For all the arrogant trash talk that BYU basketball fans dish out to us in this rivalry, you’d think they had won ten in a row against us. Actually, we’ve won 6 of the last 11! 6 OUT OF 11.
This is such a gratifying win. BYU w/ their NBA coach, their “lottery” draft picks, all the NIL from Ryan Smith and co., etc. And according to them, us w/ our unskilled team, low quality coach, empty arena, minimal NIL, etc. …and we beat them a second year in a row.
Player of the game was obviously Ausar. Lovering had a great game too (and I bet it would’ve been even better had he not gotten into foul trouble). Those guys missed their free throws though. The guy who won us the game was the most unlikely hero ever: Hunter Erickson. He was clutch. It will be a long time before I hate on him. He has now permanently earned our love. Hit the huge 3 to tie it up. And then went 3-4 from FT to help us win the game at the end.
Utah @ 
Houston .
