December 7, 2006
BYU’s Win Over San Jose St. Says Nothing
Written by: John
Seeing BYU beat San Jose St. was just a give me kind of game. Don’t get me wrong. It was important to win the game and add to that total number of wins at the end of the season. 20 win teams are looked at very favorably come selection Sunday. However, beating San Jose St. says nothing about the quality of the BYU basketball team.
BYU was playing at home in the Marriott center against a road weary San Jose St. team. That should be enough to convince you that this game says nothing. However, look at San Jose St’s roster and you’ll see that they only have two guys at 6’9″ holding down the center spot. No wonder Trent Plaisted scored 20 points and had eight rebounds. Having 2 inches on someone is a huge difference.
Trent played great and deserves credit for that, but San Jose St was completely over matched down low. He’s not going to have that once we start playing conference games. He’s going to be matched up against talented big men that are going to challenge him on every play. Will he perform? It’s yet to be seen, but I do know that he better stay out of foul trouble. Otherwise, it’s going to be a long basketball season for BYU.
What I’m really looking forward to is this Saturday’s game against Michigan State. That’s a game that will say something about the team.
As a Side Note: Did everyone else enjoy seeing that Utah State beat Utah on the final shot?
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