Kevin Young insists BYU ‘staying together’ after another discouraging loss

March 1, 2026

By Jay Drew, Deseret News: Much to the chagrin of the 13,000 or so West Virginia basketball fans who were eager to start their postgame celebration and sing John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” as their 79-71 win over No. 19 BYU wound down on Saturday, Cougars coach Kevin Young called a timeout with five seconds remaining to set up one final play.

Any hope of winning at 14,000-seat Hope Coliseum — sponsored by a natural gas and energy company — had already been lost for the backsliding Cougars, but Young wanted to send a message to his team and perhaps prepare for future situations when a last-second shot might be required to get a win.

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BYU basketball coach Kevin Young insisted his team is 'staying together' after discouraging 79-71 loss to unranked West Virginia Saturday night

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