How much disrespect for Wyoming?

[Slow Hand]

How about we just win the freakin MWC tourney and get into the Big Dance?

 

[NowherePoke]

I want Boise St. in the MWC tournament. Would love to shut their fan base up. They are starting to get all high and mighty with basketball now and it is funny to watch.

Worst fan base in the league. Completely incapable of respecting an opponent.

Marks is a freaking stud though. He could get on a roll and carry them through the tournament.

 

[seattlecowboy]

I want Boise St. in the MWC tournament. Would love to shut their fan base up. They are starting to get all high and mighty with basketball now and it is funny to watch.

Worst fan base in the league. Completely incapable of respecting an opponent.

Marks is a freaking stud though. He could get on a roll and carry them through the tournament.

I agree . Something tells me though that Nance is going to want to show who the best overall player in the league is. I hope so anyways.

 

[J-Rod]

James Webb III has been a surprise too. From no-named player on the bench to in the argument for 1st team all-MW. I'm hoping with Nance's exit after this season that there is a JWIII on the bench waiting to explode.

JMO...I'd rather play CSU than Boise in the semis. Marks can take over against anyone. I don't think anyone on the Rams roster has that kind of influence.

 

[SnowyRange]

Disrespect?

Please.

What, we have a decade of top 20 finishes that should make everyone overlook our SOS and losses?

We are exactly where we should be in this conversation: having to win our way into the tourney.

 

[JimmyDimes]

Disrespect?

Please.

What, we have a decade of top 20 finishes that should make everyone overlook our SOS and losses?

We are exactly where we should be in this conversation: having to win our way into the tourney.

Wyoming has 6 losses. Of those 6, two would be considered bad. Same as many top 50 RPI teams and fewer than many as well. SOS is screwing the pooch even though Wyoming beat the cupcakes.

 

[Cowboy Junky]

I want Boise St. in the MWC tournament. Would love to shut their fan base up. They are starting to get all high and mighty with basketball now and it is funny to watch.

Worst fan base in the league. Completely incapable of respecting an opponent.

Marks is a freaking stud though. He could get on a roll and carry them through the tournament.

I'm not buying it. Their offense requires their team to be hot from the three point line. Can they continue that for three games in a row? I don't think they can. They live and die by the three point line.

 

[SLCPoke]

Talk about funny looks...try being an LDS cowboy fan. I have an extensive UW collection that is worn regularly. The condescension is still alive and well. My 4 year old daughter got lit up by grown adults for having a pink and green Wyoming hoodie on. BYU is an embarrassment. Once again, makes me cringe thinking of attending another game there.

I feel your pain...I live in the midst of them (Springville)

 

[WestWYOPoke]

I want Boise St. in the MWC tournament. Would love to shut their fan base up. They are starting to get all high and mighty with basketball now and it is funny to watch.

Worst fan base in the league. Completely incapable of respecting an opponent.

Marks is a freaking stud though. He could get on a roll and carry them through the tournament.

I'm not buying it. Their offense requires their team to be hot from the three point line. Can they continue that for three games in a row? I don't think they can. They live and die by the three point line.

That exact same thought process could be used for Wyoming too. Outside of Larry, if our 3s aren't falling our offense can dry up quickly.

 

[Cowboy Junky]

I want Boise St. in the MWC tournament. Would love to shut their fan base up. They are starting to get all high and mighty with basketball now and it is funny to watch.

Worst fan base in the league. Completely incapable of respecting an opponent.

Marks is a freaking stud though. He could get on a roll and carry them through the tournament.

I'm not buying it. Their offense requires their team to be hot from the three point line. Can they continue that for three games in a row? I don't think they can. They live and die by the three point line.

That exact same thought process could be used for Wyoming too. Outside of Larry, if our 3s aren't falling our offense can dry up quickly.

It's not even remotely similar. We win games because we hold people under 60. It doesn't really matter where the points come from, although they usually come from Nance.

Boise depends on the three ball. I can't remember a game Boise won when they didn't shoot well from the arc. They have to make threes to win.

We don't.

