BYU basketball has played 13 games of ups and downs. Head coach Dave Rose scheduled a balanced slate. The Cougars played tough games and easy ones, games on the road, at home, and at neutral sites. Compiling a 9-4 record, they beat the teams they were supposed to, and lost to the teams favored over them.
Coming into conference play, the dynamics of the BYU basketball team are going to change. They do every year, once they start going up against opponents that know them better. There’s also that feeling of starting afresh with conference play. That can rejuvenate a team to outperform their preseason mark.