Fast start - this year especially

We have the talent to make some noise this year, so it is even more important than usual for us to get off to a fast start so that our confidence is established. Beating BYU would be a definite upset, but we at least need to play well and show that we belong on the same court with them. That is our only opportunity for a (somewhat) high-profile win in non-conference play, so we need to win most of the rest of them. And there are some solid teams on our schedule where wins would get the attention of people who really follow college basketball. We, at least, need to think we are pretty good, and have some wins as evidence, when we head into conference play, because we start off with the predicted top two teams on the Belt.