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Show JTBE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Friday, December 12, 2008 BYU still not on the road to perfection wholeheartedly envy BYU fans. What goes through the minds of these thousands upon thousands of Cougars? It's an unsolvable question that constantly clouds my thought process. The beauty of being a fan of the navy blue and creamy white is truly in the eye of the beholder. So, what has left me in complete and constant awe of this Utah County contingency? A bulletproof, foolproof and Uteproof logic of supremacy, invincibility and flawlessness. BYUJs men's basketball team has done something that its football team • couldnM:—eclipse a record of 6-0. Dave Rose and his Cougars are 9-0 after whipping the Boise State Broncos out of the Marriott Center, 94-56. It's what we, as students at the U, have grown accustomed to for a painful amount of time. The Chants of "perfection" and "unbeatable" have begun to rumble from of the^buth once again. After enduring a couple months of Lou Holtz's complaining about the early-season praise of Bronco Mendenhajl and BYU's national championship aspirations—cough—the state of Utah has hopped on the bandwagon of BYU's most notorious thug,.Lee Cummard, GQ wannabe Jonathan Tavernari and the pride of Glens Falls, NY., Jimmer Fredette. Make no mistake, BYU is and has been a very respectable and evergrowing basketball program in a decent Mountain West Conference. They are 9-0, compared to hated counterpart Utah, who is now 5-3, and the Cougar I CHRIS KAMRANI basketball team is beginning to exhibit the same overblown pride as the gridiron righteousness of football players Austin Collie, Dennis Pitta and not-sorighteous Max Hall. BYU's basketball team will prove that Provo is a hard place to emerge victorious. So, with all the facts laid out as straight as University Avenue, BYU is in fact having an impressive year. Like it or not, the trio of Cummard, Tavernari and Fredette is good—damn good. Because of the damned-goodness, the Cougars are unbeaten once again. A 01-27 second-half obliteration against the Broncos on Wednesday night was what caused the undefeated drum to be beat once again. Similar to the Cougars' 10-2 football squad, Rose's crew has played a schedule about as easy as finding "Pac-Man" Jones at a strip joint. Through the first nine games, Long Beach State, Rice, Northern Florida and Cal Poly have been the nonconference foes that BYU has defeated heading into a more-than-impressive MWC this season. Aside from the visit to Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 20 to face ranked Arizona State and a visit from perennial ACC powerhouse Wake Forest on Jan. 3, what other quality .teams will the Cougars play? Bada-bing, bada-boom. In turn, what makes Cougar fans that ecstatic over regular-season domination? It's simple—postseason aspiration endeavors haven't been successful since Danny Ainge graced the Marriott Center hardwood. The same can be said of Mendenhall's bunch. Anyone recall the Heisman curtain calls after Hall devoured UCLA 59-0 or Jake Locker "broke" the rules as the Cougs escaped Seattle by the skin of their teeth against a Huskies squad that eventually went 0-12? The longest home winning streak in the nation lies within the alleys of Provo at 52 consecutive wins. Cougar . alumni and the current student body could, in fact, wholeheartedly believe this squad has the chance to run the table. I have heard it, and from more than one Coug, too. A more-than-fair warning to BYU fans: the cute arrogance of Tavernari or the Ginobili-ness of Cummard will hold no weight against the lilces of Sun Devil sophomore James Harden and a line of 25 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Ditto for Deamon Deacon guard Jeff Teague, who is a regular on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays. This is no homer article for the Utes. They are 5-3 and deserve to be 5-3 with their play. But one cannot argue, on any level, the difference in opponents Utah and BYU have faced off against this year. A 38-point victory against the second-best team in the WAC is just peachy, but as the ancient proverb states, pride comes just before the fall. c.kamrani@chronicle.utah.edu ERRORS the season, with their only win coming against Chicago continued from Page 6 State. Like Utah, the Broncos have had problems putting up roughly seven turnovers more points and taking care of the a game than its opponents, and ball. The Broncos only average has the worst assist-to-turnover 52.3 points per game and have a turnover margin of -11.1. ratio in the conference at 0.55. If Santa Clara does have a However, there was light at the end of the tunnel in the strength, it is rebounding. They Utes' last game. In the first half average 40 rebounds a game, against Westminster, Utah only seven more than their oppocommitted five turnovers and nents. Lena Gipson is the team's had 14 assists—terrific numbers leading scorer and rebounder, considering the Griffins thrive currently averaging a doubleon forcing their opponents into double with 13 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. throwing the ball away. Santa Clara is even more "I thought we showed good focus," Elliott said. "We had turnover-prone than the Utes, decent one-on-one intensity of and the bench shouldn't have to trying to get our jobs done. We score much at all to keep Utah didn't force things and handled ahead. And while the Broncos are a good rebounding team, the press extremely well." In order for the team to reach Utah's frontcourt combination its full potential and compete of Whipple, Katie King and for the Mountain West crown, Sawyer should be more than both areas will need to see im- enough to handle Gipson. If the Utes can give Louisville's Ailprovement. As for their next test, the American Angel McCoughtry Utes shouldn't have too much fits, thentGipson shouldn't pose to worry about. The Santa much of a threat. q.wilcox@chronicle.utah.edu Clara Broncos stand at 1-8 on BASKETBALL put up any points. But in a game against a top five team, starting a senior—and a scorer at that— might be the way to go. Kepkay is averaging a little more than 10 points per game this season, making a huge impact in big games. He was the leading scorer with 23 points against Oregon and put up 17 against CaL m.villano@chronicle.utah.edu continued from Page 6 He stuck with the role of pulling Kepkay off the bench against Cal, allowing him to check out thefloorbefore heading out. Boylen claimed that he was happy with Tavita's performance, even though he didn't GYMNASTICS continued from Page 6 key players from last year's team—including the most decorated gymnast in Utah history, Ashley Postell—some to graduation and others to injury, the Red Rocks have been left shorthanded, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. "This year, we have a smaller team and there are no stars," Deetscreek said. "We all have to pull our own weight and be ready because anyone can be called on at any moment if someone gets hurt." , But it seems the team is closer than ever. If they're not pushing each other in practice, then many of the girls are hanging out outside of the gym and the camaraderie on the team really shows that. "We all have a common goal for the end of this season," Deetscreek said. MAnd all our personalities have really clicked so everybody wants each other to do well. We're feeling pretty confident (the preview) will show us what we need to work on still." 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