All of those statements describe last year’s BYU basketball squad in the minds of most fans. It was the Cougars’ second straight year missing out on the NCAA Tournament, littered with head-scratching losses that have become the calling card of the WCC era for BYU basketball.
Expectations were sky-high going into the season. It was first year of the much-hyped Lone Peak Three, with Eric Mika and TJ Haws returning from missions to suit up alongside Nick Emery.
But if you’re BYU basketball, you don’t lose at home to UVU, on the road at San Diego, Santa Clara, and Pepperdine, and get run out of the Orleans Arena by 31 points at the hands of St.