PROVO — For BYU, its season-ending loss came in an unfamiliar place.
At home.
In 12 seasons under coach Dave Rose, the Cougars had never finished a season at the Marriott Center — until Wednesday’s 105-89 setback against UT Arlington in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
Over the past dozen years, BYU has bowed out in various locations throughout the country: at Houston in a first-round NIT loss in Rose’s first season; in the NCAA Tournament (at Lexington, Kentucky; Anaheim, California; Philadelphia; Oklahoma City; New Orleans; Louisville, Kentucky; Milwaukee; Dayton, Ohio); and twice in the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York City.