When BYU took the Marriott Center floor Saturday night, it was the Cougars’ first appearance at their home arena in 32 days.

And what a 32 day stretch it was.

Over that span, BYU hopped on three separate flights to the east coast and two bus trips up to Salt Lake City.

The Cougars played in six Quad 1 or 2 contests — winning five — and captured a Thanksgiving tournament championship in Florida.

BYU took blue blood UConn down to the wire in Boston , blew out ranked foe Wisconsin at the Delta Center and stormed back to stun Clemson at the buzzer in New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden.

As eventful as the past 32 days were for the Cougars, it clearly made them a much better team, which was quite evident as BYU stomped UC Riverside 100-53 in Saturday’s long-awaited return

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