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Deseret News: Moses Kaumatule commits
Bingham High junior defensive lineman Moses Kaumatule committed to sign with BYU as part of the Cougar class of 2011 today after he and his family visited with Bronco Mendenhall, according to his high school coach Dave Peck.
Kaumatule, 6-1, 235 pounds, had 49 tackles and 5.5 sacks this past year for Bingham and had seven tackles and a sack in the state championship game against Davis.
He is the third junior at Bingham to commit to BYU. Others include running back Manoa Pikula and defensive end Baker Pritchard. The Cougars also have a commitment from Pleasant Grove middle linebacker Austin Heder, giving BYU five recruits for 2011 class.
about 11 hours ago
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Blogging the Bracket: Bracketology Update
BYU is now a projected 4-seed (playing 13-seed Kent State). New Mexico is also now a 4-seed and UNLV a 6-seed. Wisconsin replaced BYU as a 3-seed...
This is all shaping up rather oddly: North Carolina and Connecticut to the NIT? The Pac-10 with just one-bid (Cal)?
about 16 hours ago
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"No matter when the bye comes, you treat it as if it’s the very best time to have the bye because you have no control over it. We need to get ourselves back in a position to where we’re playing better. We can do that with a little work this week."
about 16 hours ago
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Cougars drop from 12th to 17th in polls
by sroufe on Feb 8, 2010 11:58 AM PST
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BYU fell from 12th to 17th in today's updated Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN polls. As expected, UNLV is now ranked 23rd (AP) and 25th (Coaches') respectively. The Cougars' five spot slide isn't too bad considering the disaster that was Saturday's game in Las Vegas. The next three games - Air Force, and at CSU and Wyoming - should allow BYU to regain a spot or two. Of course, a home win over New Mexico would do wonders as well...
For the first time ever, the MWC has three ranked teams with New Mexico now 15th (AP) and 19th (Coaches'). That's three more than the PAC-10. The MWC three schools are tied for the conference lead - each with 7-2 records. With four losses in conference play, San Diego State is no longer close to being ranked. The Aztecs are clearly part of the top-4 teams in the MWC however, and will play a large part in determining who will win overall.
Here's how the MWC's top 4 teams will battle it out through the rest of February:
BYU: Still play New Mexico and San Diego State - in Provo. The Cougars have no more games with UNLV.
UNLV: Will play New Mexico in Las Vegas on Wednesday (2/10) but also travel to San Diego on Saturday (2/13).
New Mexico: Play UNLV and BYU on the road but are done with the Aztecs.
San Diego St.: Play the Rebels at home but BYU on the road.
Of the four schools, New Mexico obviously has the toughest remaining schedule having to travel to both Provo and Vegas. The Lobos also have to visit Salt Lake. Actually, in the end it may be the Utes that separate the teams at the top because BYU and UNLV must still travel there as well.
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"[Utah] just had a bad vibe about it. It didn’t seem like I could spend my next four years there. Their players were cocky and their coaches were cocky. Confidence is good, but being cocky is another thing, and they cross the line."
"The whole time I was there they spoke smack about BYU. I didn’t know if they were trying to recruit me to Utah or just make sure I didn’t go to BYU. It got old."
"When I went [to BYU] it felt like the right place. Everyone was a big family, and no one else had that family atmosphere, and obviously they’re good at football."
about 17 hours ago
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Official 2010 Non-Conference Football Schedule
Released today via BYU Athletics...
Sat. Sept. 4 - Washington
Sat. Sept. 18 - @ Florida State
Sat. Sept. 25 - Nevada
Fri. Oct. 1 - @ Utah State
2 days ago
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Rebels' monster first half dooms Cougars
by sroufe on Feb 6, 2010 3:22 PM PST
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UNLV came into today's game shooting 31.3% from three on the year. Lon Kruger's best player this season, Tre'von Willis, was averaging 27.2% from deep before Saturday.
UNLV came into the second half shooting 91.3% from three on the year. Lon Kruger's best player this season, Tre'von Willis, raised his three-point shooting percentage to 97.2% on the season during the first half.
At least that's how it seemed. Too little, too late for BYU. Playing the Rebels again come MWC Tournament time just got even more interesting. Now then...
