Toward the end of his postgame news conference, Rose had been asked about the prospects of playing West Coast Conference-leading Saint Mary’s again, this time on the Gaels’ own floor at the stuffy sweat box known as McKeon Pavilion.
“My thoughts right now are that we need to have a good week of practice,” Rose said. “We battled them pretty good [in Provo on Dec. 30], but there are lots of things we can do better so we can execute over there and make a game of it.”
Saint Mary’s (8-0, 19-2) downed BYU 74-64 in overtime after Zac Seljaas’ 3-point attempt missed at the end of regulation.