At one point Saturday night, BYU trailed UConn by 20 points, with little hope of avoiding a blowout loss.

But with less than a minute left to play, the Cougars had the chance to tie the contest after a brilliant second-half showing, before ultimately falling 86-84 to the No. 3-ranked Huskies at TD Garden in Boston.

Such a comeback effort impressed UConn head coach Dan Hurley, who sees big things ahead for BYU’s program under Kevin Young.

“They obviously closed the game on a heck of a run, but when you got, you know, (Richie) Saunders, (Rob Wright) and (AJ) Dybantsa, you got three guys like that on the perimeter, that’s some serious firepower,” Hurley told reporters postgame. “But, you know, I thought we looked like an awesome team for 25 minutes. Obviously the last 15 minutes we just ki

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