Igor Demin and Richie Saunders led BYU to an 80-71 victory over VCU in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, giving first-year ...

BYU Cougars center Keba Keita (13) blocks a shot from Virginia Commonwealth Rams forward Jack Clark (4) during a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament held at Ball Arena in Denver ...

BYU has been one of the hotter teams in the country entering the NCAA Tournament. And the Cougars showed why again on ...

Richie Saunders scored 16 points, Egor Demin added 15 points, and sixth-seeded BYU beat 11th-seeded VCU 80-71 in the first round of the East Region on Thursday.

Live updates from Denver's Ball Arena as No. 11 VCU squares off with No. 6 BYU in the first round of the NCAA tournament, East Region.

Richie Saunders had 16 points with four rebounds and two assists as the sixth-seeded Cougars pulled past No. 11 VCU 80-71.

BYU faces VCU in a high-stakes March Madness clash, aiming to break their first-round losing streak with offensive firepower ...

Denver; Thursday, 4:05 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -2.5; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. BYU and VCU play in the NCAA Tournament first round.

A date with destiny against Wisconsin or Montana is on the line when BYU and VCU play in the opening round of March ...

BYU is a small favorite against VCU in Thursday's first-round NCAA Tournament game. Will the Cougars end a tourney slump?

BYU will go for its first round of 64 win in 14 years when Jimmer Fredette and Jimmermania was overtaking the nation. I gave ...

BYU returns to the scene of its most recent NCAA Tournament success — Denver's Ball Arena — hoping to rekindle the magic of the Jimmer Fredette-led run to the Sweet 16 in 2011.