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It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Arizona State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Arizona State. The BYU Cougars are heading to the NCAA Tournament. They punched their ticket with a win at Arizona on Saturday night. They scored 96 points and roasted the Wildcats’ defense in a […]

University of Arizona athletic director Desireé Reed-Francois is apologizing to BYU basketball for words said in a Saturday game. BYU defeated Arizona basketball 96-95, in an absolute battle. Arizona fans had some salty things to say to the BYU players. Arizona basketball fans apparently used profanity and the word Mormons while screaming at and heckling […]

Although it took a phantom foul call in the final seconds of the game to seal the deal, the BYU Cougars departed the McKale Center with a win over the 19th-ranked Arizona Wildcats on Saturday night, greatly improving the Cougars’ chances of making the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive year. There are plenty of […]

On a day of college hoops that featured massive SEC clashes, the second Saint Mary’s-Gonzaga matchup of the season, and a non-conference showdown at MSG between Duke and Illinois, the game of the day was without question a late-night tip-off between Arizona and BYU. The Wildcats and Cougars combined for 191 points and neither team […]

For the Arizona Wildcats, Saturday night’s Big 12 battle against BYU at McKale Center ended in controversy—and it could have significant implications for their conference tournament seeding. With 3.2 seconds left and Arizona leading 95-94, BYU’s Richie Saunders attempted an off-balance shot in the lane, which fell short and landed in the hands of Tobe […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Arizona prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Arizona. The Arizona Wildcats are trying to set the table for a big March Madness run. Tommy Lloyd had a team which struggled in the first month and a half of the season. After Christmas […]

Kansas basketball (17-9) is stumbling its way toward the dance floor, as they continue their February fall with a stomach-churning 91-57 loss versus BYU (18-8) on Tuesday night. The Jayhawks have now dropped four straight road games and will likely tumble out of the national top 25 rankings. Following a listless outing in Provo, Utah, […]

Bill Self and the No. 23 Kansas Jayhawks suffered a shocking 91-57 defeat to the BYU Cougars. The loss was so bad that it matched a record where the Jayhawks lost by the same margin. The Jayhawks got off to a slow start, only scoring 26 points as they trailed 46-26 at halftime. Unfortunately, they […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas-BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kansas BYU. It is the middle of February. Teams have played close to 25 college basketball games at this point in the season. The NCAA Tournament is still a full month away. Teams are at […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas State-BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kansas State BYU. Kansas State is doing something special. The Wildcats were absolutely awful for the first two and a half months of their season. They were under .500 and seemed to have absolutely […]

Two teams 6-6 in conference play face off as BYU faces West Virginia. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-West Virginia prediction and pick. BYU comes into the game at 15-8 on the year, and 6-6 in conference play, sitting seventh in the Big 12. They opened the year 10-2 […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Cincinnati prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Cincinnati. There are a number of bubble games in college basketball this Saturday, as one should expect in the month of February. We are getting into that part of the year when teams begin to […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Arizona-BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Arizona-BYU. The Arizona Wildcats have turned their season around. This team was barely above .500 in mid-December. Coach Tommy Lloyd was struggling to find a winning formula with this team. The offense was far too […]

Two middle-of-the-pack Big 12 teams face as BYU visits UCF. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-UCF prediction and pick. BYU comes into the game at 14-6 on the year, and 5-4 in conference play. They started the year strong, going 10-2, with losses to Ole Miss and Providence. Still, […]

Baylor recently snuck into the top 25 with a No. 25 ranking, but it won’t be easy to get a win when they hit the road to take on BYU in this matchup. The teams have identical 13-6 records, but the Bears are just 2-4 on the road, while the Cougars are 10-1 at the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Cincinnati-BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Cincinnati-BYU. This game won’t receive banner headlines on a loaded college basketball Saturday, but it’s an extremely important game. It is more important than most of the clashes you will see on a Saturday with […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Colorado prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Colorado. The Tuesday slate in college basketball has a large bunch of games at 7 p.m. Eastern, a smaller cluster of games at 9 p.m. Eastern, and then three late games at 11 Eastern. This […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Utah prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Utah. The big Saturday in college basketball continues with this night game in the Big 12. That’s right. BYU-Utah is now a Big 12 Conference basketball game, not a nonconference game. (In past years, it […]

It is a Big 12 battle on Saturday as BYU faces TCU. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-TCU prediction and pick. BYU enters the game at 10-4 on the year. They opened the year at 5-0 before falling to Ole Miss 96-85. After a win over North Carolina State, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Texas Tech-BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Texas Tech-BYU. The Big 12 might not be as good as the SEC in college basketball, but it figures to be very strong nonetheless in 2025. We got a taste this past weekend of […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Houston. There are a lot of attractive conference games on the first full-service college basketball Saturday of 2025. This rates as one of them. Houston has one of the better defenses in the country and […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Wyoming-BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Wyoming-BYU. There are some huge games on Saturday night in college basketball. Then there are some games which will receive a lot less national attention but will still be eagerly anticipated on a local level. […]

