Overview
- Tipoff is Saturday, Jan. 3, at 12:30 p.m. ET at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan with national TV coverage on CBS.
- BYU enters 12-1 on a nine-game win streak, while Kansas State is 9-4 after four straight wins in a rebound from an earlier skid.
- Freshman AJ Dybantsa averages 23.1 points on high efficiency and is coming off 35- and 33-point outings that included a triple-double.
- Kansas State leans on guard P. J. Haggerty at 22.9 points per game, though his production has fluctuated against stronger opponents.
- BYU’s profile features low turnovers and strong defense (66.6 points allowed), whereas K-State brings higher scoring and bench punch led by David Castillo (13.3 ppg), with one preview predicting BYU 92, Kansas State 84.