Although Villanova had already tested its new squad in a pair of exhibition games, Monday night’s matchup against Lafayette marked the team’s official debut, and several new Wildcats made their mark in a 70-38 rout at the Finneran Pavilion.

If you were told before tipoff that BYU would shoot under 40% from the field and under 30% from three against a quality program like Villanova, you’d probably chalk that up as an early-season loss.

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 expectations surrounding the BYU men’s basketball team have arguably never been higher than they are this season with potential 2026 No. 1 NBA Draft pick A.J. Dybantsa in the fold, at least since Jimmer Fredette was torching through the Mountain West as one of the great shooters college basketball has ever seen.

Kevin Willard waited in the Boston Celtics’ staff room as Rick Pitino unloaded after a crushing last-second loss and delivered one of the great rants in ticked-off sports coach history. Pitino’s tirade is remembered and mimicked to this day — how Larry Bird and other Celtics greats weren’t “walking through that door” — a

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A 14-point second-half comeback by Villanova men’s basketball ultimately was not enough, falling to No. 8 Brigham Young University, 71-66, at the Hall of Fame Series in Las Vegas. Villanova (0-1) took on one of the best teams in the country in BYU and its five-star freshman AJ Dybantsa.

The Fairfield Stags will take on the Villanova Wildcats. The teams square off Wednesday for the first time this season.