Of the remaining seven games on the pre-tourney schedule, three are in Provo. It doesn't matter who the Cougars are playing (AFA, SDSU, UNM) - if BYU can beat UNLV at the Marriott Center they can win all three of those games. That's 25 wins overall. Furthermore, each of the remaining road games (CSU, Wyoming, Utah and TCU) are very winnable contests, with the Utes likely the most legitimate threat. That's at least 27 wins before the MWC tourney where they should pick up at least one more win.
28 wins is realistic and would probably allow the Cougars to be seeded between 3 and 5 come mid-March. Only a select few teams will have 28 wins when "Selection Sunday" arrives (and to be less than a 5-seed there would obviously have to be at least 20 teams with 28 wins or higher RPI's or both). By "select few" I mean less than the 20 it would take to push the Cougars to be a 6-seed or lower.
In short, this ship ain't sunk.
Next: Air Force - Saturday, February 13th
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Open GameThread: Cougars vs. Rebels
by sroufe on Feb 6, 2010 9:00 AM PST
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GAME PREVIEW - BYU Athletics
A lot on the line for Cougs in Vegas showdown - Daily Universe
BYU Basketball on track to have ‘the best season' - Daily Universe
Davies out as Cougars get ready for UNLV - ABC 4
Davies out for up to two weeks - Salt Lake Tribune
Fredette snubbed from finalists for Cousy Award - ESPN
GO COUGARS!!!
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Cougars Football Schedule
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Oklahoma
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Sat 09/05 | W 14 - 13 |
| @ Tulane | Sat 09/12 | W 54 - 3 |
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Florida St.
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Sat 09/19 | L 28 - 54 |
| Colorado St. | Sat 09/26 | W 42 - 23 |
| Utah State | Fri 10/02 | W 35 - 17 |
| @ UNLV | Sat 10/10 | W 59 - 21 |
| @ San Diego St. | Sat 10/17 | W 38 - 28 |
| TCU | Sat 10/24 | L 7 - 38 |
| @ Wyoming | Sat 11/07 | W 52 - 0 |
| @ New Mexico | Sat 11/14 | W 24 - 19 |
| Air Force | Sat 11/21 | W 38 - 21 |
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Utah
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Sat 11/28 | W 26 - 23 |
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Oregon St.
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Tue 12/22 | W 44 - 20 |
Mountain West Conference Standings
(updated 1.4.2010 at 10:13 PM PST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
| TCU Horned Frogs | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
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BYU Cougars
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7 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
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Utah Utes
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6 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Air Force Falcons | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Wyoming Cowboys | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| UNLV Rebels | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| San Diego St. Aztecs | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| New Mexico Lobos | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| Colorado St. Rams | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
Cougars Basketball Schedule
Next 5 Games
| Air Force | Sat 02/13 | 3:00 PM PST |
| @ Colorado St. | Wed 02/17 | 5:00 PM PST |
| @ Wyoming | Sat 02/20 | 3:00 PM PST |
| San Diego St. | Wed 02/24 | 6:05 PM PST |
| New Mexico | Sat 02/27 | 1:00 PM PST |
Last 5 Games
| @ UNLV | Sat 02/06 | L 74 - 88 |
| TCU | Tue 02/02 | W 76 - 56 |
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Utah
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Sat 01/30 | W 82 - 69 |
| @ New Mexico | Wed 01/27 | L 72 - 76 |
| @ San Diego St. | Sat 01/23 | W 71 - 69 |
Mountain West Conference Standings
(updated 2.6.2010 at 11:21 PM PST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
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| W | L | W | L | |
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BYU Cougars
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7 | 2 | 22 | 3 |
| New Mexico Lobos | 7 | 2 | 21 | 3 |
| UNLV Runnin Rebels | 7 | 2 | 19 | 4 |
| San Diego St. Aztecs | 5 | 4 | 16 | 7 |
| Colorado St. Rams | 5 | 4 | 14 | 9 |
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Utah Utes
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3 | 5 | 10 | 12 |
| TCU Horned Frogs | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| Wyoming Cowboys | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| Air Force Falcons | 1 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
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