 

[J-Rod]

It's not even remotely similar. We win games because we hold people under 60. It doesn't really matter where the points come from, although they usually come from Nance.

Boise depends on the three ball. I can't remember a game Boise won when they didn't shoot well from the arc. They have to make threes to win.

We don't.

Boise beat UNLV in Vegas despite going 1/18 from 3 just last week.

 

[seattlecowboy]

I want Boise St. in the MWC tournament. Would love to shut their fan base up. They are starting to get all high and mighty with basketball now and it is funny to watch.

Worst fan base in the league. Completely incapable of respecting an opponent.

Marks is a freaking stud though. He could get on a roll and carry them through the tournament.

I'm not buying it. Their offense requires their team to be hot from the three point line. Can they continue that for three games in a row? I don't think they can. They live and die by the three point line.

That exact same thought process could be used for Wyoming too. Outside of Larry, if our 3s aren't falling our offense can dry up quickly.

It's not even remotely similar. We win games because we hold people under 60. It doesn't really matter where the points come from, although they usually come from Nance.

Boise depends on the three ball. I can't remember a game Boise won when they didn't shoot well from the arc. They have to make threes to win.

We don't.

This is true. Go look at Boise's game by game stats. Most of their games they have won they hit a lot of 3's. When they have shot over 40% from 3 they have won about every game except for one. That was against us. They shot 40% from 3 on us and we still won by double digits. They can't match up down low with Wyoming that is why I am not scared of Boise.

 

[seattlecowboy]

Boise is a lot like CSU and that is why neither of them play very well against us.

 

[Cowboy Junky]

It's not even remotely similar. We win games because we hold people under 60. It doesn't really matter where the points come from, although they usually come from Nance.

Boise depends on the three ball. I can't remember a game Boise won when they didn't shoot well from the arc. They have to make threes to win.

We don't.

Boise beat UNLV in Vegas despite going 1/18 from 3 just last week.

Yeah, that was more an exception than the rule. UNLV, with seven scholarship players playing street ball isn't that impressive to me.

I want to avoid Boise in the tournament because of their style of play. If they light it up from three, that's the weakness to our team defense. We bait people into shooting threes and contest every two. That's a great match-up for us when the team isn't hitting threes. It's bad when they are.

 

[NowherePoke]

I want Boise St. in the MWC tournament. Would love to shut their fan base up. They are starting to get all high and mighty with basketball now and it is funny to watch.

Worst fan base in the league. Completely incapable of respecting an opponent.

Marks is a freaking stud though. He could get on a roll and carry them through the tournament.

I'm not buying it. Their offense requires their team to be hot from the three point line. Can they continue that for three games in a row? I don't think they can. They live and die by the three point line.

That exact same thought process could be used for Wyoming too. Outside of Larry, if our 3s aren't falling our offense can dry up quickly.

Yeah, it's interesting. Both teams take about the same percentage of their shots behind the arc. You could argue that Wyoming is less dependent upon the perimeter shot since we miss them all anyway, LOL (Pokes are 291st in the country in 3PT%, BSU is 16th). In all seriousness, that is a little misleading since the Pokes have a much higher FT rate so they generate productive possessions that way.

I just think it's funny how arrogant the BSU fans are. They have never won a NCAA game and their NCAA resume is very thin this year. They have upcoming games at SDSU(loss) and SJSU (RPI killer), that will likely leave them with a RPI around 50, a SOS over 100 and only 3 Top 100 wins. IOW, they get to join us in the NIT if neither of us win the MWCT.

 

[J-Rod]

Yeah, that was more an exception than the rule. UNLV, with seven scholarship players playing street ball isn't that impressive to me.

I want to avoid Boise in the tournament because of their style of play. If they light it up from three, that's the weakness to our team defense. We bait people into shooting threes and contest every two. That's a great match-up for us when the team isn't hitting threes. It's bad when they are.

No argument here. Though, Boise has been playing great defense as of late. They'd held 4/5 of their recent opponents to under 50 points. They rank 3rd in the MW in scoring defense, only behind SDSU/Wyoming. They were 9th last season in the conference.

