BYU vs Texas NCAA First Round Prediction

BYU basketball enters the 2026 NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed facing No. 11 Texas Thursday at Moda Center in Portland. Despite being dismissed by national analysts, KenPom gives BYU a 60% win probability. Utah Sports Ink columnist Terry Tebbs makes the statistical case for a Cougar victory — examining Kennard Davis's three-point resurgence, the Mboup-Diomande defensive transformation, and why AJ Dybantsa's growth as a point forward is the story no one is telling.