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Elite non-conference opponents prove BYU basketball plays on the national stage

There has never been a better era of basketball at Brigham Young University.

Members of the Big 12 Conference, arguably the strongest basketball league in the nation, BYU squares off against elite talent on a week-to-week basis. Arizona. Baylor. Houston. Iowa State. Texas Tech. This bunch is stuffed with future NBA studs, exceptional histories, and an eye on a deep run in the season-capping NCAA Tournament.

But here's the craziest part: in back-to-back seasons, few have been more formidable than Kevin Young and the BYU Cougars.

Just last season, the Cougs sent Egor Demin to the NBA Draft, where he was selected eighth overall.