The Marriott Center has been modernized over the years, now boasting the 10th-largest capacity in college basketball. Meanwhile, the Houston basketball team used BYU’s practice gym — not the home team’s arena — to prep for a 7 p.m. tipoff. Marriott Center was remade in a matter of hours into a jam-packed, rollicking college basketball venue. BYU basketball has had historical success, but typically as an unorthodox outsider. The current era already has taken BYU basketball places it probably never expected to be.

Source: New York Times February 14, 2024 18:38 UTC