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BYU Cougars (24-6) vs Texas A&M Aggies (22-8) – West Region, Glendale

BYU's strong finish to the regular season, where it won nine of 10 games, allowed the Cougars to surge into a three-way tie for the Mountain West Conference regular-season championship with Utah and New Mexico. The three teams all finished 2-2 against the others. BYU will make its third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, but it will be seeking its first NCAA win since 1993. Three players dominate the statistics for Brigham Young. Lee Cummard, a 6-foot-7 senior, Jonathan Tavernari, a 6-6 junior, and Jimmer Fredette, a 6-2 sophomore, each average more than 31 minutes per game and more than 16 points per game. Tavernari leads BYU with 7.2 rebounds per game, while Fredette averages 4.3 assists per game. Cummard ranks second on the team in both rebounds (6.3) and assists (3.2). BYU opened the season 10-0 before dropping five of its next 10 games. However, after a 94-88 loss at Utah Jan. 27, BYU rattled off five straight wins to jump back into the race for the league championship. After a 75-74 loss at UNLV, BYU closed the regular season with four straight wins. The Cougars were 4-3 against teams in the Top 50 of the RPI, and they did not lose any games to a team outside of the Top 60 of the RPI. In non-conference games, BYU lost to Wake Forest, 94-87, and to Arizona State, 76-75. The Cougars won at Tulsa, 74-68, and defeated Utah State on a neutral court, 68-63. BEST WINS: 68-63 vs. Utah State; 63-50 vs. Utah; 69-59 at San Diego State; 73-62 vs. New Mexico. WORST LOSSES: 76-70 vs. UNLV; 75-74 at UNLV.

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