Las Vegas • After BYU was handed another humiliating defeat in a college basketball season full of them late Saturday night, senior forward Luke Worthington was actually asked if the Cougars were aware in the middle of the West Coast Conference tournament game that they were getting routed by epic proportions.
Also big are BYU’s problems as coach Dave Rose’s program misses the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year after seventh-seeded San Diego eliminated them 80-57 at Orleans Arena in a game that actually wasn’t that close, if that’s imaginable.
Legitimate questions regarding the program’s future abound, but Rose dismissed them in the wee hours Sunday morning, instead complaining about the tournament format and praising USD’s play and senior leadership.