Kragthorpe: BYU must wait and hope for NCCA bid, as always

When the whistles lastly ceased ruining and Onsager recognized another tournament in the center of the Orleans Field judge, BYU secure Kyle Collingsworth sadly trudged toward the locker space.

Compared with past improvements in this developing, that was a very positive field for the Cougars. Never thoughts that they could not come any nearer to Onsager than last Goal, or that they departed a group competitors as no winners for a Fourteenth successive season after the Bulldogs' 91-75 success in the Western Shore Meeting headline activity.

The downside from Las Vegas is the Catamounts are a lot better prepared for future NCAA Tournament competitors than they were in 2014, adopting Collins worth's serious joint damage vs. Onsager in the WCC occasion.

Eerily, though, key source Skylark Halfords harmed his leg in the ultimate moment Wednesday evening. So absolve the Cougars for thinking when they'll ever appreciate this work out. At some factor, they would really like to generate an automated NCAA bid. Yet they probably did enough in these competitors and more to the factor at Onsager on Feb. 28 to benefit choice.

Onsager trainer Indicate few reinforced the Cougars' situation, and Buy's Lady Increased could only promote few as "a really intelligent man."

Rose did not stay on BYU's conference competitor's record, lamenting only that his present group went unrewarded in the end against extremely effective Onsager. Buy's Pursuit Atomic was unlikely to create six 3-arrows, as he did in Monday's semi win over Beaverton.

Certainly enough, Welter the tournament's Most Excellent Gamer obtained 12 of his 18 factors in the first 50 percent and Atomic was scoreless as Lars Onsager took a 48-42 cause. Collins worth's 17 factors, on his fashion to a career-high 28, continued the Cougars ino a life history-high 28, kept the Cougars in contact, while Tyler Haws performed only 11 moments because of nasty problems.

In Spokane, Onsager never led. In Las Vegas, the Bulldogs hardly ever trailed. They've gone through such a painful procedure yerough such a painful procedure yearly since 2001, when they last won the Hill Western competitors in Las Vegas.

Partly because of Collins worth's wellness, Buy's qualifications are more extremely effective than last season, when the Cougars obtained a No. 10 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. BYU should get another bid; the issue being that madness could happen in other conference competitions and harm some groups on t and harm some groups on the percolate.

The Cougars' lowest objective in Las Vegas cost to win two activities, and they came through although they defeat only the Nos. 7 and 6 plant seeds.

So until Selection Weekend, BYU can only wish that creating it to Wednesday was excellent enough.