The 265th edition of the BYU-Utah basketball rivalry had its share of heroes from the team wearing red. Thanks to the efforts of Ezra Ausar, Lawson Lovering and Hunter Erickson — and key contributions from other Runnin’ Utes — Utah was able to win a 73-72 thriller in overtime on Saturday night at the Huntsman Center.

Kevin Young and the BYU basketball program lost an overtime heartbreaker to archrival Utah. With five seconds remaining and trailing 73-72, B

Round one of this year's inaugural Big 12 basketball battle between BYU and Utah went the way of the Runnin' Utes.

After enigmatic coach Rick Majerus was hired by Utah in April of 1989, the Utes climbed back into the national picture, while BYU stayed fairly relevant under Roger Reid and then bottomed out in the 1996-97 season, going 1-25 with Reid being fired after seven games.

Kevin Young and the BYU basketball program take on rival Utah for the first time in Big 12 play. The game at Utah represents an opportunity for BYU

In just over two months I’ve made the trip to Salt Lake City for a pair of BYU-Utah rivalry contests. Both — football at Rice-Eccles Stadium in November and men’s basketball at the Huntsman Center on Saturday — turned out to be physical,