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These kinds of games don't come around very often.
Wednesday night's game between #9 BYU and #4 San Diego State represents the first time that BYU has ever hosted a Top 10 team, as a Top 10 team, in the Marriott Center.
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It's the only the fifth time in BYU Basketball history that BYU has been involved in a meeting of Top 10 teams. The previous four:
12/21/55: #5 BYU at #2 North Carolina State (L 95-81)
3/13/65: #9 BYU v. #2 UCLA (NCAA Tournament, Smith Fieldhouse, L 100-76)
12/28/71: #8 BYU v. #7 Indiana (Old Dominion Classic, L 61-50)
3/11/72: #8 BYU v. #5 Long Beach State (NCAA Tournament, Pocatello, L 95-90)
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The combined ranking of 13 (BYU's 9 + SDSU's 4) is the lowest combined ranking for any regular season BYU home game ever, and the second-lowest combined ranking for any BYU regular season game--second only to the 1955 game at NC State.
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BYU has welcomed 11 Top 5 teams to Provo all-time, with the results as follows:
2/11/55: v. #5 Utah (W 76-74)
12/15/58: v. #3 Kansas State (W 77-68)
12/22/59: v. #3 Ohio State (L 91-79)
2/25/60: v. #5 Utah (L 87-75)
2/16/63: v. #5 Arizona State (L 104-87)
3/13/65: v. #2 UCLA (NCAA Tournament, Smith Fieldhouse, L 100-76) *BYU ranked #9
12/21/65: v. #2 St. Joseph's (W 103-83)
2/16/68: v. #5 New Mexico (L 76-67)
12/11/69: v. #3 New Mexico State (L 80-78)
2/25/78: v. #5 New Mexico (L 71-66)
1/10/98: v. #3 Utah (L 71-61)
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Alltime, BYU has played 37 games against Top 5 teams (home, away, or neutral). BYU's record in those games is 3-34 (the three wins listed directly above).
Six times BYU has faced a Top 5 team when the Cougars were ranked in the Top 20/25. BYU's record in those six games is 0-6.
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BYU has played 81 games against Top 10 teams (home, away, or neutral). BYU's record in those games is 17-64.
16 times BYU has faced a Top 10 team when the Cougars were also ranked in the Top 20/25. BYU's record in those 16 games is 4-12. The four wins were:
3/12/51: v. #10 St. Louis (NIT, NYC, W 75-58) *BYU was ranked #11
3/7/81: v. #9 Utah (W 95-76) *BYU was ranked #18
3/14/81: v. #10 UCLA (NCAA Tournament, Providence, RI, W 78-55) *BYU was ranked #16
3/19/81: v. #7 Notre Dame (NCAA Tournament, Atlanta, GA, W 51-50) *BYU was ranked #16
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