Kevin Willard probably planned for and schemed plenty as the first-year Villanova coach with some 18 years of college basketball experience prepared for the Wildcats' season opener against No. 8 BYU.

The BYU men's basketball team gets its season officially under way with a big-time game against Villanova in Las Vegas on Monday night.

The Cougars open against Villanova in Las Vegas on Monday night. Why did BYU head coach Kevin Young build a gauntlet of a non-conference schedule? Look at last year, he says.

The Cougars returned two starters from last year's Sweet 16 squad, including leading scorer Richie Saunders, and added a projected NBA draft lottery pick in AJ Dybantsa

UNC basketball lost 78-76 to No. 8 BYU in a preseason exhibition game on Friday, Oct. 24, in Salt Lake City.

During its first two years in the Big 12 Conference, the BYU women’s basketball team has been looking up at the top of the league. The Cougars finished tied for ninth in 2023-24 with a 6-12 record and was 4-14 (tied for 12th) last season.

BYU’s AJ Dybantsa already had a pretty good idea of the energy basketball fans in Las Vegas provide as he prepared for his collegiate debut.

Broadcast details were released for November 15 college football games and BYU-TCU will kickoff at 8:15 MT on ESPN in Provo. BYU-UConn basketball tips off the same day in Boston at 5:00 MT on FOX, which ensures that the two games will not overlap.