Fresno State has struggled this year, while BYU has been solid to open the year before this game. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Fresno State-BYU prediction and pick. Fresno State is 3-6 entering this game, with no notable wins but big losses to Washington State and San Diego State. […]

Utah Prep forward AJ Dybantsa, the top recruit in the 2025 class, announced his commitment to the BYU basketball program on ESPN’s first take. Dybantsa’s recruitment was high profile of course, being the No. 1 player in his class, and he eventually chose BYU over Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas. It is a big get […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Ole Miss prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Ole Miss. Thanksgiving is a time for a lot of interesting and important college basketball matchups. There is Arkansas-Illinois on Thursday afternoon. This game starts roughly 90 minutes after Hogs-Illini. Bettors should know this […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UC Riverside BYU prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UC Riverside BYU. The BYU Cougars enter a new season with a new coach. Mark Pope took the open head coaching job at his alma mater, Kentucky, and is under pressure to prove […]

It’s good to be a BYU fan these days — with the college’s football team currently undefeated at 8-0 and ranked 9th nationally. Now, there’s huge news on the basketball front too, with the Cougars reportedly a serious contender to land the No. 1 overall high school recruit in the country for the 2025 class, […]

If BYU basketball wants to bring in the AJ Dybantsa, the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2025, they will have to pay up. Dybantsa is expected to land an NIL deal, “north of $3M and could get as high as $4M.” Based on that projection, BYU is prepared between $4 to $4.5 million, […]

Mark Pope and the Kentucky basketball program are revamping their roster for the 2024-25 season. The departure of John Calipari and the 2024 NBA Draft have seen several players make migrate to and from the team. However, Pope and the Wildcats received huge news from former BYU basketball guard Jaxson Robinson on Thursday. Jaxson Robinson […]

BYU basketball just landed one of the biggest prospects in school history. 2025 NBA prospect Egor Demin committed to the Cougars on Tuesday, per ESPN. Demin is considered a possible NBA lottery pick in the 2025 class. Demin is a 6-foot-9 guard who has tremendous size for his position. The prospect is from Russia, and […]

The NCAA transfer portal got yet another entry Saturday, as BYU basketball’s Jaxson Robinson decided to enter his name. Robinson explained the recent change of leadership at the school is a primary reason why he’s testing the waters. “The reason I am entering the transfer portal is because of the new coaching change at BYU,” […]

Mark Pope left the BYU basketball program to take on the head coaching role at Kentucky. As a result, the Cougars were forced to find his replacement. Surprisingly enough, the program pulled off a brilliant move hiring a highly coveted assistant of the Phoenix Suns. The Cougars officially hired Kevin Young as Mark Pope’s replacement […]

The college basketball coaching carousel continues to churn with Mark Pope the latest seismic move to take place. Andy Enfield leaving the USC Trojans to become the head coach at SMU has allowed dominoes of epic proportions to fall in it’s wake. After Eric Musselman left Arkansas for the USC job, the Razorbacks responded by […]

The BYU basketball team has had a rough few weeks since the postseason started. The Cougars had a good first year in the Big 12 and got into the tournament as a six seed, but they were upset in the first round against Duquesne. Then this week, head coach Mark Pope left the program to […]

After an impressive NCAA Tournament run with BYU, Mark Pope is inheriting the Kentucky basketball program from John Calipari. A lot of Wildcats fans have raised their eyebrows at this move but the deal is already done. All they can do now is observe if Lexington would go back to their winning ways with their […]

The Kentucky basketball program is going through a major change in leadership after the departure of John Calipari. The Wildcats have begun a deep search for their next head coach, and BYU basketball’s Mark Pope has emerged as a candidate, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reports. Pope comes to light after Scott Drew dropped out of […]

The Duquesne basketball team copped a special gift from Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. The gift arrived just before the Dukes’ NCAA Tournament matchup against BYU basketball. From a King to the Dukes The players received new pairs of LeBron’s latest shoe, the LeBron XXI, which are grey and blue, perfectly matching the team’s […]

The second game of Thursday is on tap as 11-seed Duquesne faces 6-seed BYU. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Duquesne-BYU prediction, pick, and how to watch. Duquesne comes into the game after a 24-11 season. This is the first time since 1977 that Duquesne is in the tournament. […]

It is the third round of the Big 12 Tournament as BYU faces Texas Tech. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Texas Tech prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. BYU made it into this game by defeating UCF in the second round of the Big 12 tournament. It was a dominating […]