’s pretty fundemental and I really wouldn’t expect D1 players to not be willing or able to effectively communicate. All that said, I still feel like it’s largely a crisis of confidence. I personally don’t think our defense has been horrible and our rebounding has been fine. So while our defense could be better and particularly locking down in close games, I feel like offense is our achilles heel. Sometimes we look awesome, and others we just look lost. That is where I think we are the most disjointed, and it seems like the closer the situation, the tighter the game, the more lost we look. We need to figure out how we get buckets in crunch time when we need them so we can win the close games instead of folding like a cheap tent. We have the personnel to do it, but we have to know what we are trying to do, and execute.
      - 02/23/2017 at 10:47 AM #28596
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        Milton Vanderslice
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        What’s crazy is that it’s still technically possible to place 4th, I believe.
        
        02/23/2017 at 11:37 AM #28609
        
        Stradlater
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        What’s the tiebreaker if Utah manages to beat Cal next Thursday and they end up with the same conference record?
        
        02/23/2017 at 12:04 PM #28610
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        Milton Vanderslice
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        1. Two-team tie
        a. Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season.
        b. Each team’s record vs. the team occupying the highest position in the !nal regular standings, and then continuing down through the standings until one
        team gains an advantage.
        When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that
        group’s own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
        c. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.
        d. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.
        
        2. Multiple-team tie
        a. Results of collective head-to-head competition during the regular season among the tied teams.
        b. If more than two teams are still tied, each of the tied team’s record vs. the team occupying the highest position in the !nal regular season standings, and
        then continuing down through the standings until one team gains an advantage.
        When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that
        group’s own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
        If at any point the multiple-team tie is reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaking procedure will be applied.
        c. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.
        d. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.
        
        02/23/2017 at 12:26 PM #28616
        
        Stradlater
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        Thanks.
        
        02/23/2017 at 5:47 PM #28649
        
        BulgieUte
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        It’s crazy how Utah and Cal almost mirror each other. It’s very likely that the tie breaker would come all the way down to our Oregon State loss.
        
        Utah and Cal have not beaten UA/Oregon/UCLA.(tie)
        
        Both are 1-0 vs USC(tie)
        
        Both are 1-0 Vs Colorado, both still have 1 game vs Colorado.(possible tie)
        
        Cal is 1-1 vs Stanford. Utah is 0-1 vs Stanford but play them once more.(possible tie)
        
        Utah and Cal have not lost to ASU/WSU/UW.(tie)
        
        Cal vs OSU 1-0(1 game left vs OSU) Utah 1-1 vs OSU.(we’re f**ked)
- 02/23/2017 at 12:43 PM #28618
  
  PlainsUte
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  Snowstorm brewing in Boulder, maybe that will be a good omen like the road trip to Washington state.
  The Utes are already in Boulder so no travel worries (‘cept maybe getting back to SLC).