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BYU basketball: 3 things left to enjoy in the Cougars’ season

By Adam Andreason

Dec 10, 2016; Provo, UT, USA; Brigham Young Cougars guard TJ Haws (30) shoots the ball over Colorado Buffaloes guard Josh Fortune (44) during the second half at Marriott Center. Brigham Young won 79-71. Mandatory Credit: Chris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 10, 2016; Provo, UT, USA; Brigham Young Cougars guard TJ Haws (30) shoots the ball over Colorado Buffaloes guard Josh Fortune (44) during the second half at Marriott Center. Brigham Young won 79-71. Mandatory Credit: Chris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports /
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With another subpar road game performance losing to Santa Clara, BYU basketball’s at large tourney dreams just got a rude awakening. So what to look forward to now?

Pop. Fizzle. Crack. Whiff. Snap. Pick your onomatopoeia, but it all means that BYU basketball’s NCAA at large hopes just dried up. As they dropped the game vs Santa Clara Thursday night, they sure weren’t giving a lot of sizzle, whoosh, or swish.

The terrible 3-point shooting from early in the season returned. Worse, inconsistency defending the perimeter reared it’s ugly head. Add to that some uncharacteristic turnovers, and BYU’s doom was inevitable. The Cougars just haven’t found out how to win on the road this year, and at this point, it seems unlikely that they will.

So what’s left? If you’re unwilling to pretend you were never much of a fan in the first place, anyway, and hide in your room playing Minesweeper, it’s time to grasp at new things to look forward to through the rest of the season. Here are three that you can latch onto while you wait for the sting to subside.

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