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BYU @ Pepperdine preview: Cougars have work remaining (plenty) to get back ...
Daily Herald
Tip-ins: BYU has won both meetings with Portland as league mates, and also won at UP in 2007. ...BYU's on the second game of its only WCC "travel partner" road trip, after losing at Gonzaga (Spokane, Wash.) on Thursday. ...Portland is led by 6-7

 

BYU basketball: Cougars hit road again for game at Pepperdine
Deseret News
Considering all of the snow that's fallen recently in Utah, this picturesque town featuring balmy climes and gorgeous beaches is a pleasant place to be for the BYU basketball team. "It's going to be nice to see some sand for a change," said Cougar ...

 

BYU basketball: Cougars looking for Haws to rediscover shooting touch against ...
Salt Lake Tribune
If there's a word to describe how BYU's Tyler Haws has performed this basketball season after returning from an LDS Church mission to the Philippines last April, it would probably be surprising. Or even amazing. The 6-foot-5 sophomore has easily

 

BYU Basketball: Tyler Haws is used to different defenses
Deseret News
And, yes, the sophomore from Alpine has gone through his share of ups-and-downs. Haws erupted for a career-high 42 points on Dec. 29 against Virginia Tech. Last week at Gonzaga, he scored just one point. Throughout the season, a variety of defenses

 

Underrated Dennis Pitta could be key Sunday
SI.com
Dennis Pitta has been an underrated player in the Ravens' passing game. (Stephan Savoia/AP). NEW ORLEANS — Is Dennis Pitta the most underrated player taking part in Super Bowl XLVII? The Baltimore tight end certainly has to be in the conversation.

 

Super Bowl hero? Dennis Pitta, Randy Moss among candidates
NFL News
It could be Dennis Pitta. He might not be the game's MVP, but given the attention San Francisco's safeties must pay to Torrey Smith, and given Anquan Boldin's ability to beat single coverage, who is going to cover the Ravens tight end? Sure, the 49ers'

 

Senior Bowl look-back at defensive linemen: BYU's Ezekial Ansah stands out ...
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Clearly, the best defensive end during the Senior Bowl practices was BYU's Ezekial Ansah. He gave offensive tackles fits, and you saw that some more in Saturday's Senior Bowl. Ansah is projected to go in the middle of the first round and could be on

 

The table is set; will the Cougars feast?
ksl.com
With recent developments, the BYU football and basketball teams are both being afforded the opportunity to display competitive greatness and at the same time create from the talk of potential the substance of performance. The football team has its new ...

 

LLOYD: BYU men's basketball bouncing on the NCAA tournament bubble
Daily Herald (blog)
SI.com's Andy Glockner was even less impressed with BYU, saying in his most recent Bubble Watch that even though the Cougars have good computer numbers (RPI: 43) they have nothing else to influence the committee. He pointed to BYU having gone 0-6

 

An unlikely friendship: LDS scholar Hugh Nibley and BYU basketball star ...
Deseret News
Cosic came to Provo, Utah, to play basketball at BYU, not knowing he would be enveloped by a bunch of Mormons and isolated from any liquor stores. Although Cosic had an endless number of fans and a spot on the basketball team, he soon decided it was ...

 

BYU track: women's track team heads to top indoor meet at New Balance Invite
Deseret News
Published: Wednesday, Jan. 30 2013 5:37 p.m. MST. Summary. The BYU women's track and field team heads to New York this weekend to compete in the annual New Balance Invitational, one of the most prestigious indoor meets of the year. You might also

 

Dick Harmon: What grade should Tom Holmoe get for BYU schedule?
Deseret News
If you take Jeff Sagarin's computer rankings as a base for a study, and use his ratings from the 2012 season, BYU's 2013 schedule would nearly compare with the simple average of a Big 12 Conference schedule if you eliminated Idaho State. The simple

 

 

 

 

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10 Least Expensive Private Colleges
U.S. News & World Report
Tuition and fees at Brigham Young University—Provo, a private university in Utah, totaled $4,710 for 2012-2013, roughly $24,200 below the average sticker price for a private school and almost $3,500 less than average in-state tuition at public