BYU Men's Basketball: Freshmen Lead Cougars to Complete Game

BYU is gaining momentum.

Traditionally BYU has fallen into the unenviable position of a middling team that beats up on colleges nobody has ever heard of, but losing to anybody with any modicum of national clout.

That's why this win over Oregon was such a good one.

Besides the fact that nobody in the Pac-12 will schedule a home-and-home with BYU and that Brett Kingma was supposed to play basketball in Provo instead of Eugene, this was a good win just for the sake of beating someone known.

Oregon is not a good team. But they are recognized and that goes a long way.

BYU has undergone a shift this year from the players everybody expected to lead the team, to those who have actually done so.

Did Anson Winder come off the court against Oregon? I've only ever seen Jimmer play that much.

Wasn't Brandon Davies supposed to be the anchor underneath the basket?  Who is this Nate Austen guy and how did he haul his 6'11" frame so nimbly so as to be involved on EVERY play?  And what is he doing shooting (and making) three pointers?

Very strange indeed. Yet effective, as BYU stomped Oregon 79-65 on Saturday night on Anson Winder's endurance and ball security and Nate Austin's paradoxical athletic ubiquity.

Charles Abouo was slightly off, as was Brandon Davies, but that's OK because BYU has guys like Stephen Rogers who can hop off the bench and quickly score a bunch.

Everybody is excited for the looming eligibility of Matt Carlino.  What can he possibly add to what we saw today?  It is going to  nice to have someone to spell Anson Winder for a bit I suppose.

BYU is known for their high-flying offense but the Ducks were on the receiving end of a spectacular defensive effort by the Cougars

If BYU can continue to put together multilateral performances such as this one, they are going to make some serious noise, and soon.