Jonathan Tavernari

Woulda/coulda/shoulda.

Rest in peace, Chuck Norris.

BYU Basketball right now:

@For3JT Spot on. “A” for how all of them seem to represent BYU well, regardless of their faiths. Friendly/engaging when my family runs into them. Good men!

My grades for this BYU Basketball season: Staff: B - Defensively this team was often a step behind rotations and missing assignments. - Offensively, not much movement and always 1on1 dependent. - Almost 1/3 of the season without the face of the program & And 2/3 of the season without the main 6th man is incredibly rough - Kevin Young is obviously a master of the craft, the assistants obviously have a great reputation, along with Justin Young, a wizard of the returning game. - Biggest offseason of the KYU era starts today. RWII: B A lot was expected of him, and he delivered a lot of times. However in the biggest stages/moments (Post Richie injury) his play didn’t elevate Richie: A One of one. Had some “bad” games but effort-wise, he never quit. The ultimate Cougar. Heartbreaking ending. AJ: A+ Mount Rushmore of BYU. Enough said. Kennard: C+ Had highs and lows, but overall was inconsistent with his shooting, effort and overall play. Expected much more of him Keba: B Keba had highs and lows, where his highs were high and lows were low, not sure what caused him to fluctuate so much. Played his role well. Kostic: C A lot was said about the sharpshooter from Eastern Europe, and we saw a few tiny flashes from him, but a lot of inconsistent and often a lackadaisical effort Mahailo: C- I had high hopes for the Big Man from Europe, but he often seemed unsure of his offensive play, second guessing his instincts. Mboup: B- Lots of potential. Flourished a lot when the game was made simple. Expect big things from him next season. Mrus: D My biggest disappointment. After being heralded as a shooter, to see him not be the sniper a-la Trevin Knell was disappointing. Diomande: C I had high hopes for him, but he never saw the court. Had some flashes of playing time early and then never found his space. Can he evolve into a reliable wing? Ahmed: D A lot of hyper surrounding the G-Leaguer, but was a big disappointment in the big moments and not someone BYU could count on. Failed experiment. Baker: A- Was headed to an incredible season, but fate wasn’t kind. Massive loss to BYU. JMac: A It’s not easy to have the positive attitude he has had his whole tenure. Found his way to contribute and to fit in. Stanton: No Grade Unsure of what to make of him. Lots of hype out of high school, didn’t see of him to even make a judgement. Does he stay next year? Brody: No Grade Another season ending injury. Potential out of the wazoo and would’ve been a reliable piece to the rotation. What happens next to the former top recruit? Nate P: Another enigma. How would his play have lifted the Cougs. We’ll never know. Season: B A very high salary sheet all around. A disappointing ending. Injuries are easily how you justify the results. Will the investment be there next season? What will this team look like next season? Any big moves?

@For3JT Dave knew how hard it was to make baskets so basket making was his priority on every team.

Utah fans go ahead and mock us and pick on us. 💯 valid. BYU ought to be quiet, take it and that’s it.

Tonight’s the night Utah fans get to celebrate something good in a long time! Enjoy our loss Utah fans! When you can’t win yourself you cheer when your rivals lose! 😂

@For3JT How about this one?

Maybe it’s the irrational confidence I’ve always had, especially on the court.. But these two are about to go on a generational tear between now and April 6th. #FinalFourBound

@bdfagan Lame ass post. I’ll be cheery when the ROI is better than the effort these dudes gave the last 8 weeks.

Pause for a second. BYU basketball is now: -A yearly national title contender -A landing spot for 5 star recruits -The home of one of the sports most respected coaches -A staple of the top 25 -In the Big 12 -Best hoops school in the state by a mile. BYU fans: be disappointed but don’t panic.

Valuable to note that virtually none of the "Mormon wives" are "Mormon" and only a few are even "wives."

@For3JT Poor effort on D and defenders who haven’t played enough high level ball.

4/22 from 3. 16 offensive rebounds given up. Pathetic.

Clean house. Start from scratch. Back to the drawing board.

I had 3 first round exits in my career in the NCAA Tournament and all 3 of them combined cost less than half of this year’s operating budget.

Embarrassing effort. Horrible shooting performance. Completely awful.

My Column: ABC/Hulu ignored all that because they were ok platforming a controversial “Mormon” woman for the ratings under the guise of boss bitch energy, while any collateral damage to the LDS church is a plus.

2/17 from 3. EMBARRASSING.

This is seriously frustrating. BYU works hard and gets 2-3 stops and good shots and then decides that “yeah that’s enough playing the right way.” WHY???

That AJ rebound was unreal.