San Francisco • Aside from having to catch a flight in between games, BYU’s second road swing of the West Coast Conference season went a lot like its first one.
The Cougars edged Pacific/Pepperdine in close, competitive games, then lost badly at Saint Mary’s/San Francisco two days later.
Coach Dave Rose hinted after Saturday night’s disappointing 82-63 loss at San Francisco that the Cougars got the short end of the stick as far as preparation was concerned when facing the second- and third-best teams in the league.
But the Cougars (4-2, 12-9) looked so overmatched in both routs that they quite likely would not have won if they had a full week to prepare for the Gaels on Jan.