#12 Oregon vs BYU

4UK

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Remember to pick BYU for the upset come NCAA tourney time. Barcello is the kind of player that goes off in the tournament.
Be careful what you wish for. If they can, they'll match up BYU and UK for the "story" of Pope coaching against his former team.
 
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TheDude73

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Meanwhile, nail biter for Michigan at home vs. unranked Seton Hall. I call SH the winner with 10 seconds left and the lead....
 
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How about these Cougars. Theyve run Oregon out of the gym. Great play by guy to save ball as hes headed towards out of bounds by sending a backwards bounce pass toa teammate for an easy dunk. Pretty play.
 

Cowtown Cat

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Hope so, he would be a great replacement candidate down the line. If he can build up a resume in the next 8-10 years.
Yeah, I’m starting to really think so as well. The fan base would most definitely accept him. Seems to be a great basketball mind. Hopefully, UK goes with the best replacement and doesn’t worry about the “optics”. If that’s the case, Pope might get a hard look.
 
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Well with the spanking that unranked BYU put on #12 Oregon we will definitely move up in the rankings if we take care of business Friday night. Mark Pope is getting it done how about him taking over one day when Cal hangs it up?
 
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bthaunert

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Apr 4, 2007
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I’ve always been a Mark Pope fan. Such a great team player on that 96 squad. As for him at UK, I need to see some tournament success (he’s 0-1 in the NCAA tournament) before he would even be considered.
 

Monroe Claxton

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Pitino coaching tree is in full bloom with Pope at BYU, Macron at UCLA, and Herb Sendek at Seaton Hall
 

revcort

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I was wondering how Howard would do with a bunch of young guys, well, this is a pretty good example and expected honestly. I know Michigan fans were loving that great recruiting class, but having a young talented team is not all it's cracked up to be.
Yep, especially not early in the season. You're referring to the Michigan-Seton Hall game here. That was a big win for Seton Hall, and Michigan did let that one slip away.

As for BYU destroying Oregon, that was almost shocking. I heard one of the commentators say that Oregon will still be in the conversation at the end of the season in the NCAA-T. I suppose he may be right but what I saw last night was a team with very little skill and even less fight.
 

bbnkat02

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Hope so, he would be a great replacement candidate down the line. If he can build up a resume in the next 8-10 years.
Would love to hire him as an assistant and then move him right on up. Be nice to have an actual transition for once.
 

bbnkat02

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Yep, especially not early in the season. You're referring to the Michigan-Seton Hall game here. That was a big win for Seton Hall, and Michigan did let that one slip away.

As for BYU destroying Oregon, that was almost shocking. I heard one of the commentators say that Oregon will still be in the conversation at the end of the season in the NCAA-T. I suppose he may be right but what I saw last night was a team with very little skill and even less fight.
These early games have show, you come to play or you get sent packing.

Bad news is that parity is huge right now.

Good news is it’s early and a loss like that doesn’t end your world.

Huge win for Pope and crew.
 

yoshukai

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Would love to hire him as an assistant and then move him right on up. Be nice to have an actual transition for once.
Surely you aren’t serious. He’s not leaving a head coaching job at BYU for an assistant coaching job here . Can you even name ANYONE in college basketball that left a head coaching job ANYWHERE to take an assistant coaching job at ANYPLACE ? That’s just crazy talk .