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SpuytenDuyvil76
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Date Posted: 13:32:13 04/02/26 Thu
Whilst continuing to reflect in the glory of Lions WBB - and acknowledge GG's fair and open-mindedness - I think it's fair to say, no one in this tournament was truly prepared for what hit them.
Yes, they saw the scouting reports, read the film, and prepared what they thought to be appropriate stratagems to deal with the Lions. The Lions suffocating, relentless defense and up-tempo offense put all these games away well before the opponents could mount a comeback.
And yes, the Cougars of Brigham Young came closest to achieving an upset when they played true to their come from behind form in the final quarter and went on a terrific tear, stealing the ball and going in for lay-ups, then immediately repeating same.
But as with all the Lion opponents, too little, too late. The Lions got control of the game and proceeded to sink more baskets, on their own and aided by the Cougars last ditch fouling.
It was interesting to hear the commentators on the broadcast say sometime in the 3rd Q that the Lions were clearly better conditioned than BYU, that Cougars couldn't match the pace and were visibly struggling. This point somewhat belied by the aforementioned 4th Q tear by BYU, when Columbia seemed to lose just that much focus and weren't anticipating the onslaught.
The commentators also kept saying that BYU relied too much on "one on one" play, while CU played unselfish team ball.
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