Both BYU and Utah have some "traitors" on their rosters, as Cougars coach Kevin Young said. That will only make Saturday's rivalry game that much more interesting.

It’s been a less than encouraging start to Big 12 play for BYU. After an opening win over Arizona State, the Cougars have been manhandled by Houston and taken down at home by Texas Tech. Kevin Young’s squad is 1-2 against conference foes thus far, with the latest Bracketology projections leaving them out of the tournament field.

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Returning talent Richie Saunders leads the Cougars in scorer with 12.9 points per game as he's made his transition from the bench to the starting lineup in 13 games, and Fousseyni Traore has perhaps been BYU's most consistently player while averaging 10.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game primarily off the bench.

In the program’s first conference clash against Utah since 2011, BYU suffered a 73-72 overtime loss to the Runnin’ Utes Saturday night in Salt Lake City. Once again, BYU fell short both on the road and late in the second half.

Granted, the outlier, T-Rank, is operated by the respected analytics practitioner Bart Torvik. But algorithms aside, the Cougars (11-5) have a steep climb into March Madness in their first year under coach Kevin Young.

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BYU basketball coach Kevin Young is still tinkering with his starting lineup and player combinations midway through his first season in Provo

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Perhaps it was fitting. One of the first people that got the opportunity to congratulate Kevin Archer for achieving his 300th career head coaching win on Friday was a man who had earned his 400th career victory earlier this season.

After beating Texas, Tennessee head basketball coach Rick Barnes addressed Longhorns freshman Tre Johnson. Barnes shut down comparisons between Johnson and former Texas superstar Kevin Durant, who Barnes coached in the 2006-07 season when he was coaching the Longhorns.

Utah rivalry isn't as heated as football, there will be plenty of emotions and hype for Saturday's showdown in Salt Lake City.