Of course, that game was at the Marriott Center, where — notwithstanding the meltdown against UVU — BYU usually plays with effort, poise and composure. The same cannot be said when coach Dave Rose's relatively inexperienced team hits the road. That was true even though at least half of the crowd, maybe more, was cheering for BYU on Saturday night.
"It is pretty simple," Rose said. "The pattern of our group is that we are a pretty good home team, and then we get out on the road and we get rattled. We get rattled where we don't execute the way we need to execute.