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[BehindEnemyLines]

Aaaaaand, we get to end the regular season on the road. Again.

 

[89BUFF89]

This is the year I am holding Thad to a higher standard. Be better on the road. Adapt the offense. Finish higher than 5 in PAC. Deeper tourney run. Yes PG is an early question mark but everyone else is back. The talent and depth is there. Let's have a special season.

 

[sackman]

Thad?

 

[Darth Snow]

This is the year I am holding Thad to a higher standard. Be better on the road. Adapt the offense. Finish higher than 5 in PAC. Deeper tourney run. Yes PG is an early question mark but everyone else is back. The talent and depth is there. Let's have a special season.

you lost me 3 words in. I'm going to hold you to a higher standard.

That said, yes, I agree, we should have a better season than we had post Dinwiddie.

 

[J.R. Ewing]

you lost me 3 words in. I'm going to hold you to a higher standard.

That said, yes, I agree, we should have a better season than we had post Dinwiddie.

"This is the"

 

[Darth Snow]

"This is the"

I didn't like how he used that word, ok?

 

[BuffG]

This is the year I am holding Thad to a higher standard. Be better on the road. Adapt the offense. Finish higher than 5 in PAC. Deeper tourney run. Yes PG is an early question mark but everyone else is back. The talent and depth is there. Let's have a special season.

It was a 5 way tie for 3rd. Let's have better standards than "higher than 5."

Also, 3-6 on the road against the PAC is good. Lost 66-65 in OT at CAL. Consider that along with Dinwiddie's injury happening with a solid lead at Udub and you already have a strong road team.

Deep tourney run and top 2 finish in PAC regular season are worthy hopes/standards

 

[wyobuff]

Agreed, winning @ UW and not losing in cal we would have been a 5-4 road team, which is acceptable for me (for now)

Pieces are there, just need to get everyone clicking.

 

[CVilleBuff]

Agreed, winning @ UW and not losing in cal we would have been a 5-4 road team, which is acceptable for me (for now)


Pieces are there, just need to get everyone clicking.

5-4 is very acceptable. After an assumed home loss or two we'd be sitting 13-5 or 12-6 with will almost always give us a bye. It's the 3-6 stuff that has to stop in order for us to reach the next level.

 

[Buffenuf]

Turnaround is only "potential" at Utah right now. I think they'll be good, but they have to do it on the court before I anoint them as a top half team in the conference.

They appear to have done much on the court. Six of their Pac 12 losses (one to the Buffs in Boulder in OT, another was to AZ in OT) were by a combined total of 13 points.

Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2014	6:00 pm	#10 Oregon		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 68–70 [SUP]OT[/SUP]	13,426	11–2 (0–1)
01/04/2014	2:00 pm	Oregon State		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 80–69	14,044	12–2 (1–1)
01/08/2014	9:00 pm	at Washington		Alaska Airlines Arena • Seattle, WA	P12N	L 57–59	3,424	12–3 (1–2)
01/12/2014	5:00 pm	at Washington State		Beasley Coliseum • Pullman, WA	P12N	L 46–49	2,375	12–4 (1–3)
01/16/2014	8:00 pm	USC		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 84–66	9,231	13–4 (2–3)
01/18/2014	2:00 pm	#25 UCLA		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	W 74–69	12,267	14–4 (3–3)
01/23/2014	7:00 pm	at Arizona State		Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 75–79	7,689	14–5 (3–4)
01/26/2014	6:00 pm	at #1 Arizona		McKale Center • Tucson, AZ	FS1	L 56–65	14,545	14–6 (3–5)
02/01/2014	12:00 pm	at Colorado		Coors Events Center • Boulder, CO	P12N	L 75–79 [SUP]OT[/SUP]	9,607	14–7 (3–6)
02/06/2014	7:00 pm	Washington		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 78–69	12,226	15–7 (4–6)
02/08/2014	4:00 pm	Washington State		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 81–63	11,634	16–7 (5–6)
02/13/2014	8:30 pm	at USC		Galen Center • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	W 79–71	3,217	17–7 (6–6)
02/15/2014	3:00 pm	at UCLA		Pauley Pavilion • Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 66–80	9,577	17–8 (6–7)
02/19/2014	8:00 pm	#4 Arizona		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	FS1	L 63–67 [SUP]OT[/SUP]	14,266	17–9 (6–8)
02/23/2014	6:00 pm	Arizona State		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPNU	W 63–86	10,401	18–9 (7–8)
03/01/2014	12:00 pm	Colorado		Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	W 75–64	12,027	19–9 (8–8)
03/05/2014	9:00 pm	at California		Haas Pavilion • Berkeley, CA	ESPNU	W 63–59	8,267	20–9 (9–8)
03/08/2014	12:30 pm	at Stanford		Maples Pavilion • Palo Alto, CA	P12N	L 60–61	6,167	20–10 (9–9)