Las Vegas • Having held off San Diego in overtime a month ago in rainy San Diego and a week ago in wintry Provo, third-seeded BYU didn’t really want to see the West Coast Conference’s No. 7 seed again, even if the Toreros were playing in their third game in as many nights.
But that’s the hand the Cougars were dealt a few blocks away from the famed Las Vegas Strip in a West Coast Conference tournament quarterfinal, and the result was altogether different from the regular-season meetings.
San Diego took out its frustrations for three-straight losses to the Cougars, including one in last year’s quarterfinal, and then some with a 80-57 beatdown at Orleans Arena on Saturday night.