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BYU women's basketball: Team chemistry makes a big turnaround, leads to unexpected success

Chris Carlson, AP

BYU celebrates during the second half of a first-round game against Auburn in the NCAA women's college basketball tournament in Stanford, Calif. Saturday, March 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Most athletic teams claim good chemistry, although several of those same teams can't really back up the claim or at least fall just short of the public perception they work to convey.

As for the BYU women's basketball team, however, its chemistry is readily apparent and has played a central force in winning the West Coast Conference championship and then securing a first-round win in the NCAA Tournament over Auburn.