BYU’s pair of contests in the ESPN Events Invitational this past week each followed a similar narrative.

Against both Miami and Dayton, the Cougars’ tournament championship-winning path involved struggling in the first 20 minutes of play, going into halftime frustratingly behind before firing on all cylinders in the second half.

But this theme isn’t unique to BYU’s Florida trip. It’s been a near-constant throughout the first month of the season.

The 6-1, No. 9-ranked Cougars have trailed at halftime in four of their seven games thus far on the year, while winning the second half in all but one outing (Nov. 3’s season-opener against Villanova in Las Vegas).

BYU holds a +86 point differential in seven second halves in 2025, compared to a +31 mark in all first half action — and that n

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