Las Vegas • For months now, BYU basketball coach Dave Rose's colleagues have warned him about playing at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the first time, and how teams almost always struggle to make shots in the venue right off the famed Las Vegas Strip.
Shooters are almost as unlucky as the people at the slot machines just outside the doors.
Rose had a simple game plan to answer that challenge: Take the ball inside.
With their big men dominating smaller Saint Louis throughout the semifinal matchup, the Cougars rolled past the Billikens 92-62 at the MGM on Monday night to move into the championship game of the MGM Grand Main Event.