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It's only
natural for a BYU fan like myself to be cautious in my expectations of BYU Basketball. I had high
hopes for this team, but after some ugly losses to the better programs on our
non-conference slate, I returned to my status quo pessimism.
So it was no surprise that I was worried about
this road contest against the Broncos of Santa Clara. After all, they had
played Duke down to the wire in Durham and given Gonzaga all they could handle.
Also, BYU has been troubled by teams that shoot well from outside and Santa
Clara's Kevin Foster is the WCC's all-time leader in three-pointers made. So
factor that with BYU's slow starts in the last two conference games and you
have the reasoning behind my worries.
These concerns were replaced with a new-found sense of
optimism as the Cougars were able to pull away in the second half and score an 82-64 victory. I came into the game a Debbie Downer and left seeing the glass
half-full. What was the reasoning behind my change of heart? It was the
reminder that Dave Rose is a very good basketball coach.
