BYU, Utah and basketball
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The BYU men’s basketball team dropped two spots, from No. 9 to No. 11, in the most recent AP poll.
Not to be outdone by BYU basketball’s Big 3, Bear Bachmeier, LJ Martin and Parker Kingston all chose to run it back with the Cougars
No. 0 BYU takes on the TCU Horned Frogs after Richie Saunders scored 24 points in BYU's 89-84 win over the Utah Utes.
BYU got the nod because its coach, Kevin Young, teaches NBA-style basketball; because Ace and Chelsea, AJ's parents, approved; and, not incidentally, because BYU and/or its surrogates agreed to pay him millions of dollars in startup NIL money to seal the deal. All this was reported a little over a year ago, on Dec. 10, 2024.
What Kevin Young and Alex Jensen said about each other’s programs after their first BYU-Utah matchup
The first rivalry game between the Cougars and Utes this season was a thrilling contest at the Huntsman Center.
Saturday night's rivalry basketball game at the Huntsman Center reminded us that BYU-Utah games are rarely pretty, or non-competitive