Utah vs. BYU- 5:00PM ET
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**8** MWC Game of the Year!
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BYU/UTAH 5pm et- <>In my opinion BYU should have beaten this Utah team in the last game. They lost the game despite out playing the Utes. They lost in OT 94-88, but shot better from the field, beyond the arch and played better team defense forcing 15 TO's compared to the 9 they gave up. It was the two categories that they were out played in that forced the loss and one was really not in their control. First they were out rebounded by 8, and BYU owns a +7 rebound margin at home so they should rebound the ball much better here tonight. Utah was also fortunate enough to get to the FT line 18 more times than BYU and when they did get there they knocked down their shots 31-40 compared to BYU's struggles 13-22. BYU and refs basically gave Utah 18 free points. That is something I do not feel will be in Utah's favor here today. Utah on the road is getting to the line just 16.8 times and their opponents are getting their 21 times. BYU at home is about even at getting their 18 times and their opponents about the same. I can not see a huge advantage again here for Utah and with BYU playing with revenge at home with the 1st place team in the conference there is no reason not to take BYU. Oh that reminds me, BYU with revenge this year played at New Mexico they lost by 19 and then played New Mexico recently at home and beat them by 11. This team knows how to buckle down and get a big win in a situation like this.
Take BYU -5.5 MWC GOY- (8** PLAY)<>
