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BYU Basketball Reportedly to Face Wisconsin in NCAA Tournament Rematch

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

BYU and Wisconsin will square off again in a rematch of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Cougars and the Badgers will face each other in the Delta Center on November 21st according to a report from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. BYU beat Wisconsin in the second round of the NCAA Tournament back in March. The Cougars escaped with a 91-89 victory after a late rally from Wisconsin cut into the BYU lead. Now, the two programs will rematch in the regular season.
Ranking the 10 Most Impactful Transfers for BYU Football in 2025

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

The BYU football program brought in one of the smallest transfer classes in the Big 12. While the quantity was low, the impact on the field could still be high. Today, we're ranking the 10 transfers we believe will have the biggest impact on the 2025 BYU football season. Author note: we're not considering Hunter Clegg a transfer since he was never in the transfer portal. BYU identified the tight end unit as a position of need after Spring camp.
BYU Football Has Added 11 Four-Star Recruits This Offseason

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

When BYU joined the Big 12, improving on the recruiting trail was one of the top priorities. Coming off an 11-2 season in 2024, the Cougars have taken the on-field momentum and turned it into recruiting momentum. On Wednesday evening, BYU flipped four-star offensive lineman Alai Kalaniuvalu from Oregon. The signing marks the 11th four-star recruit that BYU has added since the end of the 2024 season. To be clear, BYU has added 11 players that were four-star prospects in high school.
BYU Basketball Reportedly Set to Play Against UConn

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

The anticipation of the 2025-2026 BYU basketball season continues to grow. BYU will play against national power UConn in a neutral site game in Boston, according to a report from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. The Cougars and the Huskies are "finalizing" a deal to play a game in TD Garden in Boston on either November 14th or 15th, according to the report. BYU is still putting the finishing touches on the 2025-2026 non-conference slate.
BYU Football Flips Oregon Signee, Four-Star Alai Kalaniuvalu

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

Four-star offensive lineman Alai Kalaniuvalu will be a BYU Cougar after all. On Tuesday, BYU announced the signing of Bishop Gorman star Alai Kalaniuvalu. Kalaniuvalu flipped his commitment from BYU to Oregon back on signing day. It's been a back-and-forth battle between Oregon and BYU since the beginning, but it was BYU won out in the end. Let's go through a timeline of events in Kalaniuvlu's recruitment. He originally committed to Oregon back in June of 2024.
The Big 12 and the ACC Have Reportedly Teamed Up to Endorse a New CFP Format

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

The Big 12 and the ACC have reportedly endorsed a College Football Playoff format, according to a report from CBS Sports. The endorsed format would include just five automatic qualifiers in a 16-team field. Four automatic bids would go to the four conference champions of the Power Four leagues, and one automatic bid would go to the highest-ranked G6 champion.
BYU Football Brought In One of the Smallest Transfer Classes in the Big 12

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

The transfer portal has completely changed the way college football rosters are constructed. Some programs like Colorado have leaned heavily into the portal. Other programs like Clemson have hardly used the transfer portal at all. The best teams in the country have seemingly found ways to not rely too much on the transfer portal. That's the stance the BYU staff has taken over the last two years: use the portal to patch the roster, not construct the roster.
The 2025-2026 BYU Basketball Roster is Nearly Finalized

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

The 2025-2026 BYU basketball roster is nearly finalized. Between the transfer portal, graduation, and the NBA Draft, BYU is losing eight scholarship players from the 2024-2025 team. The Cougars have already backfilled seven of those scholarships and have practically filled up the rotation. Today, we're reviewing the BYU basketball roster as it stands today. BYU will lose four seniors to graduation. Three scholarship players entered the NCAA Transfer Portal and Egor Demin declared for the NBA Draft.
Former BYU Star Puka Nacua is the Highest-Graded Player from the 2023 NFL Draft Class

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

Puka Nacua will go down as the steal of the 2023 NFL Draft. Pro Football Focus released the highest-graded player at every position from the 2023 NFL Draft class. Former BYU star Puka Nacua is not only the highest-graded player at his position, he's also the highest-graded player overall. Nacua was the highest-graded in the NFL last season per PFF. Despite missing multiple games due to injury, Nacua was productive when available in his sophomore season.
Takeaways From Watching McCae Hillstead and Treyson Bourguet at BYU Camps

1 week ago | si.com | Casey Lundquist

On Wednesday, a civil lawsuit was filed against starting BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff accusing him of sexual assault. The purpose of this article is not to debate whether Jake Retzlaff will be available to play or not, or whether he should be allowed to play or not. That will be determined over the course of the next few months. Instead, the purpose of this article will be to look at the BYU quarterback room if Jake Retzlaff can't play.