Imagine the sound of a grape, gradually being crushed underfoot. The skin compressing bit by bit, until the juices burst out in a slow, pathetic gurgle. To my mind, that was the sound of BYU basketball’s NCAA hopes Saturday night.
Smashed flat.
After a lackluster first half played at San Diego’s pace, the game was still close. Despite Eric Mika playing one of his most mediocre halves of the season, despite Nick Emery and Eli Bryant barely being on the court due to foul trouble and Yoeli Childs looking lost, it was merely a one score difference.