For the first time under head coach Mark Pope, BYU lost back-to-back regular season games last week.
The Cougars took a road trip to northern California to face Santa Clara and Pacific. BYU dropped their first game on Thursday, after having a 74-70 lead on Santa Clara with just over one minute left. With a collection of turnovers and errors, the Cougars allowed Santa Clara to make a game-winning shot as time expired.
To make matters worse, BYU went into Pacific on Saturday, confident that they could turn things around against a team worse than 260th in the KenPom rankings and near last place in the WCC.