{"id":13170,"date":"2025-07-16T03:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13170\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T03:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:01:04","slug":"byu-basketball-schedules-a-third-contest-to-be-played-in-the-delta-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13170\/","title":{"rendered":"BYU basketball schedules a third contest to be played in the Delta Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5c\">With every passing day, we crawl that much closer to the most <a href=\"https:\/\/lawlessrepublic.com\/byu-basketball-among-the-top-5-schools-to-win-first-national-championship-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">highly anticipated season of BYU basketball<\/a>. Ever. With legitimate top-tier talent populating every inch of the depth chart, Kevin Young has assembled a squad that &#8212; at least on paper &#8212; is poised to compete with the very best the college basketball world has to offer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5f\">Yes, I&#8217;m excited.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">So, with the approaching season now only a few months away, the final schedule is taking shape. The most recent news is that of a third contest in the Utah Jazz&#8217;s Delta Center, set to complete the holy trinity of SLC-set basketball with already-announced matchups against the North Carolina Tar Heels (in a preseason exhibition format) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lawlessrepublic.com\/byu-basketball-lines-up-a-delta-center-march-madness-rematch-with-wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wisconsin Badgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">The third and final neutral site game will be against Cal Baptist on December 3rd.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BYU will play Cal Baptist in the Delta Center December 3 &#8212; that is the third Delta Center game BYU was working on.<\/p>\n<p>3 games in the Delta Center: UNC (exhibition), Wisconsin, Cal Baptist<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby McCombs (@rtmccombs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtmccombs\/status\/1945241601514578247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">The Lancers finished third in the WAC last season with a 17-15 record, nearly stealing a season-defining win on the road against 23rd-ranked San Diego State. This will be a buy game for the Cougars, and one they&#8217;ll be expected to dominate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">Cal Baptist&#8217;s name will add some buffer to an already star-studded non-conference gauntlet for Kevin Young&#8217;s squad, as they&#8217;re set to face <a href=\"https:\/\/lawlessrepublic.com\/byu-basketball-will-open-next-season-with-a-top-tier-matchup-thanks-to-aj-dybantsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Villanova<\/a> on opening night before facing the ever-dangerous <a href=\"https:\/\/lawlessrepublic.com\/byu-basketball-slots-potential-top-10-matchup-in-non-conference-schedule-uconn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UConn Huskies<\/a>. With Wisconsin and UNC also slotted to face AJ Dybantsa, Richie Saunders, Rob Wright III, and the loaded Cougars roster, this team will be expected to perform as a battle-tested and well-prepared unit for competition in the Big 12 Conference and a run through March Madness.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">Maybe Cal Baptist&#8217;s is a name that strikes less anxiety into your soul, but every contest is one step closer to title contention.<\/p>\n<p>More BYU Cougars News:<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With every passing day, we crawl that much closer to the most highly anticipated season of BYU basketball.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-13170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}