Round 2: What’s the same, different heading into BYU basketball vs SMC

For BYU basketball, it’s a week of second chances.

The Pacific Tigers that await on Saturday are a chance to take a bad taste out of BYU fans’ mouths. But first, the Cougars have to seize one of their few remaining chances to shock a ranked team in Randy Bennett’s Gaels.

The game also represents the first step of the second lap in conference play. Both teams have changed, and circumstances have changed, and Y fans sure hope the results change, but some things stay stalwart.

What’s the same

Jock Landale. In fact, it’s the 6-foot-11 center’s consistency that has put him in the national conversation this year.