PROVO — Down the right side of BYU’s basketball web page, this week, the countdown to Thursday’s BYU-Gonzaga basketball game inexorably ticked away. The suspense was building.
But a countdown has actually been ticking since the Cougars joined the West Coast Conference. When are they going to catch Gonzaga on the conference food chain?
It looked an eon or two away after the Cougars’ 93-63 loss. If they really want to be an every-year NCAA Tournament team, they should campaign for the Zags to join the Mountain West Conference. Gonzaga considered that move last spring.
But after obliterating the Cougars on Thursday, the Bulldogs are still in the WCC and BYU is still a long leap back from the top.