BYU lost 82-64 to New Mexico.
At home.
And they will be without arguably their most important non-Jimmer for the rest of the season.
Time to panic, right?
Wrong. Let's all take a deep breath. 
Over the past two seasons, BYU has been one of the better basketball teams in the country. They have arguably been the best team in the MWC, amassing a 26-5 record in that time. And they are 26-1 against every team in the conference not named New Mexico.
Face it. Steve Alford owns BYU. Whatever the trick is to beating the Cougars, Alford knows it. BYU is 0-4 against New Mexico the last two years and 57-5 against the rest of the country.
On top of that, the Cougars are just one day -- one freakin' day -- removed from learning that Brandon Davies is done for the season. They are 24 hours removed from learning that one of their teammates may be forced to finish his collegiate career at a different school. (Ed. Note: Apparently, the BYU team found out Monday Davies would be done. My point still stands.)
And we are saying this team is finished because of one loss to a team that has dominated them the past two seasons?
All is not lost, folks.
Give the Cougars a chance to recuperate. Give Dave Rose a chance to figure out how to play without his starting center. Give this group of college kids a chance to deal with the loss of a teammate and a friend.
We are all quick to overreact to the outcome of one game. I may be the worst at it. But BYU was dominated in all facets of the game tonight, not just on the interior.
If the Cougars lose to Wyoming on Saturday, I'll be singing a much different tune.
But until then, can we all layoff the doomsday scenarios?
Please?
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Nice post. It seemed that BYU was pressing all night long. Those who follow the Cougars know they play at a high pace, but the number of shots attempted early in shot clock was astounding. It seemed like BYU was simply pressing to prove they could be relevant sans Brandon Davies. Hopefully for their Tourney hopes, they can find a way to calm down.
Your comment that Davies will finish his career at another school is not entirely true. Davies has not been expelled from school, merely suspended from the basketball team pending review. Following the game today, Dave Rose stated that he was confident that Brandon would play for BYU in the future. Read into that what you will.
BYU's done. They'll get (and deserve) a high seed, they'll win their opening round game and may even survive the first weekend. But, on Monday morning they were a legit Final Four contender and now they're not. Right now, their squad is a less potent version of last year's squad - good, but not good enough to play with the big boys anymore.
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