And BYU loses in the 1st round as a 6 seed. If that doesn’t show we need to open up the checkbook for Stokes not sure what does!
7 million and a top 3 pick
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LoOk hOw MuCh bEtTeR ByU gOt WhEn ThEy LoSt CoAcH PoOp 
They lost their second best player in Saunders.
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Yep. It would be like if we lost Oweh. We wouldn’t even be a tournament team.
Whatever stupid amount of money we spent locking down Oweh and Garrison would've been better spent on Dybansta.
None of our injuries equate to Saunders.
BYU doing BYU things. For the most part, it seems like they are good enough to get in the tournament, but usually don't stay long.
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As long as we’re not blowing 40% of our entire budget on a freshman I’m good. That’s like 3 really good seniors for 7 million.
Correct. Our injuries are much more severe. I’m assuming y’all didn’t care to look at Evan Miya’s chart that shows no one has performed even close to the level we have at our severity level with injuries. But it didn’t fit the narrative so it won’t be bothered with.
If $22 million earned a 14 loss season, I'm not sure that spending less is the way to go either.
Pope needs to get players who fit his system. Lowe is not a Pope system guy. Neither is Jasper, Mo D, Garrison, etc.
As for the AJ/BYU argument, AJ was really the only great player on the court for either team. He was worth the money. They just didn't have much of a team around him once Saunders went down.
Pope needs to get players who fit his system. Lowe is not a Pope system guy. Neither is Jasper, Mo D, Garrison, etc.
As for the AJ/BYU argument, AJ was really the only great player on the court for either team. He was worth the money. They just didn't have much of a team around him once Saunders went down.
Nice try.
Changed your profile pic and it threw me off.
I think spending 7 million for a freshman is dumb personally
I was told by many on here that injuries don't count.
Says the leader of the "injuries don't matter" crew.
You have to be kidding.
Saunders was more important to BYU than Lowe and Kam combined for us.
JQ I won't even count.
I think typing in larger font than everyone else indicates a psychotic personality.
I guess it depends on the freshman. Anthony Davis, yes. Stokes, no. I think Stokes is more in that $4 million range, but I'm sure some program would offer him more.
We lost our starting point guard. Heck, he was our only pg.
Jeez, JQ was a lottery pick, he was probably going to end up being our BEST player.
But also, I heard on here that Oweh sucks, so now that we're trying to make excuses for BYU, Oweh is great, because losing Saunders is as important as losing Oweh. So now, Oweh is good? Got it.
I don't really count losing JQ. Dude was injured before he came here, and only played 5 games when he finally did heal.We lost our starting point guard. Heck, he was our only pg.
Jeez, JQ was a lottery pick, he was probably going to end up being our BEST player.
But also, I heard on here that Oweh sucks, so now that we're trying to make excuses for BYU, Oweh is great, because losing Saunders is as important as losing Oweh. So now, Oweh is good? Got it.
Lowe was a big loss. Probably cost us 3 wins this season.
How does that prove anything, BYU had the number one player in the country coming out of high school and paid him well, yet they lost.
And they lost 1 guy, we lost 3. Our lottery pick played, what, 3 games? Is Saunders a lottery pick?
The pg is the most important position on the floor, we had 1 and he's gone.
With our three guys fully healthy all year, we're a much better team.
I just knew we were giing to have people in here using the inury excuse and trying to justify it. Saunders isn't Michael freaking Jordan.
The fact that Saunders is BYU’s second best player is the reason they are a first round NCAA team.
Doomers doin’ some serious backtracking 
The plan was for him to play the 2nd half the year, it is the very definition of a loss. He played 5 games, it's not like he didn't play at all.
He was expected to be a big part of this team. Pope rolled the dice and came up snake eyes. Wish he didn't roll those dice.
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I would rather put the money together for a buyout… but that’s me
Lowe has never been a great guard throughout college. He may be a PG, but a ball hog at that. Kam was coming into his own before his injury.
If JQ was a lottery pick, he certainly isn't now. It is a miracle he played at all. Still a waste of money.
I love including the guy injured when he was recruited and who likely quit
Look we need Stokes,if we don't get him,people will be going ,look another miss,If we get him ,we can still put people around him
We lost 3 of our top 8
Freaking Post of the Year lol
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A bad defensive , bad shooting PG in Lowe, no sir, we were better with Aberdeen at PG once he got used to being the starting pg.We lost our starting point guard. Heck, he was our only pg.
Jeez, JQ was a lottery pick, he was probably going to end up being our BEST player.
But also, I heard on here that Oweh sucks, so now that we're trying to make excuses for BYU, Oweh is great, because losing Saunders is as important as losing Oweh. So now, Oweh is good? Got it.
2024/25 stats:
Lowe:
16.8 ppg
5.5 apg
1.8 spg
Saunders:
16.5 ppg
1.6 apg
1.2 spg
Game/set/match
I'll take 17ppg and 5.5 apg out of.my.pg any tine. I don't know why he gets such a bad reputation on here.
Y'all say losing Saunders is worse than losing our 3 guys, that's laughable. If you go off last years stats, Lowe was easily the better player.
So now, take BYU's best big and best stretch 4 off their team too, do they even make the tournament? Doubt it.
And yeah, JQ isn't a lottery pick.now, because sh*t didn’t go right with his knee, but he was expected to make a full recovery and play. He was supposed to he our best center, so it is a massive loss for us.