The Utah Utes men’s basketball team may have to wait an extra day to face the No. 10 Houston Cougars due to a severe winter storm sweeping across the Gulf Coast

The Cougars (14-3, 6-0 Big 12) are unbeaten in Big 12 play and on a 10-game winning streak. In its last game, Houston was challenged by UCF before prevailing on a last-second layup. Following Wednesday’s rescheduled game, Utah will return home to face Baylor on Saturday (2:30 p.m. MST, ESPN2) at the Huntsman.

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In their first matchup as Big 12 basketball teams, Utah downed BYU 73-72 in overtime behind Ezra Ausar's 26 points and a 32-10 disparity at the free-throw line.

Utah Utes football standout Logan Fano took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the Utah men’s basketball team’s thrilling 73-72 overtime victory over BYU

The Cougars (14-3, 6-0 Big 12) eked out a 69-68 comeback victory over UCF when forward J'Wan Roberts scored with 1.1 seconds left, erasing a double-digit deficit and pushing the winning streak to 10 games with Utah (11-6, 3-3) set to visit on Wednesday.

I don’t know what got into him," Utah coach Craig Smith said of his leading scorer, "but it needs to happen all the time,”

The Utes fell behind by 21 at halftime and rallied in the second half, but couldn’t overcome the Horned Frogs’ star power.

BYU had the preseason hype, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes, but the Utes got the rivalry game victory.

A couple of top 25 teams are facing off on Friday, Jan. 17 when the No. 10 TCU Horned Frogs host the No. 23 Utah Utes in a women’s college basketball game at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

And while TCU’s star guards Vasean Allette (19 points, nine rebounds, four assists) and Noah Reynolds (12 points, three assists) ended up with good numbers, Utah didn’t allow them to burn the Utes outside of a few short stretches.