Three days after getting schooled by arguably the best defensive basketball team in the country, No. 14 Houston, coach Kevin Young’s BYU Cougars face the best shooting squad in the nation Tuesday as Texas Tech visits the Marriott Center for a 7 p.m. Big 12 clash.
“BYU has a dynamic offense and great size and length at multiple positions. They also have great experience. We’re going to be playing against them in one of the greatest atmospheres in the country and have to come out ready to play.”
Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland on Tuesday’s game against BYU
That doesn’t sound like a recipe for a quick recovery, but Young said Monday in a Zoom meeting with reporters that the Cougars (10-3, 1-1) are just eager to get back on the court and “right those wrongs” — and there were a lot of them — from Saturday’s 86-55 walloping.
“I think everybody is just champing at the bit,” Young said. “The best thing about that (31-point loss) is we play tomorrow. … There is no good remedy to a butt-kicking like that, other than being able to go out and compete again. I know every guy in our locker room, regardless of experience, is eager for that opportunity.”…