Brigham Young Cougars guard Jimmer Fredette (32) is mobbed by fans after the Cougars Beat San Diego State in NCAA basketball action in Provo, Utah, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)
The BYU Cougars will have the opportunity to do something on Thursday night that they have never done before — knock off the No. 1 team in the country.
The Cougars are winless in their four previous chances, including losses to Kentucky in 1951, UCLA in 1971, Duke in 1992 and North Carolina in 2007.