BYU Puts an End to Their 14 Year Drought!

It's kind of hard to believe that the BYU basketball team has not won in Salt Lake City since 1994. Granted, there was the time in the mid to late 90s when the Utes were consistently in the top 25. However; BYU also had some great teams in 2002 and 2003, last year's squad wasn't that bad either. But 14 years? That's a long time. What Bronco did with the football team, Dave Rose is doing with the basketball team. As Bronco would say after every goal the team accomplished, "It's just one more step." The BYU basketball team has been making a lot of steps this year. They lost their starting point guard Rashaun Broadus and freshman Jonathon Tavernari and senior Austin Ainge have more than filled in. They beat New Mexico for the second straight year at "The Pit," almost without effort. They beat a 13th ranked Air Force and they beat Utah in Salt Lake City. All of these are important steps for the team. Coming up this weekend, BYU faces a tough UNLV team that is currently #25 in the nation. Not only is their 27-game winning streak at home on the line, but so is 1st place in the Mountain West. Winning on Saturday will be just one more huge step for BYU. There's plenty more steps to go, and Dave Rose has the team going in the right direction. Right now BYU has a 35 rpi, which puts them in position to get into the NCAA tournament this year. It's about time that football and basketball at BYU returned to the winning tradition. Kudos to Coach Mendenhall and Coach Rose.