So yes, they live and die by the three. But if the Pokes play them in the semis, a solid offensive effort will be needed. Boise will not just hand over baskets like in the past.

 

[Cowboy Junky]

Yeah, that was more an exception than the rule. UNLV, with seven scholarship players playing street ball isn't that impressive to me.

I want to avoid Boise in the tournament because of their style of play. If they light it up from three, that's the weakness to our team defense. We bait people into shooting threes and contest every two. That's a great match-up for us when the team isn't hitting threes. It's bad when they are.

No argument here. Though, Boise has been playing great defense as of late. They'd held 4/5 of their recent opponents to under 50 points. They rank 3rd in the MW in scoring defense, only behind SDSU/Wyoming. They were 9th last season in the conference.

So yes, they live and die by the three. But if the Pokes play them in the semis, a solid offensive effort will be needed. Boise will not just hand over baskets like in the past.

Yeah, if we face them and we are very likely to face them, we'll have to hope they aren't draining the three. Our defense is great inside the three point line and average outside of the three point line.

I would rather face CSU in the semis, but I can't see anyway that Boise and Wyoming don't finish 2/3 unless one of us craps the bed down the stretch.

 

[seattlecowboy]

Yeah, that was more an exception than the rule. UNLV, with seven scholarship players playing street ball isn't that impressive to me.

I want to avoid Boise in the tournament because of their style of play. If they light it up from three, that's the weakness to our team defense. We bait people into shooting threes and contest every two. That's a great match-up for us when the team isn't hitting threes. It's bad when they are.

No argument here. Though, Boise has been playing great defense as of late. They'd held 4/5 of their recent opponents to under 50 points. They rank 3rd in the MW in scoring defense, only behind SDSU/Wyoming. They were 9th last season in the conference.

So yes, they live and die by the three. But if the Pokes play them in the semis, a solid offensive effort will be needed. Boise will not just hand over baskets like in the past.

Yeah, if we face them are we are very likely to face them, we'll have to hope they aren't draining the three. Our defense is great inside the three point line and average outside of the three point line.

I would rather face CSU in the semis, but I can't see anyway that Boise and Wyoming don't finish 2/3 unless one of us craps the bed down the stretch.

I think most people think that even though Nance is back that he won't play very well and we will still lose 3 of our last 4 games. So no one is giving us a chance. I think Nance is fine actually. Guess we will find out. He should be fine by tournament time in 3 weeks.

 

[Cowboy Junky]

Yeah, that was more an exception than the rule. UNLV, with seven scholarship players playing street ball isn't that impressive to me.

I want to avoid Boise in the tournament because of their style of play. If they light it up from three, that's the weakness to our team defense. We bait people into shooting threes and contest every two. That's a great match-up for us when the team isn't hitting threes. It's bad when they are.

No argument here. Though, Boise has been playing great defense as of late. They'd held 4/5 of their recent opponents to under 50 points. They rank 3rd in the MW in scoring defense, only behind SDSU/Wyoming. They were 9th last season in the conference.

So yes, they live and die by the three. But if the Pokes play them in the semis, a solid offensive effort will be needed. Boise will not just hand over baskets like in the past.

Yeah, if we face them are we are very likely to face them, we'll have to hope they aren't draining the three. Our defense is great inside the three point line and average outside of the three point line.

I would rather face CSU in the semis, but I can't see anyway that Boise and Wyoming don't finish 2/3 unless one of us craps the bed down the stretch.

I think most people think that even though Nance is back that he won't play very well and we will still lose 3 of our last 4 games. So no one is giving us a chance. I think Nance is fine actually. Guess we will find out. He should be fine by tournament time in 3 weeks.

Yep. I just posted the same thing on the MWC board. It's just like the pre-season. All the media and opponents are betting that Nance is going to struggle. I just can't see that happening in the tourney. With the three weeks he's had off and another three weeks to prepare, I think he's going to be peaking about the same time the MWC tournament starts.

 

[calpoke25]

MW tournament is only 2 weeks away now. Can't wait.