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BYU basketball: Much-improved Santa Clara not an easy WCC opener for Cougars

Santa Clara is "a much more physical team" under new coach Herb Sendek than it was under Kerry Keating, BYU coach Dave Rose said at Wednesday's media gathering. "Defensively, they are a lot more aggressive. I think that they do a really good job of staying out of foul trouble, even though they are really physical. We will see how that plays out."

Another senior, 6-8 Nate Kratch, is a handful inside, and sophomore KJ Feagin is back in the lineup after missing the first 12 games with a broken bone in his foot suffered during preseason practice.